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William Blount
1749–1800American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution
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Famous people · Windsor
8 famous people from Windsor, many of them leaders
William Blount is the best known, with articles in 20 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. Over 221 years of births, the list goes from William Blount (1749) to Darren Swain (1970). Fewer than a quarter of the 340 towns in North Carolina with famous people list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
William Blount
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1749
William Blount
Youngest
1970
Darren Swain
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Windsor’s famous people
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What Windsor is known for
Windsor has 2.4× the usual share of leaders.
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Through the years
When Windsor’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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The best known
Born in Windsor
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Windsor
The rest number 5, with 2 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Windsor 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 (5)
- William Blount: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Ballance: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeorge Bennett Watson: Blackdiamond2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bosh Pritchard: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George T. Winston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons