#1Famous people · Stanford
Stanford’s famous people span 158 years: 4 births from 1760 to 1918
Most widely known is Isaac R. Sherwood, the American politician, with articles in 5 languages. The American politician Joel Thompson ranks second, ahead of Austin Knickerbocker. Isaac R. Sherwood was born in 1835. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.8 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Isaac R. Sherwood
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1760
Joel Thompson
Youngest
1918
Austin Knickerbocker
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Stanford
Two of the three are leaders.
#1JT#2
AK#3
Through the years
When Stanford’s famous people were born
The 1830s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Stanford is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Stanford
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
5 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stanford 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)
- Isaac R. Sherwood: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington Gale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Swift: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duane B.Simmons: 日本プロテスタント宣教150周年記念大会, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Snyder: Bain News Service,, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Winchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Powell Bond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons