Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Edison has yet to put a famous person on the list
Next door, the list for Bow holds 2, Joe Dawson first. Across Washington, the lists cover 202 towns. No town in Washington lists more than Yakima, with 65. Bellingham has the second-longest list in Washington, after Yakima, with 53.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Edison), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Edison has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Edison
The neighbour with the most names is Bow, at 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Edison 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.