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TROY

Most Famous People Born in Troy, United States

Notable people
311
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1912
Most distinctive
Baseball 9.3×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Troy during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 31 notable births.

What Troy Is Known For

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Politician is Troy's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (54).

Troy over-indexes on baseball9.3× the global rate.

Troy under-produces football — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician54
  2. Baseball33
  3. Football22
  4. Lawyer15
  5. Actor11
  6. Writer9
  7. Basket7
  8. Militar7
  1. Baseball339.3×
  2. Coach57.7×
  3. Lawyer152.8×
  4. Militar71.9×
  5. Basket71.8×
  6. Hockey61.6×
  1. Football220.7×
  2. Actor110.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Troy's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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311 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Maureen Stapleton

1925 - 2006

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0002 POLITICIAN

John Lewis (civil rights leader)

1940 - 2020

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0003 COMEDIAN

Joe Alaskey

1952 - 2016

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0004 ACTOR

Russell Wong

Born 1963

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0005 ACTOR

Martin Klebba

Born 1969

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0006 ACTOR

Robert Fuller (actor)

Born 1933

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0007 POLITICIAN

Jim Jordan (American politician)

Born 1964

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0008 SOCIOLOGIST

Vance Packard

1914 - 1996

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0009 ACTOR

Mary Nash

1884 - 1976

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0010 PIANIST

Pinetop Smith

1904 - 1929

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0011 OFFICER

David Hunter

1802 - 1886

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0012 BASEBALL

Johnny Evers

1881 - 1947

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0013 POLITICIAN

William C. Oates

1833 - 1910

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0014 BASEBALL

King Kelly

1857 - 1894

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0015 POLITICIAN

Warren Davidson

Born 1970

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0016 WRITER

Jean Sasson

Born 1947

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0017 MUSIC

Tim Hauser

1941 - 2014

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0018 POLITICIAN

Jay Hammond

1922 - 2005

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0019 BOBSLED

Willie Davenport

1943 - 2002

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0020 POLITICIAN

Louis Thomas McFadden

1876 - 1936

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0021 ACTOR

William Worthington (actor)

1872 - 1941

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0022 COMPOSER

Dick Halligan

Born 1943

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0023 FOOTBALL

Cris Carter

Born 1965

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0024 HISTORIAN

Thomas Skidmore

1932 - 2016

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0025 POLITICIAN

Jacob Collamer

1791 - 1865

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0026 ENTREPRENEUR

Charles Crocker

1822 - 1888

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0027 BOXER

John C. Heenan

1834 - 1873

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0028 LAWYER

Horatio Spafford

1828 - 1888

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0029 BANK

Henry Pomeroy Davison

1867 - 1922

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0030 POLITICIAN

John E. Sweeney

Born 1955

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0031 POLITICIAN

Charles Henderson (Alabama politician)

1860 - 1937

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0032 COMPOSER

Pat Ballard

1899 - 1960

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0033 POLITICIAN

Edward V. Long

1908 - 1972

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0034 NOVELIST

P. Schuyler Miller

1912 - 1974

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0035 GEOLOGIST

Douglass Houghton

1809 - 1845

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0036 INVENTOR

Tolbert Lanston

1844 - 1913

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0037 MUSIC

Nick Brignola

1936 - 2002

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0038 HOCKEY

Guy Hebert

Born 1967

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0039 POET

Solita Solano

1888 - 1975

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0040 POLITICIAN

Robert Wilkinson Furnas

1824 - 1905

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0041 MUSIC

Audrey Williams

1923 - 1975

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0042 PRIEST

Howard James Hubbard

Born 1938

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0043 POLITICIAN

Michael R. McNulty

Born 1947

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0044 SINGER

Sam Milby

Born 1984

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0045 SINGER

Mike Finnigan

Born 1945

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0046 ASTRONOMER

Edwin Foster Coddington

1870 - 1950

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0047 HOCKEY

Matt Murley

Born 1979

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0048 FOOTBALL

Greg Collins (American football)

Born 1952

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0049 HISTORIAN

Albert T. Olmstead

1880 - 1945

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0050 ECONOMIST

Manuel H. Johnson

Born 1949

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0051 POLITICIAN

William H. Wallace

1811 - 1879

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0052 SCREENWRITER

Albert Herman

1887 - 1958

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0053 BANK

George Fisher Baker

1840 - 1931

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0054 POET

Alice Fulton

Born 1952

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0055 POLITICIAN

Lucius Frederick Hubbard

1836 - 1913

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0056 COMPOSER

Yvar Mikhashoff

1941 - 1993

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0057 POLITICIAN

Edward Murphy Jr.

1836 - 1911

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0058 MALACOLOGIST

S. Stillman Berry

1887 - 1984

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0059 PENCILLER

Wilson McCoy

1902 - 1961

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0060 ACTOR

Ken Appledorn

Born 1980

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0061 WRITER

Dave Anderson (sportswriter)

1929 - 2018

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0062 PHILOSOPHER

Melvin Fitting

Born 1942

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0063 POLITICIAN

Nathan A. Farwell

1812 - 1893

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0064 BOTANIST

Henry Baldwin Ward

1897 - 1945

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0065 POLITICIAN

Michael Botticelli

Born 1958

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0066 METEOROLOGIST

Alfred H. Thiessen

1872 - 1956

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0067 PLAYER

Shaun Deeb

Born 1986

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0068 ARTIST

Casey Reas

Born 1972

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0069 PROFESSOR

Edward Asahel Birge

1851 - 1950

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0070 BASKET

Bud Acton

Born 1942

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0071 FILM

Jay Sommers

1917 - 1985

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0072 HOCKEY

Sean Collins (ice hockey defenceman)

Born 1983

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0073 ENGINEER

William P. Trowbridge

1828 - 1892

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0074 POLITICIAN

William B. Franke

1894 - 1979

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0075 ARMY

Charles Varnum

1849 - 1936

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0076 DIPLOMAT

Malcolm Toon

1916 - 2009

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0077 LAWYER

Mary Donohue

Born 1947

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0078 POLITICIAN

Elliot Woolfolk Major

1864 - 1949

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0079 FOOTBALL

Haley Kopmeyer

Born 1990

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0080 EVANGELIST

Jack Van Impe

1931 - 2020

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0081 LAWYER

John R. Fellows

1832 - 1896

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0082 BASKET

Ed Wachter

1883 - 1966

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0083 SPORT

Bradley White

Born 1982

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0084 COMPOSER

Sadie Koninsky

1879 - 1952

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0085 BANDLEADER

Michael Bisio

Born 1955

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0086 POLITICIAN

Thomas B. Kyle

1856 - 1915

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0087 POLITICIAN

Christine Kehoe

Born 1950

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0088 KILLER

Hadden Clark

Born 1952

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0089 CHEMIST

Philip Kocienski

Born 1946

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0090 PHYSICIAN

Richard Selzer

1928 - 2016

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0091 POLITICIAN

Richard Henry Norton

1849 - 1918

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0092 POLITICIAN

Martin K. Gantz

1862 - 1916

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0093 PAINTER

Annie C. Shaw

1852 - 1887

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0094 POLITICIAN

Freeman Clarke

1809 - 1887

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0095 POLITICIAN

Joseph M. Warren

1813 - 1896

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0096 POLITICIAN

Oliver C. Wiley

1851 - 1917

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0097 PAINTER

Walter M. Brackett

1823 - 1919

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0098 DIPLOMAT

Arnold Lewis Raphel

1943 - 1988

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0099 SCULPTOR

Peter Shelton (sculptor)

Born 1951

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0100 WRITER

Chuck Collins

Born 1959

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0101 KILLED

Furkan Doğan

1991 - 2010

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0102 LAW

Dean P. Taylor

1902 - 1977

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0103 POLITICIAN

Andrew Jackson Poppleton

1830 - 1896

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0104 LAWYER

Walter I. McCoy

1859 - 1933

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0105 POLITICIAN

Edward W. Pattison

1932 - 1990

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0106 CINÉMA

Thomas Curley (sound engineer)

Born 1976

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0107 SCULPTOR

Fred Nall Hollis

Born 1949

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0108 MUSIC

Dan Pickett (musician)

1907 - 1967

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0109 AUTHOR

Edward Sims Van Zile

1863 - 1931

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0110 BASEBALL

Dennis Tankersley

Born 1979

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0111 ARCHITECT

Ephraim Francis Baldwin

1837 - 1916

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0112 ECOLOGIST

John A. Sampson

1873 - 1946

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0113 POLITICIAN

David W. Hopkins

1897 - 1968

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0114 COACH

Randy Walker (American football coach)

1954 - 2006

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0115 PHOTOGRAPHER

George G. Rockwood

1832 - 1911

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0116 SONGWRITER

Tony Romeo

1939 - 1995

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0117 FOOTBALL

Sean Cunningham (soccer)

Born 1993

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0118 BASEBALL

D. V. Graves

1886 - 1960

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0119 SOLDIER

Thomas Baker (Medal of Honor)

1916 - 1944

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0120 CRITIC

Jackson Murphy

Born 1998

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0121 PLAYER

Dan Schreiber

Born 1985

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0122 POLITICIAN

E. Harold Cluett

1874 - 1954

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0123 NURSE

Echo Heron

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0124 POLITICIAN

Cathy Connolly

Born 1956

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0125 CHEF

Mr. Food

1931 - 2012

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0126 FOOTBALL

Bob Ferguson (American football)

1939 - 2004

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0127 ACTOR

Helen Ford

1894 - 1982

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0128 DIPLOMAT

Francis Terry McNamara

Born 1927

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0129 POET

Dick Allen (poet)

1939 - 2017

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0130 CURATOR

Martin E. Sullivan

1944 - 2014

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0131 COMPOSER

Robert Allen (composer)

1927 - 2000

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0132 NOVELIST

Jesse Hill Ford

1928 - 1996

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0133 POLITICIAN

Charles Calvin Bowman

1852 - 1941

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0134 BIOLOGIST

Anne Rudloe

1947 - 2012

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0135 SOLDIER

Francis E. Brownell

1840 - 1894

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0136 POLITICIAN

Stephen Fowler Wilson

1821 - 1897

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0137 ORIENTALIST

Fitzedward Hall

1825 - 1901

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0138 MILITAR

William J. O'Brien (Medal of Honor)

1899 - 1944

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0139 SOCIALITE

Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

1854 - 1909

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0140 PHILANTHROPIST

May Bonfils Stanton

1883 - 1962

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0141 POLITICIAN

Keith Faber

Born 1966

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0142 BASKET

Pat Elzie

Born 1960

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0143 NAVAL

John Alden (naval architect)

1884 - 1962

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0144 ASSEMBLY

John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer)

1798 - 1862

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0145 SINGER

Lawton Williams

1922 - 2007

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0146 WRITER

Jeanie Gould

1846 - 1921

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0147 ATHLETIC

Clark Leiblee

1876 - 1917

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0148 LAWYER

William Oscar Mulkey

1871 - 1943

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0149 BASEBALL

Jon Berti

Born 1990

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0150 EQUESTRIAN

Arthur Scott Burden

1879 - 1921

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0151 BASEBALL

Bock Baker

1878 - 1940

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0152 BASEBALL

Bill Craver

1844 - 1901

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0153 LAWYER

Lawrence E. Kahn

Born 1937

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0154 ACTOR

Florence Nash

1888 - 1950

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0155 MILITAR

Thomas Pleasant Dockery

1833 - 1898

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0156 SNOWBOARD

Jacqueline Hernandez (snowboarder)

Born 1992

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0157 PLAYER

Blair Rodman

Born 1954

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0158 ECONOMIST

Harry Gunnison Brown

1880 - 1975

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0159 FOOTBALL

Cornelius Griffin

Born 1976

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0160 BASEBALL

Craig McMurtry

Born 1959

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0161 BASEBALL

Pat Darcy

Born 1950

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0162 BASKET

Julie McBride

Born 1982

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0163 FOOTBALL

Gordon Bell (American football)

Born 1953

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0164 SINGER

Sean Rowe

Born 1975

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0165 PRIEST

Elias James Manning

1938 - 2019

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0166 OFFICER

Lewis Kimberly

1830 - 1902

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0167 EXPLORER

James Terry Gardiner

1842 - 1912

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0168 DIRETOR

Frank Edgar Scobey

1866 - 1931

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0169 LAWYER

Bayless W. Hanna

1830 - 1891

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0170 JOURNALIST

Andrea Feczko

Born 1985

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0171 POLITICIAN

Emory Folmar

1930 - 2011

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0172 LAWYER

George Thomas Van Bebber

1931 - 2005

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0173 KILLER

Gary Evans (serial killer)

1954 - 1998

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0174 FOOTBALL

C. J. Brown (American football)

Born 1991

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0175 MINISTER

Henry Augustus Boardman

1808 - 1880

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0176 POLITICIAN

Ogden J. Ross

1893 - 1968

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0177 WRITER

Tonya Engst

Born 1967

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0178 ACTOR

Beatrice Cameron

1868 - 1940

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0179 BUSINESS

James A. Burden II

1871 - 1932

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0180 PHYSICIAN

Lawrence Weed

1923 - 2017

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0181 PSYCHOLOGIST

Raymond Dean

1946 - 2015

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0182 MISSING

William Lundy

1848 - 1957

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0183 LAWYER

Constantine George Cholakis

1930 - 1996

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0184 ACADEMIC

George Colby Chase

1844 - 1919

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0185 MILITAR

Barton Kyle Yount

1884 - 1949

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0186 HOCKEY

Dave Reece

Born 1948

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0187 FILM

Todd Wilson (director)

1963 - 2005

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0188 LAWYER

William Keith Watkins

Born 1951

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0189 CONVICT

Carolyn Warmus

Born 1964

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0190 POLITICIAN

William J. Larkin Jr.

1928 - 2019

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0191 THEOLOGIAN

Carl Christian Rasmussen

1890 - 1992

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0192 SCIENTIST

David August

Born 1970

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0193 PHOTOGRAPHER

Reed Brockway Bontecou

1824 - 1907

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0194 RADIO

Ron Smith (radio host)

1941 - 2011

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0195 BASKET

Ernest Bearg

1893 - 1971

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0196 BOTANIST

John Wright (doctor)

1811 - 1846

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0197 FOOTBALL

Larry Beightol

Born 1942

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0198 BASEBALL

Al Todd

1902 - 1985

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0199 COACH

Max Urick

Born 1940

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0200 PROFESSOR

Peter Timmer

Born 1941

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0201 BASEBALL

Heath Murray

Born 1973

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0202 BASEBALL

Jim Devlin (pitcher)

1866 - 1900

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0203 SOLDIER

Henry F. Warner

1923 - 1944

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0204 LAWYER

Stephen P. Friot

Born 1947

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0205 COACH

Roger Demment

Born 1950

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0206 ENTREPRENEUR

Morris Silverman (philanthropist)

1912 - 2006

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0207 BOXER

Otis Griffin

Born 1977

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0208 CLERIC

Walton Wesley Battershall

1840 - 1920

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0209 AIRMAN

Lloyd Andrews Hamilton

1894 - 1918

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0210 BASEBALL

Rudy Meoli

Born 1951

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0211 DIPLOMAT

J. Richard Blankenship

Born 1949

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0212 MILITAR

Frazier Boutelle

1840 - 1924

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0213 BASEBALL

William Ahearn

1858 - 1919

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0214 POLITICIAN

Joanna E. Cole

Born 1948

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0215 BUSINESS

John A. Kimberly

1838 - 1928

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0216 BANK

James W. Fleming

1867 - 1928

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0217 BASEBALL

Jack Doscher

1880 - 1971

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0218 POLITICIAN

Ed Schieffer

Born 1949

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0219 ARMY

William H. Freeman

1844 - 1911

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0220 FOOTBALL

Tim Sherwin

Born 1958

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0221 OFFICER

Gwen Bingham

Born 1959

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0222 FOOTBALL

Eric Torkelson

Born 1952

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0223 BUSINESS

I. Townsend Burden

1838 - 1913

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0224 BASEBALL

Cinders O'Brien

1867 - 1892

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0225 BASEBALL

Dick Buckley (baseball)

1858 - 1929

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0226 PRESENTER

Casey DeSantis

Born 1980

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0227 FOOTBALL

Tim Vogler

Born 1956

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0228 BASEBALL

Joe Evers

1891 - 1949

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0229 LAWYER

Luther Merritt Swygert

1905 - 1988

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0230 HOCKEY

Eric Fenton

Born 1969

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0231 BASEBALL

Jimmy Peoples

1863 - 1920

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0232 MUSIC

Jack Maheu

1930 - 2013

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0233 POLITICIAN

Charles R. Boutin

Born 1942

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0234 WRITER

Edward Tashji

1932 - 2005

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0235 BASEBALL

Bub McAtee

1845 - 1876

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0236 BOXER

Shawn Miller (boxer)

Born 1982

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0237 WRITER

Leigh Richmond

1911 - 1995

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0238 FOOTBALL

Erin Yenney

Born 1992

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0239 BASKET

Arthur M. Brown

1884 - 1980

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0240 ENGINEER

Charles H. Papas

1918 - 2007

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0241 MISSING

William van Schaick

1837 - 1927

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0242 COACH

Henry Keep (American football)

1872 - 1965

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0243 BASEBALL

Jack Rafter

1875 - 1943

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0244 FOOTBALL

Tom Vaughn (American football)

1943 - 2020

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0245 POLITICIAN

R. G. Buckingham

1816 - 1889

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0246 ENTREPRENEUR

Dan Pickett

Born 1968

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0247 WRITER

Robert Lory

Born 1936

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0248 MUSIC

Laramie Dean

Born 1981

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0249 FOOTBALL

John Inglis (American football)

1887 - 1918

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0250 ENGINEER

Harold Arthur Poling

1925 - 2012

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0251 WRITER

Mary Canfield Ballard

1852 - 1927

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0252 PLAYER

Ada Milby

Born 1983

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0253 BASEBALL

Dan Minnehan

1865 - 1929

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0254 POLITICIAN

Richard Adams (U.S. politician)

Born 1939

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0255 FOOTBALL

Jordan Canzeri

Born 1993

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0256 MILITAR

Peter M. Guenette

1948 - 1968

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0257 BASEBALL

Rip Coleman

1931 - 2004

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0258 FOOTBALL

Art Stringer

Born 1954

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0259 BASEBALL

Hughie Hearne

1873 - 1932

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0260 MILITAR

Joseph A. Haskin

1818 - 1874

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0261 BASEBALL

Mike Lawlor (baseball)

1854 - 1918

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0262 NASCAR

Ron Keselowski

Born 1946

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0263 INVENTOR

Cornelius Swartwout

1839 - 1910

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0264 ACTOR

James Lewis (comedian)

1840 - 1896

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0265 COACH

Mimi Ryan

Born 1936

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0266 MISSIONARY

Daniel Robert Alexander

Born 1859

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0267 ARMY

Dennis W. Hickey

1844 - 1908

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0268 POLITICIAN

J. Scot Chadwick

Born 1953

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0269 BASEBALL

Tom Evers

1852 - 1925

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0270 RACECAR

Joe Horan

1881 - 1961

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0271 BASEBALL

Corky Valentine

1929 - 2005

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0272 BANK

Griffith Pritchard Griffith

1840 - 1933

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0273 LAWYER

Lester LeFevre Cecil

1893 - 1982

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0274 GAMBLER

John Daly (gambler)

1838 - 1906

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0275 POLITICIAN

Nicholas J. Hayes

1856 - 1928

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0276 BASEBALL

Ken Harring

Born 1967

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0277 SINGER

Sanford Parker

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0278 INVENTOR

Sanford Lockwood Cluett

1874 - 1968

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0279 STOCKBROKER

George Henry Warren II

1856 - 1943

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0280 POLITICIAN

James N. Glover

1838 - 1921

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0281 MILITAR

Edward Murphy Markham

1877 - 1950

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0282 BASEBALL

Bill Fagan

1869 - 1930

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0283 FOOTBALL

Chris Morman

Born 1977

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0284 POLITICIAN

George B. Wellington

1856 - 1921

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0285 HOCKEY

Ryan Mahrle

Born 1985

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0286 BUSINESS

William Fletcher Burden

1830 - 1867

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0287 POLITICIAN

William Cantwell

1804 - 1886

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0288 POLITICIAN

Jonas C. Heartt

1793 - 1874

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0289 POLITICIAN

Clinton Watson

Born 1888

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0290 POLITICIAN

William E. Powell

Born 1934

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0291 POLITICIAN

Randy Pietzman

Born 1961

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0292 OFFICER

Richard Alonzo Jaccard

1918 - 1942

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0293 POLITICIAN

Derwood Williams

1889 - 1973

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0294 FOOTBALL

Howie Charbonneau

Born 1955

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0295 JUDGE

James Thomas Foley

1910 - 1990

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0296 POLITICIAN

George Dayton (senator)

1827 - 1938

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0297 FOOTBALL

Ronnie Quillian

Born 1933

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0298 LAW

Frederick E. Draper

1873 - 1951

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0299 LAWYER

William Robert Wallace

1886 - 1960

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0300 FOOTBALL

Nathan Zuzga

Born 1985

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