#1Famous people · Sharon
7 famous people from Sharon, many of them leaders
Articles in 9 languages make the American football player Travis Frederick the best known. Frank P. Woods is second and Walter Samuel Goodland third. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 4 of them. The earliest on the list is Scott M. Ladd, born in 1855, and the youngest Travis Frederick, born in 1991.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Travis Frederick
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Scott M. Ladd
Youngest
1991
Travis Frederick
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Sharon’s famous people
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What Sharon is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.7 times.
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The best known
Born in Sharon
Travis Frederick, Frank P. Woods and Walter Samuel Goodland are written about in 9, 6 and 6 languages.
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When Sharon’s famous people were born
The 1860s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Walworth, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sharon 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 (8)
- Travis Frederick: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank P. Woods: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Samuel Goodland: Political Graveyard from Ann Arbor, MI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles W. Woodford: Hubert Humphrey for president campaign, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Perring: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley S. Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott M. Ladd: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Schutt: 1225UserName, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons