#1Famous people · South Windsor
8 famous people were born in South Windsor from 1837 to 1996
Articles in 15 languages make the American ice hockey player Chris Clark the best known. Close behind are Jack Hathaway and Lewis Sperry. The list’s best known name, Chris Clark, dates from 1976. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3, close to the 2.9 of the typical Connecticut town.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Chris Clark
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1837
William A. Robertson
Youngest
1996
Brooke Wolejko
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about South Windsor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When South Windsor’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in South Windsor
Chris Clark, Jack Hathaway and Lewis Sperry are written about in 15, 13 and 6 languages.
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What South Windsor is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.8 times the usual share.
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 South Windsor
The other 5 span the years 1837 to 1996.
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7 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Windsor 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 (9)
- Chris Clark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Hathaway: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Sperry: From 1891's "Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut", compiled and published by John Augustus Spalding, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis A. Craparotta: USMC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana White: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Hepburn: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Ellsworth: U.S. Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Edwards: Henry Augustus Loop after Joseph Badger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Trall: Charles W. Forward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons