#1Politics & Law
Stephen Ailes
1912–2001American lawyer and government official
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Romney
14 famous people were born in Romney, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 7 languages make the American lawyer and government official Stephen Ailes the best known. Thomas F. Mulledy is second and Marshall McDonald third. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 8 of them. Born in 1794, Thomas F. Mulledy is the first name on record, and Charles M. Williams, born in 1917, the most recent.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Stephen Ailes
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1794
Thomas F. Mulledy
Youngest
1917
Charles M. Williams
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Romney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Romney is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Romney’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawFaithScience & MedicineMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Romney
Stephen Ailes leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Thomas F. Mulledy (7) and Marshall McDonald (5).
#1
#2
#3Science & Medicine
Marshall McDonald
1835–1895American engineer, professor, geologist, mineralogist, pisciculturist, and fisheries scientist
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Romney
Still to come: 11 more, from 1811 to 1917.
Charles M. Williams
1917–2011American academic, author, and military officer
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Christian Streit White
1839–1917American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, pisciculturist, and politician
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy
1886–1961American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Romney home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Isaac Parsons the best known.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Romney?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Romney’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Romney 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 (11)
- Stephen Ailes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas F. Mulledy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall McDonald: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Mulledy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert White: Atkinson, George Wesley (1919) Bench and Bar of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia: Virginia Law Book Company, p. 395, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Streit White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baker White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert White: West Virginia Legislature (1931). "West Virginia Blue Book, 1931". West Virginia Blue Book: 601. Charleston, West Virginia: Jarrett Printing Company. ISSN 0364-7323., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Ward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons