#1Famous people · Watertown
Leaders stand out among the 12 famous people born in Watertown
Articles in 15 languages make the American engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss the best known. The largest group, 6, was born in the early republic. Per head, the list is long: 5.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1750
John Trumbull
Youngest
1993
Amanda Boulier
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Watertown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Watertown’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1820s, at 2.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsBusinessFilm, TV & StageSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Watertown 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.
The best known
Born in Watertown
Languages with an article: 15 for Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, 11 for Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, 11 for John Trumbull.
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Everyone else born in Watertown
Of the other 9, 3 are leaders.
Ernest Pintoff
1931–2002American film and television director, screenwriter and film producer
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The fullest list close by belongs to Waterbury, with 59.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Watertown 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)
- Benjamin B. Hotchkiss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne: Samuel Wilber Norton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Trumbull: John Trumbull, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Southmyd Fenn: part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hubert Burr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Boulier: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Waldron: Yukiotanaka81, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosalind Russell: Columbia Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Santino Ferrucci: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlaugh/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Goodeve: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grattan O'Connell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Prindle Peet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Morris III: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons