Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Bentonia is on the famous people list yet
The longest list in Mississippi is Hattiesburg’s, with 75 names. Meridian has the second-longest list in Mississippi, after Hattiesburg, with 68. 260 of the towns in Mississippi list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Bentonia), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Bentonia has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bentonia 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.