#1Politics & Law
William H. Seward
1801–1872American lawyer and politician
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Famous people · Florida
4 famous people come from Florida, William H. Seward the best known
The best known is the American lawyer and politician William H. Seward, with articles in 60 languages. Second and third on the list are Philip S. Post and Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward. For every 10,000 residents there are 13.8 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9. The oldest name on the list belongs to William H. Seward, born in 1801, the newest to Thomas Adam Regelski, born in 1941.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
William H. Seward
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
William H. Seward
Youngest
1941
Thomas Adam Regelski
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Florida’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Florida
Two of the three are leaders.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Florida’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Florida is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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 Florida
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Goshen: 12.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Florida 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)
- William H. Seward: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip S. Post: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward: J.H. (Jacob Henry) Hall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Adam Regelski: Kruguitarz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hartley Sawyer: Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gus Dapperton: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons