Carter's Grove · Photo: Melissa Wilkins from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0No one born in Yorktown has made the famous people list yet
In Virginia, 273 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Virginia is Arlington’s, with 84 names. After Arlington, the next longest list in Virginia is Newport News’, with 60.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Yorktown), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Yorktown has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yorktown 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.