Photo: Mansfield Historical Society · CC BY 2.5No famous person born in Mansfield is listed yet
Windham’s list, next door, has 16 names, Samuel Huntington first among them. Across Connecticut, the lists cover 183 towns. The longest list of any town in Connecticut belongs to New Britain, with 65. After New Britain, the next longest list in Connecticut is Waterbury’s, with 59.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Mansfield), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Mansfield has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Mansfield
Around it, Windham has the most people on record, 16 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mansfield 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 (4)
- Samuel Huntington: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Dodd: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George N. Barnard: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Loomis: Elias Loomis or H. A. Newton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons