#1Famous people · Winchester
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 37 famous people born in Winchester
Best known of all is Richard E. Byrd, written about in 57 languages. Per head, the list is long: 13.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Virginia has 0.1. In the early republic, 13 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Richard E. Byrd
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1739
Rebecca Boone
Youngest
1996
Cameron Jackson
Most common field
Politics & Law
14 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Winchester’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Winchester is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Winchester
Counted by languages, Richard E. Byrd is ahead of Patsy Cline and Rick Santorum: 57, 55 and 46.
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Rick Santorum
born 1958American politician and commentator
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Through the years
When Winchester’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Winchester
The rest number 34, with 13 leaders among them.
Charles McDowell
1743–1815American Brigadier General, state senator, County Justice of Peace
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James Innes Randolph
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A chosen home
Also called Winchester home
One more notable person made the town home: Winsome Sears.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winchester 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 (16)
- Richard E. Byrd: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patsy Cline: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Santorum: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry F. Byrd Jr.: Official portrait, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Benben: AMY B. BOMBASSARO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Magill Conrad: en:Daniel Huntington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick W. M. Holliday: Thomas Cromwell Corner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen H. Gardener: May Wright Sewall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. Denver: Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Carlile: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Otho Marsh, Jr.: United States Army/DoD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hamilton Rowan Gamble: Photograph by E. & H. T. Anthony, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Kirby: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Randolph Tucker: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Winsome Sears: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons