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Randle House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Norwood
Norwood is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the American poet Eleanor Ross Taylor the best known. Buck Ross is second and Bessie Lee Mauldin third. From Buck Ross in 1915 to Brandon Beane in 1976, the births cover 61 years. The North Carolina lists hold names for 344 towns.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Eleanor Ross Taylor
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Buck Ross
Youngest
1976
Brandon Beane
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Norwood
Languages with an article: 4 for Eleanor Ross Taylor, 3 for Buck Ross, 1 for Bessie Lee Mauldin.
BR#2
BM#3
Through the years
When Norwood’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsSportsMusicBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Norwood is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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
1 more, best known first.
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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.