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Famous people · Charleston

Charleston has no famous person on record yet

No town in Tennessee lists more than Chattanooga, with 56. After Chattanooga, the next longest list in Tennessee is Jackson’s, with 48. Across Tennessee, the lists cover 236 towns.

Who’s listed here

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

Back to Charleston

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Charleston 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.