Photo: T. Tolbert · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Crown Point yet, but Merrillville next door has 12
The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68. Muncie has the second-longest list in Indiana, after Gary, with 68. 387 towns across Indiana can name a famous person born there. The best known born in Merrillville is David Neville.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Crown Point), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Crown Point has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Crown Point
Merrillville leads the towns around it, with 12 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crown Point 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)
- David Neville: 400_m_Meeting_Areva_2009.jpg: Yann Caradec from Paris, France derivative work: Zakke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons