#1Famous people · Tonawanda
10 famous people come from Tonawanda, Bobby Shuttleworth the best known
The best known is the American soccer player Bobby Shuttleworth, with articles in 11 languages. Thomas Perry and Darren Fenn follow. 3 of them were born since 1970. The biggest group are athletes: 5.
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’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Tonawanda’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Tonawanda
Counted by languages, Bobby Shuttleworth is ahead of Thomas Perry and Darren Fenn: 11, 11 and 6.
#1TP#2
Writing & Arts
Thomas Perry
1947–2025American mystery and thriller novelist
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#3Known for
What Tonawanda is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.4 times as common.
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 Tonawanda
7 more, 3 of them 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 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 (9)
- 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
- Jim Hurtubise: Dick Ralstin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Gibbs: Yoopernewsman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons