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Famous people · Memphis

No famous person born in Memphis is listed yet

Palmetto’s list, next door, has 6 names, George Dickie first among them. 284 towns in Florida have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Florida belongs to St. Petersburg, with 57. After St. Petersburg, the next longest list in Florida is Hollywood’s, with 56.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Memphis), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Memphis has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Memphis

Palmetto leads the towns around it, with 6 names.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Memphis 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.