AllegiantAir From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 1729 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1755 times:
Who are some famous people from your town?
Here's the ones from my town, Alexandria, MN, that I can think of off the top of my head.
Tom Lehman - PGA Golfer
John Hammergren - CEO of the McKesson Corp.
John Hawkes - Actor
Knute Nelson - United States Senator
Gary Serum - Twins pitcher
AC773 From Canada, joined Nov 2005, 1730 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1723 times:
From the village of Salisbury, MD:
James Cannon Jr., bishop for the Methodist Episcopal Church, born in Salisbury November 13, 1864.
Actor Alexis Denisof
Actor John Glover
Actress Linda Hamilton[1]
William Humphreys Jackson, Congressman representing Maryland in United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 1 from 1901-1905 & 1907-1909. He was the father of U.S. Senator, William P. Jackson. Born in Salisbury October 15, 1839.
Businessman Frank Perdue
State's Attorney Davis R. Ruark
U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes
Weather Channel Meteorologist Mike Seidel
Kevin Shaffer, NFL football player with the Cleveland Browns.
Actress Jessica Lee Rose who gained fame through the online soap opera, lonelygirl15 broadcast on YouTube
Better to be nouveau than never to have been riche at all.
Legoguy From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 3301 posts, RR: 43 Reply 10, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1678 times:
Belfast....
Out of a long list of 'appartent' famous people from Belfast, I only recognised a few names...
George Best
Van Morrison
Osborne Reynolds (is this the guy who came up with Reynolds number?)
Other famous things from Belfast...
Titanic
Snow Patrol
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Gulliver's Travels (That giant guy that pissed on a castle which was on fire to help put it out)
Harland and Wolff dockyards
Can you say 'Beer Can' without sounding like a Jamaican saying 'Bacon'?
Pawsleykat From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 1978 posts, RR: 14 Reply 12, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1664 times:
Technically he's not from my town, but old Doctor Who, David Tennant, is from Bathgate. It's only 3 miles down the road....
JG
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Confuscius From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 3652 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1618 times:
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 19, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1606 times:
ROC-Phillip Seymore Hoffman and Robert Forster.
'Empathy was yesterday...Today, you're wasting my Mother-F'ing time' - Heat.
JFKTOWERFAN From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1100 posts, RR: 17 Reply 22, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1584 times:
Confuscius From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 3652 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1576 times:
Plenty from there...
Hayward is the birthplace of Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, Jack Del Rio, professional wrestler turned actor The Rock, NBA Phoenix Suns Eddie House, Olympic gold medalist and professional boxer Andre Ward, and the home of rapper Spice 1.
Not much actually. Kristi Yamaguchi is more associated with nearby Fremont; she grew up there. As for the others, no one really except perhaps for The Rock. I think I'll move to San Leandro.
MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Reply 24, posted (6 years 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1574 times:
Kelly Slater from Cocoa Beach, FL
Hunter
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25 MCOflyer: * Birthplace of singer, songwriter, writer, and poet Jim Morrison * Former home of comedian and actor Darrell Hammond * Birthplace of baseball player
26 LTU932: - Helmut Schmidt, former German Chancellor and Mayor of Hamburg - Alex Springer, newspaper publisher and founder of the Axel Springer AG - Karl-Heinz
29 GEEDO: Vancouver, Washington Breg Biffle, NASCAR driver Randy Myers, MBL pitcher (world series titles with Reds and Mets) Tanya Harding, famed and shamed fig
30 AllegiantAir: GEEDO, I found a typo, it's Greg Biffle
31 Walter747: I love The Kooks. Rocco Baldelli a baseball player for Tampa Bay lives on my street. I've seen him a few times.
32 ArmitageShanks: Johnson City, Tennessee: Steve Spurrier, coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks Mike Potter, NASCAR driver Timothy Busfield, actor Kenny
33 LHMARK: Famous people from Rochester: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Rochester,_New_York
35 Adopim88: Mankato, MN: Frederick Russell Burnham, "father of the international scouting movement," born near Mankato on 11 May 1861 Walter Jackson Bate, Pulitze
37 EWS: The Chuckle Brothers Bruce Dickenson Lisa Riley
38 Bwest: Hmm... not too many famous people from Zwevegem, Belgium. There's judoka Gella Vandecaveye and the founder of the Bekaert company, Baron Leon Bekaert
39 Pawsleykat: Oooh, just looking at Bathgate on Wikipedia and not only does David Tennant come from there..... there's a whole load of famous people hail from Bathg
40 AirbusA346: Im from Stoke-On-Trent. Sir Stanley Matthews Robbie Williams Phil Taylor I went to school and go to college in Newcastle-Under-Lyme Reginald Joseph Mi
41 Braybuddy: I don't know if there was anyone famous actually born here in Bray, but over the years we've had a few living here: Oscar Wilde James Joyce Film direc
42 FOMEA: The Following are just few individuals i can think of that are from Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford- Founder of Ford Motor Company Bob Seger- singer/s
43 Oldeuropean: Köln / Cologne Among many others, the most famous (who I know ) born here: Iulia Agrippina (mother of Nero, Emperor of the Roman Empire) Saint Bruno
44 Doona: Uma Thurman's grandmother is from my home town of Trelleborg in southern Sweden. That's all I can think of right now Cheers Mats
46 Kunoichi: Ørslev by Vordingborg, Denmark... None really... though we had a (only nationally) famous hymn writer a century or so ago...
47 Xpat: Summit, NJ Meryl Streep I'm sure there are others, though.
48 B78710: gary mabbut ex tottenham player went to my school also my town is the home of mclaren formula 1! edit....just remembered the book "war of the worlds"
49 N776AU: -Diana DeGarmo-singer, who also happens to be a member of my church -Michael Grant-Arkansas Safety, lives across the street from me. -David Greene-NFL
50 BananaBoY: Kate Winslet & Kenneth Branagh are from Reading, UK. Local "celebs" also include Kate Bush, George Michael and Lenny Henry & Dawn French. And then of
51 BristolFlyer: Famous people in Phoenix, AZ (not necessarily born here but resident here): Alice Cooper Leslie Nielson Mike Tyson Stevie Nicks
52 747438: I bet Mr Mabbutt learned how to use capitals Ah. The town of my birth
53 N710PS: Billy Cristal went to my high school here in NY Most of the New York Jets live in my neighborhood during season and summer camp At my place in SRQ Tom
54 Dimoko: Mark Mothersbaugh Chrissy Hynde LeBron James all from Akron, OH
55 B78710: probably.....but Mr B78710 doesnt really give a shit i bet you feel honured to come from the same town as myself
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