#1Famous people · Danbury
The 50 famous people born in Danbury, led by Charles Ives
Articles in 48 languages make the American modernist composer Charles Ives the best known. The next two names are Jonathan Brandis and Lindsey Jacobellis. From Zalmon Wildman in 1775 to Ali Feliz in 2003, the births cover 228 years. Between 1920 and 1969, 19 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
50
notable people
Best known
Charles Ives
in 48 Wikipedia languages
First
1775
Zalmon Wildman
Youngest
2003
Ali Feliz
Most common field
Politics & Law
15 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Danbury’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Danbury
Languages with an article: 48 for Charles Ives, 38 for Jonathan Brandis, 28 for Lindsey Jacobellis.
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#3Through the years
When Danbury’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 8 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Danbury is known for
Danbury has 1.5× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Danbury
A further 47 follow, born between 1775 and 2003.
Chet Powers
1937–1994American singer-songwriter, lead singer of Quicksilver Messenger Service
MusicWikipedia ↗
Philo C. Calhoun
1810–1882Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Danbury home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Glover Teixeira.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Ridgefield has the most on record: 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Danbury 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 (19)
- Charles Ives: Clara Sipprell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Brandis: Airwolfberlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsey Jacobellis: http://www.VancityAllie.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenna von Oy: Glasgow Skinner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Peyton: Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsveerde, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Huffman: Harvardton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ogden Rood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Siemian: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chet Powers: Epic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Todd: U.S. Army, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Ratchford: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- TJR: swimfinfan from Chicago, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Whittlesey: Century Pub. and Engraving Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glover Teixeira: Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lawrence: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Lange: 20th Century Fox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- P. T. Barnum: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Collins: Giacomelli-Venezia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Ceresna: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons