#1Military
Jedediah Hotchkiss
1828–1898Confederate Army officer cartographer, and topographer
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Famous people · Windsor
6 famous people were born in Windsor
Jedediah Hotchkiss leads the list, covered in 6 languages. 4 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is Giles W. Hotchkiss’, in 1815, and the last Ralph Hungerford’s, in 1896. The list comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jedediah Hotchkiss
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Giles W. Hotchkiss
Youngest
1896
Ralph Hungerford
Most common field
Military
2 people
What stands out about Windsor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Windsor’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1810s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Windsor
Two of the three are leaders.
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What Windsor is known for
Soldiers and sailors are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Everyone else born in Windsor
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Kirkwood counts 2 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Windsor 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 (8)
- Jedediah Hotchkiss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis S. Edwards: John Manley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Giles W. Hotchkiss: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Hungerford: USN, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Houghtaling: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Green: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Freeman Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Lord: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons