#1Famous people · Conneaut
The 18 famous people born in Conneaut, led by Douglas Tompkins
The best known is the American environmentalist Douglas Tompkins, with articles in 21 languages. Second and third on the list are Laura Boulton and Robert Spano. In the age of mills and railroads, 7 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 14.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Douglas Tompkins
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Joseph Russell Jones
Youngest
1995
Alesha Zappitella
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Conneaut
Counted by languages, Douglas Tompkins is ahead of Laura Boulton and Robert Spano: 21, 9 and 8.
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Through the years
When Conneaut’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessScience & MedicineMusicMilitaryFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Conneaut is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.6 times.
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 Conneaut
The other 15 span the years 1823 to 1995.
Mary L. Doe
1836–1913American suffragist, temperance reformer and business woman
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Gene Ward
1943–2025Republican Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Conneaut 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 (6)
- Douglas Tompkins: Sam Beebe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Osee M. Hall: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Pillion: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary L. Doe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Russell Jones: Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee the World's Colombian Exposition, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Snapper Kennedy: Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons