#1Helen Gurley Brown
1922–2012American author, publisher, and businesswoman
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Best known of all is Helen Gurley Brown, written about in 26 languages. One more name completes the list: David Crockett Graham. The first birth on record is David Crockett Graham’s, in 1884, and the last Helen Gurley Brown’s, in 1922. The longest list in Arkansas is Fort Smith’s, with 69 names.


#1American author, publisher, and businesswoman
#2American Baptist missionary, anthropologist, educator, archeologist, curator, author, and field collector
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Green Forest 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.