Mapbox interactive map shows notable persons from your hometown

 An interactive map developed by Topi Tjukanov shows notable personalities from your hometown. It features different influential persons from fields that cut across culture, science, leadership, and sports. What someone contributes to society to be considered notable can vary, so researchers tried to narrow it down and account for biases where possible. 

Each name featured on the map was determined using a baseline of information scraped from Wikipedia and Wikidata for use in a recent study published in Nature that tried to calculate a person’s notability based on several rules:

When you click on each name — larger ones that are more visible from further away have higher rankings — you’re able to see where each individual ranks notability-wise.

If you’re a fan of geography and people, this site could be a cool way to explore people near and far. Or, as it was for me, another reminder that I share the same homeregion as Alexander Ogomudia

Check the map here