Cape Lookout Village Historic District · Photo: Jarek Tuszyński · CC BY 3.0Harkers Island has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across North Carolina, the lists cover 354 towns. Wilmington’s 67 names make the longest list in North Carolina. After Wilmington, the next longest list in North Carolina is Rocky Mount’s, with 55.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Harkers Island), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Harkers Island has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harkers Island 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.