#1Writing & Arts
Moses Coit Tyler
1835–1900American author and professor of American history.
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Griswold
5 famous people were born in Griswold
Moses Coit Tyler is the best known, with articles in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are William Jewett Tucker and William J. Babcock. More than half were born in the early republic, 4 in all. From Asenath Smith to Frederick C. Olney, the births on the list run from 1797 to 1862.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Moses Coit Tyler
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1797
Asenath Smith
Youngest
1862
Frederick C. Olney
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Griswold’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Griswold’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Griswold
Moses Coit Tyler has articles in 9 languages, William Jewett Tucker in 4 and William J. Babcock in 3.
#1
#2Politics & Law
William Jewett Tucker
1839–1926American cleric (1839–1926); president of Dartmouth College from 1893 to 1909
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Griswold is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Griswold
2 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Griswold?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Griswold’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Preston lists the most people: 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Griswold 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 (8)
- Moses Coit Tyler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Jewett Tucker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. Babcock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick C. Olney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Howard Doane: Wmpearl, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Barstow: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Pendleton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Campbell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons