#1Military
Robert Stockton Williamson
1825–1882United States Army officer
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Famous people · Oxford
8 famous people were born in Oxford, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 6 languages make the united States Army officer Robert Stockton Williamson the best known. 7 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. From Solomon Bundy in 1823 to Clarence H. McNeil in 1873, the births cover 50 years. Only 255 of the 1,283 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Robert Stockton Williamson
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Solomon Bundy
Youngest
1873
Clarence H. McNeil
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Oxford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oxford’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 4.
Politics & LawMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oxford is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3 times as common.
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 Oxford
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Politics & Law
Thomas Ryan
1837–1914American politician and lawyer from Kansas
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Everyone else born in Oxford
Another 5, the earliest born in 1824.
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A chosen home
Also called Oxford home
Born elsewhere, John Taylor Gatto lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Norwich leads the towns around it, with 18 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oxford 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 (12)
- Robert Stockton Williamson: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Solomon Bundy: Mathew B. Brady and Levin Corbin Handy Photographic Studios., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ryan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Guy Phelps: San Francisco Call, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Martin Curtis: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., Chicago, IL, 1901, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Benjamin Dudley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester C. Cole: Published in above-mentioned work, which was by Benjamin F. Gue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence H. McNeil: U.S. Army Signal Corps. National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (College Park, Maryland)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gail Borden: Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901; Dick, Charles, 1858-; Homans, James Edward, 1865-, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- N. B. Willey: James T. White & Company (New York, NY), publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus Mallory: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Joseph Flynn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons