#1Slim Pickens
1919–1983American rodeo performer, film and television actor
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Slim Pickens is the best known, with articles in 24 languages. The next two names are Larry Hillblom and Melvin Lindquist. The list runs from Melvin Lindquist, born in 1911, to Kody Swanson, born in 1988. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 3.1 for every 10,000 residents.

Three names lead: Slim Pickens (24 languages), Larry Hillblom (4) and Melvin Lindquist (3).
#1American rodeo performer, film and television actor
The 1910s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Kingsburg’s most famous person is.
The neighbour with the most names is Selma, at 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kingsburg 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.