#1Science & Medicine
Wilder Dwight Bancroft
1867–1953American physical chemist
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Famous people · Middletown
Middletown is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the American physical chemist Wilder Dwight Bancroft, with articles in 8 languages. Bill Cowsill is second and Helena Sturtevant third. Next door, the list for Newport holds 49, Mena Suvari first. For its size the list is short: 1.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.4 in the typical Rhode Island town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Wilder Dwight Bancroft
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Wilder Dwight Bancroft
Youngest
1948
Bill Cowsill
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Middletown
By how many languages cover them, Wilder Dwight Bancroft comes first (8), then Bill Cowsill (5) and Helena Sturtevant (2).
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Known for
What Middletown is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
A chosen home
Also called Middletown home
One more notable person made the town home: Juan Riaño y Gayangos.
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Around it, Newport has the most people on record, 49 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Middletown 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 (4)
- Wilder Dwight Bancroft: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Cowsill: KRLA Beat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Juan Riaño y Gayangos: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Gonsalves: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons