#1Faith
Jonathan Edwards
1703–1758Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian
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Famous people · East Windsor
15 famous people were born in East Windsor, most of them in the early republic
Jonathan Edwards is the best known, with articles in 43 languages. Close behind are Sereno Watson and Samuel Robbins Brown. As early as 1703, Jonathan Edwards was born here, one of 6 born before independence. Per head, the list is long: 13.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Jonathan Edwards
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1703
Jonathan Edwards
Youngest
1995
Aaron Civale
Most common field
Faith
3 people
What stands out about East Windsor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When East Windsor’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1810s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in East Windsor
Two of the three are ministers and preachers.
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What East Windsor is known for
Compared with the usual town, ministers and preachers are the most over-represented field, at 11.9 times.
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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Around it, Windsor has the most people on record, 28 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Windsor 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 (16)
- Jonathan Edwards: Henry Augustus Loop after Joseph Badger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sereno Watson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Robbins Brown: 日本基督教会, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eli Terry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Holbrook: Arthur Wyatt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Civale: Erik Drost on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorrin Andrews: Henry Lyman Chase, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Loomis Newberry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Bissell: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abner Reed: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Increase N. Tarbox: Henry Martyn Dexter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Israel Bissell: Israel Bissel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Ellsworth: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisha M. Pease: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Clark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Grasso: Office of History and Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons