Photo: Bob Warrick · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Pontiac has made the famous people list yet
391 towns across Missouri can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57. Columbia has the second-longest list in Missouri, after St. Joseph, with 51.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Pontiac), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Pontiac has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pontiac 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.