#1Famous people · Hudson
28 famous people from Hudson, many of them leaders
At the top of the list is the American politician John C. Spencer, covered in 19 languages. The American rower Marion Greig ranks second, ahead of Chester Erskine. 13 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
John C. Spencer
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1783
Joshua Lee
Youngest
1996
Tyler Lydon
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Hudson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hudson’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & MedicineMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hudson is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Hudson
Counted by languages, John C. Spencer is ahead of Marion Greig and Chester Erskine: 19, 14 and 9.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Chester Erskine
1903–1986American theatre and film director
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hudson
Here are 25 more, born from 1783 to 1996.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Hudson home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Jeffrey Gibson.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hudson 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 (15)
- John C. Spencer: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Erskine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Lydon: Ryan Dickey from Evanston, IL / Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. Worth: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Van Fleet: van fleet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Roberts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Van Buren: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis William Edmonds: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Bagley: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Edmonds: Cornish, Lamport & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vess Ossman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rashad Barksdale: DMC511, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffrey Gibson: Sarah Stierch, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crane Wilbur: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oona Brown: FloweringDagwood, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons