#1Famous people · Southbury
9 famous people were born in Southbury, most of them in the early republic
Articles in 9 languages make the US American tennis player Mary Stoiana the best known. Second place goes to the American musician David Longstreth, third to Horace Francis Clark. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. From Royal Ralph Hinman in 1785 to Mary Stoiana in 2003, the births cover 218 years.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Mary Stoiana
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1785
Royal Ralph Hinman
Youngest
2003
Mary Stoiana
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Southbury’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Southbury’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsMusicMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Southbury
Ranked by languages covered: Mary Stoiana with 9, then David Longstreth with 5 and Horace Francis Clark with 5.
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What Southbury is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 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 Southbury
A further 6 follow, born between 1785 and 1986.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Woodbury, with 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Southbury 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)
- Mary Stoiana: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Longstreth: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Francis Clark: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenny Dell: elisfkc from Orlando, FL, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Shipman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Ralph Hinman: Anson Dickinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Santino Ferrucci: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlaugh/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Toucey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Goodeve: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orson Hyde: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mackie Samoskevich: Arc1294, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Miller: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luman Hamlin Weller: Robert Herd Fairbairn, author. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons