#1Film, TV & Stage
Lydia Hearst-Shaw
born 1984American model and actress
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Famous people · Wilton
14 famous people were born in Wilton from 1753 to 2001
Lydia Hearst-Shaw, the American model and actress, is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. Second and third on the list are Dean Parisot and Joe Wanag. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. The list comes to 7.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Connecticut.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Lydia Hearst-Shaw
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1753
Samuel Street
Youngest
2001
Nico Benalcazar
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Wilton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wilton’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Wilton
Two of the three are performers.
#1DP#2
Film, TV & Stage
Dean Parisot
born 1952American film and television director
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JW#3
Known for
What Wilton is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 2.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wilton
11 more, from 1753 to 2001.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wilton home
Born elsewhere, Georgianne Walken lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Norwalk’s, with 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wilton 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)
- Lydia Hearst-Shaw: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Elizabeth Manning James: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilton Lockwood: Aimé Dupont, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathie Fitch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Stuart: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charli D'Amelio: Brad Mondo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lawrence: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Rafferty: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hope Lange: 20th Century Fox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mariette Hartley: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons