Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 2.0Spivey has yet to put a famous person on the list
The longest list in Kansas is Lawrence’s, with 48 names. After Lawrence, the next longest list in Kansas is Kansas City’s, with 47. Famous people are on record for 294 of the towns in Kansas.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Spivey), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Spivey has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spivey 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.