Gem has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across Kansas, 290 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Kansas belongs to Lawrence, with 48. Kansas City has the second-longest list in Kansas, after Lawrence, with 47.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Gem), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Gem has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gem 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.