#1Famous people · Chester
3 famous people were born in Chester
Paul Hopkins, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Close behind are William Davis Shipman and Hilda May Williams. Of the bordering towns, Lyme has the longest list: 26, with Morrison Waite at the top. Per head, the list is long: 7.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Paul Hopkins
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
William Davis Shipman
Youngest
1904
Paul Hopkins
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Chester
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 1 languages: Paul Hopkins, William Davis Shipman and Hilda May Williams.
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#2Politics & Law
William Davis Shipman
1818–1898United States federal judge
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What Chester is known for
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Close by, Lyme counts 26 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester 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 (6)
- Paul Hopkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Davis Shipman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morrison Waite: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Bulkeley: Harris & Ewing - Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Johnson Field: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Mol: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons