#1Politics & Law
Jim Jordan
born 1964United States Representative from Ohio since 2007
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Famous people · Troy
16 famous people were born in Troy, more of them leaders than in most towns
Best known of all is Jim Jordan, written about in 25 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 9 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 705 towns in Ohio with famous people list more. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Jim Jordan
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
William H. Wallace
Youngest
1984
Sam Milby
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Troy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Troy is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Troy’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Troy
Ranked by languages covered: Jim Jordan with 25, then Tolbert Lanston with 12 and Sam Milby with 10.
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Everyone else born in Troy
A further 13 follow, born between 1811 and 1982.
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Only Staunton Township nearby has a name on record.
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 (7)
- Jim Jordan: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tolbert Lanston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Milby: Ronn Tan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cris Carter: MN National Guard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Wilkinson Furnas: JustHopeIcanHelp at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- M. Belle Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons