#1Famous people · Wethersfield
Of the 18 famous people born in Wethersfield, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the American fashion designer Betsey Johnson, with articles in 24 languages. The largest group, 10, was born in the early republic. Per head, the list is long: 6.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9. Only 41 of the 183 towns in Connecticut with anyone on record list more.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Betsey Johnson
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1743
Stephen Mix Mitchell
Youngest
1996
Ryan Costello
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Wethersfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wethersfield’s famous people were born
The 1800s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsSportsFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wethersfield is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 2.8 times.
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 Wethersfield
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Wethersfield
Of the other 15, 9 are leaders.
Jane Elizabeth Robbins
1860–1946American settlement house worker and physician
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wethersfield home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Thomas Ian Griffith the best known.
Thomas Ian Griffith
born 1960American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Mary Rowlandson
1635–1711American woman captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Hartford, with 34.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wethersfield 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 (20)
- Betsey Johnson: The Heart Truth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles McLean Andrews: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Wright: Unidentified photographer ca. 1860, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Curtiss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Mix Mitchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asher Robbins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Warner: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Wright: Artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David L. Seymour: Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel L. Warner: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Scott Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas B. Butler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Elizabeth Robbins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugenio Kincaid: Samuel Capewell&Kimmel&Begardus (Uploader Sequoia933), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Costello: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ian Griffith: ET Canada, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Rowlandson: Coverly/Rowlandson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Hepburn: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Fontana: Michel Schulz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons