Is the most famous person from your area a rock star, a poet or known from films for adults? Regardless of whether you have always asked yourself this, or only through this article: withNotable PeopleYou can see the places of origin of famous or notorious people around the world - also in your neighborhood.
A card to participate
What is it about?Notable people is a publicly accessible project that shows you the most famous person for every city, every village and every community in the world.
The larger a name is displayed on the map, the more famous the person is. However, you can also scroll into the smallest villages to see who is the famous person from your area.
The name of the person is displayed instead of the city, but you can also have the city name displayed by the hook on the leftShow real place names
sets.
On the left side you can also limit the display to celebrities from certain areas: culture, discovery & science, manager and sports & game.
What data are used?The card is based on data from aStudy from 2022who with the most famous people between the years 3500 BC. and 2018 AD. has busy. The study in turn is based on data fromWikididand Wikipedia.
A total of 2.29 million people were in the studyNotability Rank
assigned. The following applies: the lower the number, the better known the person. For example, Albert Einstein has a rank of 4, while Oliver Kahn is 2819.
Who is behind it?The developerTopi Tjukanov from Finland describes himself on his websiteEven as a geographer and map designer. According to its own statement, the idea for the card is strongly inspired by the People Map of the Us that works similarly, but only covers the USA.
He himself seems to have a personal passion for cards and, according to his own statement, has worked for the Daily Mail.
Which celebrity comes from your area? Tell us in the comments!
