#1Famous people · Hartford
4 famous people come from Hartford, Orson Pratt the best known
The best known is the apostle of the LDS Church Orson Pratt, with articles in 14 languages. The next two names are Sarah Bates and Charles F. Cleveland. Charles F. Cleveland, born in 1845, is the youngest, and Sarah Bates, born in 1792, the first on record. More are writers and artists than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Orson Pratt
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1792
Sarah Bates
Youngest
1845
Charles F. Cleveland
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Hartford
Two of the three are writers and artists.
#1SB#2
#3Through the years
When Hartford’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1810s come out on top, with 1 births.
Writing & ArtsNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hartford is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Hartford
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Fort Ann has the most people on record, 8 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hartford 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 (5)
- Orson Pratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles F. Cleveland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Dolph: John Henry Dolph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Nelson: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Bentley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons