Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0Peoria has yet to put a famous person on the list
137 towns across Oregon can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Oregon is Salem’s, with 43 names. 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 Peoria), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Peoria has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Peoria 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.