#1Famous people · Oxford
4 famous people call Oxford their birthplace
The best known is the American baseball player and coach Ron Hansen, with articles in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Dutch Webber and Dorothy Grebenak. The earliest on the list is Dutch Webber, born in 1901, and the youngest Jeff Kinney, born in 1949. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ron Hansen
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Dutch Webber
Youngest
1949
Jeff Kinney
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Oxford
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2DG#3
Through the years
When Oxford’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oxford is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Oxford
1 more, best known first.
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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.
Photo credits (2)
- Ron Hansen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dutch Webber: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons