Editing Danville, Pennsylvania (section)

==Notable people==
* [[William Montgomery (Pennsylvania soldier)|William Montgomery]], founder
* [[Daniel Montgomery Jr.|Daniel Montgomery]], co-founder and namesake
* [[Barbara A. Babcock (folklorist)|Barbara Babcock]] (1943–2016), cultural studies professor
* [[JJ Bleday]] (born 1997), baseball player
*[[Alice Dalton Brown]] (born 1939), realist painter
* [[Jacob Coxey]], [[socialist]] and [[populism|populist]] American politician, and [[minor party]] candidate for the office of President of the United States. Was the leader of [[Coxey's Army]], considered to be the first significant protest march on Washington, D.C.
* [[Gwladys F. Hughes]] (1907–1996), educator and folklorist
* [[Keith Kauffman]], racing driver
* [[Bernard Goldberg (businessman)|Bernard Goldberg]] (1925–2010), co-founder of [[Raymour & Flanigan]]
* [[Theodore L. Kramer]] (1847–1910), Recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]] in the [[American Civil War]]. Kramer entered service in Danville.<ref name="Projects">{{Cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2925|title=Theodore L. Kramer|access-date=July 23, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728034422/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2925|archive-date=July 28, 2014}}</ref>
* [[John Nevin Schaeffer]], [[classicist]] 
* [[Joseph Parry]], [[Wales|Welsh-born]] composer of [[hymn]] whose song 'Aberystwyth' was adapted into [[Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika]], a component of the [[national anthem of South Africa]].
* [[Christopher Latham Sholes]], inventor of the first practical [[typewriter]] and the [[QWERTY]] keyboard configuration still in use today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/history.html |title=Early Typewriter History |publisher=Mit.edu |date=2001-07-16 |access-date=2013-10-03}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Currid-Halkett]] a [[University of Southern California]] professor and internationally recognized author attended Danville High School from 1992-1996.
* [[Dan Washburn]], born in Danville, PA, [[List of American authors|author]] of ''[[The Forbidden Game (non-fiction book)|The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream]]''
* [[William Ward Watkin]] (1886–1952), American architect, professor and head of the Architecture Department at [[Rice University]].
* [[Bill Yerrick]], baseball player.