Franklin R. Lanter House · Photo: Rmprit · CC BY-SA 3.0Olathe has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across the town line, Overland Park lists 32, Matt Besler first. 292 towns across Kansas can name a famous person 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 Olathe), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Olathe has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Olathe
The longest list nearby is Overland Park’s, with 32.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Olathe 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 (3)
- Matt Besler: Frenchieinportland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baron Corbin: HHH Pedrigree, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubba Starling: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons