Tortugas has no famous person on record yet
Over the border in Las Cruces, 36 names are on record, led by Anwar al-Awlaki. The longest list of any town in New Mexico belongs to Albuquerque, with 51. Santa Fe has the second-longest list in New Mexico, after Albuquerque, with 42. Across New Mexico, the lists cover 95 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Tortugas), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Tortugas has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Tortugas
Close by, the fullest list is Las Cruces’, at 36 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tortugas 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)
- Anwar al-Awlaki: Awlaki_1008.JPG: Muhammad ud-Deen derivative work: Greg A L, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons