#1Politics & Law
William Collins Whitney
1841–1904American politician, financier; United States Secretary of the Navy
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Famous people · Conway
17 famous people were born in Conway, more of them leaders than in most towns
William Collins Whitney is the best known, with articles in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Marshall Field and Chester Harding. Most were born in the early republic: 17 of them. The list runs from Parkhurst Whitney, born in 1784, to Henry Field, born in 1841.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
William Collins Whitney
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1784
Parkhurst Whitney
Youngest
1841
Henry Field
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Politics & Law
10 people
What stands out about Conway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Conway’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1790s, with 5 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Conway is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is business people, at 6.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Conway
William Collins Whitney, Marshall Field and Chester Harding are written about in 14, 12 and 7 languages.
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Everyone else born in Conway
14 more, from 1784 to 1841.
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The best known from each town bordering Conway.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Conway 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 (15)
- William Collins Whitney: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Field: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Harding: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Boyden: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Eli Wing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Clark: State Historical Society of Iowa (Des Moines, IA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Look Avery: Susan B. Anthony & Ida Husted Harper, eds., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caleb Rice: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Storrs Mead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Field: Léon Bonnat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi J. Gunn: Toomey, Daniel P., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Hitchcock: William S. Tyler., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil B. DeMille: Albert Witzel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Wright Kellogg: Richard Herndon, editor in chief. Richard Burton, editor and compiler. New England Magazine (Boston, MA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Lyon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons