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Famous people · Elkview

No one from Elkview is on the famous people list yet

Famous people are on record for 153 of the towns in West Virginia. The longest list of any town in West Virginia belongs to Huntington, with 62. Charleston has the second-longest list in West Virginia, after Huntington, with 48.

Who’s listed here

Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Elkview), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Elkview has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Elkview

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elkview 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.