Photo: Ktkvtsh · CC BY 4.0Downsville has yet to put a famous person on the list
No town in Louisiana lists more than Lake Charles, with 67. After Lake Charles, the next longest list in Louisiana is Monroe’s, with 52. Across Louisiana, 229 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Downsville), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Downsville has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Downsville 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.