Any famous people from your hometown? (4134 hits)
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Submitted by Siren© (View user info) at 2005-10-23 20:36:32 EDT
William H. Macy is from Cumberland, MD. Well, he was born somewhere in Florida, I think, but he grew up and graduated from highschool in Cumberland. That is where I was born and raised, until the age of 23 when I promptly got the fuck out and moved to a city to escape being sucked in forever only to end my life obese and on welfare. I, personally, think it's cool that I can associate Mr. Macy with my hometown. He's a superb actor who choses great movie roles.
He went to Allegany High School and graduated with my mother. He was the class president and everything. Also, he was in the drama club, of course. It's pretty awesome to see his picture in my mom's yearbook.
But this post isn't about William H. Macy. No, sir. It's about another talent that was spawned from my little hick town in the foothills of the Appalachians. This star shines so bright that only the Heavens would be suited to welcome him. I don't know if any of you have ever seen WarGames, but his performance was groundbreaking. A symbol of the 1980's... the dawn of classic teen movie characters everywhere...
Not Matthew Broderick, not Ally Sheedy (yes, I know she's not a 'he') but Mr. Eddie Deezen himself. I know! It's incredible! His parents own a jewelry store in our downtown.
Anyway, so anybody famous from ya'll's hometown?
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Submitted by SpikeGoddess (user info) at 2005-10-27 22:02:04 EDT (#)
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Ed Norton (from the suburb I grew up in)
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2005-10-27 15:24:07 EDT (#)
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Michael/Marcus Vick
Aaron Brooks
Bruce Smith
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Missy "misdameanor" Elliot
Blackstreet
Teddy Riley
Pharrel Williams(I went to high school with his little brother. He was a fag)
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Pat Robertson *punches self in nits*
Edgar Kayce
That's all I can think of right now.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2005-10-27 08:05:04 EDT (#)
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Ozzy Osbourne, although i'm CERTAIN somebody has said it before.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2005-10-27 03:31:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-24 00:22:56 (#)
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* Elbert Frank Cox, mathematician
* Lee Hamilton, former U.S. Congressman
* Ray Ryan, oil man, property developer, gambler and multi-millionaire
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Do you actually know what the word 'famous' means?
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2005-10-27 03:15:39 EDT (#)
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from Skerries, a teeny harbour just North of Dublin..?
er..... *thinks*
No. Just me. I'm famous.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-26 20:39:34 EDT (#)
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Oh yeah, Tiger Lilly, that reminds me- someone from Perfect Strangers is also from my hometown. Mary something... uh, let me imdb it real quick like...
Ok, might be Rebeca Arthur. She played Mary Anne on the show. Can't be sure. She graduated with my best friend's mom.
Submitted by FallenZer0 (user info) at 2005-10-26 19:11:13 EDT (#)
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Zakk Wylde (metal guitarist.. i'm pretty sure most on here know who he is)
Not sure if he's from the same town, but i know my music theory teacher taught him music theory, and he was in the highschool yearbook years ago. I thought my teacher was bluffing but a year later i actually met Zakk, and he confirmed the information. i was amazed that such a talented person could come from such a shitty place.
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2005-10-26 17:28:37 EDT (#)
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Kyra Sedgewick (sp?) is from my hometown. She played with my older brothers and sisters when they were little.
Vanessa Williams lives close by me, I bumped into her at Carvel a couple of years ago... Richard Gere served jury duty the same time as me, so he has to be close by too... hmmm... that's all the thinking I care to do on this subject.
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-10-26 14:45:27 EDT (#)
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Len Dresslar, the voice of The Jolly Green Giant. He died today, he left behind three hos.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-10-26 14:15:28 EDT (#)
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Only one that I know of.
Mark Linn-Baker ---- Perfect Strangers
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2005-10-26 12:10:37 EDT (#)
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Well, that would be Philadelphia, so that's everybody who is not on any other list I guess.
Off the top of my head:
Wil Smith
Kevin Bacon
Linda Fiorentine(sp?) - The coroner chick from MIB
Pink is from Doylestown with is about 10 min from me.
Same for Justin Guarinni(sp)- Runner up in American Idol (the first one)
I'm sure there is an assload more, but damn if I can remember.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-26 11:56:49 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2005-10-26 11:54:01 (#)
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A lady got mauled and eaten by a grizzly bear in my hometown once... Does that count?
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No.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2005-10-26 11:54:01 EDT (#)
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A lady got mauled and eaten by a grizzly bear in my hometown once... Does that count?
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2005-10-26 11:45:36 EDT (#)
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Ava Gardner. Pinup actress from the forties, I think. I don't live there anymore though. They have a little museum devoted to her. Gregory Peck visited it once. Gregory Peck kicked ass, though I'm honestly not sure about Ava. She was a hottie though.
Submitted by Call911 (user info) at 2005-10-26 11:37:40 EDT (#)
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Wanye Gretzky from Brantford, oh yeah!
In fact the only thing to do in Brantford is too play hockey.
Note: It's not cool to admit you like Wanye Gretzky in Brantford.
Submitted by bigbabylons (user info) at 2005-10-26 09:07:03 EDT (#)
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My Auntie used to clean Chesney Hawk's house
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2005-10-25 22:12:08 EDT (#)
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Woo! I'm in the Cumberland MD. area all the time. That's pretty awesome that he grew up there. I love Wargames.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-25 22:06:24 EDT (#)
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Why is this thing still on most heated? Crimeny.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-10-25 21:48:05 EDT (#)
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I went to elementary school with Christina Aguilera close to Wexford, PA.
and I touched her in her bathing suit area.
well the first part's true.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-10-25 21:37:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2005-10-25 00:35:19 (#)
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Tom Welling from Smallville - godawful show though.
On an unrelated note, I do know someone who's dad dated Madonna.
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I changed Madonna's diapers. She had a bush at age 2. . .
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-25 21:24:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DonMecca (user info) at 2005-10-25 13:43:44 (#)
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The guy who was in the R2D2 outfit iun the original Star Wars lived next to the junior school I went too. I never met, or saw him, but he was s'pose to be nice. Meh.
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Holy shit, there was a man in there?!?!?! He had to be a friggin' midget or something...and very oddly shaped.
(I think he means C3PO).
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-10-25 20:03:59 EDT (#)
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Rocky Marciano
Submitted by DonMecca (user info) at 2005-10-25 13:43:44 EDT (#)
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The guy who was in the R2D2 outfit iun the original Star Wars lived next to the junior school I went too. I never met, or saw him, but he was s'pose to be nice. Meh.
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2005-10-25 12:28:56 EDT (#)
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Ashley Giles
.................... he plays cricket
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2005-10-25 11:53:05 EDT (#)
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I don't know about 'from' there, but the Manson family started their killing spree there and Jim Morrison wrote Roadhouse Blues about a place in the town
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2005-10-25 10:45:34 EDT (#)
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I only have two little girls and I am not having anymore. I don't really like childern except mine.
Submitted by Confuzitron (user info) at 2005-10-25 09:31:08 EDT (#)
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John Goodman was my next door neighbor until he got famous.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-10-25 08:41:55 EDT (#)
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HULK FUCKING HOGAN!!!!
Sarasota, Florida bitches.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-25 08:11:45 EDT (#)
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Not at all dear...
...off to school I go.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-10-25 07:58:43 EDT (#)
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any suprises on why I am the way I am?
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-25 07:48:57 EDT (#)
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Wow, rad... your hometown sure spawns icons for republican hick bachelors, doesn't it?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-10-25 03:32:13 EDT (#)
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Andre Aggassi: tennis player
Jenna Jameson: queen of Pr0n
Kurt Busch: Nascar driver
Rad1101: some dude
Jimmy Kimmel: tv host
The Killers: some band
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2005-10-25 03:15:24 EDT (#)
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Napoleon III is buried here, but other than that, nah.
Technically that means we have yet to spawn a famous person. I bet it's me.
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2005-10-25 02:45:24 EDT (#)
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Uberpoll: -2.
Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2005-10-25 00:35:19 EDT (#)
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Tom Welling from Smallville - godawful show though.
On an unrelated note, I do know someone who's dad dated Madonna.
Submitted by ElmerFudd (user info) at 2005-10-24 23:51:40 EDT (#)
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Jeffrey MacDonald slaughtered his entire family there.
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2005-10-24 22:42:01 EDT (#)
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Leslie Neilson, great Canadian actor...He went to the same elementary school as I did...and his dad arrested my grandfather for stealing wood.
And some douchebag hockey players. That's about it from my 'technical' hometown.
Submitted by Leroy_Brown (user info) at 2005-10-24 21:11:21 EDT (#)
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Jesus Christ (local hero here in Bethlehem).
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-24 20:59:37 EDT (#)
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Filthy, you thought no one would catch that in there, didn't you...
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-24 20:56:28 EDT (#)
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Hey, Jay_Bassman... I'm going to see Ben Folds in a few weeks! I love him more than oxygen. Also, I did not realize he lived in Australia until Danger_Ranger told me that.
Firefly, we both live in the same town. You and that hubby of yours and your 11 billion children.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2005-10-24 19:01:39 EDT (#)
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Erm, the guy from cornershop (you know 'brimful of asha on the 45') Kaiser chiefs.
Not too far from the guy who achieved the first powered flight.
Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2005-10-24 17:31:50 EDT (#)
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Lets see, hometown? No one famous is from Westerly, Rhode Island. Harry Anderson is from Newport, thats close I guess.
I've lived in small states my whole life, so we'll also count New Hampshire as a home town because it is the suck.
Robert Frost is technically from San Fran
Alan B Shepard (astronaut, first American man in space)
Christa McAullif (Blew up in the Challenger, technically born in Mass)
Franklin Pierce (President)
Carlton Fisk (Best catcher in baseball ever)
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2005-10-24 16:54:41 EDT (#)
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* Henry Addington (former Prime Minister; donor of land for Royal Berkshire Hospital)
* Jacqueline Bisset (actress)
* Daniel Blagrave (former Member of Parliament and regicide)
* John Blagrave (early mathematician)
* Kenneth Branagh (actor)
* Richard Burns (rally driver)
* Deon Burton (professional footballer)
* Hugh Cook Faringdon (churchman; last Abbot of Reading Abbey)
* Dawn French (comedienne)
* Ricky Gervais (comedian)
* Lenny Henry (comedian)
* John Kendrick (merchant and mayor)
* William Laud (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
* FilthyAssistant (living legend and saviour of mankind)
* John Madejski (entrepreneur and philanthropist)
* Mary Russell Mitford (author, poet and playwright)
* Sam Mendes (director)
* Jeff Minter (computer programmer)
* Mike Oldfield (composer and artist)
* George Palmer (biscuit manufacturer)
* Michael Sprott (professional boxer)
* William Henry Fox Talbot (early photographer)
* Thomas Noon Talfourd (judge)
* Chris Tarrant (radio broadcaster; host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
* Alfred Waterhouse (architect)
* Neil Webb (professional footballer)
* Oscar Wilde (author, poet and playwright)
* Kate Winslet (actress)
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-10-24 16:22:18 EDT (#)
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I graduated from Fornication University in Mianus, Mass. with Dick Hertz.
Submitted by Lucylou (user info) at 2005-10-24 16:19:57 EDT (#)
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Kylie Bax went to my high school. This may not seem that great, but really, how many famous people are there from New Zealand anyway?
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-10-24 15:44:42 EDT (#)
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Jeffery Dahmer grew up down the road from me.
Submitted by punkerrjess (user info) at 2005-10-24 14:12:58 EDT (#)
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No one from Boulder City, where I grew up.
Las Vegas is about 20 miles away, they have Andre Agassi and Jenna Jameson.
Pat Nixon, wife of President Richard Nixon, was born in Nevada.
So was James E. Casey, the guy who founded UPS.
Harry Reid, United States Senate Minority Leader was born in Searchlight, Nevada.
Nevada sucks.
Submitted by Foonbo (user info) at 2005-10-24 13:29:16 EDT (#)
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Shit. I'm a born-and-raised Chicagoan, so I won't make you scroll THAT list, but I'll give you a list of famous people who went to my high school which is still way more kick-ass than any group from any other town:
Famous Former Mount Carmel High School Students
Me
Donovan McNabb--QB, Philadelphia Eagles
Simeon Rice--Defensive End, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Antawn Walker--Forward, Miami Heat
Chris Calloway--former NFL Wide Receiver (played the longest for the Giants)
Nate Turner--former Buffalo Bills star
Mike Husar--former Chicago Bear
Frank Cornish--Center on the '93 and '94 Superbowl Champion Dallas Cowboys
Chris Chelios--Defenseman, Detroit Red Wings (best Blackhawk Defenseman EVER!)
Matt Cushing--Tight End, Pittsburgh Steelers
Steve Edwards--Offensive Lineman, Chicago Bears
Darrell Hill--Wide Receiver, Kansas City Chiefs (Mt. Carmel has the second most current NFL players of any high school in the nation)
Kevin Cosgrove--Defensive Coordinator, University of Nebraska (and my dad's best friend)
Daniel Sunjata--actor, plays "Franco" on the FX show "Rescue Me" (best show going)
Steve Allen--founder of "The Tonight Show"
Denny McLain--former pitcher, Detroit Tigers (last pitcher to win 30 games in a season)
Joe Williams--wrestler who finished 5th in the 2004 Olympics (he and his brother, T.J., who also went to MC, are wrestling gods in Chicago and Iowa)
Lloyd Walton--former NBA player
Mario Morgan--played the kid in "Hard Ball" (w/Keanu Reeves) that makes the great catch in the big game
The movies "Blue Chips," "Rudy," and "Stir of Echoes" were also filmed there.
I could go on to celebrities from my neighborhood if you like.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-10-24 13:13:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Whiplash (user info) at 2005-10-23 22:07:32 (#)
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A shitload of UFC fighters are from where I live.
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Me too. Where do you live?
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-10-24 12:53:19 EDT (#)
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Where I grew up (Marietta, GA): Brett Butler (comedian/alcoholic) and all the members of the band the Black Crowes.
Where I live now (Athens, GA): The bands R.E.M., The B52's, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Widespread Panic were all formed here. Although I don't think any of the members were actually "from" here. Maybe a few. Also, flash-in-the-pan white rapper Bubba Sparxxx started out here. He lived next door to one of my sorority sisters in 1999, and back then he had a bad habit of drunkenly crashing parties and exposing his tragically small penis.
Submitted by mles76 (user info) at 2005-10-24 12:52:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Norman (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:47:22 (#)
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Avril Lavigne.
That's too much info methinks.
Napanee????
Submitted by nya_nyo (user info) at 2005-10-24 12:34:22 EDT (#)
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I went to high school with Laura Prepon (Donna from That 70's show)
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:57:06 EDT (#)
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There's quite a few, but NONE OF THEM ever want to admit it, because I live in Shitburg, USA.
Submitted by Norman (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:47:22 EDT (#)
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Avril Lavigne.
That's too much info methinks.
Submitted by CrazyCanuck (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:40:57 EDT (#)
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I have a few NHL hockey players. The Niedermeyers, John Klemm, Jason Wiemer, etc.,
Pat Morrow, he climbed Mt. Everest
Gerry Sorensen, an Olympic Skier.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:25:31 EDT (#)
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Edward Norton
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:14:49 EDT (#)
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Where I was born:
Floods
Where I currently reside:
Pamela Hill - Actress
William Howard Taft - President of the United States, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
William Henry Harrison - President of the United States
Sarah Jessica Parker - Actress
Bootsy Collins - Musician
Jerry Springer - Talk show host
Roger Staubach - Football Player
Barry Larkin - Baseball Player
Ken Griffey Jr. - Baseball Player
Pete Rose - Baseball Player
George Clooney - actor
Frank Duveneck - painter
Ulysses S. Grant - President of the United States, General
Neil Armstrong - Astronaut (First Man on the Moon)
Steven Spielberg - Producer/Director
Ted Turner - Media Mogul
Roy Rogers - The Singing Cowboy
Rosemary Clooney - Singer, actress
Andy Williams - singer
Doris Day - Actress
William McGuffey - 19th century writer of The McGuffey Readers
Daniel Carter Beard - Founder of the Boy Scouts of America
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Thomas Worthington Whittredge - painter
Guess which I'm more proud of?
Submitted by Jay_Bassman (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:10:00 EDT (#)
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I'm from Adelaide, Australia.
*Sarah McLeod (musician)
*Leah McLeod (musician)
*Shaun Micallef (comedian)
*Jimmy Barnes (musician, grew up here)
*Mark Holden (musician, producer)
*Guy Sebastian (musician)
*The Superjesus (rock band, now broken up)
*I Killed The Prom Queen (hardcore band)
*Hilltop Hoods (hip hop)
*Sir Donald Bradman (dead cricketer)
*Ben Folds (musician, obviously not born here, but his wife is from Adelaide and he resides here 6 months of the year)
*Lleyton Hewitt (tennis player)
*Scott Hicks (director)
*Paul Kelly (musician)
*Anthony LaPaglia (actor)
*Jonathon LaPaglia (actor, director)
*Kate Fischer (actress)
*Jackie O (actress, radio DJ)
That's all i know of.
Submitted by Fabit (user info) at 2005-10-24 10:00:07 EDT (#)
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The Wurzels.
PWNED
Submitted by CookieLass (user info) at 2005-10-24 09:51:35 EDT (#)
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Hometown? As in the town in which I was born? Nope. As in the town in which I currently reside? Yep. Matthew McConaghey (tee hee) Robert Rodriguez, and I believe Renee Zellweger. She may be from west Texas, though. Also Lance Armstrong and a bunch of musicians.
Submitted by yeahthatme (user info) at 2005-10-24 09:49:47 EDT (#)
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I'm from Pasadena, Texas. Other than Mickey Gilley...I can't think of anyone.
Do you know how "from" Pasadena I am? My entire family was in Urban Cowboy, at the time my uncle was in Mickey Gilley's band. He then went on to be Johnny Lee's road manager.
That's how from Pasadena I am.
Oh, and I smell of oil.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-10-24 09:29:36 EDT (#)
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The city is Dolbeau-Mistassini,QC.
We got...
Two singers:
http://www.mariopelchat.com/
http://www.nancydumais.com/
A famous world-class strongman:
http://www.hugogirard.com/accueil_e.asp
This model/actress (she's my half-sister!):
http://mr-31094.v-mirror.spb.ru/celebs/evesalvail/eve85.jpg
And you probably don't know any of them. We have no hockey player :-(
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2005-10-24 09:14:31 EDT (#)
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Morton Downey, Jr. (you gotta be over 25 to remember him), and Lyman Hall (Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the earliest governors of Georgia, about 1200 miles away).
Submitted by STIXS (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:59:40 EDT (#)
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the singer from disturbed (david something...not a big fan...) went to the little jewish school behind my old junior high
Submitted by SiskelandFatboy (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:58:14 EDT (#)
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Me.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:58:06 EDT (#)
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From my hometown (Quad Cities, IL/IA):
Chief Black Hawk
John Looney
Suzy Bogguss
John and Isabel Bloom
Don Nelson
Bix Beiderbecke
Louis Bellson
"Buffalo Bill" Cody
John Deere
Ronald Reagan
From my residence for past ten years (Peoria, IL):
Richard Pryor
Mudvayne
Philip Jose Farmer
Dan Fogelberg
Shaun Livingston
Alex Rice
David Ogden Stiers
Jack Brickhouse
Ralph Lawler
Betty Friedan
Submitted by Wrightcopy (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:54:29 EDT (#)
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I graduated from the same high school as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. My chem teacher had them both in his class. And Ben Affleck's mom was a teacher at my elementary school. I'm sure there's more since Harvard's there too, but that's all I know of.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:40:23 EDT (#)
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I don't care, Dreg. -2 me all you want.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:04:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:44:00 (#)
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Benjamin Disraeli, famous 19th century British Prime Minister. Suez Canal, India, yada yada yada.
William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia was from a village nearby (technically a suburb)
Roald Dahl is buried in a village nearby.
Terry Pratchett went to one of the local all boys Grammar Schools - John Hampden Grammar.
Oh, and John Hampden, English Civil War politician.
Oh and apparently, Brad Pitt has a house in a nearby village too... Same place as William Penn.
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So all you've got is dead people and Terry Pratchett.
Now if you had Roald Dahl's daughter then that would be something. She is yummy.
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She visits from time to time. Saw her once with the rest of her family at his grave, so there!
She's too fucking thin now, looks like a lollipop.
And don't forget Brad Pitt.
Submitted by Dreg (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:04:16 EDT (#)
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gotta love typing in the wrong tab!
Submitted by Dreg (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:03:23 EDT (#)
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It hurts to -2 you :(
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-10-24 08:00:03 EDT (#)
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Famous chronic masturbator Jacques Meoffe is from my home town of Eatmyballs, Wisconsin.
That's all I got here.
Submitted by missflibble (user info) at 2005-10-24 07:33:38 EDT (#)
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su pollard was mates with my great uncle. big up nottingham yeah.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-10-24 06:55:45 EDT (#)
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Well, isn't apollo showing off...
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-10-24 06:26:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2005-10-24 01:09:19 (#)
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Too many from Detroit to name...
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Eminem
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-10-24 06:00:15 EDT (#)
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There's this chick from my hometown who writes on a website.
I think her handle is Pentameter or something.
Other than that, no one.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:54:40 EDT (#)
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A
Jean Alexander: She played Hilda Ogden on the long-running soap opera Coronation Street.
Michael Angelis: Actor.
Arthur Askey: Comedian.
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B
Beryl Bainbridge: An acclaimed writer, nominated several times for the Booker Prize.
Tom Baker: Actor and eccentric, famous for his portrayal of the lead role in Doctor Who in the 1970s and 80s
Gary Bannon: Actor, poet,songwriter. and filmmaker
Clive Barker: Author, director and visual artist.
The Beatles: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
Tom Bibby: An acclaimed Bibby who enjoys Bibby and all other states of being.
Kenneth Bigley: Civil engineer beheaded in Iraq.
John Birt former Director General of the BBC.
Cilla Black: Singer and entertainer, and until recently, presenter of the long running T.V. show Blind Date.
Alan Bleasdale: TV dramatist.
The Boo Radleys: English rock group during 1980s and 1990s. Martin Carr, Timothy Brown, Rob Cieka, and Sice
Tony Booth: Actor and father of Cherie Booth.
Charles Booth: Known for his surveys of poverty.
Robbie Brookside: Professional wrestler.
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C
Ramsey Campbell: Novelist.
Jamie Carragher: Arguably Liverpool's best player in the 2004/2005 season
Cast: 1990's pop group
Kim Cattrall: Actress.
Craig Charles: Actor and comedian, played Dave Lister in Red Dwarf and currently hosts Robot Wars.
Melanie Chisholm: Ex-member of the Spice Girls.
The Coral: Cool band.
The Christians: soul band from the 1980s and 1990s.
Anne Clough: Early Suffragette in the 1800s.
Alex Cox: Film director.
Daniel Craig: Actor, the new James Bond (2005), born in Chester but brought up in Hoylake
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Terence Davies: Film director.
Ken Dodd: Comedian and singer, well-loved for unique traits such as buck teeth, frizzy hair and tickling stick (as well of course for the 'diddy men').
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Echo & the Bunnymen: rock group.
Kenny Everett: DJ and comic.
Jennifer Ellison soap star and winner of reality tv show Hell's Kitchen. Small role in 2004's Phantom of the Opera and stint in the West End's musical, Chicago
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood: 1980s pop band.
Freddie Franklin: dancer.
Billy Fury: pop singer and songwriter.
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Tom Georgeson: Actor.
Gerry & the Pacemakers: 1960s rock n roll band.
William Gladstone: Four times Prime Minister with many notable achievements.
Sir Richard Glazebrook: Physicist.
Steven Gerrard: English footballer
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John Haines: Writer of songs and comical stories
Ruth Hamilton: Best-selling author.
Tommy Handley: Comedian.
George Harrison: Guitarist with The Beatles
Rex Harrison: Actor famous for My Fair Lady
Ian Hart: Actor known for playing John Lennon in Backbeat and for playing Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).
Felicia Hemans: Poet, wrote "Casabianca" (The boy stood on the burning deck...).
Adrian Henri: Painter and poet.
William Patrick Hitler: Nephew of Adolf Hitler.
Jeremiah Horrocks: Astronomer who calculated that the distance between Earth and the sun was 59,000,000 miles — though well short of the actual distance of 93,000,000 miles, his estimate was more accurate than any other calculations of his time.
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Icicle Works: 1980s band.
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Brian Jacques: Bestselling author of the Redwall series of children's fantasy books.
Paul Jewell: English football club manager.
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Gillian Kearney: actor, Brookside, Damon and Debbie, Hope and Glory
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John Lennon: Vocalist and rhythm guitarist of The Beatles
Carla Lane: televison writer.
Liz McGowen: singer
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Donald MacAlister: educated at Liverpool Institute for Boys
Paul McGann Actor: starred in cult classic film 'Withnail and I', 'The Monocled Mutineer', and 'Doctor Who', among others.
Roger McGough: performance poet.
Paul McCartney: Singer and bassist with The Beatles
Nicholas Montserrat: author of 'The Cruel Sea'.
John Moores (merchant): Businessman and philanthropist.
Lord Marren: Earl of Kensington. Hereditary member of British House of Lords.
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Simon O'Brien: actor, Brookside, Damon and Debbie, Grange Hill
Tom O'Connor: Comedian and former quiz show host.
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Alan Parry: TV football commentator.
Brian Patten: 1960s poet.
Tricia Penrose: Actress who plays Gina in TV Series Heartbeat.
John Peel: One of the most respected and influential radio DJs in the UK.
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Sir Simon Rattle: Orchestra conductor.
Anne Robinson: Journalist, host of hit TV game show The Weakest Link.
William Roscoe: Poet whose popular work was translated into French, German, and other languages.
Leonard Rossiter: Actor who played Rigsby in the T.V. series Rising Damp, as well as many other roles.
Gemma Rowlands: Anoying but lovable scouse flatmate, likes to clean and wind people up.
Geoff Rowlley: Pro skate Boarder.
Willy Russell: Playwright.
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Alexei Sayle: Comic.
Peter Sissons: News Reader.
Olaf Stapledon: Author.
Adrian Scott Stokes: Artist known for his landscape paintings.
Frankie Sloan: Pro-Wrestler & NWA-TNA Star in US. [1]
Space: 1990s rock band
Alison Steadman: Actress.
George Stubbs: Artist known for his paintings of horses.
Ringo Starr (né Richard Starkey): Drummer with The Beatles
Brian Summers: Pro skate boarder.
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Jimmy Tarbuck: Comedian, father of Liza Tarbuck
Banastre Tarleton: British cavalry officer during the American War of Independence.
The Teardrop Explodes: 1980s pop group.
The La's: late 1980s to early 1990s pop group
Rita Tushingham: Actress.
Cathy Tyson: Actress.
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Alfred Waterhouse: Architect.
Joseph Williamson: philanthropist and builder of Williamson's tunnels.
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:44:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:36:40 (#)
Ranking: 2
Benjamin Disraeli, famous 19th century British Prime Minister. Suez Canal, India, yada yada yada.
William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia was from a village nearby (technically a suburb)
Roald Dahl is buried in a village nearby.
Terry Pratchett went to one of the local all boys Grammar Schools - John Hampden Grammar.
Oh, and John Hampden, English Civil War politician.
Oh and apparently, Brad Pitt has a house in a nearby village too... Same place as William Penn.
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So all you've got is dead people and Terry Pratchett.
Now if you had Roald Dahl's daughter then that would be something. She is yummy.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:41:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sphagnum's from around here. He's the only one I know of.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:36:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Benjamin Disraeli, famous 19th century British Prime Minister. Suez Canal, India, yada yada yada.
William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia was from a village nearby (technically a suburb)
Roald Dahl is buried in a village nearby.
Terry Pratchett went to one of the local all boys Grammar Schools - John Hampden Grammar.
Oh, and John Hampden, English Civil War politician.
Oh and apparently, Brad Pitt has a house in a nearby village too... Same place as William Penn.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:19:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:03:21 (#)
Ranking: 0
A little band you may have heard of, had one or two successes on the hit-parade.
The Beatles?
Nah didn't think you would have heard of them.
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John Lennowned.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:04:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ozzy Osbourne, Mahatma Ghandi and Jesus.
All your base are belong to Birmingham.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-10-24 05:03:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
A little band you may have heard of, had one or two successes on the hit-parade.
The Beatles?
Nah didn't think you would have heard of them.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2005-10-24 04:40:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Me.
What do you mean, not famous?
....oh.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-10-24 01:34:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Celebrities that live or have lived in Gainesville include:
* Harry Crews, writer
* Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade
* Bo Diddley, musician
* Rodney Mullen, Professional Skateboarder
* Buddy Ebsen, actor
* Ric Flair, professional wrestling personality
* Robert Frost, poet
* Joe Haldeman, science fiction author
* Bob Graham, Governor and U.S. Senator
* Marty Liquori, Olympic track & field athlete and TV announcer
* Tom Petty, musician
* River Phoenix, actor
* Joaquin Phoenix, actor
* Maya Rudolph, comedian
* Minnie Riperton, musician
* Forrest Sawyer, NBC anchor
* Steve Spurrier, football player and coach
* Stephen Stills, musician
* Emmitt Smith, professional football player
* John Thompson, mathematician, Fields medalist
* Less than Jake, band
* Hot Water Music, band
* Sister Hazel, band
* Against Me!, band
* Stephen Root, actor
* Bob Vila, television show host
* Jack Youngblood, professional football player & NFL Hall of Famer
Other celebrity ties to Gainesville include Faye Dunaway, who went to the University of Florida, and Malcom Gets, who grew up there, graduated from the university and wrote and performed at the Community Playhouse and the Hippodrome. Renee Richards lived in Gainesville for a time, and Roger Maris had a distributorship and raised his family there.
Thank you Wikipedia.
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2005-10-24 01:09:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Too many from Detroit to name...
Submitted by a_reader (user info) at 2005-10-24 00:25:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:49:18 (#)
Ranking: 0
Cal Eldred
The St. Louis Cardinals bullpen pitcher?
I hate that guy!
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-24 00:22:56 EDT (#)
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* Andy Benes, baseball player
* Bud Boetticher, director of western movies and Ohio State University football star
* Calbert Cheaney, NBA basketball player
* Elbert Frank Cox, mathematician
* Louis J. Koch, creator of Holiday World
* Ron Glass, actor "Barney Miller"
* Bob Griese, football player
* Roy Halston Frowick fashion designer (graduated from Bosse High School)
* Bob Hamilton, professional golfer and winner of the 1944 PGA Championship
* Lee Hamilton, former U.S. Congressman
* Kevin Hardy, football player
* Don Mattingly, baseball player
* Walter McCarty, NBA basketball player
* Robert D. Orr (1917-2004), former governor of Indiana
* Paul Osborn (1901-1988), playwright, including screenplay for East of Eden
* Scott Rolen, baseball player
* Ray Ryan, oil man, property developer, gambler and multi-millionaire
* Larry Stallings, NFL linebacker
* Matt Williams TVproducer - "The Cosby Show", "Roseanne", "Home Improvement", playwright
Submitted by Blinkish (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:52:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Neve Campbell ... Scream and Wild Things
Submitted by celine (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:51:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My best friend from high school's older brother is engaged to a girl whose mom dated Sam Prekop in high school.
If you can follow those 6 degrees of separation, AND if you know who Sam Prekop is, you have just earned a lifetime of +2's from me.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:49:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Cal Eldred
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:43:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Saxon (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:45:04 (#)
Ranking: 0
Ok dont laugh but the Bee Gee's come from my Town. Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive. whoops i guess they cant say that anymore.
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Really??
Submitted by morontian (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:43:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Kassie Wesley. The chick from Evil Dead 2 who swallowed the eyeball.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:42:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I grew up across the street from Jerry Wunsch, he played football for the Wisconsin Badgers in college, then the Tampa Bay Bucs, and now for the Seattle Seahawks.
COOL HUH
plus this one time me and my brother and my cousin were rolling a spare tire around in the driveway (don't ask, we lived in the country) and one of us slipped and it rolled down the hill and into his mom's car. We were in deep shit.
His golden retriever was scary, too.
Chopper? Chopper, sic BALLS?
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:34:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Saxon, Thorpe and Danger_Ranger...
Yep...
Submitted by Vorknkx (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:32:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Roy Dupuis is from my hometown, but then most (if not all) of you don't know him.
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2005-10-23 23:15:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The guys from the metal band "Manowar" are from my hometown.
Does that count?
Probably not.
William H. Seward then. Alaska is my hometowns fault.
Submitted by Whiplash (user info) at 2005-10-23 22:07:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
A shitload of UFC fighters are from where I live.
Submitted by starshine (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:55:11 EDT (#)
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I'm from Detroit, so let's see: Madonna, Bob Seger, Eminem, and a few others...like that guy from Full House, The White Stripes, etc.
Submitted by Saxon (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:45:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Ok dont laugh but the Bee Gee's come from my Town. Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive. whoops i guess they cant say that anymore.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:17:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
the only person from my old neighborhood was a hockey player that played for the Wings...when they sucked.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:14:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Long_Islanders
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:13:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
a shitload of famous people are from long island.
some entertainment, but most business and finance related
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:10:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Northern Virginia spawned Dave Grohl and WWE Heavyweight Champion Dave "Batista" Davidson.
I'm sure there are others, but it's Sunday night and I don't feel like thinking.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:05:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ozzy Nelson was born in my town, as was Lou Costello (i.e. Abbot and Costello)
Also from my town was the copilot of the Enola Gay, the plane who dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
Submitted by WellFedEthiopian (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:04:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Seattle's got a few-
Bill Gates
Kurt Cobain
Dave Matthews (My friend used to live in his neighborhood)
Sir Mix-A-Lot (He's kind of famous, I guess)
I'm sure there's more.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:03:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Colorado Springs
Lon Chaney
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:01:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Farrah Fawcet is from Corpus Christi. A shit load of people are from Dallas. Bob Segar is from Ann Arbor, where I live now.
Submitted by vettesrule88 (user info) at 2005-10-23 21:00:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Hudson, MA
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Submitted by smoke_in_my_lungs (user info) at 2005-10-23 20:57:31 EDT (#)
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Though I don't really concider him famous (and he's more of a wang than anything else) my sister went to school with Kevin Zeggers. For anyone who doesn't know, he was that annoying kid in those basketball playing dog films. Also had a small role in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
Submitted by Rope (user info) at 2005-10-23 20:48:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I share my hometown with David Platt, Mark Owen and Eric Sykes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham