#1Writing & Arts
Seth MacFarlane
born 1973American writer, actor, and producer
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Famous people · Kent
4 famous people come from Kent, Seth MacFarlane the best known
Best known of all is Seth MacFarlane, written about in 79 languages. Second place goes to the American voice actress Rachael MacFarlane, third to George P. Wilbur. The first birth on record is John Swift’s, in 1761, and the last Rachael MacFarlane’s, in 1976. The list comes to 13.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Connecticut.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Seth MacFarlane
in 79 Wikipedia languages
First
1761
John Swift
Youngest
1976
Rachael MacFarlane
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Kent’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Kent
First, Seth MacFarlane (79 languages), then Rachael MacFarlane (20) and George P. Wilbur (15).
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Through the years
When Kent’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kent is known for
Share of Kent’s famous people in each field.
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 Kent
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Kent home
Born elsewhere, Patti LuPone lived here.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in New Milford: 15.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kent 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 (10)
- Seth MacFarlane: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachael MacFarlane: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patti LuPone: Our Movie Guide, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Bentley: C.M. Stieglitz, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roswell Rudd: Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sedgwick: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orville H. Platt: George Prince, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Taber: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Watson Cole: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marsh Giddings: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons