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Famous people · Troy
13 famous people from Troy, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Martin Klebba, the American actor, with articles in 41 languages. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 1.5 for every 10,000 residents. Only 60 of the 502 towns in Michigan with anyone on record list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Martin Klebba
in 41 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
William Petit Trowbridge
Youngest
2000
Anna Fairman
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Troy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Troy’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 4 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Troy is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.9 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 Troy
Counted by languages, Martin Klebba is ahead of Greg Collins and Haley Kopmeyer: 41, 9 and 7.
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Everyone else born in Troy
Another 10, 7 of them athletes.
William Petit Trowbridge
1828–1892American general, mechanical engineer, and naturalist
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A chosen home
Also called Troy home
One more notable person made the town home: Steven Yeun.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Royal Oak: 50.
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.
Photo credits (14)
- Haley Kopmeyer: Hmlarson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Collins: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Goins: Basketinside il basket a 360°, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marisa DiGrande: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Petit Trowbridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Jackson Poppleton: The Bee Publishing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Zuzga: Wjarrettc, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Raimi: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Spade: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derian Hatcher: The original uploader was Gator414 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Keselowski: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Robert Mitchell: larry-411, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Reaser: Tara Kerwin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/tararebeka/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Yanez: Hyanez57, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons