#1Military
Oliver Otis Howard
1830–1909United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
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Famous people · Leeds
4 famous people come from Leeds, Oliver Otis Howard the best known
With articles in 23 languages, Oliver Otis Howard is the most widely known. Kenneth M. Curtis is second and John Otis third. Born in 1801, John Otis is the first name on record, and Kenneth M. Curtis, born in 1931, the most recent. The longest list of any town in Maine belongs to Waterville, with 47.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Oliver Otis Howard
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
John Otis
Youngest
1931
Kenneth M. Curtis
Most common field
Military
2 people
The best known
Born in Leeds
Counted by languages, Oliver Otis Howard is ahead of Kenneth M. Curtis and John Otis: 23, 11 and 4.
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#2Politics & Law
Kenneth M. Curtis
born 1931American attorney, Democratic politician, and diplomat
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JO#3
Through the years
When Leeds’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1830s come out on top, with 2 births.
MilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Leeds is known for
Share of Leeds’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Leeds
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Livermore: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leeds 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 (8)
- Oliver Otis Howard: Mathew Brady (1823?–1896) or Levin C. Handy (1855?–1932), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth M. Curtis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Henry Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elihu B. Washburne: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Hale: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Thurston: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron S. Daggett: Daggett died pre-1920, and this picture was published during his lifetime, and therefore in the public domain. I release it., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Brigham Bishop: John J. MacIntyre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons