Famous people · Wallingford Center
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of Wallingford Center
Ernest Borgnine, born in Hamden, 6 mi away, is the closest. No famous person on record lists Wallingford Center as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Connecticut belongs to New Britain, with 65. After New Britain, the next longest list in Connecticut is Waterbury’s, with 59.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
Ernest Borgnine
Best known
Ernest Borgnine
in 77 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Wallingford Center’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Wallingford Center
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
George Akerlof
born 1940American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics
Lisa Robin Kelly
1970–2013American film and television actress
Jonathan Mostow
born 1961American film director, writer and producer
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Around it, Wallingford has the most people on record, 28 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wallingford Center and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. 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)
- Ernest Borgnine: Milburn McCarty Public Relations. It was not uncommon for a network, program sponsor or studio to distribute publicity information through either an ad or publicity agency., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Willard Gibbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck: JH_van_Vleck_and_HBG_Casimir,_1974.jpg: Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Giamatti: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Akerlof: Yan Chi Vinci Chow, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vint Cerf: Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Goodyear: Southworth & Hawes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Van Der Beek: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Dutton: photographer unknown -- property of US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwards Pierrepont: Matthew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons