Sussex County Courthouse Historic District · Photo: Calvin Beale · Public domainNo one born in Sussex has made the famous people list yet
No town in Virginia lists more than Arlington, with 84. After Arlington, the next longest list in Virginia is Newport News’, with 60. Across Virginia, 280 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Sussex), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Sussex has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sussex 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.