#1Famous people · Canaan
8 famous people were born in Canaan, most of them in the early republic
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Steve Blass, covered in 7 languages. The list runs from Lemuel Roberts, born in 1752, to Steve Blass, born in 1942. Writers and artists make up the largest group, 3 of them. The longest list of any town in Connecticut belongs to New Britain, with 65.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Steve Blass
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1752
Lemuel Roberts
Youngest
1942
Steve Blass
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Canaan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Canaan’s famous people were born
The 1790s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Canaan
Languages with an article: 7 for Steve Blass, 6 for Elizur Wright, 3 for William S. Holabird.
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#2Writing & Arts
Elizur Wright
1804–1885American abolitionist and actuary
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Known for
What Canaan is known for
Canaan has 3.7× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Canaan
Another 5, 2 of them writers and artists.
Samuel B. Holabird
1826–1907United States Army Quartermaster General from 1883 to 1890
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The neighbour with the most names is Salisbury, at 25.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canaan and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (9)
- Steve Blass: Nellie_King_and_Steve_Blass.jpg: kingeroos derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizur Wright: Artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Jerome: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Mars: Thomas M. V. Doughty, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel B. Holabird: Civil War Glass Negatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philo Belden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richmond Landon: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sedgwick: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Welch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons