#1Famous people · Norwich
18 famous people were born in Norwich, more of them scientists and doctors than in most towns
Gail Borden, the American inventor, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second place goes to the American politician Jesse D. Bright, third to C. Stuart Gager. In the early republic, 7 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Meade Purdy, born in 1796, the newest to Natasha Friend, born in 1972.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Gail Borden
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1796
Meade Purdy
Youngest
1972
Natasha Friend
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Norwich’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Norwich is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 3.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Norwich’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Norwich
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Norwich
Still to come: 15 more, from 1796 to 1972.
Robert Sumner
1922–2016American Baptist pastor and editor of a fundamentalist newspaper
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John Prindle Scott
1877–1932American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Oxford has the most on record, with 8.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Norwich 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 (15)
- Gail Borden: Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901; Dick, Charles, 1858-; Homans, James Edward, 1865-, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse D. Bright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Stuart Gager: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Caesar Buell: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Fenton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin R. Meade: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Louise Bullock: Frances Elizabeth Willard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Sumner: SlyFoxTX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Scoville: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Prindle Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Belle Sage: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Natasha Friend: Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Stockton Williamson: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- N. B. Willey: James T. White & Company (New York, NY), publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisha Mills Huntington: Artist: Charles Fenderich (1805-1887), Lithographer : Peter S. Duval, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons