Photo: Elizabeth B. Thomsen Ethomsen · CC BY 2.5Carrboro has yet to put a famous person on the list
Over the border in Chapel Hill, 38 names are on record, led by Loudon Wainwright III. 339 of the towns in North Carolina list at least one person. No town in North Carolina lists more than Wilmington, with 67. Rocky Mount has the second-longest list in North Carolina, after Wilmington, with 55.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Carrboro), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Carrboro has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Carrboro
The fullest list close by belongs to Chapel Hill, with 38.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carrboro 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.
Photo credits (1)
- Loudon Wainwright III: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons