41.0438° N, 74.9516° W
BRIDGEPORT
Most Famous People Born in Bridgeport, United States
- Notable people
- 321
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1937
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 10.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bridgeport during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bridgeport Is Known For
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Baseball is Bridgeport's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (37).
Bridgeport over-indexes on baseball — 10.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bridgeport's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Kurt Schrader
Born 1951
Theodore M. Pomeroy
1824 - 1905
Waldo P. Johnson
1817 - 1885
Robert A. Hurley
1895 - 1968
James C. Shannon
1896 - 1980
Samuel Simons
1792 - 1847
Samuel J. Tedesco
1915 - 2003
Jasper McLevy
1878 - 1962
Jesse Hawley (merchant)
1773 - 1842
Henry Sherwood (congressman)
1813 - 1896
Joe Ganim
Born 1959
Clifford B. Wilson
1879 - 1943
Dan Debicella
Born 1974
Jesse K. Dubois
1811 - 1876
Louis DiPalma
Born 1961
Louis Gladstone
1927 - 2016
James Amann
Born 1956
Leonard S. Paoletta
Born 1934
Mary C. Moran
Born 1933
John C. Mandanici
1918 - 1986
George Gunther
1919 - 2012
R. Tracy Seyfert
Born 1941
Francis Wade Hughes
1817 - 1885
Sidney Postol
1918 - 2014
Benjamin P. Mead
1849 - 1913
J. Edward Caldwell
1927 - 2013
Harold D. Toomey
1898 - 1953
Leonard Mastroni
1949 - 2020
Dan Jolly
1907 - 1990
Marilyn Moore (politician)
Born 1948
Albert L. Coles
1909 - 1978