#1Famous people · Middlebury
Business people stand out among the 33 famous people born in Middlebury
The best known is the American actor and model Gabriel Mann, with articles in 31 languages. Second and third on the list are Patty Sheehan and John Wolcott Stewart. 17 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. From Isaac Wilson in 1780 to Jarrod Sammis in 1989, the births cover 209 years.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Gabriel Mann
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1780
Isaac Wilson
Youngest
1989
Jarrod Sammis
Most common field
Politics & Law
13 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Middlebury’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Middlebury is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is business people, at 4.7 times.
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 Middlebury’s famous people were born
The 1820s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsBusinessMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Middlebury
Counted by languages, Gabriel Mann is ahead of Patty Sheehan and John Wolcott Stewart: 31, 17 and 11.
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#3Politics & Law
John Wolcott Stewart
1825–1915American lawyer and politician
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Middlebury
The rest number 30, with 12 leaders among them.
Daniel Chipman Linsley
1827–1889American engineer, railroad executive, and politician
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A chosen home
Also called Middlebury home
Born elsewhere, François Clemmons lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Cornwall’s, at 13 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Middlebury 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 (22)
- Gabriel Mann: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patty Sheehan: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wolcott Stewart: Bioguide/Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Trudeau: US Army Military History Institute, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Lewis: Lori Adamski-Peek, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank C. Partridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward John Phelps: Edward John Phelps, John Griffith McCullough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Allen Smalley: Frederick W. Baldwin., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Treadwell Davis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Fisher: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawton Redman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Warner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Battell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Chipman Linsley: Reproduced in several sources, including "Biography of Daniel Chipman Linsley" by Noel V. Bourasaw. "Skagit River Journal" (Sedro-Woolley, WA), February 28, 2006., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jubilee McGill: ORCA Media, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Y. W. Ripley: E. M. Haynes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Davidson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliza Gratia Campbell Miner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Clemmons: The Stofan Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Homer Hulbert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin James: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Eliakim Weeks: Walter J. Bigelow (1865-1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons