#1Famous people · Madison
15 famous people were born in Madison, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 22 languages make the American film director Brad Anderson the best known. William Scranton and Thomas Chittenden follow. The list comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Connecticut. From Thomas Chittenden in 1730 to Greg Nappo in 1988, the births cover 258 years.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Brad Anderson
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1730
Thomas Chittenden
Youngest
1988
Greg Nappo
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Madison’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Madison’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsFaithBusinessMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Madison is known for
Madison has 1.6× the usual share of leaders.
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 Madison
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Madison
The rest number 12, with 5 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Madison home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Hugh Lofting the best known.
Jacques Pépin
born 1935French-born American chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and author
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Guilford has the most on record: 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Madison 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 (13)
- Brad Anderson: Franz Richter (User:FRZ), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William Scranton: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Chittenden: Vermont Historical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarissa Munger Badger: Nathaniel Jocelyn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Dudley Field I: W. A. Croffut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Trapani: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Scranton: Horace Hollister, author. C. A. Alvord (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius Scranton Bushnell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Lofting: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Pépin: Szurdak&Pepin.JPG: Appraiser derivative work: AjaxSmack, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Baldwin: Charles Frederick Naegele (American, 1857 - 1944), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Goodrich: Scan by NYPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Kostek: Thijs Stoop, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons