#1Famous people · Williamsburg
Charles M. Schwab tops a list of 6 famous people born in Williamsburg
At the top of the list is the American steel magnate Charles M. Schwab, covered in 16 languages. The union Army commander Jacob C. Higgins ranks second, ahead of Wilmer Lower Stultz. From Jacob C. Higgins in 1826 to C. Earl Stubbs in 1942, the births cover 116 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 935 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Charles M. Schwab
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1826
Jacob C. Higgins
Youngest
1942
C. Earl Stubbs
Most common field
Military
3 people
The best known
Born in Williamsburg
The three are covered in 16, 4 and 4 languages: Charles M. Schwab, Jacob C. Higgins and Wilmer Lower Stultz.
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#3Through the years
When Williamsburg’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 1.
MilitaryBusinessFaithPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Williamsburg is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 14 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 Williamsburg
The other 3 span the years 1835 to 1942.
John Dean
1835–1905American district attorney and later Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Williamsburg 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)
- Charles M. Schwab: Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob C. Higgins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilmer Lower Stultz: Leslie Ronald Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vaughn O. Lang: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dean: Wiley, Samuel T. and W. Scott Garner. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania, pp. 156-157. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois: Gresham Publishing Company, 1892 (public domain, courtesy of…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons