Tristram Bethea House · Photo: Altairisfar · Public domainBoykin has yet to put a famous person on the list
Famous people are on record for 288 of the towns in Alabama. The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70. Tuscaloosa has the second-longest list in Alabama, after Selma, with 65.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Boykin), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Boykin has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boykin 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.