Roanoke has yet to put a famous person on the list
The longest list in Louisiana is Lake Charles’, with 67 names. Monroe has the second-longest list in Louisiana, after Lake Charles, with 52. Across Louisiana, 231 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Roanoke), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Roanoke has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roanoke 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.