Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people from West
Not one famous person on record comes from West yet. Across Mississippi, the lists cover 260 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 West), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in West has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West 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.