Photo: James Brooks · CC BY 2.0No one from McCarthy is on the famous people list yet
56 towns in Alaska have at least one famous person on record. 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 McCarthy), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in McCarthy has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McCarthy 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.