#1Famous people · Woodstock
The 17 famous people born in Woodstock, led by Kenneth Lee Pike
Most widely known is Kenneth Lee Pike, the American linguist, with articles in 16 languages. Close behind are Jared W. Williams and Samuel C. Crafts. As early as 1745, Alethea Stiles was born here, one of 6 born before independence. More are leaders than anything else, 5 in all.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Kenneth Lee Pike
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1745
Alethea Stiles
Youngest
1912
Kenneth Lee Pike
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about Woodstock’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Woodstock’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1760s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFaithScience & MedicineMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Woodstock
Two of the three are leaders.
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What Woodstock is known for
Compared with the usual town, ministers and preachers are the most over-represented field, at 10.5 times.
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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14 more, 3 of them leaders.
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Nearby, Putnam has the most on record, with 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Woodstock 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 (18)
- Kenneth Lee Pike: Wycliffe USA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared W. Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel C. Crafts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amasa Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jedidiah Morse: Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett J. Lake: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eaton: Rembrandt Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Morris: Southworth & Hawes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George McClellan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Haskell: Dorothea Lange, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abiel Holmes: Contemporary portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linus Child: Alexander Hay Ritchie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Bacon: H. W. Smith engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold D. Arnold: Bell Laboratories, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Chandler Paine: Lyman May Paine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Langdon Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustine Lonergan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis W. Rockwell: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons