Bloomington has yet to put a famous person on the list
Beaumont’s 63 names make the longest list in Texas. After Beaumont, the next longest list in Texas is Abilene’s, with 57. Across Texas, 633 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Bloomington), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Bloomington has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bloomington 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.