#1Famous people · Montrose
Montrose counts 6 famous people, first among them Dalton Trumbo
Most widely known is Dalton Trumbo, the American screenwriter, with articles in 49 languages. Al Taliaferro and Don Coram follow. Born in 1905, Dalton Trumbo is the first name on record, and John Ennis, born in 1979, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.9, while at least half the towns in Colorado list nobody born there.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Dalton Trumbo
in 49 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Dalton Trumbo
Youngest
1979
John Ennis
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Montrose’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Montrose’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Montrose
Counted by languages, Dalton Trumbo is ahead of Al Taliaferro and Don Coram: 49, 17 and 3.
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What Montrose is known for
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The rest number 3, with 2 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montrose 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 (2)
- Dalton Trumbo: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Coram: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons