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Famous people · Norfolk
Norfolk is the birthplace of 18 famous people
The best known is the American actor Thurl Ravenscroft, with articles in 14 languages. The American actress Doris Pawn ranks second, ahead of Arthur Harris. The largest group, 9, was born between 1920 and 1969. 4 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Thurl Ravenscroft
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Arthur Harris
Youngest
1983
Jeromey Clary
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Norfolk
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Norfolk’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 4 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Norfolk is known for
Performers stand out most, at 1.8 times the usual share.
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 Norfolk
Still to come: 15 more, from 1905 to 1983.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Norfolk home
One more notable person made the town home: Mike Flood.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Norfolk 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 (8)
- Doris Pawn: Ruth Waterbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Harris: U.S. Military Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Steffen: Paul Hagon from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick M. Martin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Shanle: Bearhanded at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeromey Clary: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Beyer: Oregon Department of Transportation (see here), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Flood: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons