#1Famous people · Niagara Falls
Of the 60 famous people born in Niagara Falls, an unusual share are musicians
Franchot Tone, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. Behind the leader come Charles Cyphers and Glen Benton. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 41 of them. The list comes to 12.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York.
Born here
60
notable people
Best known
Franchot Tone
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Lilian Whiting
Youngest
2000
Mark Bridges
Most common field
Sports
23 people
What stands out about Niagara Falls’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Niagara Falls is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Niagara Falls’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 12 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Niagara Falls
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Niagara Falls
57 more, best known first.
George W. Comstock
1915–2007Public health physician, epidemiologist and educator
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Shelley Niro
born 1954Contemporary Mohawk filmmaker, photographer and visual artist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
John M. Olson
1929–2017American biophysicist and pioneer researcher in photosynthesis
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Kenneth M. Merz Jr.
born 1959American biochemist and molecular biologist
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Of the towns around it, Grand Island has the most on record: 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Niagara 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 (16)
- Franchot Tone: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Benton: Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rashad Evans: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must giv…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Von Erich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonny Flynn: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- April Stevens: KRLA Beat Publications-page 2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachael Lillis: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Clendening: Harold Cecchetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gabriel: Pop Goes The Culture TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Gregg: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nino Tempo: KRLA Beat Publications-page 2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Harris: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Manning: Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega (U.S. Army), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lilian Whiting: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Gibbs: Yoopernewsman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leila Janah: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons