#1Dave Bartholomew
1918–2019American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Best known of all is Dave Bartholomew, written about in 22 languages. Second place goes to the American cardiologist George E. Burch, third to Dillon Gordon. The list runs from Etienne J. Caire, born in 1868, to Dillon Gordon, born in 1993. 229 towns in Louisiana have at least one famous person on record.

By how many languages cover them, Dave Bartholomew comes first (22), then George E. Burch (3) and Dillon Gordon (1).
#1American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The largest field is Music, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Edgard’s most famous person is.
Close by, the fullest list is Laplace’s, at 7 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Edgard 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.