Photo: FatCat96 · CC BY-SA 4.0McCarr has yet to put a famous person on the list
John Hendricks leads the 3 names listed next door in Matewan. 222 towns in Kentucky have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Kentucky belongs to Covington, with 54. After Covington, the next longest list in Kentucky is Bowling Green’s, with 47.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is McCarr), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in McCarr has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near McCarr
The fullest list close by belongs to Matewan, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McCarr 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 (1)
- John Hendricks: The Baltimore Sun / Anne Arundel County Sun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons