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Famous people · Oxford

Oxford is the birthplace of 3 famous people

The best known is the American politician Kevin Kinney, with articles in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Clara Stover and James Hoyt. From Clara Stover to Kevin Kinney, the births on the list run from 1882 to 1963. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.

#2 best knownClara StoverBusiness · 1882–1975
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Kevin Kinney
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Clara Stover
Youngest
1963
Kevin Kinney
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known

Born in Oxford

Kevin Kinney has articles in 3 languages, Clara Stover in 2 and James Hoyt in 2.

KK#1
Politics & Law

Kevin Kinney

born 1963

American politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Clara Stover#2
Business

Clara Stover

1882–1975

American businesswoman and chocolatier

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JH#3
Military

James Hoyt

1925–2008

American soldier

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.

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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.

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