#1Famous people · Charles City
Charles City’s famous people span 201 years: 4 births from 1728 to 1929
At the top of the list is the American politician Freeman Walker, covered in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American politician William Byrd III, third to Charles Harrison. Freeman Walker, the best known, was born in 1780. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Freeman Walker
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1728
William Byrd III
Youngest
1929
James Bradby
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Charles City
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2CH#3
Military
Charles Harrison
1740–1793General during the American Revolutionary War
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Through the years
When Charles City’s famous people were born
The 1780s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Politics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Charles City is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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 Charles City
1 more, best known first.
James Bradby
1929–1968First African-American sheriff in the state of Virginia since the Reconstruction Era, 1929-1968
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A chosen home
Also called Charles City home
One more notable person made the town home: Susan Wise Bauer.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Charles City 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 (2)
- Freeman Walker: United States Senate Historical Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Byrd III: John Hesselius, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons