#1Film, TV & Stage
Carlyle Blackwell
1884–1955American silent film actor, director, and producer
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Famous people · Troy
Most of the 8 famous people born in Troy came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Carlyle Blackwell is the best known, with articles in 18 languages. Behind the leader come Pat Ballard and Clark Moses Leiblee. Fewer than a quarter of the 938 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more. Over 111 years of births, the list goes from Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842) to J. Scot Chadwick (1953).
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Carlyle Blackwell
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Ellen Oliver Van Fleet
Youngest
1953
J. Scot Chadwick
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Troy
Counted by languages, Carlyle Blackwell is ahead of Pat Ballard and Clark Moses Leiblee: 18, 8 and 6.
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#3Through the years
When Troy’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicSportsBusinessPolitics & Law
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What Troy is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3.7 times as common.
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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)
- Carlyle Blackwell: Hartsook., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Moses Leiblee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Canfield Ballard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Oliver Van Fleet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons