Amherst has no famous person on record yet
No town in Colorado lists more than Aurora, with 48. After Aurora, the next longest list in Colorado is Boulder’s, with 44. 133 towns across Colorado can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Amherst), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Amherst has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Amherst 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.