#1Military
William A. Barstow
1813–1865Union Army general and governor of Wisconsin
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Famous people · Plainfield
9 famous people from Plainfield, many of them leaders
Most widely known is William A. Barstow, the union Army general and governor of Wisconsin, with articles in 9 languages. More than half were born in the early republic, 6 in all. Over 147 years of births, the list goes from Nathan F. Dixon I (1774) to Gil Bouley (1921). For every 10,000 residents there are 5.9 on the list, well above the typical Connecticut town’s 2.9.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
William A. Barstow
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1774
Nathan F. Dixon I
Youngest
1921
Gil Bouley
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Plainfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Plainfield is known for
Plainfield has 3.2× the usual share of leaders.
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 Plainfield’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1810s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Plainfield
Two of the three are leaders.
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Everyone else born in Plainfield
The rest number 6, with 4 leaders among them.
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6 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Plainfield 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 (13)
- William A. Barstow: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Monroe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan F. Dixon I: Frederic Denison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wright Gordon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus S. Miller: Rhode Island Photograph Collection, Providence Public Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gil Bouley: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Wheeler Geer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lewis Tiffany: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. The Connecticut Magazine (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elijah Paine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Coit Tyler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Dow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Campbell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons