Allison Montana
Chief Allison "Tootie" Montana (December 16, 1922 – June 27, 2005), a lath and plaster, lather by trade, was a New Orleans cultural icon who acted as the Mardi Gras Indian "Chief of Chiefs" for over 50 years. Tootie is revered in the Mardi Gra ...
(1922–2005), New Orleans cultural icon who acted as the Mardi Gras Indian "chief of chiefs"
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Bob Montana
Robert William Montana (October 23, 1920 – January 4, 1975) was an American comic strip artist who created the original likenesses for characters published by Archie Comics and in the newspaper strip '' Archie''.
Early life
He was born in Stoc ...
(1920–1975), cartoonist who drew the characters that launched Archie Comics
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Claude Montana
Claude Montana (29 June 1947 – 23 February 2024) was a French fashion designer. His company, The House of Montana, founded in 1979, went bankrupt in 1997. He was also nicknamed "King of the Shoulder Pad," designing aggressive silhouettes whic ...
(1949–2024), French fashion designer
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Cyril Montana
Cyril Montana is a French writer and one of Anggun
Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; (born 29 April 1974), known mononymously as Anggun, is an Indonesian-French singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she began performing at ...
(born 1969), French writer
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Francisco Montana
Francisco Montana (born November 5, 1969) is a former professional tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two ...
(born 1969), American tennis player
* Freddy Montaña (born 1982), Colombian road cyclist
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Gentil Montaña
Gentil Montaña (1942 in Ibagué – 2011), was a classical guitarist and composer from Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regio ...
(1942–2011), classical guitarist and composer
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Íñigo López Montaña
Inigo is a masculine given name deriving from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (man)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity ...
(born 1982), Spanish footballer
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Joe Montana
Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. Nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "the Co ...
(born 1956), American Hall-of-Fame retired National Football League quarterback
* John C. Montana (1893–1964), American mobster and city politician
* Jordi Montaña, Spanish academic
* Jorge López Montaña (born 1978), Spanish retired footballer
* José Fernández Montaña, (1842–1935), Spanish priest, jurist, linguist and historian
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Manny Montana
Manny Montana (born September 26, 1983) is an American actor. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, he started his career in 2008 and is best known for his character Rio in the series ''Good Girls (TV series), Good Girls''.
Early life and ...
, American actor
* Nate Montana (born 1989), American footballer
* Nick Montana (born 1992), American footballer
* Pietro Montana (1890–1978), Italian-American sculptor, painter and teacher
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Raúl Montaña
Raúl Alexander Montaña Herrera (born September 22, 1971 in Bogotá) is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1994.
Career
;1992
:1st in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23 (COL)
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(born 1971), Colombian road racing cyclist
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Saúl Montana
Saúl "La Cobra" Montana (born November 23, 1970) is a Mexican former Professional boxing, professional boxer. Montana is the former IBA, NABA, World Boxing Council, WBC Mundo Hispano, World Boxing Council, WBC Continental Americas Champion at Cr ...
(born 1970), Mexican boxer
* Vincent Montana Jr. (1928–2013), American composer, arranger and percussionist
Montana Cox
Montana Cox (born 2 September 1993) is an Australian model, best known for being the winner of cycle 7 of ''Australia's Next Top Model''.
''Australia's Next Top Model''
Cox was announced the winner of ''Australia's Next Top Model'', Cycle 7 ...
(born 1993), Australian model
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Montana De La Rosa
Montana De La Rosa (née Stewart) (born February 14, 1995) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA). She competed in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background
De La Rosa was born in Helena, Montana, United S ...
(born 1995), American mixed martial artist
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Montana DuRapau
Montana Robert DuRapau ( ; born March 27, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2019.
Career
DuRapau attended Deltona High School in Deltona, Florida. H ...
(born 1992), American professional baseball pitcher
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Montana Fouts
Montana Fay Fouts (born June 4, 2000) is an American softball pitcher for the United States women's national softball team as well as the Talons of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. A four-time All-American pitcher at the University of Ala ...
(born 2000), American softball pitcher
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Montana Ham
Montana Ham is an Australian rules footballer playing for in the AFL Women's league. Ham was recruited by with the No.1 pick in the 2022 AFL Women's draft.
Early life
Growing up in Hillside in Melbourne's west, Ham grew up playing football f ...
(born 2004), Australian rules footballer
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Montana Jordan
Montana Jordan (born March 8, 2003) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Georgie Cooper in ''The Big Bang Theory'' franchise, appearing as a series regular in ''Young Sheldon'' (2017–2024). He reprises the role as a lead ac ...
(born 2003) American actor
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Montana Kamenga
Montana Kamenga is a Congolese recording artist, musician, vocalist and entertainer. At one time, he was a member of the musical band Quartier Latin International, formed and led by Congolese musician Koffi Olomide
Antoine Christophe Agbepa ...
, Congolese recording artist, musician, vocalist and entertainer
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Montana Love
Montana Colton Love (born January 7, 1995) is an American professional boxer who has held the IBF North American light welterweight title since 2022.
Professional career
Love made his professional debut against Willie Miller on April 11, 2015 ...
(born 1995), American professional boxer
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Montana McKinnon
Montana McKinnon (born 14 July 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Adelaide
Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most p ...
(born 2001), Australian rules footballer
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Norodom Montana
Prince Norodom Montana was a Cambodian politician, who held a number of ministerial posts and served as the president of the upper chamber of the legislature.
Montana was born on 18 March 1902 in Phnom Penh. A member of the Cambodian royal famil ...
(1902–1975), Cambodian member of the royal family and cabinet minister
* Montana Slim (1904–1996), Canadian musician
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Montana F. Smith
Montana F. Smith (born c.1916) was an American state legislator in Colorado. A Democrat, she served in the Colorado House of Representatives in 1947 and 1949. She was from Lake City, Colorado
Lake City is a List of municipalities in Colorado#S ...
, American legislator
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Montana Taylor
Arthur "Montana" Taylor (1903 – c.1958) Retrieved 26 September 2016 was an American
Montana Tucker
Montana Tucker (born January 18, 1993) is an American dancer, singer, and social media activist known for creating pro-Israel content during the Gaza war. As of 2024, Tucker's online presence reportedly included a following of over 9 million fo ...
(born 1993), American dancer, singer, and social media activist
People with the stage name or ring name
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Alibi Montana
Nikarson Saint-Germain better known by his stage name Alibi Montana (born 1978 in Villetaneuse, Seine-Saint-Denis, France) is a French rapper of Haitian origin.
Career
Alibi Montana born in Villetaneuse, moved to the city of 4000 at La Courneuv ...
, stage name of Nikarson Saint-Germain (born 1978), a French rapper of Haitian origin
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Amber Montana
Amber Dawn Frank (born December 2, 1998), formerly known professionally as Amber Montana, is an American actress. She is known for her role as Taylor Hathaway in the Nickelodeon series ''The Haunted Hathaways''.
Biography
Frank started actin ...
, stage name of American actress Amber Frank (born 1998)
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Billy Montana
Billy Montana (born William Schlappi on September 28, 1959, in Voorheesville, New York) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1995, Montana released one studio album and charted six singles on ''Billboard''s Hot Coun ...
, American country music singer-songwriter William Schlappi (born 1959)
* Duke Montana, Italian underground rapper, actor and businessman Duccio Barker (born 1975)
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French Montana
Karim Kharbouch (Moroccan Arabic, Arabic: IPA pronunciation, æɾiːm χɑɾbuːʃ born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is a Moroccan-American rapper. Born and raised in Morocco, he immigrated to New York ...
, stage name of American rapper Karim Kharbouch (born 1984)
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Joey Montana
Edgardo Antonio Miranda Beiró (born May 3, 1981), better known as Joey Montana, is a Panamanian reggaeton singer. He is best known for the hit singles " Picky" and his collaboration with Sebastián Yatra, " Suena El Dembow".
Biography
After ...
, Panamanian reggaeton singer Edgardo Antonio Miranda Beiro (born 1982)
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Lenny Montana
Lenny Montana (born Leonardo Passafaro; March 13, 1926 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor who played the role of the feared hitman Luca Brasi in '' The Godfather''. Before becoming an actor, he had a successful career as a professional wre ...
, American professional wrestler, mobster, and actor (debuting in ''The Godfather'') born Leonardo Passafaro (1926–1992)
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Marcus Montana
Marcus Montana was the stage name of Marcus Lagudi, an Australian pop performer from the late 1980s. He was known for his debut single, "Tell Him I'm Your Man" (mid-1989), which was not a commercial hit. However, it has been long remembered in the ...
, stage name of Australian pop singer and one-hit wonder Marcus Lagudi
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Montie Montana
Montie Montana (born Owen Harlen Mickel; June 21, 1910 – May 20, 1998) was a rodeo trick rider and trick roper, actor, stuntman and cowboy inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1994.
Biography
Montana was born in Wolf Point, Montana, in ...
, rodeo trick rider, actor, stuntman and cowboy born Owen Harlen Mickel (1910–1998)
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Patsy Montana
Rubye Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her sig ...
, American country music singer-songwriter Ruby Rose Blevins (1908–1996)
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Randy Montana
Randy Schlappi (born September 23, 1985), known professionally as Randy Montana, is an American country singer signed to Mercury Records Nashville. His first album, ''Randy Montana'', was released in 2011.
Early and personal life
Randy Schlapp ...
, American country singer Randy Schlappi (born 1985), son of William Schlappi, aka "Billy Montana"
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Small Montana
Benjamin Jamito Gan (February 24, 1913 – August 4, 1976), known professionally as Small Montana, was a Filipino boxer.
Montana, who stood 5 feet and 4 inch (163 cm) tall and never weighed more than 112 pounds, won the Flyweight Cham ...
, ring name of Filipino boxer Benjamin Gan (1913–1976)
* Montana Slim, stage name of Wilf Carter (1904–1996), Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist and yodeler
Fictional characters
* Montana (comics), a Marvel Comics villain character, first appearing in 1964
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Hannah Montana (character)
Miley Ray Stewart is a fictional character and central protagonist of the Disney Channel television series ''Hannah Montana'', portrayed by Miley Cyrus. She first appeared on television in the pilot episode " Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secre ...
, the title character of the television series ''Hannah Montana''
* Léon Montana, the main character in the 1994 film '' Léon: The Professional''
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Tony Montana
Antonio "Tony" Montana is a fictional character and the villain protagonist of the 1983 film '' Scarface''. This character is portrayed by Al Pacino in the film and is voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the 2006 video game '' Scarface: The Worl ...
, played by Al Pacino in the 1983 film ''Scarface''
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Lindsay Monroe
''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for nine seasons and 1 ...
or Montana, in ''CSI: NY''
* Montana Jones, the title character of '' Montana Jones'', an Italian-Japanese anime series broadcast from 1994 to 1995
* Montana Max, in ''Tiny Toon Adventures''
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