#1Famous people · Pocahontas
Pocahontas is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Herman Branson, the American physicist, with articles in 8 languages. The US Navy vice admiral Charles S. Minter, Jr. ranks second, ahead of Zollie Toth. Over 10 years of births, the list goes from Herman Branson (1914) to Zollie Toth (1924). Arlington has the most of any town in Virginia: 84.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Herman Branson
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Herman Branson
Youngest
1924
Zollie Toth
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Pocahontas
The three are covered in 8, 2 and 2 languages: Herman Branson, Charles S. Minter, Jr. and Zollie Toth.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Pocahontas’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Science & MedicineMilitarySportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pocahontas is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 1 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 Pocahontas
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pocahontas 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 (4)
- Herman Branson: Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gift of Julius Taylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles S. Minter, Jr.: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zollie Toth: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George F. Barnes: Foster-Dementi Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons