Some of the people who have lived on Roton Hill have lived very interesting lives. This is a set of neighbors that I think are particularly notable, for various arbitrary reasons. Note that I'm focusing on historical figures, ignoring the many notable current residents.
341 Flax Hill Road
Sally Ann Lockwood Keeler (1803-1874). On historical maps (1851, 1858, 1867).
George Isaac Keeler (1838-1895), ice and sand dealer, horse racing enthusiast.
William George Shaw (1850-1934), lawyer and real estate developer.
Harvey Chauncy Waterbury (1865-1951), clerk of the US Customs House in New York.
343 Flax Hill Road
Claude Ernest Hooper (1898-1954), developed Hooper Ratings for measuring radio audience size (his house is now 3 Rochelle).
347 Flax Hill Road
Alexander J Rummler (1867-1959), artist, and Maria Bonner Rummler (1870-1959), first woman on the Norwalk City Council.
378 Flax Hill Road
Josiah Tristram (1827-1886), shoemaker and train robbery accomplice.
William Henry Tristram (1866-1931), postman for the rural Rowayton area.
George Woodbridge Stewart (1899-1992), publisher, author and editor, Oxford University Press and his own company.
384 Flax Hill Road
Edward Nelson Dart (1873-1952), Art Director for the New York Times from 1916-1934.
Martha Stewart Living bought this house for a remodeling show in 2005-2006, but the show did not end up being produced.
387 Flax Hill Road
John Zilske (1877-1949), florist at the Traendly greenhouses, and his wife Augusta Getner Zilske (1888-1988), who lived at this house until she was 100.
398 Flax Hill Road
Alexander Getner (1873-1954), florist at the Traendly greenhouses, brother of Augusta Zilske, and parent of the Getner Barn family.
Approximately 250 Highland Avenue
Approximately 296 Highland Avenue (now Brien McMahon High School)
Ira Ford Hoyt (1824-1887), builder and lumber dealer
Margaret Hoyt Smith (1905-2001), Norwalk's first female architect (Norwalk Hour article)
354 Highland Avenue
Hannah Smith Bouton Hoyt (1792-1873), who geographically, genealogically, and nominatively sits at the center of Roton Hill.
6 Pogany Street
Louis Joseph Pogany (1888-1957), insurance salesman and the Norwalk First Selectman for 15 years.
57 Soundview Avenue
Joseph Stephen Hadik (1893-1975), builder and namesake of Hadik Parkway.
4 Westview Lane
Philip Scribner Rand (1906-1995), radio engineer and member of the Remington Rand family.
12 Westview Lane
Frank Thornton Kimball (1897-1954), advertising executive and self-styled self-help guru.
14 Westview Lane
Cuthbert Corwin Hurd (1911-1986), director of the IBM Applied Science Department.
Betty Kellett Nadeau (1905-1999), paleontologist (Wikipedia article).
15 Westview Lane
Marcell Rand (1913-1979), executive at Sperry Rand and co-founder the Travel Center in Darien.
16 Westview Lane
Paul Griswold Howes (1892-1984), author and curator of the Bruce Museum (New York Times obituary).
19 Westview Lane
King Whitney, Jr (1925-2018), head of The Personnel Laboratory, which gave psychological tests to prospective executives in Stamford.
23 Westview Lane
Godfrey Cossitt Shaw (1887-1968), builder of many of the homes on Westview.
Rodion Rathbone (1915-1996), TWA pilot and son of the actor Basil Rathbone. Briefly acted as John Rodion. Story of Basil and Rodion.