Urbana has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across Missouri, 402 towns list someone born there. No town in Missouri lists more than 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 Urbana), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Urbana has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Urbana 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.