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Famous people · Brookings

No one from Brookings is on the famous people list yet

Across Oregon, the lists cover 135 towns. Salem has the most of any town in Oregon: 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 Brookings), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Brookings has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Brookings

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brookings 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.