#1Famous people · Salisbury
25 famous people were born in Salisbury, more of them leaders than in most towns
At the top of the list is the athletics competitor Richmond Landon, covered in 22 languages. Second place goes to the American politician Peter Buell Porter, third to Josiah S. Johnston. The largest group, 17, was born in the early republic. Only 24 of the 183 towns in Connecticut with anyone on record list more.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Richmond Landon
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1738
John Strong
Youngest
1910
Richard Parsons
Most common field
Politics & Law
19 people
What stands out about Salisbury’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Salisbury is known for
Salisbury has 3.6× 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 Salisbury’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1780s, with 5 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 Salisbury
Richmond Landon leads with articles in 22 languages, ahead of Peter Buell Porter (13) and Josiah S. Johnston (11).
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Everyone else born in Salisbury
22 more names, born between 1738 and 1910.
Roger Averill
1809–1883American politician/31st Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
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Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate
1837–1929Artist, philanthropist and advocate for women’s education, co-founder of Brearley School and Barnard College.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Sharon has the most on record, with 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salisbury 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 (20)
- Richmond Landon: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Buell Porter: Daniel Huntington / After Matthew Harris Jouett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah S. Johnston: Engraved by James Barton Longacre (1794-1869) after a painting by Charles Bird King (1785-1862), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Chipman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin W. Bates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Chipman: Samuel Swift, Middlebury Historical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Chittenden: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander H. Holley: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. Reproduction of Connecticut State Library portrait by Henry Wilson., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Hubbard: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Averill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose Spencer: The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Scoville: Chuck LaChiusa, [email protected], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bird Beers Chapman: J. Sterling Morton, editor. Jacob North & Company (Lincoln, NE), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Holley: T. Kelly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Bissell Hotchkiss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roswell Rudd: Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Frederick Root: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Blass: Nellie_King_and_Steve_Blass.jpg: kingeroos derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Winchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons