Wikipedia:Famous Residents
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 | This page in a nutshell: People listed as "Famous Residents" in a location article should be individually notable and verifiable, and there should be some significance to their tie to the area in question. |
In order for a person to be listed in the "Famous" or "Notable Residents" section of a location article, the person should meet all of the following criteria:
- Notability. The person must be notable enough to have an article in Wikipedia.
- Verifiability, Reliable Sources, Citation. The person must be or must have been a true resident of the location itself; not a seasonal resident; not a resident of a nearby locale or community. Such residence must be verifiable through cited, reliable sources.
- Significance to the location. The person's notability must derive from the location OR the person must have derived the basis for their notability in that location OR the person must hold some significance to the location in general.
Examples of Significance to the location:
- Notability deriving from the location: an artist who was notable for painting scenes of the city in which they lived; an author who wrote a book about the city in which they lived.
- Basis for notability derived from a location: a singer who developed their talent and/or was "discovered" in a certain city while they were living there; a professional athlete who developed their talent in a local athletic team; a mass-murderer who lived in a certain city when they murdered their victims.
- Person holding some significance to the location: an actor who establishes their notability prior to living in a city, but who uses their notability to benefit local charities or becomes a public servant (mayor, commissioner, etc.) for that location.