#1Writing & Arts
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1811–1896American abolitionist and author
118 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Litchfield
Harriet Beecher Stowe and 38 more famous people were born in Litchfield
The American abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe is written about in 118 languages. Henry Ward Beecher and Ethan Allen follow. Most were born in the early republic: 21 of them. 16 of them are leaders, 2 times the share across U.S. towns.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Harriet Beecher Stowe
in 118 Wikipedia languages
First
1738
Ethan Allen
Youngest
1981
BenDeLaCreme
Most common field
Politics & Law
16 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Litchfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Litchfield
The three are covered in 118, 43 and 30 languages: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher and Ethan Allen.
#1
#2
#3Military
Ethan Allen
1738–1789American farmer, military officer and politician
30 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Litchfield’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1770s come out on top, with 5 births.
Politics & LawNotableWriting & ArtsFaithScience & MedicineBusinessMilitarySportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Litchfield is known for
Compared with the usual town, ministers and preachers are the most over-represented field, at 4.6 times.
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 Litchfield
36 more, from 1738 to 1981.
Oliver Wolcott
1760–1833United States federal judge; second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
John Pierpont
1785–1866American poet, teacher, lawyer, merchant, Unitarian minister
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Elihu Hubbard Smith
1771–1798American playwright, poet, physician, and man of letters
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Litchfield home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Litchfield, though born elsewhere.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Litchfield?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Litchfield’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Litchfield 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 (23)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: not specified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ward Beecher: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan Allen: sc. Larkin Goldsmith Mead (Photographer unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Wolcott: Asher Brown Durand / Thomas Sully, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic Eugene Ives: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio Seymour: Anson Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Pitcher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel S. Phelps: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- BenDeLaCreme: hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George C. Woodruff: From 1900's "The Litchfield Book of Days", edited by George Copeland Boswell (who died in 1910), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabella Beecher Hooker: John Adams Whipple, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Pierpont: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Skinner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward FitzGerald: Joseph James Kinsey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John William Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Loring Brace: Charles Loring Brace, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Beecher: Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Woodruff Seymour: Evening Post Association (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Cheney Greeley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Origen S. Seymour: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Wisner Bacon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick A. Tallmadge: John Vanderlyn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Brimelow: ProEnglish, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons