Yantis has yet to put a famous person on the list
No town in Texas lists more than Beaumont, with 63. Abilene has the second-longest list in Texas, after Beaumont, with 57. 627 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Yantis), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Yantis has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yantis 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.