Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Augusta has yet to put a famous person on the list
387 towns across Missouri can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Missouri is St. Joseph’s, with 57 names. After St. Joseph, the next longest list in Missouri is Columbia’s, with 51.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Augusta), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Augusta has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Augusta 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.