#1Military
Jedediah Hotchkiss
1828–1898Confederate Army officer cartographer, and topographer
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Famous people · Windsor
6 famous people call Windsor their birthplace
Jedediah Hotchkiss leads the list, covered in 6 languages. Most were born in the early republic: 4 of them. From Giles W. Hotchkiss to Ralph Hungerford, the births on the list run from 1815 to 1896. The longest list in New York is New York City’s, with 99 names.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jedediah Hotchkiss
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Giles W. Hotchkiss
Youngest
1896
Ralph Hungerford
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2 people
What stands out about Windsor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Windsor’s famous people were born
The 1810s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Windsor
Jedediah Hotchkiss has articles in 6 languages, Francis S. Edwards in 4 and Giles W. Hotchkiss in 4.
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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 (5)
- 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