#1Famous people · New Britain
New Britain leads Connecticut with 65 famous people
At the top of the list is the American politician Anna Eshoo, covered in 23 languages. The American basketball coach Tom Thibodeau ranks second, ahead of Jon Olsen. The largest group, 31, was born between 1920 and 1969. 12 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
65
notable people
Best known
Anna Eshoo
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1744
John Paterson
Youngest
1992
Byron Jones
Most common field
Sports
24 people
What stands out about New Britain’s famous people
The best known
Born in New Britain
Ranked by languages covered: Anna Eshoo with 23, then Tom Thibodeau with 21 and Jon Olsen with 20.
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Through the years
When New Britain’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 12 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineMilitaryBusinessNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What New Britain is known for
Share of New Britain’s famous people in each field.
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 New Britain
Here are 62 more, born from 1744 to 1992.
Walter Camp
1859–1925American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
Marilyn Kaye
born 1949American children's writer and children's literature scholar
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Tanyka Renee
born 1986Playboy model, former pro athlete, health and fitness journalist, holistic nutritionist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Southington leads the towns around it, with 26 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Britain 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 (27)
- Anna Eshoo: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Thibodeau: Tom_Thibodeau.jpg: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA derivative work: Chrishmt0423, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Camp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Velvet Sky: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Ribicoff: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Springer: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Jones: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Pavano: Chamber of Fear on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elihu Burritt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Middlemass: John Hanrahan Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Norman Taylor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Joseph Meskill: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyson Wheeler: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Barrett: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Goodrich: The Outing Publishing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Shepard Knapp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Kilbourne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Carlson: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Paterson: Thomas Egleston (1832-1900), author. G. P. Putnam's Sons (New York, NY), publisher. The Knickerbocker Press (New York, NY), printer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Ohman: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas L. Reilly: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy Myers: The Boston Globe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Robinson: Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier), 1848-1910, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Rubins: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Willard: Emma Willard, ca. 1805-1815., CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Fontana: Michel Schulz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Christopher: Steven Harrell from Springfield, MA, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Stowell: Jennifer Robertson, Alcon Entertainment, CC0, Wikimedia Commons