#1Famous people · Trenton
17 famous people from Trenton, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Andy Greene, the American ice hockey player, with articles in 11 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player J. J. Putz, third to Steve Avery. 9 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 506 towns in Michigan with famous people list more.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Andy Greene
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Hugh T. Keyes
Youngest
1994
Griffen Molino
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Trenton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Trenton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Trenton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Trenton
The three best known are all athletes.
#1
#2SA#3
Sports
Steve Avery
born 1970American professional baseball player, pitcher
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Trenton
14 more names, born between 1888 and 1994.
Robert Muir Graves
1930–2003American landscape architect, golf course architect
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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The neighbour with the most names is Riverview, at 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trenton 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.
Photo credits (6)
- Andy Greene: Horge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. J. Putz: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh T. Keyes: JJSuth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Cervenak: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Guiney: Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Noble Ives: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons