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.
Born in Montour Falls
First, Jeff Plate (8 languages), then Jane Delano (6) and Halsey Ives (4).
#2Jane Delano
1862–1919American nurse and administrator
#3When Montour Falls’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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 else born in Montour Falls
3 more, from 1909 to 1917.

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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.
Photo credits (3)
- Jane Delano: American Red Cross., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Halsey Ives: Anders Zorn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cronk Elmore: David Elmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons