Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Oakley has yet to put a famous person on the list
294 towns across Kansas can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Kansas belongs to Lawrence, with 48. After Lawrence, the next longest list in Kansas is Kansas City’s, with 47.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Oakley), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Oakley has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oakley 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.