Karlstad has yet to put a famous person on the list
The longest list in Minnesota is Duluth’s, with 50 names. St. Cloud has the second-longest list in Minnesota, after Duluth, with 48. 423 towns across Minnesota can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Karlstad), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Karlstad has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Karlstad 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.