#1Politics & Law
Stephen Johnson Field
1816–1899US Supreme Court justice from 1863 to 1897
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Famous people · Haddam
Leaders stand out among the 9 famous people born in Haddam
Stephen Johnson Field leads the list, covered in 13 languages. In the early republic, 7 were born, the most of any period. Over 153 years of births, the list goes from David Brainerd (1718) to Josiah J. Hazen (1871). Per head, the list is long: 10.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Stephen Johnson Field
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1718
David Brainerd
Youngest
1871
Josiah J. Hazen
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about Haddam’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Haddam’s famous people were born
The 1810s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Haddam is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Haddam
Languages with an article: 13 for Stephen Johnson Field, 12 for David Brainerd, 10 for David Dudley Field II.
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The rest number 6, with 3 leaders among them.
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Around it, Middletown has the most people on record, 47 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Haddam 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 (12)
- Stephen Johnson Field: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Brainerd: This file is lacking author information., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Dudley Field II: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asahel W. Hubbard: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Arnold: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Shaler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg: Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Bulkeley: Harris & Ewing - Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Goodrich: Scan by NYPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin Brady: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Kostek: Thijs Stoop, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Hopkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons