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Lawrence Farm · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Troy
2 famous people were born in Troy
An article in one language makes the geneticist Hubert Dana Goodale the best known so far. The other is Rachel Crane Mather, the American educator. Oliver L. Spaulding leads the 8 names listed next door in Jaffrey. Over 56 years of births, the list goes from Rachel Crane Mather (1823) to Hubert Dana Goodale (1879).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Hubert Dana Goodale
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
Rachel Crane Mather
Youngest
1879
Hubert Dana Goodale
The best known
Born in Troy
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Jaffrey has the longest list next door: 8.
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 (4)
- Oliver L. Spaulding: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hosea Ballou: Pratt, Henry Cheever, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus Smith Frost: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loyal B. Stearns: Julian Hawthorne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons