Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown, Connecticut ranks 2,647th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nabari, Mie, Redhill, Surrey, and Kochi. Memorable people born in Middletown, Connecticut include Jules Dassin, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and Dean Acheson. Middletown, Connecticut has been the birth place of many film directors and physicists. Middletown, Connecticut is located in United States.
Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, it is 16 miles south of Hartford. Middletown is the largest city in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. In 1650, it was incorporated by English settlers as a town under its original Native American name, Mattabeseck, after the local Wangunk village of the same name. They were among many tribes along the Atlantic coast who spoke Algonquian languages. The colonists renamed the settlement in 1653. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1893 and 1990, Middletown, Connecticut was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Jules Dassin, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and Dean Acheson.
People Born in Middletown, Connecticut
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Jules Dassin
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 1
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 2
Dean Acheson
1893 - 1971
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 3
David Peoples
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 4
Joey Logano
1990 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Middletown, Connecticut were film directors (1), physicists (1), diplomats (1), writers (1), and racing drivers (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Middletown, Connecticut since 1700.
