Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people from Spurgeon
397 towns in Indiana have at least one famous person on record. No entry yet names Spurgeon as a birthplace. Gary’s 68 names make the longest list in Indiana. After Gary, the next longest list in Indiana is Muncie’s, with 68.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Spurgeon), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Spurgeon has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spurgeon 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.