#1Famous people · Mystic
Mystic’s famous people span 141 years: 10 births from 1805 to 1946
Asa Packer, the American businessman and politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The list’s best known name, Asa Packer, dates from 1805. The largest group, 5, was born in the early republic. More are athletes than anything else, 5 in all.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Asa Packer
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1805
Asa Packer
Youngest
1946
Ruth Crocker
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Mystic’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mystic’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1800s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsBusinessNotablePolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mystic
Two of the three are athletes.
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Known for
What Mystic is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Mystic
Another 7, 3 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mystic 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 (7)
- Asa Packer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Lacy: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ledyard Stark: Thomas Fleming, author. Nutshell Publishing Co. (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Mason: James Terry White, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre J. Thuot: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons