No one from Cottondale is on the famous people list yet
Dinah Washington leads the 65 names listed next door in Tuscaloosa. In Alabama, 288 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cottondale), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cottondale has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Cottondale
Close by, the fullest list is Tuscaloosa’s, at 65 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cottondale 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.
Photo credits (1)
- Dinah Washington: Mercury Records The full size copy of the photo shows the photographer to be James Kriegsmann, New York., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons