Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Rowley has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is next door in Ipswich: 21 names, starting with Arthur Wesley Dow. The longest list in Massachusetts is Lawrence’s, with 63 names. After Lawrence, the next longest list in Massachusetts is Malden’s, with 63. 335 towns in Massachusetts have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Rowley), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Rowley has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Rowley
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rowley 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 (3)
- Arthur Wesley Dow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Kreider: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Moody: James E. Purdy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons