Photo: Bill Whittaker (Transfered by Missionary/Original uploaded by Billwhittaker) · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Plain has yet to put a famous person on the list
455 towns in Iowa have at least one famous person on record. Waterloo has the most of any town in Iowa: 61. After Waterloo, the next longest list in Iowa is Iowa City’s, with 54.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Pleasant Plain), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Pleasant Plain has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Plain 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.