#1Jerome Adams
born 1974Surgeon General of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With articles in 15 languages, Jerome Adams is the most widely known. The list has one more: the American basketball player T.J. Carter. Over 11 years of births, the list goes from Jerome Adams (1974) to T.J. Carter (1985). Charlotte Hall’s list, next door, has 3 names, Maria Briscoe Croker first among them.


#1Surgeon General of the United States from 2017 to 2021
#2Share of Mechanicsville’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Mechanicsville’s most famous person is.
Charlotte Hall leads the towns around it, with 3 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mechanicsville 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.