Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Boardman has yet to put a famous person on the list
135 towns across Oregon can name a famous person born there. No town in Oregon lists more than Salem, with 43. After Salem, the next longest list in Oregon is Corvallis’, with 42.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Boardman), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Boardman has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boardman 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.