#1Famous people · Warsaw
4 famous people call Warsaw their birthplace
The best known is the American politician William Atkinson Jones, with articles in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Henry St. George Tucker and Beverley Dandridge Tucker. Beverley Dandridge Tucker, born in 1882, is the youngest, and William Atkinson Jones, born in 1849, the first on record. The longest list in Virginia is Arlington’s, with 84 names.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
William Atkinson Jones
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1849
William Atkinson Jones
Youngest
1882
Beverley Dandridge Tucker
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Warsaw
Ministers and preachers take two of the three places.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Warsaw’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1840s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Warsaw is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Warsaw
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Warsaw 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)
- William Atkinson Jones: Work of the US federal government and therefore in the public domain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry St. George Tucker: Contemporary portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beverley Dandridge Tucker: Karl J. Rauschkolb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James F. Garland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons