Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTroy has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of the bordering towns, Maryville has the longest list: 3, with Justin Fletcher at the top. No town in Illinois lists more than Alton, with 65. Champaign City Township has the second-longest list in Illinois, after Alton, with 64. In Illinois, 746 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Troy), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Troy has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Troy
Maryville has the longest list next door: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Troy and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.