Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0No one from Paynesville Township is on the famous people list yet
Union Grove Township’s list, next door, has one name: Fred Marshall. Across Minnesota, the lists cover 464 towns. The longest list of any town in Minnesota belongs to Duluth, with 50. After Duluth, the next longest list in Minnesota is St. Cloud’s, with 48.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Paynesville Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Paynesville Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Paynesville Township
Union Grove Township has the longest list next door, one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paynesville Township 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)
- Fred Marshall: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons