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Famous people · North Branford
From 1812 to 1982, North Branford was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Most widely known is Chris Hetherington, the American football player, with articles in 4 languages. The American politician Ellsworth Foote ranks second, ahead of Don Luzzi. 2 of them were born since 1970. The list comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Connecticut.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Chris Hetherington
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1812
Jeremiah Asher
Youngest
1982
Chris Tracz
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in North Branford
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When North Branford’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What North Branford is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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 North Branford
3 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Wallingford has the most on record: 28.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Branford 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)
- Jeremiah Asher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Dutton: photographer unknown -- property of US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Deibold: Keystone6591, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Baldwin: Charles Frederick Naegele (American, 1857 - 1944), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Goodrich: Scan by NYPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwards Pierrepont: Matthew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Bayne: J O Y F U L 🐻 V I O L E N C E, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons