#1Science & Medicine
Sara Branham
1888–1962American physician and microbiologist
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Famous people · Oxford
Sara Branham tops a list of 3 famous people born in Oxford
At the top of the list is the American physician and microbiologist Sara Branham, covered in 10 languages. Cora Mae Bryant and Robert Stewart Hyer follow. Over the border in Covington, 26 names are on record, led by Stephon Castle. Born in 1860, Robert Stewart Hyer is the first name on record, and Cora Mae Bryant, born in 1926, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Sara Branham
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Robert Stewart Hyer
Youngest
1926
Cora Mae Bryant
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Oxford
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
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What Oxford is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 2.
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Covington leads the towns around it, with 26 names.
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 (2)
- Sara Branham: Photographer: Vernon Taylor. Images from the History of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephon Castle: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons