Francis Kosier Newcomer was a decorated officer of the United States Army with the rank of brigadier general. He is most noted for his service as a Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1948 to 1952.

Byron is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, probably best known as the location of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station, one of the last nuclear power plants commissioned in the United States. Byron is located in Byron Township, along the Rock River. The population was 3,753 at the 2010 census, up from 2,917 at the 2000 census. The town bills itself as the "Gateway to the Rock River Valley".