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Famous people · Chester Gap

No one born in Chester Gap has made the famous people list yet

The longest list of any town in Virginia belongs to Arlington, with 84. After Arlington, the next longest list in Virginia is Newport News’, with 60. In all of Virginia, the famous people on record come from 280 towns.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Chester Gap), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Chester Gap has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Chester Gap

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chester Gap 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.