Photo: Raymond Shobe · CC BY 2.0No one from Washington is on the famous people list yet
The nearest list is next door in St. George: 19 names, starting with Amanda Righetti. 120 of the towns in Utah list at least one person. No town in Utah lists more than Logan, with 56. Provo has the second-longest list in Utah, after Logan, with 52.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Washington), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Washington has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Washington
Close by, the fullest list is St. George’s, at 19 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Washington 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 (2)
- Amanda Righetti: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Leo Jonathan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons