Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 4.0No one born in Lauderdale has made the famous people list yet
No town in Mississippi lists more than Hattiesburg, with 75. After Hattiesburg, the next longest list in Mississippi is Meridian’s, with 68. In all of Mississippi, the famous people on record come from 267 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Lauderdale), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Lauderdale has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lauderdale 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.