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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 baseball — 9.3× 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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0014 BASEBALL

King Kelly

1857 - 1894

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0069 PROFESSOR

Edward Asahel Birge

1851 - 1950

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0086 POLITICIAN

Thomas B. Kyle

1856 - 1915

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0093 PAINTER

Annie C. Shaw

1852 - 1887

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0096 POLITICIAN

Oliver C. Wiley

1851 - 1917

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0104 LAWYER

Walter I. McCoy

1859 - 1933

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0133 POLITICIAN

Charles Calvin Bowman

1852 - 1941

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0139 SOCIALITE

Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

1854 - 1909

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0213 BASEBALL

William Ahearn

1858 - 1919

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0225 BASEBALL

Dick Buckley (baseball)

1858 - 1929

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0251 WRITER

Mary Canfield Ballard

1852 - 1927

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0261 BASEBALL

Mike Lawlor (baseball)

1854 - 1918

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0266 MISSIONARY

Daniel Robert Alexander

Born 1859

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0269 BASEBALL

Tom Evers

1852 - 1925

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0275 POLITICIAN

Nicholas J. Hayes

1856 - 1928

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0279 STOCKBROKER

George Henry Warren II

1856 - 1943

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0284 POLITICIAN

George B. Wellington

1856 - 1921

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0309 PHYSICIST

Frank Perkins Whitman

1853 - 1919

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