Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Next door to Meraux, New Orleans lists 20 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Meraux yet. 241 towns in Louisiana have at least one famous person on record. No town in Louisiana lists more than Lake Charles, with 67. Monroe has the second-longest list in Louisiana, after Lake Charles, with 52.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Meraux), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Meraux has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Meraux
The longest list nearby is New Orleans’, with 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Meraux 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)
- Louis Armstrong: World-Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons