#1Famous people · Montgomery
Montgomery’s famous people span 203 years: 6 births from 1790 to 1993
Most widely known is Nathaniel P. Hill, the American politician, with articles in 9 languages. 4 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2.6, close to the 3.9 of the typical New York town. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Nathaniel P. Hill
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1790
Thomas McKissock
Youngest
1993
P. J. Jacobsen
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Montgomery’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Montgomery’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1830s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Montgomery
Two of the three are leaders.
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#2JL#3
Known for
What Montgomery is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Montgomery
3 more names, born between 1790 and 1861.
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Nearby, Newburgh has the most on record, with 37.
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 (4)
- Nathaniel P. Hill: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- P. J. Jacobsen: Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Patterson: Library of Congress Life, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Stone: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons