Robert G. Griffith Sr. House · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person yet from Joppa
The longest list in Alabama is Selma’s, with 70 names. Tuscaloosa has the second-longest list in Alabama, after Selma, with 65. 288 towns in Alabama have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Joppa), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Joppa has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Joppa 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.