#1Famous people · Oxford
Oxford’s famous people span 183 years: 5 births from 1805 to 1988
Articles in 11 languages make the American Mormon leader Orson Hyde the best known. Behind the leader come Danny Aiken and Oscar Harger. The largest group, 4, was born in the early republic. Orson Hyde was born in 1805.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Orson Hyde
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1805
Orson Hyde
Youngest
1988
Danny Aiken
Most common field
Faith
1 people
What stands out about Oxford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oxford’s famous people were born
The 1840s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
FaithSportsNotableMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Oxford
Languages with an article: 11 for Orson Hyde, 5 for Danny Aiken, 5 for Oscar Harger.
#1#2#3Known for
What Oxford is known for
The field with the most names is Faith: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Oxford
A further 2 follow, born between 1826 and 1841.
No one matches both filters.
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The longest list nearby is Newtown’s, with 19.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oxford 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 (12)
- Orson Hyde: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Aiken: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Harger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lyman Chatfield: Marty Aligata, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliot M. Sutton: William H. Jeffrey, author. The Historical Publishing Company (East Burke, VT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Toucey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian: Philippe Halsman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John William De Forest: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Stoiana: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Goodeve: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mackie Samoskevich: Arc1294, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gminski: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons