#1Famous people · Willimantic
15 famous people were born in Willimantic, more of them musicians than in most towns
Chris Dodd, the American lawyer and politician, is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. For every 10,000 residents there are 8.3 on the list, well above the typical Connecticut town’s 2.9. The largest group, 7, was born between 1920 and 1969. The oldest name on the list belongs to John S. Marcy, born in 1830, the newest to Mitchell Taintor, born in 1994.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Chris Dodd
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1830
John S. Marcy
Youngest
1994
Mitchell Taintor
Most common field
Music
4 people
What stands out about Willimantic’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Willimantic is known for
Willimantic has 4.8× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Willimantic’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
MusicSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Willimantic
Counted by languages, Chris Dodd is ahead of Eileen Farrell and John S. Waugh: 36, 13 and 11.
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Everyone else born in Willimantic
Another 12, the earliest born in 1830.
William B. Hooper
1841–1870Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
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Famous people from the towns next door
Lebanon leads the towns around it, with 28 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Willimantic 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 (12)
- Chris Dodd: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Waugh: John S. Waugh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Apathy: Underground Images, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Jordan: Jordan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Jordan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitchell Taintor: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fran P. Mainella: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Skip Holtz: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Trumbull: John Trumbull, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Huntington: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George N. Barnard: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwight Loomis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons