#1Science & Medicine
John Maynard Woodworth
1837–1879American physician and Supervising-Surgeon General
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Famous people · Big Flats
Big Flats’ famous people span 149 years: 4 births from 1823 to 1972
With articles in 6 languages, John Maynard Woodworth is the most widely known. Second and third on the list are Christopher Friend and John Denny. The list’s best known name, John Maynard Woodworth, dates from 1837. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.3, close to the 3.9 of the typical New York town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Maynard Woodworth
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Hiram W. Roblier
Youngest
1972
Christopher Friend
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Big Flats
John Maynard Woodworth has articles in 6 languages, Christopher Friend in 3 and John Denny in 3.
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#3Military
John Denny
1849–1901United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Through the years
When Big Flats’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1830s than in any other decade: 1.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Big Flats is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest 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 Big Flats
1 more, best known first.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Big Flats 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 (6)
- John Maynard Woodworth: Hermann Günther, Hof-Photograph Seiner Majestät des Königs n. Sr.Kgl.H.d. Prinzen Freidrich Carl. Berlin, Werderscher Markt No. 6. Dortmund, Hôtel Bellevue. Essen, vis à vis dem Berg: Märk; Bahnhof., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Denny: See below, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram W. Roblier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eileen Collins: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Sanger: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Lefkowitz Brown: Stephanie.sanz1932, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons