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Community Building in Ross, North Dakota 10-18-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Famous people · Ross

No one from Ross is on the famous people list yet

131 towns in North Dakota have at least one famous person on record. Fargo’s 91 names make the longest list in North Dakota. After Fargo, the next longest list in North Dakota is Minot’s, with 50.

Who’s listed here

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

Back to Ross

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ross 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.