Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Famous people from Cleveland
No famous person on record lists Cleveland as their birthplace yet. Selma’s 70 names make the longest list in Alabama. After Selma, the next longest list in Alabama is Tuscaloosa’s, with 65. Famous people are on record for 288 of the towns in Alabama.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cleveland), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cleveland has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleveland 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.