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Famous people · Lexington

No one born in Lexington has made the famous people list yet

Across Oregon, 135 towns list someone born there. No town in Oregon lists more than Salem, with 43. Corvallis has the second-longest list in Oregon, after Salem, with 42.

Who’s listed here

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

Back to Lexington

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lexington 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.