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Famous people · Springfield

No famous person born in Springfield is listed yet

Famous people are on record for 160 of the towns in West Virginia. The longest list in West Virginia is Huntington’s, with 62 names. 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 Springfield), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Springfield has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

Back to Springfield

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Springfield 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.