#1Famous people · Hillsdale
10 famous people from Hillsdale, many of them leaders
Articles in 5 languages make the American politician Ambrose L. Jordan the best known. Close behind are Ezra Dean and John F. Collin. Most were born in the early republic: 10 of them. From Lot Clark to Robert L. D. Potter, the births on the list run from 1788 to 1833.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Ambrose L. Jordan
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
Lot Clark
Youngest
1833
Robert L. D. Potter
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Hillsdale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Hillsdale is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 4.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Hillsdale’s famous people were born
The 1780s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hillsdale
All three are leaders.
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Everyone else born in Hillsdale
The other 7 span the years 1788 to 1833.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Hillsdale home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Hillsdale, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Claverack leads the towns around it, with 13 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hillsdale 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 (9)
- Ambrose L. Jordan: Duane Hamilton Hurd, author. Everts & Fariss (Philadelphia, PA), publisher. J. B. Lippincott & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), printer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John F. Collin: John F. Collin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Birdsall: Everts, Ensign & Everts, Philadelphia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Krum: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Augustus Loop: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Freeman: Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristanna Loken: Rob DiCaterino from Clifton, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Lent Stevenson: Clara Christiana Morgan Chapin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons