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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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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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.

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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John Lewis (civil rights leader)

1940 - 2020

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Jim Jordan (American politician)

Born 1964

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William C. Oates

1833 - 1910

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Warren Davidson

Born 1970

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Jay Hammond

1922 - 2005

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Louis Thomas McFadden

1876 - 1936

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Jacob Collamer

1791 - 1865

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John E. Sweeney

Born 1955

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Charles Henderson (Alabama politician)

1860 - 1937

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Edward V. Long

1908 - 1972

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Robert Wilkinson Furnas

1824 - 1905

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0043 POLITICIAN

Michael R. McNulty

Born 1947

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0051 POLITICIAN

William H. Wallace

1811 - 1879

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Lucius Frederick Hubbard

1836 - 1913

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0057 POLITICIAN

Edward Murphy Jr.

1836 - 1911

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0063 POLITICIAN

Nathan A. Farwell

1812 - 1893

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Michael Botticelli

Born 1958

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0074 POLITICIAN

William B. Franke

1894 - 1979

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0078 POLITICIAN

Elliot Woolfolk Major

1864 - 1949

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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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0091 POLITICIAN

Richard Henry Norton

1849 - 1918

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0092 POLITICIAN

Martin K. Gantz

1862 - 1916

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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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Andrew Jackson Poppleton

1830 - 1896

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Edward W. Pattison

1932 - 1990

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David W. Hopkins

1897 - 1968

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E. Harold Cluett

1874 - 1954

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Cathy Connolly

Born 1956

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Charles Calvin Bowman

1852 - 1941

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0136 POLITICIAN

Stephen Fowler Wilson

1821 - 1897

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0141 POLITICIAN

Keith Faber

Born 1966

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0171 POLITICIAN

Emory Folmar

1930 - 2011

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0176 POLITICIAN

Ogden J. Ross

1893 - 1968

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0190 POLITICIAN

William J. Larkin Jr.

1928 - 2019

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Joanna E. Cole

Born 1948

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0218 POLITICIAN

Ed Schieffer

Born 1949

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Charles R. Boutin

Born 1942

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R. G. Buckingham

1816 - 1889

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Richard Adams (U.S. politician)

Born 1939

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J. Scot Chadwick

Born 1953

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Nicholas J. Hayes

1856 - 1928

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James N. Glover

1838 - 1921

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George B. Wellington

1856 - 1921

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William Cantwell

1804 - 1886

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Jonas C. Heartt

1793 - 1874

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Clinton Watson

Born 1888

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William E. Powell

Born 1934

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Randy Pietzman

Born 1961

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Derwood Williams

1889 - 1973

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George Dayton (senator)

1827 - 1938

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J. Eugene Zimmer

1912 - 1995

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