#1Famous people · Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook’s famous people span 158 years: 5 births from 1850 to 2008
The best known is the American ice hockey player Mackie Samoskevich, with articles in 9 languages. Close behind are William Hamilton Gibson and Matthew Dos Santos. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. Mackie Samoskevich was born in 2002.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Mackie Samoskevich
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
William Hamilton Gibson
Youngest
2008
Matthew Dos Santos
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Sandy Hook’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sandy Hook’s famous people were born
The 2000s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sandy Hook
Counted by languages, Mackie Samoskevich is ahead of William Hamilton Gibson and Matthew Dos Santos: 9, 8 and 4.
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Known for
What Sandy Hook is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
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 Sandy Hook
Still to come: 2 more, from 1905 to 2002.
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Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sandy Hook 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)
- Mackie Samoskevich: Arc1294, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hamilton Gibson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Toucey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Stoiana: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orson Hyde: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gminski: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons