Photo: Trevor Bexon · CC BY 2.0No famous person born in Reno is listed yet
Of the bordering towns, Sparks has the longest list: 12, with Mädchen Amick at the top. 30 towns in Nevada have at least one famous person on record. Henderson has the most of any town in Nevada: 19. After Henderson, the next longest list in Nevada is Carson City’s, with 14.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Reno), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Reno has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Reno
Around it, Sparks has the most people on record, 12 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Reno 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)
- Mädchen Amick: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons