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Famous people · Montour Falls

Montour Falls’ famous people span 115 years: 6 births from 1847 to 1962

The best known is the American drummer Jeff Plate, with articles in 8 languages. The largest group, 4, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The biggest group are scientists and doctors: 2. Jeff Plate was born in 1962.

#2 best knownJane DelanoScience & Medicine · 1862–1919
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Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jeff Plate
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Halsey Ives
Youngest
1962
Jeff Plate
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known

Born in Montour Falls

First, Jeff Plate (8 languages), then Jane Delano (6) and Halsey Ives (4).

JP#1
Music

Jeff Plate

born 1962

American drummer

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Jane Delano#2
Science & Medicine

Jane Delano

1862–1919

American nurse and administrator

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Halsey Ives#3
Film, TV & Stage

Halsey Ives

1847–1911

Director of an American museum

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Montour Falls’s famous people were born

The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.

A new nationMills & railroadsThe American century185019001950Halsey IvesJane Delano
Science & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Montour Falls is known for

2 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Montour Falls

3 more, from 1909 to 1917.

William Cronk Elmore

William Cronk Elmore

1909–2003

American physicist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
JE

John T. Elfvin

1917–2009

United States federal judge

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
SS

Stu Smith

1915–1969

American football player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Montour Falls 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.

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