Famous people · Chester Center
Born near Chester Center: 9 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Gretchen Mol, from Deep River, 3 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Deep River: 5 names, starting with Gretchen Mol. John Hasbrouck Van Vleck is the most widely known, written about in 68 languages. Famous people are on record for 183 of the towns in Connecticut.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
Best known
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
in 68 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Chester Center’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Chester Center
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Morrison Waite
1816–1888American jurist (1816–1888); Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1874 to 1888
Zanagee Artis
born 1999US youth activist and co-founder of Zero Hour
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Deep River leads the towns around it, with 5 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester Center and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg: Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Acheson: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Dassin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Mol: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Baldwin: Charles Frederick Naegele (American, 1857 - 1944), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Anderson: Franz Richter (User:FRZ), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Morrison Waite: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Hopkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons