Photo: Daniel Ziegler · CC BY-SA 4.0No one born in Jonestown has made the famous people list yet
Across the town line, Leander lists 2, Paul Thompson first. 654 of the towns in Texas list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Texas belongs to Beaumont, with 63. After Beaumont, the next longest list in Texas is Abilene’s, with 57.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Jonestown), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Jonestown has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Jonestown
Of the towns nearby, Leander lists the most people: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jonestown 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 (1)
- Paul Thompson: User:Desert sapper, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
