#1Famous people · Tonawanda Town
Tonawanda Town’s famous people span 147 years: 10 births from 1840 to 1987
Articles in 11 languages make the American soccer player Bobby Shuttleworth the best known. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970. Bobby Shuttleworth was born in 1987. For its size the list is short: 1.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical New York town.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Bobby Shuttleworth
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
John Simson Woolson
Youngest
1987
Bobby Shuttleworth
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Tonawanda Town’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Tonawanda Town’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Tonawanda Town
Two of the three are athletes.
#1TP#2
Writing & Arts
Thomas Perry
1947–2025American mystery and thriller novelist
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#3Known for
What Tonawanda Town is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Tonawanda Town
Of the other 7, 3 are athletes.
Robert J. H. Kiphuth
1890–1967American swimming coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tonawanda Town 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 (12)
- Bobby Shuttleworth: andywitchger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Fenn: User:STB-1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alcide M. Lanoue: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Corwin: Mattdpoole1999, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. H. Kiphuth: Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Simson Woolson: WoolsonAbrams, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Hollerith: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Hurtubise: Dick Ralstin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Gronkowski: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Gibbs: Yoopernewsman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Lee: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons