Florence, Alabama Music Enterprises (FAME) Recording Studios · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainMuscle Shoals has no famous person on record yet
Sheffield, which borders it, has 11 on its list, the best known Mitch McConnell. No town in Alabama lists more than Selma, with 70. After Selma, the next longest list in Alabama is Tuscaloosa’s, with 65. Across Alabama, 299 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Muscle Shoals), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Muscle Shoals has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Muscle Shoals
Close by, Sheffield counts 11 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Muscle Shoals 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 (2)
- Mitch McConnell: U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Pellegrini: Shadow2700, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons