Coal Township has yet to put a famous person on the list
St. Joseph’s 57 names make the longest list in Missouri. After St. Joseph, the next longest list in Missouri is Columbia’s, with 51. In all of Missouri, the famous people on record come from 389 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Coal Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Coal Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Coal 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.