#111 famous people were born in Trumbull, most of them since 1970
Articles in 23 languages make the American ice hockey player Chris Drury the best known. Second place goes to the American stand-up comedian and insult comic Lisa Lampanelli, third to Jonathan Greenblatt. From Gene Greytak to Felly, the births on the list run from 1925 to 1995. The list comes to 3 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Connecticut, at 2.9.
What stands out about Trumbull’s famous people
When Trumbull’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Trumbull
By how many languages cover them, Chris Drury comes first (23), then Lisa Lampanelli (18) and Jonathan Greenblatt (11).
#1Lisa Lampanelli
born 1961American stand-up comedian and insult comic
#3Jonathan Greenblatt
born 1970American entrepreneur and executive
What Trumbull is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Trumbull
8 more, best known first.



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Also called Trumbull home
Born elsewhere, Russell Vought lived here.

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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Trumbull.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trumbull 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 (10)
- Chris Drury: Huntingj38, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Greenblatt: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Bai: Yahoo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sahar Nowrouzzadeh: U.S. Department of State Virtual Embassy Tehran Official Twitter Account, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felly: who knows, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Vought: Office of Management and Budget, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mitchum: J. Fred Henry Publications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Samuel Johnson: John Wesley Jarvis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gminski: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Burr Osborne: Jennette Shepherd Harrison Loop, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons



