#1Famous people · East Lyme
East Lyme counts 5 famous people, first among them Tom Danielson
At the top of the list is the road bicycle racer Tom Danielson, covered in 20 languages. John Lee Comstock and Kathryn Lewek follow. Born in 1787, John Lee Comstock is the first name on record, and Kathryn Lewek, born in 1983, the most recent. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2.7, close to the 2.9 of the typical Connecticut town.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Tom Danielson
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1787
John Lee Comstock
Youngest
1983
Kathryn Lewek
Most common field
Sports
1 people
What stands out about East Lyme’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When East Lyme’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in East Lyme
Tom Danielson, John Lee Comstock and Kathryn Lewek are written about in 20, 4 and 4 languages.
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#2Science & Medicine
John Lee Comstock
1787–1858American surgeon, publisher and botanist
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What East Lyme is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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 East Lyme
2 more names, born between 1864 and 1955.
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Of the towns around it, Lyme has the most on record: 26.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Lyme 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 (7)
- Tom Danielson: nuestrociclismo.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lee Comstock: Hinman, R. R. (Royal Ralph), 1785-1868, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Rogers Minor: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morrison Waite: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Haven Morgan: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Powers: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel M. Hopkins: Lithograph from painting by John Trumbull, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons