Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0No one from Rocky Top is on the famous people list yet
In all of Tennessee, the famous people on record come from 236 towns. Chattanooga’s 56 names make the longest list in Tennessee. After Chattanooga, the next longest list in Tennessee is Jackson’s, with 48.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Rocky Top), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Rocky Top has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rocky Top 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.