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Famous people from your state
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
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Re: Famous people from your state
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.
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02-22-2008, 04:41 PM
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Re: Famous people from your state
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 Last edited by cerealkiller182; 02-22-2008 at 04:49 PM. |
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02-22-2008, 04:42 PM
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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 |
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02-22-2008, 04:46 PM
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Vanna White
 That's all I can think of. Edit: Oh yeah, most people know Strom Thurmond, too.
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New Mexico:
All I can think of is Freddie Prince Jr. 
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02-22-2008, 04:46 PM
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Zach Braff and Kevin Smith?
Is there like a site that lists this stuff? I know a bunch of people come from Jersey, I just don't know who.
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02-22-2008, 04:47 PM
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NEW YORK
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  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
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02-22-2008, 04:49 PM
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Re: Famous people from your state
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 . . .
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02-22-2008, 04:51 PM
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Re: Famous people from your state
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
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02-22-2008, 04:52 PM
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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.
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Texas
Everyone wishes they were from Texas!
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02-22-2008, 04:53 PM
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Re: Famous people from your state
Some more from Maryland, some duplicates.
* William Paca (1740-99) of Annapolis – Signer of the Declaration of Independence * Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) of Annapolis - Signer of the Declaration of Independence * Samuel Chase (1743-1811) of Annapolis - Signer of the Declaration of Independence * Thomas Stone (1743-87) of Port Tobacco- Signer of the Declaration of Independence * 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. * 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. * 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. * Thomas Kennedy (1776-1832) served as a member of the House of Delegates representing Hagerstown. He believed in religious freedom for all people. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) of Baltimore was a newspaper writer, political commentator, and author of A New Dictionary of Quotations. * Eubie Blake (1883-1983), born in Baltimore, was a ragtime composer and performer. * 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. * 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. * 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.
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02-22-2008, 04:56 PM
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William H. Macy
Wilmer Valderrama Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson Brett Ratner |
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02-22-2008, 04:56 PM
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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
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Wow...Lots of famous people from Texas then.
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02-22-2008, 04:59 PM
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Oxfordshire - England
Tim Burton 
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actually quite a few more on another website...we just have alot of people here
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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...#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!! Last edited by cerealkiller182; 02-22-2008 at 05:07 PM. |
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