#1Famous people · Norwood
12 famous people from Norwood, many of them athletes
Articles in 44 languages make the American actor George Chakiris the best known. Second and third on the list are Vera-Ellen and Janice Rule. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 6.3 for every 10,000 residents. The oldest name on the list belongs to Larry Pape, born in 1885, the newest to Bob Barton, born in 1941.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
George Chakiris
in 44 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Larry Pape
Youngest
1941
Bob Barton
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Norwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Norwood
George Chakiris, Vera-Ellen and Janice Rule are written about in 44, 32 and 24 languages.
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What Norwood is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2.7 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 Norwood’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Norwood
9 more, best known first.
Ruth Sarles Benedict
1906–1996American anti-war activist, researcher, and journalist
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Close by, the fullest list is Columbia Township’s: one name.
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.
Photo credits (6)
- George Chakiris: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vera-Ellen: Template:Beuthiful, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janice Rule: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Jucker: NCAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Pape: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Bradway Rogers: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain., CC0, Wikimedia Commons