#1Famous people · Hudson
14 famous people were born in Hudson from 1821 to 1994
Articles in 9 languages make the American football player Dante Lavelli the best known. Second and third on the list are Brian Winters and James Ellsworth. In the early republic, 7 were born, the most of any period. Dante Lavelli was born in 1923.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Dante Lavelli
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
John Brown Junior
Youngest
1994
Ben Gedeon
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Hudson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hudson’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1840s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsBusinessScience & MedicineMilitaryNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hudson
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2Sports
Brian Winters
born 1991American football player, offensive lineman, guard
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#3Known for
What Hudson is known for
Compared with the usual town, business people are the most over-represented field, at 8.3 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 Hudson
The other 11 span the years 1821 to 1994.
James S. Ditty
1880–1962American photoengraver and entrepreneur, developer of Bellevue, Washington.
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A chosen home
Also called Hudson home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, John Brown the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Stow counts 5 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hudson 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 (15)
- Dante Lavelli: Bowman (Life time: None), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Winters: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Ellsworth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Day Seymour: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Gedeon: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Hickenlooper: The original uploader was Spacini at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Edward Hollenbeck: Richard Hollenbeck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Barrows: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Brown Junior: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Forbush: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Brown: Augustus Washington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristina D. Roegner: Image courtesy of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Csonka: Roy Erickson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- F. A. Wing: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denzel Ward: Erik Drost, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons