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Williamson, West Virginia; view looking down East 2nd AvePhoto: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Williamson

Williamson has yet to put a famous person on the list

In West Virginia, 155 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in West Virginia is Huntington’s, with 62 names. After Huntington, the next longest list in West Virginia is Charleston’s, with 48.

Who’s listed here

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

Back to Williamson

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Williamson 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.