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John Cochrane
1813–1898Military general, politician, and lawyer
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Famous people · Palatine
5 famous people were born in Palatine
John Cochrane is the best known, with articles in 9 languages. Second place goes to the American politician Peter Joseph Wagner, third to Elijah Fox Cook. Most were born in the early republic: 4 of them. Over 39 years of births, the list goes from George Eacker (1774) to John Cochrane (1813).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John Cochrane
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1774
George Eacker
Youngest
1813
John Cochrane
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Palatine’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Palatine’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1790s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Palatine
Leaders take two of the three places.
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What Palatine is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.8 times.
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The best known from each town bordering Palatine.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palatine 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 Cochrane: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Dimond: Photographer unknown. Published by the Pathfinder Publishing Company of Valdez, Alaska for the Pioneers of Alaska., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bud Fowler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reuben Ellwood: Frontispiece of 1886's "Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Reuben Ellwood." US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Hapeman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons