#1Science & Medicine
Leonard Wood
1860–19275th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
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Famous people · Winchester
Leaders stand out among the 12 famous people born in Winchester
Best known of all is Leonard Wood, written about in 27 languages. The next two names are Marshall Jewell and Louis B. Goodall. In the early republic, 9 were born, the most of any period. Only 23 of the 196 towns in New Hampshire with anyone on record list more.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Leonard Wood
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1778
Henry Ashley
Youngest
1877
Francis P. Murphy
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Winchester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Winchester’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1820s come out on top, with 2 births.
Politics & LawNotableScience & MedicineSportsBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Winchester is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.4 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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Born in Winchester
Two of the three are leaders.
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9 more, 4 of them leaders.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Winchester.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winchester 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 (13)
- Leonard Wood: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Jewell: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis B. Goodall: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis P. Murphy: Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Jewell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry E. Turner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Parks Wright: The Photo-gravure co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Grace Alexander: slowking4, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison Pratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Anderson Dana: Copyright 1895 by B. J. Falk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hosea Ballou: Pratt, Henry Cheever, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jefferson Bancroft: Emw, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loyal B. Stearns: Julian Hawthorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons