Famous people from your state

[Immortalfire]

So, who's from your neck of the woods?


Georgia...

Laurence Fishburne
Alan Jackson
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Ray Charles
Evander Holyfield
Jeff Foxworthy
Burt Reynolds
Dana Ivey
Ty Cobb
Herschel Walker
Fran Tarkenton
James Brown
Truett Cathy
Raven Symone
Jeff Francoeur
Lewis Grizzard
Trisha Yearwood
Otis Redding
Margaret Mitchell
DeForest Kelley
Jimmy Carter
Little Richard
Gladys Knight
Oliver Hardy
Julia Roberts
Michael Stipe
Travis Tritt
Champ Bailey

[amazingfantasy15]

I'm from Illinois, plenty of famous people from there, but I'm most proud that the voice of Homer Simpson went to my high school.

[Symbiotic]

Indiana

Larry Bird
James Dean
Vivica A. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Axl Rose

[Immortalfire]

I'm from Illinois, plenty of famous people from there, but I'm most proud that the voice of Homer Simpson went to my high school.

Neato :up:

[cerealkiller182]

Massachusetts:

From my hometown:
Jack Kerouac
Michael Chiklis
Mickey Ward
Ed MacMahon went to my highschool

Rest of the state:
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
Anthony Clark
Mike O'Malley
Dennis Lehane
Denis Leary
Lenny Clarke
Mark Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Aerosmith
Jay Leno
Conan O'Brian

I know theres more but I cant think of the them off the top of my head

[Colossus rules!]

not really sure iknow a few...
madonna
ted nugent
kid rock
eminem
derek jeter
bob segar
chris webber
jeff danials
gary hogeboom went to my high school haha

[X-Chick]

Vanna White :huh:

That's all I can think of.

Edit: Oh yeah, most people know Strom Thurmond, too.

[Krypton Girl]

New Mexico:

All I can think of is Freddie Prince Jr. :funny:

[Geo7877]

Zach Braff and Kevin Smith? :huh:

Is there like a site that lists this stuff? I know a bunch of people come from Jersey, I just don't know who.

[Showtime]

Massachusetts:

Jack Kerouac
Michael Chiklis
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
Anthony Clark
Mike O'Malley
Mickey Ward
Dennis Lehane
Denis Leary
Lenny Clarke
Mark Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Aerosmith
Jay Leno
Conan O'Brian
I know theres more but I cant think of the them off the top of my head

Mass is filled with the famous.

[SpideyVille007]

NEW YORK :up:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lucille Ball
Humphrey Bogart
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Sean Combs Puff Daddy
Tom Cruise
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Henry Louis Gehrig
Sarah Gellar
Jackie Gleason
Edward Hopper
Washington Irving
John Jay
Billy Joel
Michael Jordan
Frank Langella
Vince Lombardi
Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx
Herman Melville
Rosie O'Donnel
Christopher Reeve :super:
John D. Rockefeller
Norman Rockwell
Mickey Rooney
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Rise Stevens
Barbra Streisand
Tupac Shakur
Martin Van Buren
Frank Winfield Woolworth

[JP]

NEW YORK :up:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lucille Ball
Humphrey Bogart
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Sean Combs Puff Daddy
Tom Cruise
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Henry Louis Gehrig
Sarah Gellar
Jackie Gleason
Edward Hopper
Washington Irving
John Jay
Billy Joel
Michael Jordan
Frank Langella
Vince Lombardi
Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx
Herman Melville
Rosie O'Donnel
Christopher Reeve :super:
John D. Rockefeller
Norman Rockwell
Mickey Rooney
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Rise Stevens
Barbra Streisand
Tupac Shakur
Martin Van Buren
Frank Winfield Woolworth


Yeah, that ^

[DV8]

I know of the following off the top of my head:

James Lovell
Jeffrey Dahmer
Ed Gein
Chris Farley

I'm sure there are less infamous people too, but . . .

[tzarinna]

Famous Marylanders


Spiro T. Agnew vice president, Baltimore
Benjamin Banneker mathematician, astronomer, Oella/Ellicott City
John Barth writer, Cambridge
Eubie Blake musician, Baltimore
John Wilkes Booth actor, Lincoln assassin, Harford County
Francis X. Bushman actor, Baltimore
James M. Cain writer, Annapolis
Samuel Chase jurist, Sumerset Cty
John Dickinson statesman, Talbot Cty
Frederick Douglass abolitionist, Tuckahoe
Christopher Gist frontiersman, Baltimore
Philip Glass composer, Baltimore
Matthew Henson explorer, Charles Cty
Billie Holiday jazz-blues singer, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins financier, Anne Arundel Cty
Reverdy Johnson lawyer, statesman, Annapolis
Thomas Johnson political leader, Calvert Cty
Francis Scott Key laywer, author, Carroll Cty
Thurgood Marshall jurist, Baltimore
H. L. Mencken writer, Baltimore
Charles Willson Peale painter, naturalist Queen Annes Cty
Babe Ruth baseball player, Baltimore
Upton Sinclair author, Baltimore
Roger B. Taney jurist, Calvert Cty
Harriet Tubman abolitionist, Dorchester Cty
Leon Uris author, Baltimore
Frank Zappa singer, Baltimore

[cerealkiller182]

Zach Braff and Kevin Smith? :huh:

Is there like a site that lists this stuff? I know a bunch of people come from Jersey, I just don't know who.

Bruce Willis i believe is from Jersey

[Untilteld]

I'm in Canada/Ontario/Windsor and there's not many famous people here, the guy who created the Blackberry went to my high-school.

[Malice]

Texas

Everyone wishes they were from Texas!

[tzarinna]

Some more from Maryland, some duplicates.



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William Paca (1740-99) of Annapolis – Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) of Annapolis - Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Samuel Chase (1743-1811) of Annapolis - Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Stone (1743-87) of Port Tobacco- Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) of Ellicott City was a surveyor, astronomer, watch repairer, and almanac printer. In 1791 he and Major Andrew Ellicott were appointed by President George Washington to survey the District of Columbia, which became the capital of the United States.

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Tench Tilghman (1744-86), born near Easton, was aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The sword that he wore at the battles of Valley Forge and Yorktown, and when delivering news of the War’s end, is on display at the State House in Annapolis.

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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) founded the Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg. She was the first native-born North American to be canonized by the Catholic Church.

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Thomas Kennedy (1776-1832) served as a member of the House of Delegates representing Hagerstown. He believed in religious freedom for all people.

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Lt. Colonel George Armistead (1780-1818) defended Fort McHenry during the battle in 1814 when the “Star-Spangled Banner” was written. He is buried at St. Paul’s Cemetery in Baltimore.

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Francis Scott Key (1780-1843), born in Frederick, wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner”, our National Anthem, during the bombardment of Baltimore in 1814. He also penned the phrase “In God We Trust” which is used on the United States currency.

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Johns Hopkins (1795-1873) born in Anne Arundel County was a philanthropist and financier. Before his death he bequeathed $7 million to found a free hospital, now Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Johns Hopkins University, both located in Baltimore.

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George Peabody (1795-1869) was a financier and philanthropist. He established the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He also lived in London and was only one of two Americans to have been honored with the “Freedom of the City of London” medal.

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Enoch Pratt (1808-96) founded and was president of the Maryland School for the Deaf and Dumb in Frederick. He later established a free circulating library, the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, in 1886.

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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a famous abolitionist (against slavery) and author, was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. At age eight he was sent to Baltimore where he learned to read and write. He spoke out against slavery in the United States and Europe. After the Civil War he fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.

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Harriet Tubman (1819?-1913) was born into slavery in Dorchester County. When she was thirty she escaped to freedom to Philadelphia where she learned about the Underground Railroad. After receiving her freedom she helped over 300 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War she worked as a spy, soldier and nurse. In 1995 the United States Postal Service issued a stamp in her honor.

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John Wilkes Booth (1838-65) was born near Bel Air. He began his acting career in Baltimore. Mr. Booth assassinated President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington in 1865.

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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), born in Baltimore, became the first African-American Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson appointed him United States Solicitor General. Two years later he was appointed to the Supreme Court. The Baltimore Washington International; Airport was renamed “Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport” by Governor Robert Ehrlich in 2005.

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Spiro Agnew (1918-96), the 39th Vice-President of the United States and fifth Republican governor of Maryland, was born in Towson. He was the first person of Greek descent to serve as Vice President and Governor of a state.

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Edgar Allen Poe (1809-49) lived in Baltimore. He was a well-known author of poems and short fiction. Among his notable works are The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher.

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H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) of Baltimore was a newspaper writer, political commentator, and author of A New Dictionary of Quotations.

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Eubie Blake (1883-1983), born in Baltimore, was a ragtime composer and performer.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was a well-known author who lived in Baltimore while his wife was a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He wrote The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, and several other popular novels.

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Billie Holiday (1915-59) born in Baltimore made her name as a jazz singer in New York City. Her statue is located at the corner of Lafayette and Pennsylvania Avenues.

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Jim Henson (1936-1990) grew up outside Washington and attended the University of Maryland. He is best known for the children’s show “Sesame Street.” In 2003 the University of Maryland unveiled a statue of Kermit the Frog and Mr. Henson on a marble bench.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

William H. Macy
Wilmer Valderrama
Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson
Brett Ratner

[Malice]

Famous Texans

Red Adair fireman oil well fires, Houston
Alvin Ailey choreographer, Rogers
Mary Kay Ash cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells
Steven Fuller Austin founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA
Gene Autry singer, actor, Tioga
Kathy Baker actress, Midland
Clyde Barrow outlaw, Telico
Carol Burnett comedienne, San Antonio
Cyd Charisse actress, dancer, Amarillo
Henry Cisneros politician, San Antonio
Denton A. Cooley heart surgeon, Houston
Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio
Robert Dennard inventor, Terrell
Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison
A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston
Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth
Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin
Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock
Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston
Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston
Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall
Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas
George Jones singer, Saratoga
Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur
Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba
Trini Lopez singer, Dallas
Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford
Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth
Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth
Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston
Willie Nelson singer, Abbot
Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg
Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso
Roy Orbisonsinger, Vernon
Buck Owens singer, Sherman
Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena
H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana
Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek
Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline
Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton
Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur
Tex Ritter singer, Murval
Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso
Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio
Rip Torn actor, director, Temple
Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp
Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls
Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans
Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler
Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

Wow...Lots of famous people from Texas then.

[Monster]

Oxfordshire - England

Tim Burton :D

[Malice]

actually quite a few more on another website...we just have alot of people here
:)

[cerealkiller182]

Massachusetts:


I know theres more but I cant think of the them off the top of my head

[FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=2]John Adams 2nd U.S. president, Braintree
John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president, Braintree
Samuel Adams patriot, Boston
Jack Albertson actor, Malden
Horatio Alger author, Revere
Susan B. Anthony woman suffragist, Adams
F. Lee Bailey defense attorney, Waltham
Clara Barton American Red Cross founder, Oxford
Leonard Bernstein conductor, Lawrence
Forrest M. Bird inventor, Stoughton
Harold Stephen Black inventor, Leominster
Rachel Fuller Brown inventor, Springfield
William Cullen Bryant poet, editor, Cummington
Luther Burbank horticulturalist, Lancaster
George Bush 41st U.S. president, Milton
John Chapman / Johnny Appleseed nurseryman, Leominster
William D. Coolidge inventor, Hudson
John Singleton Copley painter, Boston
E. E. Cummings poet, Cambridge
Bette Davis actress, Lowell
Cecil B. DeMille film director, Ashfield
Emily Dickinson poet, Amherst
Ralph Waldo Emerson philosopher, poet, Boston
Brian Evans singer, Haverhill
Ann Smith Franklin printer, almanac publisher, Boston
Benjamin Franklin statesman, scientist, Boston
Buckminster Fuller architect, educator, Milton
Robert Hutchings Goddard rocketry, Worcester
John Hancock statesman, Braintree
Nathaniel Hawthorne author, Salem
Oliver Wendell Holmes poet, Cambridge
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. jurist, Boston
Winslow Homer painter, Boston
Elias Howe inventor, Spencer
Helen Hunt Jackson writer, Amherst
John F. Kennedy U.S. president, Brookline
Amy Lowell poet, Brookline
Percival Lowell astronomer, Boston
James Russell Lowell poet, Cambridge
Robert Lowell poet, Boston
Horace Mann educator, Franklin
Cotton Mather clergyman, Boston
Sharon Christa McAuliffe teacher, astronaut, Framingham
Samuel F. B. Morse painter, inventor, Charlestown
Leonard Nemoy actor, Boston
Albert Pike pioneer teacher, lawyer, Boston
Edgar Allan Poe writer, Boston
Ella Raines actress, Snoquaimie
Paul Revere silversmith, Revolutionary War figure, Boston
Robert H. Rines inventor, Boston
Dr. Seuss Theodore Geisel author, illustrator, Springfield
Lucy Stone woman suffragist, West Brookfield
Louis Henry Sullivan architect, Boston
Henry David Thoreau author, Concord
Max Tishler inventor, Boston
James McNeill Whistler painter, Lowell
Eli Whitney inventor, Westborough
John Greenleaf Whittier poet, Haverhill
Eli Whitney inventor, Westboro
Jo Dee Messina country singer, Holliston

Oh and of course, The Kennedys

And so many more:

Rob Zombie
Steven Wright
Steve Carrel
John Krasiniski
Well.heres the wiki page im sick of writing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Massachusetts#Entertainment

but Id like to say some of the best comics come from New England. Check out the documentary When Stand Ups Stood Up

Plus DROPKICK MURPHYS!!

[Byrd Man]

Vanna White :huh:

That's all I can think of.

Edit: Oh yeah, most people know Strom Thurmond, too.

Dang it. You took my two famous South Carolinians. You forgot about James Brown, Shoeless Joe, and Joe Frazier. Also, Andrew Jackson was said to have been born in SC.

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

I believe Jessica & Ashlee Simpson are from Texas too..Although..Jessica..:dry::o

[ShaneHelms]

Tennessee

Kathy Bates
Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash
Kenny Chesney
Mark Collie
David "Davy" Crockett
Billy Ray Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Shannen Doherty
Ric Flair
Nathan Bedford ForrestMegan Fox
Aretha Franklin
Morgan Freeman
Bill Frist
Albert Gore, Jr.
Alex Haley
Isaac Hayes
Andrew Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Andrew Johnson
David Keith
Johnny Knoxville
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Sterling Marlin
Cormac McCarthy
Bettie Page
Dolly Parton
Minnie Pearl
Carl Perkins
James K. Polk
Annie Potts
Elvis Presley
Brad Renfro
Cybill Shepherd
Steve Spurrier
Quentin Tarantino
Three 6 Mafia
Fred Dalton Thompson
Justin Timberlake
Tina Turner
Usher
Darrell Waltrip
Reggie White
Oprah Winfrey
Reese Witherspoon
Alvin York

[DBella]

Douglas Dorland Anderson archaeoligist, Olympia
Earl Anthony bowler, Kent
Bob Barker TV host, Darrington
Dyan Cannon actress, Tacoma
Chester F. Carlson inventor, Seattle
Carol Channing actress, Seattle
Kurt Cobain grunge rock icon, Aberdeen
Judy Collins singer, Seattle
Bing Crosby singer, actor, Tacoma
Bob Crosby musician, Spokane
Merce Cunningham choreographer, Centralia
Howard Duff actor, Bremerton
Frances Farmer actress, Seattle
Bill Gates software executive, Seattle
Jimi Hendrix guitarist, Seattle
Robert Joffrey choreographer, Seattle
Gypsy Rose Lee entertainer, Seattle
Kenny Loggins singer, songwriter, Everett
John Walker Kendall scientist, Bellingham
Hank Ketcham cartoonist, Seattle
John Knowles author, Faumont
Mary McCarthy author, Seattle
Guthrie McClinticproducer, director, Seattle
John McIntire actor, Spokane
Phil Mahre skier, Yakima
Robert Motherwell artist, Aberdeen
Patrice Munsel soprano Spokane
Jimmie Rogers singer, Camas
Francis Scobee astronaut, Cle Elum
Seattle Dwamish Suquamish chief
Smohalla Indian prophet and chief
Adam West actor, Walla Walla
Martha Wright singer, Seattle
Audrey Wurdemann poet, Seattle

The Batman's from my state! HA!
The ones bolded are really the famous ones coz I don't know who the rest are. If I don't know them, they're not really famous.

[Mike_D202]

not really sure iknow a few...
madonna
ted nugent
kid rock
eminem
derek jeter
bob segar
chris webber
jeff danials
gary hogeboom went to my high school haha

Dont forget Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell ;) Michigan rules.

[Badger]

Famous Folk from Missouri:

Robert Altman film director, Kansas City
Burt Bacharach songwriter, Kansas City
Josephine Baker singer, dancer, Saint Louis
Wallace Beery actor, Kansas City
William Bent fur trader, pioneer, Saint Louis
Robert Russell Bennett composer, Kansas City
Yogi Berra baseball player, Saint Louis
Thomas Hart Benton painter, Neosho
Bill Bradley basketball player, Crystal City
Omar Nelson Bradley five-star general, Clark
Grace Bumbry soprano, Saint Louis
William Burroughs writer, Saint Louis
Sarah Caldwell opera director, conductor, Maryville
Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane) frontierswoman, Princeton
Dale Carnegie teacher of public speaking, Maryville
George Washington Carver educator, agricultural chemist, Diamond Grove
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) author, Florida
Walter Cronkite TV newscaster, Saint Joseph
Robert Cummings actor, Joplin
Jane Darwell actress, Palmyra
Charles Stark Draper inventor, Windsor
Jeanne Eagels actress, Kansas City
T. S. Eliot poet, Saint Louis
James Fergason inventor, Wakenda
Eugene Field author, poet, Saint Louis
Redd Foxx actor, comedian, Saint Louis
James W. Fulbright senator, Sumner
John Goodman actor, Affton
Betty Grable actress, Saint Louis
Dick Gregory comic, activist, Saint Louis
Jean Harlow actress, Kansas City
Edwin Hubble astronomer, Marshfield
Jack S. Kilby inventor, Jefferson City
James Langston Hughes poet, Joplin
William Lear aviation inventor, Hannibal
Rush Limbaugh communicator, Cape Girardeau
John Huston film director, Nevada
Jesse James outlaw, Centerville
Bernarr MacFadden physical culturist, Mill Springs
Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess, Paris
Robert D. Maurer inventor, St. Louis
Marianne Moore poet, Saint Louis
Geraldine Page actress, Kirksville
James C. Penney merchant, Hamilton
Marlin Perkins TV host, zoo director, Carthage
John J. Pershing army leader, pershing rifles, Linn County
Vincent Price actor, Saint Louis
Ginger Rogers dancer, actress, Independence
Charles M. Russell painter, artist St. Louis
Nellie Tayloe Ross first woman elected governor of a state, Saint Joseph
Ted Shawn dancer, choreographer, Kansas City
Casey Stengel baseball player, Kansas City
Gladys Swarthout soprano, Deepwater
Sara Teasdale poet, Saint Louis
Virgil Thomson composer, Kansas City
Harry S. Truman U.S. president, Lamar
Mark Twain author, Florida
Dick Van Dyke actor, West Plains
Dennis Weaver actor, Joplin
Pearl White actress, Greenridge
Roy Wilkins civil rights leader, Saint Louis

[Badger]

I know of the following off the top of my head:

James Lovell
Jeffrey Dahmer
Ed Gein
Chris Farley

I'm sure there are less infamous people too, but . . .


Since I was born in Wisconsin, some more famous people:

Don Ameche actor, Kenosha
Roy Chapman Andrews naturalist and explorer, Beloit
John Bardeen inventor, Madison
Carrie Catt woman suffragist, Ripon
Ellen Corby actress, Racine
William Defoe actort, Appleton
Tyne Daly actress, Madison
August Derleth author, Sauk City
Jeanne Dixon seer, Medford
Chris Farley actor, Madison
Zona Gale author, Portage
Eric Heiden speed skater, Madison
Woody Herman band leader, Milwaukee
Loretta Sell Hildegarde singer, Adell
Harry Houdini magician, Appleton
Thomas Hulce actor, Whitewater
Pee Wee King singer, Abrams
George F. Kennan diplomat, Milwaukee
Robert La Follette politician, Primrose
Liberace pianist, West Allis
Allen Ludden tv host, Mineral Point
Alfred Lunt actor, Milwaukee
Frederic March actor, Racine
Jackie Mason comedian, Sheboygan
Charles and John Ringling circus entrepreneurs, Baraboo
Pat O'Brien actor, Milwaukee
Georgia O'Keeffe painter, Sun Prairie
Amy Pietz actress, Oak Creek
Charlotte Rae actress, Milwaukee
William H. Rehnquist jurist, Milwaukee
Gena Rowlands actress, Cambria
Tom Snyder newscaster, Milwaukee
Spencer Tracy actor, Milwaukee
Thorstein Veblen economist, Cato Township
Orson Welles actor and producer, Kenosha
Laura Ingalls Wilder author, Pepin
Thornton Wilder author, Madison
Charles Winninger actor, Athen
Frank Lloyd Wright architect, Richland Center
Bob Uecker baseball player, Milwaukee
Les Paul musician, Waukesha

[danoyse]

Zach Braff and Kevin Smith? :huh:

Is there like a site that lists this stuff? I know a bunch of people come from Jersey, I just don't know who.

Bruce Springsteen!!! :wow: :woot:

Also Jon Stewart, Frank Sinatra, Bon Jovi, Derek Jeter, Bruce Willis.

Jane Krakowski (from 30 Rock) went to my high school.

[Downhere]

William H. Macy
Wilmer Valderrama
Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson
Brett Ratner

To add to the Florida list...

Sydney Poitier
Catherine Keener
Brittany Snow
Eva Mendes
Wesley Snipes
Mimi Rogers
Faye Dunaway
Fred Durst
Janet Reno
Tom Petty

[BlackLantern]

Connecticut:

Katherine Heigl
Stephanie McMahon
Meg Ryan
Chloe Sevigny
Christopher Walken
Treat Williiams
Katherine Hepburn
Justin Long
Seth MacFarlane (yea thats right, thanks to Connecticut you all have Family Guy)
Paul Newman


and Connecticut is also the home state of ESPN and Subway

[Kel]

TEXAS
Red Adair firefighter

Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) singer

Alvin Ailey dancer, choreographer

Wes Anderson filmmaker

Lance Armstrong seven-time tour de france winner

Mary Kay Ash founder Mary Kay Cosmetics

Gene Autry actor, entrepreneur

Tex Avery cartoonist, animator

Stephin F. Austin "father of texas"

Gene Autry singer, actor

Erykah Badu singer

Kathy Baker actress

Ernie Banks baseball player

Clyde Barrow bank robber

Frank Beard guitarist, singer (ZZ Top)

Josh Beckett baseball player

Dan Blocker actor

Herman Brown founder Brown and Root

Carol Burnett comedian

Brooke Burns actor

Gary Busey actor

Jeb Bush florida governor

Laura Bush u.s. first lady

Lauren Bush model

Earl Campbell football player

Kate Capshaw actress

Leland Chapman bounty hunter, television personality

Cyd Charisse dancer

Claire Lee Chennault pilot, founder "Flying Tigers"

Thomas Haden Church actor

Ciara singer

Kelly Clarkson singer

Roger Clemens baseball pitcher

Randall "Tex" Cobb boxer, actor

Denton Cooley heart surgeon

Douglas Corrigan aviator ("wrong way Corrigan")

Joan Crawford actress

Ted Daffan song writer

Leonard Davis football player

Michael Dell founder Dell Computer

Sam Donaldson television reporter

Hilary Duff actress, singer

Sandy Duncan actress

Ronnie Dunn singer, songwriter

Shelley Duvall actress

Dwight Eisenhower u.s. president

Shannon Elizabeth actress

Linda Ellerbee actress, producer

Ron Ely actor

Dale Evans singer, actress

Megan Ewing model

Morgan Fairchild actress

Farrah Fawcett actress

Freddy Fender singer

Miriam "Ma" Ferguson texas governor

George Foreman boxer

Jamie Foxx actor

A. J. Foyt auto racer

Kinky Friedman humorist, politician, singer, songwriter,

Jennifer Garner actress

John Nance Garner u.s. vice president

Larry, Rudy, Steve Gatlin singers (Gatlin Brothers)

Don Gay champion bull rider

Billy Gibbons singer, guitarist (ZZ Top)

Jill Goodacre model

Larry Hagman actor

Roy Hargrove musician

Angie Harmon actress

Woody Harrelson actor

Lisa Hartman actress

Ethan Hawke actor

Don Henley singer, songwriter

Thomas Herrion football player

Jenniver Love Hewitt actress

Patricia Highsmith author

Dusty Hill singer, guitarist (ZZ Top)

Ben Hogan golfer

Buddy Holly musician

Howard Hughes aviator

Kay Bailey Hutchison u.s. senator

John Jefferson football player

Waylon Jennings singer, songwriter

Jack Johnson boxer

Lady Bird Johnson u.s. first lady

Lyndon Johnson u.s. president

George Jones singer

Mike Jones rapper

Tommy Lee Jones actor

Janis Joplin singer

Scott Joplin composer, musician

Tom Kite golfer

Beyonce Knowles singer, actress

David Koresh religious figure

Kris Kristofferson actor, singer, composer

Richard Linklater filmmaker

Mance Lipscomb guitarist

Eva Longoria actress

Trini Lopez singer

Lyle Lovett singer, songwriter

Natalie Maines singer

Barbara Mandrell singer

Fred Marberry baseball pitcher

Mary Martin singer

Steve Martin comedian

Johnny Mathis singer

Delbert McClinton singer

Matthew McConaughey actor

Spanky McFarland actor

Larry McMurtry author

Don Meredith football player

Ann Miller dancer, actress

Roger Miller singer, songwriter

Jim Morris baseball player

Audie Murphy war hero, actor

Willie Nelson singer, songwriter

Chester W. Nimitz sailor

Oliver North u.s. marine, political figure

Renee O'Connor actress

Sandra Day O'Connor retired supreme court judge

Roy Orbison singer, songwriter

Annette O'Toole actress

Buck Owens singer

Bonnie Parker bank robber

Fess Parker actor

Quanah Parker commanche chief

Bill Paxton actor

Ross Perot founder EDS, political figure

Katherine Anne Porter author

Ray Price singer

Dennis Quaid actor

Randy Quaid actor

Phylicia Rashad actress

Dan Rather television newscaster

Robert Rauschenberg artist

Jim Reeves singer

Debbie Reynolds actress

Ann Richards former governor, teacher

J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson singer

Tex Ritter singer

Gene Roddenberry television producer

Michelle Rodriguez actress

Kenny Rogers singer

Irene Ryan actress

Nolan Ryan baseball player

Bob Schieffer television journalist

Selena musician

Ann Sheridan actress

Willie Shoemaker jockey

Ashlee Simpson singer, actor

Jessica Simpson singer

Anna Nicole Smith model, actress

Jaclyn Smith actress

Sissy Spacek actress

Aaron Spelling television producer

George Strait singer, songwriter

Monty Stratton baseball player

Whitley Strieber author

Sheryl Swoopes basketball player

Sharon Tate actress

Rip Torn actor

Lee Trevino golfer

Ernest Tubb singer

Tanya Tucker singer

Tommy Tune actor, dancer, singer

Tina Turner singer

Stevie Ray Vaughan musician

Cindy Walker singer, songwriter

Barry White singer

JoBeth Williams actress

Bob Wills musician, songwriter

Chill Wills actor

Dooley Wilson actor

Luke Wilson actor

Owen Wilson actor

Johnny Winter guitarist, singer

Lee Ann Womack singer

Vince Young football player

Babe Didrikson Zaharias golfer

Renee Zellweger actress

[Alex The Great]

Vincent Lecalvier whent to my elementery school!

(montreal, quebec, thorndale elementary school)EDIT: see! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Lecavalier

[Logan's Runt]

Tom Arnold
Ashton Kutcher
Brandon Routh
:csad:

[Poetic Chaos]

Tom Hanks was born in the city just over the hill from me.

[Badger]

Matthew McConaughey actor



My Wife went to High School with him.

[Badger]

Tom Arnold
Ashton Kutcher
Brandon Routh
:csad:

Johnny Carson was from Iowa, not sure how I know that.

[The Chairman]

Zach Braff and Kevin Smith? :huh:

Is there like a site that lists this stuff? I know a bunch of people come from Jersey, I just don't know who.

Um, Sinatra? Jack Nicholson? Springsteen? Kevin Spacey? Frankie Valli?

In additon, Ray Liotta, John Travolta, Meryl Streep and many, many others hail from New Jersey.

[Logan's Runt]

Johnny Carson was from Iowa, not sure how I know that.

Oh yeah. :up:

[Kel]

NEW JERSEY

Bud Abbott comedian, Asbury Park
Charles Addams cartoonist, Westfield
Edwin Aldrin astronaut, Montclair
William Count Basie band leader, Red Bank
Joan Bennett actress, Palisades
Judy Blume author, Elizabeth
Jon Bon Jovi musician, Sayreville
William J. Brennan jurist, Newark
Aaron Burr political leader, Newark
Lloyd H. Conover inventor, Orange
James Fenimore Cooper author, Burlington
David Copperfield magician, Metuchen
Lou Costello comedian, Paterson
Stephen Crane writer, Newark
Helen Gahagan Douglas representative, Boonton
Allen Ginsberg poet, Newark
Savron Glover choreographer, Newark
William Frederick Halsey, Jr. admiral, Elizabeth
Lauryn Hill rapper, South Orange
Donald Fletcher Holmes inventor, Woodbury
Whitney Houston entertainer, Newark
Ice-T rapper, Newark
Alfred Joyce Kilmer poet, New Brunswick
Alfred C. Kinsey zoologist, Hoboken
Ernie Kovacs comedian, Trenton
Dorothea Lange photographer, Hoboken
Jerry Lewis comedian, film director, Newark
Anne Morrow Lindbergh author, Englewood
Norman Mailer author, Long Branch
James W. Marshall discovered gold in California, Hunterdon
Patricia McBride ballerina, Teanick
Eger V. Murphree inventor, Bayonne
Jack Nicholson actor, Neptune City
Dorothy Parker author, West Bend
Zebulon Mongomery Pike explorer, soldier, Lamberton
Joe Piscopo comedian, actor, Passaic
Paul Robeson singer, actor, Princeton
Edward J. Rosinski inventor, Gloucester County
Philip Milton Roth author, Newark
Ruth St. Denis dancer, choreographer, Newark
Antonin Scalia jurist,Trenton
Norman Schwarzkopf army general, Trenton
Frank Sinatra singer, actor, Hoboken
Kevin Spacey actor, South Orange
Bruce Springsteen musician, Freehold
Amos Alonzo Stagg football coach, West Orange
Alfred Stieglitz photographer, Hoboken
Meryl Streep actress, Summit
Albert Payson Terhune journalist, author, Newark
Dave Thomas restaurateur, Atlantic City
William Henry Vanderbilt financier, New Brunswick
Sarah Vaughan singer, Newark
Dionne Warwick actress, singer, East Orange
William Carlos Williams physician, poet, Rutherford
Ray Liotta actor, Newark
Edmund Wilson literary critic, author, Red Bank

[The Chairman]

I'm from New York, so you could list just about half the entire industry if not more.

[Doomed Hero Rising]

Massachusetts:

From my hometown:
Jack Kerouac
Michael Chiklis
Mickey Ward
Ed MacMahon went to my highschool

Rest of the state:
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
Anthony Clark
Mike O'Malley
Dennis Lehane
Denis Leary
Lenny Clarke
Mark Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Aerosmith
Jay Leno
Conan O'Brian

I know theres more but I cant think of the them off the top of my head
What he said!

[Kel]

Famous New Yorkers
George Abbott stage producer, Forestville
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar basketball player, NYC
George Babcock inventor, Unadilla Forks
Lucille Ball actress, Jamestown
Humphrey Bogart actor, NYC
James Cagney actor, NYC
Maria Callas soprano, NYC
Benjamin N. Cardozo jurist, NYC
Willis Haviland Carrier inventor, Angola
Paddy Chayefsky playwright, NYC
Bruce Cooper Clark general, Adams
Sean Combs Puff Daddy music, NYC
Peter Cooper industrialist, philanthropist, NYC
Aaron Copland composer, Brooklyn
Tom Cruise actor, Syracuse
Claire Danes actress, NYC
Sammy Davis, Jr. actor, singer, NYC
Agnes de Mille choreographer, NYC
George Eastman inventor, Waterville
Gertrude Belle Elion inventor, NYC
Millard Fillmore U.S. president, Locke
Henry Louis Gehrig baseball player, NYC
Sarah Gellar actress, NYC
George Gershwin composer, Brooklyn
Jackie Gleason comedian, actor, Brooklyn
Bret Harte writer, Albany
Learned Hand jurist, Albany
Chamique Holdsclaw basketball player, Flushing
Edward Hopper painter, Nyack
Julia Ward Howe poet, social reformer, NYC
Charles Evans Hughes jurist, Glens Falls
Washington Irving author, NYC
Henry James author, NYC
John Jay jurist, NYC
Billy Joel singer, composer, Hicksville
Michael Jeffery Jordan basketball player, Brooklyn
Jerome Kern composer, NYC
Rockwell Kent painter, Terrytown
Frank Langellaactor, Bayonne
Victor Lasky author, Liberty
Vince Lombardi football coach, NYC
Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx comedians, NYC
Herman Melville author, NYC
Ethel Merman singer, actress, Astoria
Ogden Nash poet, Rye
Rosie O'Donnel comedian, Commach
Eugene O'Neill playwright, NYC
George Pullman inventor, Brocton
Red Jacket Seneca chief
Christopher Reeve actor, spokesperson, Manhattan
John D. Rockefeller industrialist, Richford
Norman Rockwell painter, illustrator, NYC
Mickey Rooney actor, Brooklyn
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt reformer, humanitarian, NYC
Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. president, Hyde Park
Theodore Roosevelt U.S. president, NYC
Jonas Salk polio researcher, NYC
Margaret Sanger birth control, Corning
Alfred Emanuel Smith politician, NYC
Leland Stanford railroad magnate, Watervliet
Barbara Stanwyck actress, Brooklyn
Rise Stevens mezzo-soprano, NYC
Barbra Streisand singer, actress, NYC
Tupac Shakur rapper, Bronx
Louis Comfort Tiffany painter, craftsman, NYC
Martin Van Buren U.S. president, Kinderhook
Mae West actress, Brooklyn
George Westinghouse Jr. inventor, Central Bridge
Edith Wharton author, NYC
Walt Whitman poet, West Hills
John N. Willys indrustrialist, Canandaiqua
Frank Winfield Woolworth merchant, Rodman
Linus Yale inventor, Salisbury

[The Chairman]

That's not even the tip of the iceberg. Hayden Panettiere, Christina Aguilera, Al Pacino, Bobby Darin, Martin Scorsese, Susan Sarandon and a wealth of others all come from New York.

[Kel]

Hey I just posted what they had, I didn't make the list....

[The Chairman]

Hey I just posted what they had, I didn't make the list....

Oh, I know. Just saying they missed a lot (I though Pacino was common knowledge).

[J. J. Jameson]

Only famous PA person (living) I can think of right now is M. Night Shamalyan.

There's more, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

[Captain Planet!]

Frederick Douglass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass), abolitionist
John Barth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barth), author
Carl Bernstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bernstein), journalist
Hanne Blank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanne_Blank), author
Ann Brashares (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Brashares), author
James M. Cain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cain), journalist and crime fiction author
Kiran Chetry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Chetry), journalist
Connie Chung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Chung), journalist
Tom Clancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy), novelist
Lucille Clifton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton), poet
Matt Drudge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Drudge), journalist, radio talk show host
Roland Flint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Flint), poet
Jesse Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Glass), poet, folklorist
Dashiell Hammett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett), detective fiction author
Sophie Kerr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kerr), author
Gayle King (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayle_King), editor
Munro Leaf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf), children's author
Ronald Damien Malfi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Damien_Malfi), novelist
H. L. Mencken (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken), journalist and social critic
Frank Miller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29), writer and artist
Ogden Nash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash), humorous poet
Edgar Allan Poe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe), poet and writer

Tori Amos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos), singer/songwriter
BT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau), electronic musician
Niki Barr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Barr), singer/songwriter
Keter Betts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keter_Betts), jazz bassist
Eubie Blake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubie_Blake), ragtime, jazz and pop composer, lyricist
Guy Blakeslee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_%28musician%29), AKA Entrance, singer/songwriter
Bossman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossman), rapper
Toni Braxton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Braxton), singer
Kev Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Brown), rapper and producer
David Byrne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29), singer/guitarist of rock band Talking Heads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads)
Bill Callahan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Callahan_%28musician%29), singer/songwriter formerly known as Smog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Callahan_%28musician%29)
Cab Calloway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway), jazz singer and bandleader
Eva Cassidy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy), singer/songwriter
Cex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cex), electronic musician
JC Chasez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JC_Chasez), singer, songwriter and producer; former member of pop group N'Sync (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Sync)
John Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christ), former guitarist of the hard rock band Danzig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_%28band%29)
Dan Deacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Deacon), electronic musician
Adam Duritz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Duritz), singer of rock band Counting Crows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_Crows)
Cass Elliot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot), singer of pop band The Mamas and The Papas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_and_The_Papas)
Sam Endicott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Endicott), singer of rock band The Bravery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bravery)
John Fahey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fahey), folk/blues guitarist
Mark Fax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fax), composer
Danny Gatton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton), guitarist
Ginuwine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginuwine), R&B singer
Philip Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass), composer
Robert Gordon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gordon_%28musician%29), rockabilly singer
Tamyra Gray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamyra_Gray), singer/actress
Billie Holiday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday), singer
Ron Holloway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Holloway), tenor saxophonist
Julienne Irwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julienne_Irwin), singer and America's Got Talent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Got_Talent_%28season_2%29) finalist
LaKisha Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaKisha_Jones), American Idol (Season 6) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_%28Season_6%29) finalist
Tommy Keene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Keene), singer/songwriter
Greg Kihn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kihn), New Wave and pop musician and singer
Joe Lally (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lally), bassist of rock band Fugazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugazi_%28band%29)
Nathan Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Larson), film soundtrack composer; guitarist of rock bands Shudder To Think (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shudder_To_Think) and Hot One (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_One)
Rod Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Lee), Baltimore club producer/DJ
Lisa Loeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Loeb), singer/songwriter
Nils Lofgren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Lofgren), solo rock musician and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen) E Street Band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Street_Band)
Mario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Barrett), singer/songwriter
Christina Milian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Milian), singer/songwriter/actress/dancer
Mýa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDa), singer/songwriter and dancer
Ric Ocasek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek), former frontman of The Cars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars)
Barry Louis Polisar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Louis_Polisar), singer/songwriter of children's music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_music)
Greg Puciato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Puciato), singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dillinger_Escape_Plan)
Gina Schock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Schock), drummer of rock band The Go-Go's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go-Go%27s)
Noel Paul Stookey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Paul_Stookey), singer with Peter, Paul and Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%2C_Paul_and_Mary)
Evan Taubenfeld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Taubenfeld), ex-guitarist and backup vocalist for pop star Avril Lavigne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril_Lavigne); singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List Club
Chester Thompson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Thompson), drummer, frequent collaborator with Genesis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28band%29)
Miss Tony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Tony), Baltimore club singer
Chick Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Webb), jazz and swing drummer and bandleader
Scott "Wino" Weinrich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Weinrich), doom metal guitarist and vocalist
Erica Wheeler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Wheeler), folk singer/songwriter
Frank Zappa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa), singer, guitarist and composer
Chris Adler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Adler_%28actor%29), actor
John Astin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Astin), actor
Lewis Black (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Black), comedian, actor
Edwin Booth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Booth), actor
Julie Bowen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bowen), actress
Kimberly J. Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_J._Brown), actress
Josh Charles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Charles), actor
Kevin Clash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Clash), puppeteer
Hans Conreid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Conreid). voice actor
Alexis Denisof (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Denisof), actor
Divine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_%28Glen_Milstead%29), actor, drag-queen
Charles Dutton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dutton), actor
Michael Ealy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ealy), actor
Anna Faris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Faris), actress
Evan Farmer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Farmer), actor/singer/television personality
Wayne Federman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Federman), comedian, actor, author
Alfred Gough (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gough), screenwriter and producer
Kathie Lee Gifford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathie_Lee_Gifford), TV personality, actress, singer
Ira Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass), radio personality, producer
John Glover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glover_%28actor%29), actor
Linda Hamilton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hamilton), actress
Linda Harrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Harrison), model, actress
David Hasselhoff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hasselhoff), actor
Shawn Hatosy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Hatosy), actor
Goldie Hawn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldie_Hawn), actress
Robert Hays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hays), actor
Jim Henson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson), filmmaker and puppeteer
Taraji P. Henson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson), actor
Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%27Nique_Imes-Jackson), actress
Thomas Jane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jane), actor
Rian Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rian_Johnson), filmmaker
Spike Jonze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze), music video director, filmmaker, and producer
Martin Lawrence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lawrence), actor, comedian, director and producer
Barry Levinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Levinson), filmmaker
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus), actress
William H. Macy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy), actor
Paula Marshall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Marshall), actress
Cookie Mueller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_Mueller), actress, writer
Edward Norton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Norton), actor
Robin Quivers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Quivers), talk show host, radio personality
Patricia Richardson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Richardson), actress
Jessica Lee Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lee_Rose), actress
Mike Rowe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rowe_%28television_host%29), TV show host
Dwight Schultz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schultz), actor
Jada Pinkett Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jada_Pinkett_Smith), actress
Daniel Stern (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Stern), actor
Mink Stole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mink_Stole), actress
Jonathan Ward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ward), actor
John Waters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_%28filmmaker%29), filmmaker
Montel Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel_Williams), talk show host
Norman Carlberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Carlberg) - sculptorFrank Cho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cho), comic book creator, writer and artist
Jane Frank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Frank)- painter, sculptor, mixed media (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_media) artist, illustrator
Lee Gatch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gatch) - painter, mixed media (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_media) artist
Elaine Hamilton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Hamilton) (Elaine Hamilton O'Neal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Hamilton_O%27Neal)), painter
Morris Louis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Louis), painter
Anne Truitt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Truitt), sculptor
Babe Ruth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth), HOF baseball player
Cal Ripken, Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken%2C_Jr.), baseball player

[X-Chick]

Dang it. You took my two famous South Carolinians. You forgot about James Brown, Shoeless Joe, and Joe Frazier. Also, Andrew Jackson was said to have been born in SC.

There's quite a few people in various bands from here also, but I don't know their names. And just about every really famous person you could think of has been here and a lot vacation here every year. And Reese Witherspoon lives here now. My best friend's son actually goes to school with her daughter. I think she might be from here, but I'm not sure. She's really nice, though. :up:

[bullets]

Massachusetts:

From my hometown:
Jack Kerouac
Michael Chiklis
Mickey Ward
Ed MacMahon went to my highschool

Rest of the state:
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
Anthony Clark
Mike O'Malley
Dennis Lehane
Denis Leary
Lenny Clarke
Mark Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Aerosmith
Jay Leno
Conan O'Brian

I know theres more but I cant think of the them off the top of my head



Well there is also Kate Bosworth and Steve Carrell. Dane Cook , Leonard Nimoy , Bobby Brown , Kurt Russel and Ed Norton

[signalman]

Tom Arnold
Ashton Kutcher
Brandon Routh
:csad:


Also Born in Iowa:

JOHN WAYNE.
DONNA REED.
ANDY WILLIAMS.
MARILYN MAXWELL.
GLENN MILLER.
CLORIS LEACHMAN.
PRESIDENT HEBERT HOOVER.

[cerealkiller182]

Well there is also Kate Bosworth and Steve Carrell. Dane Cook , Leonard Nimoy , Bobby Brown , Kurt Russel and Ed Norton

Yea I know theres a ton. I actually added more tothe list on the second page and then put a link to a huge list. Theres a lot more than I originally thought but for some reason I wasnt thinking about historical figures which there are a ton of.

[C.F. Kane]

Frederick Douglass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass), abolitionist
John Barth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barth), author
Carl Bernstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bernstein), journalist
Hanne Blank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanne_Blank), author
Ann Brashares (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Brashares), author
James M. Cain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cain), journalist and crime fiction author
Kiran Chetry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Chetry), journalist
Connie Chung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Chung), journalist
Tom Clancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy), novelist
Lucille Clifton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton), poet
Matt Drudge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Drudge), journalist, radio talk show host
Roland Flint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Flint), poet
Jesse Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Glass), poet, folklorist
Dashiell Hammett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett), detective fiction author
Sophie Kerr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Kerr), author
Gayle King (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayle_King), editor
Munro Leaf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf), children's author
Ronald Damien Malfi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Damien_Malfi), novelist
H. L. Mencken (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken), journalist and social critic
Frank Miller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29), writer and artist
Ogden Nash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash), humorous poet
Edgar Allan Poe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe), poet and writer
Tori Amos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos), singer/songwriter
BT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau), electronic musician
Niki Barr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Barr), singer/songwriter
Keter Betts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keter_Betts), jazz bassist
Eubie Blake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubie_Blake), ragtime, jazz and pop composer, lyricist
Guy Blakeslee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_%28musician%29), AKA Entrance, singer/songwriter
Bossman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossman), rapper
Toni Braxton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Braxton), singer
Kev Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Brown), rapper and producer
David Byrne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne_%28musician%29), singer/guitarist of rock band Talking Heads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads)
Bill Callahan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Callahan_%28musician%29), singer/songwriter formerly known as Smog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Callahan_%28musician%29)
Cab Calloway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway), jazz singer and bandleader
Eva Cassidy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy), singer/songwriter
Cex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cex), electronic musician
JC Chasez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JC_Chasez), singer, songwriter and producer; former member of pop group N'Sync (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Sync)
John Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christ), former guitarist of the hard rock band Danzig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_%28band%29)
Dan Deacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Deacon), electronic musician
Adam Duritz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Duritz), singer of rock band Counting Crows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_Crows)
Cass Elliot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot), singer of pop band The Mamas and The Papas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_and_The_Papas)
Sam Endicott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Endicott), singer of rock band The Bravery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bravery)
John Fahey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fahey), folk/blues guitarist
Mark Fax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fax), composer
Danny Gatton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton), guitarist
Ginuwine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginuwine), R&B singer
Philip Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass), composer
Robert Gordon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gordon_%28musician%29), rockabilly singer
Tamyra Gray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamyra_Gray), singer/actress
Billie Holiday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday), singer
Ron Holloway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Holloway), tenor saxophonist
Julienne Irwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julienne_Irwin), singer and America's Got Talent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Got_Talent_%28season_2%29) finalist
LaKisha Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaKisha_Jones), American Idol (Season 6) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_%28Season_6%29) finalist
Tommy Keene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Keene), singer/songwriter
Greg Kihn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kihn), New Wave and pop musician and singer
Joe Lally (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lally), bassist of rock band Fugazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugazi_%28band%29)
Nathan Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Larson), film soundtrack composer; guitarist of rock bands Shudder To Think (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shudder_To_Think) and Hot One (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_One)
Rod Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Lee), Baltimore club producer/DJ
Lisa Loeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Loeb), singer/songwriter
Nils Lofgren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Lofgren), solo rock musician and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen) E Street Band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Street_Band)
Mario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Barrett), singer/songwriter
Christina Milian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Milian), singer/songwriter/actress/dancer
Mýa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BDa), singer/songwriter and dancer
Ric Ocasek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Ocasek), former frontman of The Cars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars)
Barry Louis Polisar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Louis_Polisar), singer/songwriter of children's music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_music)
Greg Puciato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Puciato), singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dillinger_Escape_Plan)
Gina Schock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Schock), drummer of rock band The Go-Go's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go-Go%27s)
Noel Paul Stookey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Paul_Stookey), singer with Peter, Paul and Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%2C_Paul_and_Mary)
Evan Taubenfeld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Taubenfeld), ex-guitarist and backup vocalist for pop star Avril Lavigne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril_Lavigne); singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List Club
Chester Thompson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Thompson), drummer, frequent collaborator with Genesis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28band%29)
Miss Tony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Tony), Baltimore club singer
Chick Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Webb), jazz and swing drummer and bandleader
Scott "Wino" Weinrich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Weinrich), doom metal guitarist and vocalist
Erica Wheeler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Wheeler), folk singer/songwriter
Frank Zappa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa), singer, guitarist and composer
Chris Adler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Adler_%28actor%29), actor
John Astin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Astin), actor
Lewis Black (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Black), comedian, actor
Edwin Booth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Booth), actor
Julie Bowen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bowen), actress
Kimberly J. Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_J._Brown), actress
Josh Charles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Charles), actor
Kevin Clash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Clash), puppeteer
Hans Conreid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Conreid). voice actor
Alexis Denisof (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Denisof), actor
Divine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_%28Glen_Milstead%29), actor, drag-queen
Charles Dutton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dutton), actor
Michael Ealy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ealy), actor
Anna Faris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Faris), actress
Evan Farmer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Farmer), actor/singer/television personality
Wayne Federman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Federman), comedian, actor, author
Alfred Gough (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gough), screenwriter and producer
Kathie Lee Gifford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathie_Lee_Gifford), TV personality, actress, singer
Ira Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass), radio personality, producer
John Glover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glover_%28actor%29), actor
Linda Hamilton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hamilton), actress
Linda Harrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Harrison), model, actress
David Hasselhoff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hasselhoff), actor
Shawn Hatosy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Hatosy), actor
Goldie Hawn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldie_Hawn), actress
Robert Hays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hays), actor
Jim Henson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson), filmmaker and puppeteer
Taraji P. Henson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson), actor
Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%27Nique_Imes-Jackson), actress
Thomas Jane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jane), actor
Rian Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rian_Johnson), filmmaker
Spike Jonze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze), music video director, filmmaker, and producer
Martin Lawrence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lawrence), actor, comedian, director and producer
Barry Levinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Levinson), filmmaker
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus), actress
William H. Macy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy), actor
Paula Marshall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Marshall), actress
Cookie Mueller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_Mueller), actress, writer
Edward Norton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Norton), actor
Robin Quivers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Quivers), talk show host, radio personality
Patricia Richardson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Richardson), actress
Jessica Lee Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lee_Rose), actress
Mike Rowe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rowe_%28television_host%29), TV show host
Dwight Schultz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schultz), actor
Jada Pinkett Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jada_Pinkett_Smith), actress
Daniel Stern (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Stern), actor
Mink Stole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mink_Stole), actress
Jonathan Ward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ward), actor
John Waters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_%28filmmaker%29), filmmaker
Montel Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel_Williams), talk show host
Norman Carlberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Carlberg) - sculptorFrank Cho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cho), comic book creator, writer and artist
Jane Frank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Frank)- painter, sculptor, mixed media (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_media) artist, illustrator
Lee Gatch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gatch) - painter, mixed media (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_media) artist
Elaine Hamilton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Hamilton) (Elaine Hamilton O'Neal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Hamilton_O%27Neal)), painter
Morris Louis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Louis), painter
Anne Truitt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Truitt), sculptor
Babe Ruth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth), HOF baseball player
Cal Ripken, Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken%2C_Jr.), baseball player

You're from Maryland too?

[Ender Durden]

i live in the same town as Mark Hoppus and Tom Delonge and David Kennedy, who are all famous from BLink-182 and Angels and Airwaves.
i actually live right next to Sombreros and went to there highschool too.



believe it or not this was actually really cool like 8 years ago..

[QueerMike]

Is there like a site that lists this stuff? I know a bunch of people come from Jersey, I just don't know who.

The always reliable wikipedia.

Doesn't Billy Joel come from New Jerkey?

[BatSpider]

I dont want to use a whole page for Cali :oldrazz:

[C.F. Kane]

The always reliable wikipedia.

Doesn't Billy Joel come from New Jerkey?

Long Island, if I'm not mistaken.

[raybia]

Illinois

Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Ronald Reagan
Barak Obama

[QueerMike]

Who wants to volunteer to count how many LIVING famous people their are in the world?

Then we can hunt them all down and lock them in cages underground while we get access to all their cool stuff.

[bullets]

It depends on who you consider famous.

[QueerMike]

It depends on who you consider famous.

Famous, in my opinion is someone who's name is recognizeable by the majority of Americans.

EXAMPLES:
George Cloony = famous
Guillermo Diaz = NOT famous

Shaquille O'neal = famous
Johan Petro = NOT famous

David Bowie = famous
Sionhan Fahey = NOT famous

Bill Clinton = famous
Jesse Steinfeld = NOT famous

The basic groups of famous folks are probably athletes, actors/filmmakers, politicians, writers, journalists, and musicians.

Of course there are certain oddballs like Osama bin Laden.

This wouldn't be too difficult a task but the amount of athletes and actors and musicians whose names we know
is sickening. These people should be paying us for occupying space in our brains.

I'll just start off the top of my head:

ACTORS:
Harrison Ford
Sean Connery
George Clooney
Woody Harrelson
Will Ferrell
Wesley Snipes
Tommy Lee Jones
Julia Roberts
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Leo Dicaprio
Jack Nicholson
Mark Wahlberg

screw this, lets try athletes...

screw that, lets try musicians

**** this!

[Gallagher]

WWF/E wrestler William Regal is from my town.

That's about it.

:dry:

[spideyboy_1111]

Ohio



Notable Journalists, Photojournalists, Writers, Cartoonists, Poets, Authors, Playwrights, Screen Writers, Film Directors, Film Producers, Critics, etc.

* Chris Columbus (film director) (Warren)
* Wes Craven (film director) (Cleveland)
* Terry Ryan (author) (Defiance) (wrote The Prize Winning Mother from Defiance, Ohio, which was made into a film starring Woody Harrelson and Julianne Moore)
* Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman (Cleveland)
* Steven Spielberg (film director, film producer) (Cincinnati)
* R. L. Stine (author)
* Harriet Beecher Stowe (author) (Cincinnati)
* Jack Warner (movie mogul) (Youngstown)

Notable Politicians, Public Servants, Public Officeholders, etc.



* James A. Garfield (Civil War general, U.S. president)
* Ulysses S. Grant (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (Point Pleasant)
* Warren G. Harding (U.S. president)
* Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor)
* Benjamin Harrison (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (North Bend)
* Rutherford B. Hayes (politician, U.S. president) (Delaware)
* William McKinley (U.S. president) (Niles)
* William Howard Taft (politician, jurist, U.S. president, chief justice) (Cincinnati)



Actors, Dancers, Comedians, Magicians, Performers, Models, Broadcasters, Commercial Spokespersons, Television Presenters/Hosts, etc.




* Ron Jeremy (Porn Star) (Clintonville)
* Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland)
* Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
* Justin Chambers (actor on grey's anatomy,model) (Springfield)
* Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs)
* Tom Cruise - actor (Ottawa Hills)[2]
* Dorothy Dandridge (actor)
* Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima)
* Phil Donahue (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton)
* Mike Douglas (actor) (Cleveland)
* Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)
* Alan Freed (radio show host, namer of "Rock 'n Roll") (Cleveland)
* Clark Gable (actor) (Cadiz)
* Maggie Grace (actor) (Columbus)
* Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon)
* Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland)
* Patricia Heaton (actor) (Bay Village)
* Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora)
* Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo)
* Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland)
* Michael Jackson (Singer)
* Allison Janney (actor) (Dayton)
* Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break)
* John Lithgow (actor) (Yellow Springs)
* Chad Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
* Rob Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
* Mark Metcalf (actor) (Findlay)
* Paul Newman (actor) (Cleveland)
* Maila Nurmi, Vampira (actor) (Ashtabula)
* Annie Oakley (markswoman) (Greenville)
* Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville)
* Luke Perry (actor) (Fredericktown)
* Roy Rogers (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville)
* Molly Shannon (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland)
* Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton)
* Hal Sparks (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Fred Willard (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
* Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor) (Dayton/Springfield)





Notable Singers, Musicians, Composers, Songwriters, Conductors, etc.


* Bone Thugs N Harmony (musicians) (Cleveland)
* Bow Wow (musician) (Reynoldsburg)
* Tracy Chapman (musician) (Cleveland)
* Macy Gray (musician) (Canton)
* Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters (musician) (Warren)
* Hawthorne Heights (band) (Dayton)
* Nick Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)
* Drew Lachey (brother of nick/98 degrees) (Cincinnati)
* John Legend (musician) (Springfield)
*Gary LeVox, lead singer of Rascal Flatts (Columbus/Lewis Center)
* Marilyn Manson (musician) (Canton)
* Brad Martin (singer) (Greenfield)
* Dean Martin (singer, actor) (Steubenville)
* Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (musician) (Cleveland)
* Scott Shriner of Weezer (musician) (Toledo)
* Joe Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy (musician) (South Russell)
* Scott Weiland (musician) (Cleveland)
* Vesta Williams (singer) (Coshocton)
* Dwight Yoakam (singer, actor) (Columbus)
* Relient K The band (Canton, Ohio)
* The Ohio Players (Band) (Dayton)

Notable MISC

* Neil Armstrong (astronaut) (Wapakoneta/Lebanon)
* Thomas Edison (inventor) (Milan)
* John Glenn (astronaut, politician) (Cambridge/New Concord)
* Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (inventors) (Dayton)
* Roger Clemens (baseball player} (Dayton)
* Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Lebron James (basketball player) (Akron)
* Don King (fight promoter) Cleveland
* Bobby Knight (basketball coach) (Massilon/Orrville)
* Barry Larkin (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Jack Nicklaus (golfer) (Columbus)
* Jesse Owens (runner) (Cleveland)
* Cy Young (baseball player) (gilmore/Newcomerstown)
* William Procter (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
* John D. Rockefeller (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland)
* Larry Flynt (publisher of Hustler adult magazine) (Cincinnati)
* Ted Turner (founder of Turner Broadcasting, CNN) (Cincinnati)
* Jeffrey Dahmer (serial killer) (lived in Bath)
* Charles Manson (murderer, cult leader) (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills)



Lots of interesting people... Ohio's got alot and alot from all different corners of the spectrum!


RED= My hometown + Yellowsprings which is pretty damn close enough.

[Erzengel]

* Benjamin Abbott, Methodist preacher who converted much of southern New Jersey to Methodism[1]
* Bud Abbott (1895–1974), straight man to Lou Costello (Asbury Park)
* Joseph Alexander Adams (1803–1880), born in New Germantown, noted engraver[1]
* Liam Aiken (born 1990), actor (Englewood)
* Jason Alexander (born 1959), actor, Seinfeld (Newark)
* Samuel Alito (born 1950), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton)
* David Ascalon (born 1945), sculptor (Cherry Hill)
* Maurice Ascalon (1913–2003), sculptor (Cherry Hill).[2]
* Amiri Baraka (born 1934), poet (Newark)
* Priscilla Barnes (born 1955), actress (Fort Dix)
* James J. Barry Jr (born 1946), Assemblyman, Director of Consumer Affairs.
* Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz pianist, organist, bandleader (Red Bank)
* Joan Bennett (1910-1990), actress (Palisades Park)
* Xander Berkeley (born 1955), actor, 24 (Mendham)
* Jason Biggs (born 1978), actor, American Pie (Hasbrouck Heights)
* Michael Ian Black (born 1971), actor Wet Hot American Summer (Hillsborough)
* Just Blaze, rap musician (Paterson)
* Zach Braff (born 1975), actor. (South Orange, New Jersey)
* Phil Bredesen (born 1943), Governor of Tennessee
* William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906–1997), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Newark)
* Tisha Campbell (born 1968), actress. (Newark)
* David Cassidy (born 1950), actor (Englewood)
* Lou Costello (1906–1959), comedian, actor (Paterson)
* Sandra Dee (1942-2005), actress (Bayonne)
* Danny DeVito [1](born 1944), actor (Neptune)
* Jim Dowd (born 1968), professional ice hockey player (Brick Township)
* Derek Drymon (born 1965), cartoon producer (most famous for producing SpongeBob SquarePants), Morristown
* Kirsten Dunst (born 1982), actress (Point Pleasant)
* Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), radical feminist and activist (Camden)
* Geoff Edwards (born 1931), actor, radio and television personality (Westfield)
* Róisín Egenton (born 1977), 2000 International Rose of Tralee (Fanwood)
* Alecko Eskandarian (born 1982), soccer player (Montvale)
* Donald ***en (born 1948), musician (Passaic)
* James Gandolfini (born 1961), actor (Westwood)
* Gloria Gaynor (born 1949), singer (Newark)
* Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), poet (Paterson)
* Savion Glover (born 1973), American actor, tap dancer and choreographer. (Newark)
* Lauryn Hill (born 1975), musician (South Orange)
* John Harkes [2](born 1967), soccer player (Kearny)
* Wil Horneff (born 1979), actor (born in Englewood, New Jersey, raised in Saddle River)
* Whitney Houston (born 1963) Newark, grew up in East Orange)
* Frank Iero (born 1981) rhythm guitarist of My Chemical Romance (Belleville)
* Derek Jeter (born 1974) baseball player (Pequannock, New Jersey)
* Michael Johns (born 1964), health care executive, former White House speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush (Deptford)
* James P. Johnson (1894–1955) stride jazz pianist (New Brunswick)
* Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), world champion boxer (Atlantic City)
* Maxine Jones (born 1965), singer (Paterson)
* Ben Jorgensen, (born 1983), musician, Teaneck
* Jon Bon Jovi (born 1962), musician (Perth Amboy)
* Ira Kaplan, musician, co-founder of Yo La Tengo (Hoboken)
* Thomas Kean (born 1935), former governor, 9/11 Commission chairman (Bedminster)
* Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956), zoologist and sexologist (Hoboken)
* Richard Kuklinski (1935–2006) murderer of over 100 people in mob-related instances(Jersey City)
* Artie Lange (born 1967), actor, comedian, radio personality (Union)
* Nicole Leach (born 1979), actress (Montclair
* Arthur Lenk (born 1964), Israeli diplomat (Paterson)
* Jerry Lewis (born 1926), Comedian (Newark)
* Ray Liotta (born 1955), actor (Union)
* Constantine Maroulis (born 1975), singer (Wyckoff)
* Tony Meola (born 1969), soccer player (kearny)
* Andrew McCarthy (born 1962), actor (Westfield)
* Lee Meredith (born 1947), actress (River Edge)
* Jason Mewes (born 1974), actor (Highlands)
* Jack Nicholson (born 1937), actor (Neptune)
* Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), professional basketball player (Newark)
* Joe Pantoliano (born 1951), actor/writer (Hoboken)
* Bill Parcells (born 1941), NFL Head Coach (Englewood)
* Jim Perry (born 1934), U.S. and Canadian game show host (Camden)
* Joe Pesci (born 1943), actor (Newark)
* Thomas R. Pickering[3] (born 1931) diplomat (Orange)
* Laura Prepon (born 1980), actress (Watchung)
* Redman (born 1970), rap musician (Newark)
* Rah Digga (born 1970), rap musician (Newark)
* Tara Reid (born 1975), actress (Wyckoff)
* Claudio Reyna (born 1973), soccer player (Livingston)
* Kelly Ripa (born 1970), Live with Regis and Kelly co-host, actress (Stratford)
* Giuseppe Rossi (born 1987), soccer player (Teaneck, New Jersey)
* Natalia Alexandra Mitsuoka (born 1988), Argentinian figure skater (New Providence)
* Dennis Rodman (born 1961), basketball player (Trenton)
* Philip Roth (born 1933), author (Newark)
* Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), actress (Newark)
* Richie Sambora (born 1959), guitarist for rock band Bon Jovi (Perth Amboy)
* Antonin Scalia (born 1936), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton)
* Tom Scharpling (born 1969), comedian (Newbridge)
* Sherwood Schwartz (born 1916), television producer (Passaic, New Jersey)
* Norman Schwarzkopf (born August 22, 1934, Trenton, NJ) U.S. General, Led Coalition Forces in 1990/91 Gulf War
* Amy Shoremount-Obra (born 1979), Coloratura Operatic Soprano.
* Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer, actor (Hoboken)
* Kevin Smith (born 1970), filmmaker (Highlands)
* Matt Smith (born 1988), actor (Marlton)
* Soraya (born 1969), Colombian-American singer/songwriter
* Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), musician (Freehold)
* Martha Stewart (born 1941) lifestyle guide, entrepreneur (b. Jersey City, grew up in Nutley)
* Meryl Streep[4] (born 1949), actress (Summit)
* Tammy Lynn Sytch (born 1972), professional wrestling valet (Fort Monmouth)
* Ashley Tisdale (born 1985) actress/singer. The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and High School Musical. (Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey)
* Ray Toro (born 1977) lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance (Kearny)
* Martin Truex Jr. (born 1980), NASCAR driver (Englishtown)
* John Travolta (born 1954), actor (Englewood)
* Frankie Valli (born 1937), singer (Newark)
* Laura San Giacomo (born 1962), actress (Hoboken)
* Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989), character actor in Westerns (Somerville)
* Rudy Van Gelder (born 1924), Blue Note Records recording engineer (Jersey City)
* Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), jazz singer. (Newark)
* Patrick Warburton (born 1964), actor in Seinfeld, played David Puddy (Paterson)
* Gerard Way (born 1977) lead singer of My Chemical Romance (Summit)
* Mikey Way (born 1980) bass guitarist of My Chemical Romance (Newark)
* Charlie Weis (born 1956), head football coach for the University of Notre Dame (Middlesex)
* Gary Williams (born 1945), men's basketball coach for the University of Maryland (Collingswood)
* J. D. Williams (born 1981), actor, The Wire (Newark)
* William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet (Rutherford)
* Chris Wragge (born 1970), sports journalist and presenter for WCBS-TV (Hackensack)
* Kelly Wright (born 1987), artist, radio host on WPIR Pratt Radio, (Maywood, New Jersey)
* Zakk Wylde (born 1967), guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne & Black Label Society
* Larry Young (1940–1978), hard bop jazz organist

[terry78]

* John Andretti, racecar driver
* David Anspaugh, movie director
* Albert J. Beveridge, politician and historian
* Larry Bird, basketball player, coach
* Damon Bailey, retired basketball player
* Arija Bareikis, actress
* Birch Bayh, senator
* Evan Bayh, governor and senator
* Rupert Boneham, Survivor star
* Claude Bowers, politician and historian
* Avery Brooks, Actor
* Hoagy Carmichael, composer
* Jared Carter, poet
* Jim Davis, cartoonist
* James Dean, movie star
* Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Presidential candidate
* Mark Dismore, racecar driver
* Theodore Dreiser, novelist
* Paul Dresser, song writer
* Carl Erskine, baseball star and civic leader
* Jessie Flower, actress
* Vivica A. Fox, actress
* Jared Fogle, Subway Spokesperson
* Brendan Fraser, actor
* Lillian Gilbreth, home economist
* Jeff Gordon, NASCAR driver
* Michael Graves, architect
* Bob Griese, Football Player
* Gus Grissom, astronaut
* Rex Grossman, NFL Quarterback
* Charles Halleck, politician
* Lee Hamilton, politician
* Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President
* William Henry Harrison, U.S. President and General
* Richard Hatcher, politician
* Florence Henderson, singer-actress
* Jimmy Hoffa, American labor leader
* Paul Hoffman, industrialist
* Robert Indiana, painter/sculptor
* Michael Jackson, singer/songwriter
* Shawn Kemp, basketball player
* Alfred Kinsey, sex researcher
* Bobby Knight, basketball coach



* Don Larsen, baseball pitcher
* David Letterman, TV personality
* Eli Lilly, industrialist and philanthropist
* Carole Lombard, actress
* Shelley Long, actress
* Richard Lugar, politician
* Karl Malden, actor
* Steve McQueen, actor
* Ryan Newman, NASCAR driver
* Jane Pauley, anchor and journalist
* Cole Porter, song writer
* Ernie Pyle, journalist
* Dan Quayle, Forty-fourth U.S. Vice-President
* George Rapp, Utopian
* Orville Redenbacher, farming (popcorn)
* James Whitcomb Riley, poet
* Oscar Robertson, basketball player
* Knute Rockne, football coach
* Ned Rorem, prominent 20th century composer and writer
* Axl Rose, musician
* Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
* Wilbur Shaw, racecar driver
* Jean Shepherd, raconteur, personality, writer, and actor
* Red Skelton, comedian
* T. C. Steele, painter
* Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
* Izzy Stradlin, guitarist/musician
* Gene Stratton-Porter, novelist
* Clement Studebaker, automobile maker
* Booth Tarkington, novelist
* Tecumseh, pan-American Indian leader
* Steve Tesich, screenwriter and playwright
* Maurice Thompson, novelist
* Kurt Vonnegut, novelist
* Madam C.J. Walker, bussinesswoman and civic leader
* Lew Wallace, Civil War general, statesman, author
* Ryan White, AIDS activist
* Matt Williams, producer of popular television shows
* Wendell Willkie, politician
* Robert Wise, movie director
* John Wooden, basketball coach
* Fuzzy Zoeller, PGA golfer
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We got way too many NASCAR drivers from here.

[WalterKovacs]

I dont know much about my state except Michael Ardnt went to my high school. And supposedly so did Jared Leto.

[Superman79]

FAMOUS NEBRASKANS:
The bold ones are the biggest names

Marg Helgenberger actress, Fremont
Johnny Carson actor, comedian, Norfolk
Grace Abbott social worker, Grand Island
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody cowboy, wild west showman, North Platte
Grover Cleveland Alexander baseball pitcher, Saint Paul
Fred Astaire dancer, actor, Omaha
Max Baer boxer, Omaha
Bil Baird puppeteer, Grand Island
George Beadle geneticist, Wahoo
Marlon Brando actor, Omaha
Warren Buffett investor, Omaha
Dick Cavett TV entertainer, Gibbon
Montgomery Clift actor, Omaha
James Coburn actor, Laurel
Sandy Dennis actress, Hastings
Mignon Eberhart author, Lincoln
Harold Edgerton inventor, Fremont
Ruth Etting singer, actress, David City
Henry Fonda actor, Grand Island
Gerald Rudolph Ford U.S. president, Omaha
Jay W. Forrester inventor, Climax
Bob Gibson baseball player, Omaha
Hoot Gibson actor, Tememah
Howard Hanson composer, conductor, Wahoo
Leland Hayward producer, Nebraska City
David Janssen actor, Naponee
Susette La Flesche artist, Omaha
Francis La Flesche ethnologist, Omaha
Frank W. Leahy football coach, O'Neill
Malcolm X civil rights advocate, Omaha
Irish McCalla actress, Pawnee City
Dorothy McGuire actress, Omaha
Nick Nolte actor, Omaha
Roscoe Pound educator, legal scholar, Lincoln
Red Cloud Indian rights advocate, leader
Mari Sandoz author, Sheridan Cty
Standing Bear Indian rights advocate, leader
Chip Davis composer, director 'Manheim Steamroller', Omaha
Inga Swenson actress, Omaha
Robert Taylor actor, Filley
Paul Williams singer, composer, actor, Omaha
Don Wilson announcer, Lincoln
Julie Wilson singer, actress, Omaha
Darryl F. Zanuck film producer, Wahoo
Alexander Payne director, Omaha
William Jennings Bryan lawyer, presidential candidate, Lincoln
Tom Osborne football coach, congressman, Hastings

[Ol'Canucklehead]

George Bush........:(

[Gallagher]

George Bush........:(

I'm... so sorry. I can't possibly comprehend the shame. :(

[bell110]

The two dudes from Good Charlotte grew up in the same town I did. I didn't know them personally, but people who did tell me that the are a couple of posers.

[Dodger]

NEVADA:
Andre Agassi
Charisma Carpenter
and umm...Jenna Jameson. She went to my high school.