#1Film, TV & Stage
Ruth Buzzi
1936–2025American actress, comedian, and singer
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Famous people · Westerly
Of the 34 famous people born in Westerly, an unusual share are leaders
Ruth Buzzi is the best known, with articles in 42 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 14 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 14.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Rhode Island has 3.4. Fewer than a quarter of the 44 towns in Rhode Island with famous people list more.
Born here
34
notable people
Best known
Ruth Buzzi
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1707
Joshua Babcock
Youngest
1988
Billy Gilman
Most common field
Politics & Law
13 people
What stands out about Westerly’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Westerly is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is business people, at 3.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Westerly
Three names lead: Ruth Buzzi (42 languages), Billy Gilman (22) and Nathan F. Dixon III (9).
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When Westerly’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 4.
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Everyone else born in Westerly
31 more, best known first.
Darren Main
born 1971Author, Yoga & Meditation Instructor, Gay Rights Activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Westerly 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 (25)
- Ruth Buzzi: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Gilman: TenPoundHammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan F. Dixon III: United States Senate Historical Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Greeley: none visible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan F. Dixon II: Carte de Visite, unknown photographer, circa 1865, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Berggren: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Matthew O'Connell: Collections of the Photo Historian of the United States House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Wise: Erling Dagsland - Bryne, Norway., CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Fitz Pendleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Berry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Stenhouse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert O. Dunn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoebe Jane Babcock Wait: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Crandall: The Wings Club, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Sawyer: Producer: Warner Pathe News, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Ward Jr.: Engraved by J. C. Buttre from an original miniature by Miss Anne Hall, painted in 1826., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Horton: Alan Kotok, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Panciera: Austin Brewin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Luck: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Babcock: Joseph Blackburn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Catlin: Ejocatlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Greer: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Lee Greene: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Pendleton: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons