Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0No one born in Marietta has made the famous people list yet
Across Mississippi, the lists cover 261 towns. The longest list in Mississippi is Hattiesburg’s, with 75 names. Meridian has the second-longest list in Mississippi, after Hattiesburg, with 68.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Marietta), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Marietta has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marietta 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.