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Famous people · Hartford
Hartford’s famous people span 152 years: 11 births from 1846 to 1998
Quinn Meinerz, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Samuel S. Barney and Wilhelmine Key. Since 1970, 5 were born, the most of any period. The list’s best known name, Quinn Meinerz, dates from 1998.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Quinn Meinerz
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1846
Samuel S. Barney
Youngest
1998
Quinn Meinerz
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Hartford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hartford’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hartford
Counted by languages, Quinn Meinerz is ahead of Samuel S. Barney and Wilhelmine Key: 6, 6 and 6.
#2
#3Known for
What Hartford is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
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Everyone else born in Hartford
Another 8, 3 of them athletes.
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Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
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)
- Samuel S. Barney: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilhelmine Key: Creator: Bachrach Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curt Hansen: Fade2black265, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Walter Mountin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ericka Walker: Ericka Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons