Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Shannon
No town in North Carolina lists more than Wilmington, with 67. After Wilmington, the next longest list in North Carolina is Rocky Mount’s, with 55. 342 towns in North Carolina have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Shannon), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Shannon has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shannon 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.