
Cyril Adelbert Stebbins
1880–1953American educator and agriculturalist
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best known of them is Emma Gillett, with articles in 9 languages. The nearest, Cyril Adelbert Stebbins, was born in Harrisville, 4 mi away. In Wisconsin, 681 towns have someone on the list. Racine has the most of any town in Wisconsin: 85.
They were born in 3 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.

American educator and agriculturalist

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.