Photo: Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States · CC BY 2.0No one born in Valmont has made the famous people list yet
Of the bordering towns, Boulder has the longest list: 44, with Edward Lawrie Tatum at the top. 134 towns across Colorado can name a famous person born there. Aurora’s 48 names make the longest list in Colorado.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Valmont), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Valmont has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Valmont
Boulder leads the towns around it, with 44 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Valmont 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 (1)
- Edward Lawrie Tatum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawrie_Tatum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons