Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut ranks 1,078th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mosul, Arlington County, Virginia, and Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Memorable people born in Stamford, Connecticut include Christopher Lloyd, Harry Harrison, and Treat Williams. Memorable people who died in Stamford, Connecticut include Gene Wilder, Jackie Robinson, and Margaret Bourke-White. Stamford, Connecticut has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many actors, and writers. Stamford, Connecticut is located in United States.
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 census. It is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the New York City metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1925 and 1993, Stamford, Connecticut was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Christopher Lloyd, Harry Harrison, and Treat Williams. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in Stamford, Connecticut including Gene Wilder, Jackie Robinson, and Margaret Bourke-White.
People Born in Stamford, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsChristopher Lloyd
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 1
Harry Harrison
WRITER
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 2
Treat Williams
ACTOR
1951 - 2023
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 3
Willy DeVille
MUSICIAN
1950 - 2009
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 4
Joe Lieberman
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2024
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5
Bill Moseley
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6
Kim Greist
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 7
Ann C. Crispin
WRITER
1950 - 2013
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 8
Chuck Arnold
RACING DRIVER
1926 - 1997
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 9
Jeph Loeb
COMIC ARTIST
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 10
Dave Abbruzzese
MUSICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 11
Henry Simmons
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Stamford, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Stamford, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsGene Wilder
ACTOR
1933 - 2016
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1
Jackie Robinson
BASEBALL PLAYER
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 2
Margaret Bourke-White
JOURNALIST
1904 - 1971
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 3
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 4
Maxwell Perkins
BUSINESSPERSON
1884 - 1947
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 5
Maxwell Anderson
WRITER
1888 - 1959
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 6
William F. Buckley Jr.
WRITER
1925 - 2008
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 7
Peggy Wood
ACTOR
1892 - 1978
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 8
Mort Walker
COMIC ARTIST
1923 - 2018
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 9
Ezio Pinza
SINGER
1892 - 1957
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 10
June Havoc
ACTOR
1912 - 2010
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 11
Libby Holman
ACTOR
1904 - 1971
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Stamford, Connecticut were actors (6), writers (2), musicians (2), politicians (2), and racing drivers (1), while most who died were actors (4), writers (2), baseball players (1), journalists (1), and religious figures (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Stamford, Connecticut, including Christopher Lloyd, Treat Williams, and Bill Moseley. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Stamford, Connecticut, including Christopher Lloyd, Treat Williams, and Bill Moseley.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Stamford, Connecticut since 1700.