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Troy Donahue
Troy Donahue, born Merle Johnson Jr. in 1936, was an American actor and teen idol known for A Summer Place and the TV series Surfside 6 and Hawaiian Eye.
Troy Downing
Troy Downing (born 1967) is an American Republican politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Montana's 2nd Congressional District since January 2025, after serving as Montana State Auditor.
Troy Duffy
Troy Duffy (born 1971, Hartford, Connecticut), American writer-director of The Boondock Saints (1999) and its 2009 sequel; sold his first script to Miramax in 1997, subject of the documentary Overnight.
Troy Edgar
Troy Edgar (born circa 1967) is the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, confirmed March 2025; formerly DHS Chief Financial Officer in Trump's first term and mayor of Los Alamitos, California; briefly nominated ambassador to El Salvador in 2026.
Troy Elder
Troy Elder (born 1977) is an Australian field hockey midfielder and drag flicker who won bronze at Sydney 2000 and gold at Athens 2004 with the Kookaburras, retiring in 2007 on 169 caps and 104 goals.
Troy Evans (actor)
Troy Evans, born in 1948, is an American character actor with over 160 screen credits, best known for roles in ER, China Beach, and Bosch.
Troy Fautanu
Troy Fautanu, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle (No. 76), drafted 20th overall in 2024 from Washington; 2023 Morris Trophy winner whose rookie year ended with a knee injury after one game.
Troy Garity
Troy Garity (Troy O'Donovan Garity Hayden), American actor born 1973 in Los Angeles, son of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden; known as Isaac in Barbershop, Golden Globe-nominated for Soldier's Girl, and Jason Antolotti on HBO's Ballers.
Troy Hurtubise
Troy Hurtubise, also known as Troy James Hurtubise, was a Canadian inventor from North Bay, Ontario, best known for building armored grizzly bear suits featured in Project Grizzly.
Troy Iwata
Troy Iwata, born 1991 in New York City, is an American actor, comedian, and singer, Daily Show correspondent since 2023, Broadway debut understudying Be More Chill (2019), and Dash & Lily series regular.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin (1932-2009), Scottish-born British screenwriter, also credited Troy Kennedy-Martin; created Z Cars, wrote The Italian Job and Edge of Darkness, and authored the 1964 anti-naturalism manifesto Nats Go Home.
Troy Kotsur
Troy Kotsur (born 1968, Mesa, Arizona) is a deaf American actor who won the 2022 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for CODA, the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar, after a decades-long Deaf West Theatre career.
Troy L. Nunley
Troy L. Nunley, also known as Troy Lynne Nunley, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of California, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013.
Troy Margrie
Troy Margrie is a British neuroscientist, Professor of Systems Neuroscience at University College London, known for developing in vivo whole-cell recording in the mammalian brain.
Troy McClure
Troy McClure, fictional washed-up B-movie actor in The Simpsons, voiced by Phil Hartman; catchphrase 'you may remember me from such films as'; married Selma Bouvier in A Fish Called Selma; retired after Hartman's 1998 murder.
Troy Meink
Troy Meink is the 27th Secretary of the Air Force, who previously served as Principal Deputy Director of the NRO. He has over four decades of national security experience.
Troy Molander
Troy Molander is an American video-game industry executive who co-founded Telltale Games in October 2004 with Dan Connors and Kevin Bruner, after directing LucasArts' Technical Art Department.
Troy Nehls
Troy Nehls, born 1968, is an American politician and Republican U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district since 2021, previously Fort Bend County Sheriff, retiring in January 2027.
Troy ounce
The troy ounce (oz t) is a unit of mass used for weighing precious metals and gemstones, defined as exactly 31.1034768 grams, or 480 grains.
Troy Parrott
Troy Daniel Parrott (born 2002, Dublin) is an Irish forward from Belvedere and Tottenham's academy who starred at AZ Alkmaar after 2024, scored Ireland's first away international hat-trick versus Hungary in November 2025, and joined Real Betis in 2026.
Troy Polamalu
Troy Polamalu (Troy Aumua Polamalu), born 1981, Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety 2003-2014, 16th overall pick in 2003; 8 Pro Bowls, 2010 Defensive Player of the Year, 2 Super Bowls, Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020.
Troy Sanders
Troy Jasyn Sanders (born 1973) is the American bassist and vocalist of Atlanta metal band Mastodon, also of Killer Be Killed and Gone Is Gone, with Fender signature basses and a 2018 Grammy win.
Troy Shinbrot
Troy Shinbrot is an American engineer and physicist, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers, known for controlling chaos with small perturbations and for granular flow, mixing, and electrostatics research.
Troy Singleton
Troy Singleton is an American Democratic politician representing New Jersey's 7th district in the State Senate, where he chairs the Community and Urban Affairs Committee.
Troy Smith
Troy Smith, Ohio State quarterback and 2006 Heisman Trophy winner (86.7 percent of the vote), went 25-3 as a starter, beat Michigan three times, then played briefly for the Ravens, 49ers, Steelers, and CFL.
Troy Tanner
Troy Tanner (Troy Richard Tanner, T2), American volleyball player and coach born 1963 in Los Angeles; three-time Pepperdine All-American, 1988 Seoul Olympic gold as USA outside hitter, 2008 Beijing beach gold coaching May-Treanor and Walsh, founder of Tstreet Volleyball Club.
Troy Tulowitzki
Troy Tulowitzki (Tulo), born 1984, American MLB shortstop for Rockies, Blue Jays, Yankees; 2005 draft pick 7, .290/225 HR/780 RBI, 5 All-Stars, 2 Gold Gloves; retired 2019, now Texas Longhorns coach.
Troy University
Troy University (TROY), public Alabama university founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School; merged campuses into one university in 2005; main campus in Troy plus Dothan, Montgomery, online, and international programs; SACSCOC-accredited; 14,353 students in Fall 2025.
Troy Van Leeuwen
Troy Van Leeuwen (born 1970, Los Angeles) is an American rock guitarist and producer, second guitarist of Queens of the Stone Age since 2002, formerly of Failure and A Perfect Circle, with signature Fender, Squier, and Yamaha guitars.
Troy Van Voorhis
Troy Van Voorhis is an American theoretical chemist, the Haslam and Dewey Professor at MIT, known for constrained DFT methods and singlet fission theory for solar cells.