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Alfred Kelley
1789–18591789-1859 , promoter of canal, railroad, banking, and taxation systems
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Famous people · Middlefield
From 1762 to 1932, Middlefield was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Alfred Kelley leads the list, covered in 4 languages. Close behind are Silas Stow and Joshua Stow. The list’s best known name, Alfred Kelley, dates from 1789. Per head, the list is long: 9.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Alfred Kelley
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1762
Joshua Stow
Youngest
1932
John Zajac Jr.
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Middlefield
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Middlefield’s famous people were born
The 1780s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Middlefield is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.6 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 Middlefield
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Middletown lists the most people: 47.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Middlefield 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)
- Alfred Kelley: Orth, Samuel Peter (1910). A History of Cleveland, Ohio. Volume I. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., p. 690 overleaf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Stow: States Historical Society, 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
- Chauncey Goodrich: Scan by NYPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons