#1Famous people · Montgomery
Musicians stand out among the 43 famous people born in Montgomery
The best known is the American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole, with articles in 78 languages. Octavia Spencer and Zelda Fitzgerald follow. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 23 of them. 10 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
43
notable people
Best known
Nat King Cole
in 78 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Anne Goldthwaite
Youngest
1998
Jasmine Walker
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Montgomery’s famous people
A town of musiciansAmong the 43 people born here, 8 are musicians: 3.4 times the usual share.Known worldwideNat King Cole has an article in 78 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 23, the most recent in 1998.A chosen home4 more notable people chose to live here, Katie Britt among them.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Montgomery is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 3.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Montgomery
The three are covered in 78, 64 and 50 languages: Nat King Cole, Octavia Spencer and Zelda Fitzgerald.
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#3Through the years
When Montgomery’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 9 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Montgomery
40 more, best known first.
Anne Goldthwaite
1869–1944American artist and advocate of women's rights and equal rights
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A chosen home
Also called Montgomery home
4 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Katie Britt the best known.
Frances Scott Fitzgerald
1921–1986Writer, political activist, philanthropist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montgomery 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.
Photo credits (16)
- Nat King Cole: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Octavia Spencer: Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zelda Fitzgerald: Alfred Cheney Johnston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claudette Colvin: The Visibility Project, Claudette Colvin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Carr: Mario De Biassi/Giorgio Lotti (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn C. Thornton: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo Babers: Mike Haggerty, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Floyd: Christoph Van Lent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yolanda King: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Butler: ThinkItBig, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Roby: Shealeah Craighead, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Luther King III: Office of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dixie Bibb Graves: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donzaleigh Abernathy: Abernathy Family, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Britt: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Stevenson: James Duncan Davidson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons