Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Pomfret has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is next door in Putnam: 17 names, starting with Elizabeth Langdon Williams. 183 towns in Connecticut have at least one famous person on record. New Britain’s 65 names make the longest list in Connecticut. After New Britain, the next longest list in Connecticut is Waterbury’s, with 59.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Pomfret), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Pomfret has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Pomfret
The fullest list close by belongs to Putnam, with 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pomfret 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 (6)
- Elizabeth Langdon Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth Lee Pike: Wycliffe USA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lewis Tiffany: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elijah Paine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Dwight Weld: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis W. Rockwell: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons