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Famous people · Stokes

No one born in Stokes has made the famous people list yet

The longest list in North Carolina is Wilmington’s, with 67 names. After Wilmington, the next longest list in North Carolina is Rocky Mount’s, with 55. In North Carolina, 338 towns have someone on the list.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Stokes), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Stokes has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Stokes

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stokes 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.