#1Famous people · Oneida
16 famous people were born in Oneida, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
At the top of the list is the American artist Kenneth Hayes Miller, covered in 12 languages. The next two names are William Ralph Maxon and Gilbert Stanley Underwood. For every 10,000 residents there are 15.7 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9. The oldest name on the list belongs to William Henry Irwin, born in 1873, the newest to Riley Dixon, born in 1993.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Kenneth Hayes Miller
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
William Henry Irwin
Youngest
1993
Riley Dixon
Most common field
Writing & Arts
5 people
What stands out about Oneida’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Oneida is known for
Oneida has 3.1× the usual share of writers and artists.
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 Oneida
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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Through the years
When Oneida’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 3 births.
Writing & ArtsSportsMilitaryScience & MedicineFaithPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Oneida
The rest number 13, with 5 athletes among them.
James Howe
born 1946American picture book author, children's writer and actor
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6 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oneida 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 (13)
- Kenneth Hayes Miller: Unidentified photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ralph Maxon: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley Dixon: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Irwin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Darby: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Howe: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles N. Hunter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Elizabeth Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Sage: W. M. Wander Weyde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Patricia: Louis Briscese, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Baker: New York State Constitutional Convention, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Ossian Armour: A.kirkwood.spence, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton De Lano: Thomas Wallace Knox, author. P. F. Collier (New York), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons