#1Science & Medicine
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
1899–1980American physicist
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Famous people · Middletown
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 47 famous people born in Middletown
At the top of the list is the American physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, covered in 68 languages. Dean Acheson, the American statesman and lawyer, comes second, with Jules Dassin third. Between 1920 and 1969, 13 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1739, Samuel Mattocks is the first name on record, and Will Tye, born in 1991, the most recent.
Born here
47
notable people
Best known
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
in 68 Wikipedia languages
First
1739
Samuel Mattocks
Youngest
1991
Will Tye
Most common field
Politics & Law
14 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Middletown’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Middletown
The three are covered in 68, 54 and 45 languages: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Dean Acheson and Jules Dassin.
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What Middletown is known for
Middletown has 1.8× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Middletown’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Middletown
Still to come: 44 more, from 1739 to 1991.
Harriet Campbell Foss
1860–1938FOSS, Harriet Campbell (1860 - 1938), Painter
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Thomas Harding
born 1837American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, awarded in 1864
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A chosen home
Also called Middletown home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, William Manchester the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Middletown.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Middletown 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 (21)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg: Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Acheson: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Dassin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick W. True: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Logano: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Spellman: The Boston Globe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Return J. Meigs Jr.: John Henry Witt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Naughton: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen F. Chadwick: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Watrous: John Dugan Portland, OR, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Clay Work: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corny Thompson: The original uploader was Caulfield at Italian Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Huntington Russell: Moulthrop, Phoenix Building, 298 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut (photographer of Carte-de-visite), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Manchester: Wide World Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Willard: Emma Willard, ca. 1805-1815., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Johnson Field: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Goodrich: Scan by NYPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin Brady: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- James T. Pratt: J.H. Beers & Co. (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons