#1Famous people · Paris
Leaders stand out among the 7 famous people born in Paris
Articles in 7 languages make the American missionary and physician Moses Clark White the best known. The American politician Benjamin Alden Bidlack ranks second, ahead of Leander Babcock. More than half were born in the early republic, 7 in all. The first birth on record is Gerrit P. Judd’s, in 1803, and the last Franklin L. Wilcox’s, in 1830.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Moses Clark White
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1803
Gerrit P. Judd
Youngest
1830
Franklin L. Wilcox
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Paris’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Paris’s famous people were born
The 1810s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
Politics & LawFaithScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Paris is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.7 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 Paris
First, Moses Clark White (7 languages), then Benjamin Alden Bidlack (6) and Leander Babcock (6).
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Paris
The rest number 4, with 2 leaders among them.
Gerrit P. Judd
1803–1873American physician and missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paris 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 (10)
- Moses Clark White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leander Babcock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Tompkins: Bradley & Rulofson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerrit P. Judd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orson S. Head: The State Bar of Wisconsin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin L. Wilcox: C. Douglas SternerTransparency added and cropped by User:pd_THOR, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Bonamassa: Florian Stangl from Bayern, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philo Remington: Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company, New York, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asher Tyler: Everts & Ensign (Philadelphia), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio C. Burchard: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons