Fort William H. Seward · Photo: Mike Quach · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Haines has made the famous people list yet
Fairbanks’ 49 names make the longest list in Alaska. After Fairbanks, the next longest list in Alaska is Anchorage’s, with 46. In all of Alaska, the famous people on record come from 40 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Haines), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Haines has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Haines 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.