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Famous people · Romeo
8 famous people were born in Romeo, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 11 languages make the American actress Jill Ritchie the best known. Close behind are Frank Bowerman and Howard Andrew Knox. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 22.4 for every 10,000 residents. Born in 1847, Horace G. Snover is the first name on record, and Jill Ritchie, born in 1974, the most recent.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Jill Ritchie
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Horace G. Snover
Youngest
1974
Jill Ritchie
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Romeo
Jill Ritchie, Frank Bowerman and Howard Andrew Knox are written about in 11, 5 and 4 languages.
#2Sports
Frank Bowerman
1868–1948American baseball player, coach, manager
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Romeo’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Romeo is known for
Romeo has 1.8× the usual share of leaders.
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 Romeo
Here are 5 more, born from 1847 to 1911.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Romeo home
Born elsewhere, Lisa McClain lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Romeo 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 (6)
- Frank Bowerman: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Wight Giddings: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Stephens: Goodwin & Company, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace G. Snover: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen F. Rush: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa McClain: Office of Congresswoman Lisa McClain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons