#1Famous people · Stafford
Stafford is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Archie D. Sanders, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The union Army officer Lafayette C. Baker ranks second, ahead of Marshall B. Champlain. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them. Over 33 years of births, the list goes from Marshall B. Champlain (1824) to Archie D. Sanders (1857).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Archie D. Sanders
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Marshall B. Champlain
Youngest
1857
Archie D. Sanders
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Stafford
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Stafford’s famous people were born
The 1820s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Politics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Stafford is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.6 times.
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 Stafford
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Batavia’s, with 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stafford 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 (7)
- Archie D. Sanders: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lafayette C. Baker: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall B. Champlain: John S. Minard, author. Georgia Drew Merrill, editor. W. A. Ferguson & Co. (Alfred, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gardner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham N. Fitch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Reinhart: RudyMin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Elizabeth Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons