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Southbound Parks Highway approaching Trunk Road interchange and Mat-Su Regional HospitalPhoto: Malcolm Manners · CC BY 2.0
Famous people · Gateway

Gateway has no famous person on record yet

Bristol Palin leads the 5 names listed next door in Wasilla. 41 of the towns in Alaska list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Alaska belongs to Fairbanks, with 49. After Fairbanks, the next longest list in Alaska is Anchorage’s, with 46.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Gateway), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Gateway has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Gateway

The neighbour with the most names is Wasilla, at 5.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gateway 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.

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