#1Famous people · Huntingdon
From 1799 to 1966, Huntingdon was the birthplace of 15 famous people
Christina Crosby, the American scholar and writer, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are David McMurtrie Gregg and Joseph Saxton. The list’s best known name, Christina Crosby, dates from 1953. Between 1920 and 1969, 7 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Christina Crosby
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1799
Joseph Saxton
Youngest
1966
Stan Belinda
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Huntingdon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Huntingdon’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1830s come out on top, with 4 births.
Politics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsMilitarySportsNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Huntingdon
Christina Crosby leads with articles in 11 languages, ahead of David McMurtrie Gregg (10) and Joseph Saxton (10).
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What Huntingdon is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 3.7 times.
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 Huntingdon
Another 12, the earliest born in 1827.
Horace Porter
1837–1921United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Huntingdon 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)
- Christina Crosby: Matt Harvey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David McMurtrie Gregg: Unsure - part of Selected Civil War photographs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Saxton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Porter: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Wallace: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sebastian Currier: CTV Santa Cruz County, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio Gates Fisher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons