#1Famous people · Milford
Milford is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the American politician John Hyde Sweet, covered in 5 languages. The next two names are David F. Wilber and Paul Wolfe. The oldest name on the list belongs to David F. Wilber, born in 1859, the newest to Paul Wolfe, born in 1977. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.3 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Hyde Sweet
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
David F. Wilber
Youngest
1977
Paul Wolfe
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Milford
By how many languages cover them, John Hyde Sweet comes first (5), then David F. Wilber (4) and Paul Wolfe (2).
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Through the years
When Milford’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Milford 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 Milford
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Oneonta has the longest list next door: 21.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milford 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 (5)
- John Hyde Sweet: "Lincoln Evening Journal" (Lincoln, NE)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David F. Wilber: E. L. Murlin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Jeff Walker: Duke53 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Bissell: various authors for the various articles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Caryl Ely: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons