Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut ranks 4,554th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint-Raphaël, Var, Hickory, North Carolina, and Svishtov. Memorable people born in Danbury, Connecticut include Charles Ives, Jonathan Brandis, and Lindsey Jacobellis. Memorable people who died in Danbury, Connecticut include Miloš Forman, Robert Vaughn, and Rex Stout. Danbury, Connecticut has been the birth place of many actors, and composers and the death place of many actors, and writers. Danbury, Connecticut is located in United States.
Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest city in Connecticut. Located within the heart of the Housatonic Valley region, the city is a commercial hub of western Connecticut, an outer-ring commuter suburb of New York City, and an historic summer colony of the New York metropolitan area and New England. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1874 and 1985, Danbury, Connecticut was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Charles Ives, Jonathan Brandis, and Lindsey Jacobellis. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Danbury, Connecticut including Miloš Forman, Robert Vaughn, and Rex Stout. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Danbury, Connecticut than were born there.
People Born in Danbury, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsCharles Ives
COMPOSER
1874 - 1954
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 1
Jonathan Brandis
ACTOR
1976 - 2003
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 2
Lindsey Jacobellis
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 3
Jenna von Oÿ
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 4
People Deceased in Danbury, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsMiloš Forman
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - 2018
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 1
Robert Vaughn
ACTOR
1932 - 2016
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 2
Rex Stout
WRITER
1886 - 1975
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 3
Henry A. Wallace
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1965
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 4
Maurice Sendak
WRITER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 5
Ronnie Spector
SINGER
1943 - 2022
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 6
Rose Wilder Lane
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 7
Betsy Palmer
ACTOR
1926 - 2015
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 8
Jim Steinman
SINGER
1947 - 2021
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 9
Jessie Royce Landis
ACTOR
1896 - 1972
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 10
Mary Travers
MUSICIAN
1936 - 2009
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 11
Laura Nyro
MUSICIAN
1947 - 1997
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Danbury, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsOccupations
Most individuals born in present day Danbury, Connecticut were actors (2), composers (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were actors (5), writers (3), singers (2), musicians (2), and film directors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Danbury, Connecticut, including Jonathan Brandis, and Jenna von Oÿ. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Danbury, Connecticut, including Jonathan Brandis, and Jenna von Oÿ.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Danbury, Connecticut since 1700.