Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Next door to Greenville, Smithfield lists 15 famous people
No famous person on record lists Greenville as their birthplace yet. Newport has the most of any town in Rhode Island: 49. After Newport, the next longest list in Rhode Island is Pawtucket’s, with 46. 44 towns across Rhode Island can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Greenville), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Greenville has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Greenville
Close by, the fullest list is Smithfield’s, at 15 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenville 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 (3)
- Gina Raimondo: United States Department of Commerce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Mazzulla: NBC Sports Boston, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles H. Page: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons