Namesakes
Notable Writers:
1 author/playwright
Thornton Wilder 1897-1975 
Olympic Medalists:
1 bronze
(bronze) Charles Finn (middle name Thornton) 1932 water polo
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Thornton Wilder 1928; 1938; 1943 The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Our Town; The Skin of Our Teeth