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==Notable people== <!-- to be included, subject must have own Wikipedia page first! Alphabetical order, small summary and citations required. --> *[[Pat O'Dea]], pioneering, Australian-born American Football kicker for the [[Wisconsin Badgers]], fled an embezzlement charge in San Francisco and lived in Westwood under the pseudonym "Charles J. Mitchell" between 1919 and 1934.<ref name="The Opening Kickoff 1995">{{Cite book |last=Revsine |first=Dave |title=The Opening Kickoff: the Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation |publisher=Lyons Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0762791774 |location=Greenwood |ref=Revsine}}</ref> *[[T. B. Walker]] successful American businessperson who acquired timber in [[Minnesota]] and California and became an [[collection (museum)|art collector]], founding the [[Minneapolis Public Library]] and the [[Walker Art Center]]. In 1923, he was among the ten wealthiest men in the world.<ref name="Madison">{{Cite book |last=Madison, Cathy |url=https://archive.org/details/walkerartcenter0000madi/page/5 |title=Walker Art Center |publisher=Scala |year=2005 |isbn=1-85759-377-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/walkerartcenter0000madi/page/5 5β13]}}</ref> He built two [[company town]]s, including Westwood, which one of his sons, Archie, sold to become part of what is today known as [[Sunkist Growers, Incorporated|Sunkist]].
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