#1Famous people · Candor
Candor is the birthplace of 5 famous people
The best known is the American politician Herman L. Humphrey, with articles in 5 languages. Alice Blinn, the American educator and magazine editor, comes second, with Frank Howard third. In the early republic, 3 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1830, Herman L. Humphrey is the first name on record, and Alice Blinn, born in 1889, the most recent.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Herman L. Humphrey
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1830
Herman L. Humphrey
Youngest
1889
Alice Blinn
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Candor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Candor’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Candor
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Alice Blinn
1889–1982American educator and magazine editor
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#3Known for
What Candor is known for
Candor has 2.9× the usual share of leaders.
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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6 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Candor 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)
- Herman L. Humphrey: Phineas Camp Headley, author. A. L. Bancroft & Company (San Francisco, CA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Blinn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac S. Catlin: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodbridge N. Ferris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Blair: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eunice Stebbins: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons