Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person born in Parkland is listed yet
Tacoma’s list, next door, has 42 names, Bing Crosby first among them. 207 of the towns in Washington list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Washington belongs to Yakima, with 65. After Yakima, the next longest list in Washington is Bellingham’s, with 53.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Parkland), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Parkland has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Parkland
Nearby, Tacoma has the most on record, with 42.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Parkland 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 (3)
- Bing Crosby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jermaine Kearse: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Jones: Rh723, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons