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Famous people · Norwood
Most of the 35 famous people born in Norwood came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Tony Rombola, the American guitarist, with articles in 15 languages. Bill Keating is second and Cosmo Hamilton third. The first birth on record is Cosmo Hamilton’s, in 1870, and the last Ricky Santos’, in 1984. Per head, the list is long: 11.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Massachusetts has 4.5.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Tony Rombola
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Cosmo Hamilton
Youngest
1984
Ricky Santos
Most common field
Sports
17 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Norwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Norwood’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 7.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessNotableFaithScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Norwood
First, Tony Rombola (15 languages), then Bill Keating (11) and Cosmo Hamilton (10).
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#3Writing & Arts
Cosmo Hamilton
1870–1942English novelist and playwright
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Norwood is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
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 Norwood
32 more, 17 of them athletes.
Tom Shillue
born 1966American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and talk show host from Norwood, MA
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Norwood home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Frank Gilman Allen the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Walpole has the most people on record, 18 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Norwood 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 (19)
- Bill Keating: US House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cosmo Hamilton: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Lockhart: Christian Zürn, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Finegold: The original uploader was ChronicallyUninspired at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Mattson: Slainte12, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Livingstone: Rachel Mandelbaum for the Office of the Governor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Callaghan: Zeenut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Santos: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Cahill: RC_Roundtable_Oct3_2008.jpg: John Gillooly derivative work: Fred the Oyster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen Ripley: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Travers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Emmett Quigley: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Sherman: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Daniel Raifsnider, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Gilman Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxim Naumov: FloweringDagwood, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Farrell: Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Batcheller Sumner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Florian: Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons