Birmingham has no famous person on record yet
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. Famous people are on record for 390 of the towns in Missouri.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Birmingham), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Birmingham has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Birmingham 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.