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Anyone famous come from your town
Has anyone that is famous come out of your town or small city (think smaller than NY or Boston)?
Manchester NH is kinda lucky, we have had 1. Adam Sandler (Adam and I both had the same 1st grade teacher and now I have the same Vice Princible as he had Mr. Clemons. There is reference to Mr. Clemons in Billy Madison. Billy and his friends put a "Flaming bag of poop" on "Old Man Clemons" front porch) And Manchester is also in alot of his movies, falling under varius names including Mandrake Falls NH- In Mr. Deeds Dukeberry- In 8 Crazy Nights Never named but understood by street names and places- The audio Skit Whitey, This skit is also the premis for 8 Crazy Nights 2. Seth Myers (Currently on SNL) 3. Robert Frost 4. Former President Franklin Pierce 5. hmmm some guy who invents stuff.... his name esacpes me |
Haily Berry :cool:
Lots of sports stars (can't remember them all) And other, I just can't remember them all. BTW, I'm from Cleveland, OH. :D |
Rockville had some pro football player.
OHH does our robot/Ogre count. |
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Madonna - Rochester, MI Kid Rock - Romeo, MI Eminem - Warren, MI (and then down the street from my wife for a small time, before we were married) Allyha (sp) Elizabeth Berkley (saved by the bell) Ted Nugent thats all I can think of, offhand. |
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I would be deathly Scared of living near eminem. Although, really I think its all a act. |
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Don't forget almost all of the MOTOWN stars, a kid i know lives next to aretha franklin |
Judge Reinhold -- think Beverly Hills Cop movies (the straight laced cop) and and The Santa Clause (the step-dad)
he graduated from Martin County High School (the "M" in SPAM) we also had a couple of professional athletes from our area... Cleveland Gary, a football player, graduated from South Fork High School (the "S"), and Rusty Meecham, a baseball player, graduated from Martin Co. there's also a semi-famous lawyer named Willie Gary who's offices are in Stuart. if i think of any more i'll post them. George S.P.A.M. Team 180 |
chike okiefa (i know i butchered the spelling) went to my high school back in 94...and like went on to play for purdue...now he's playing for the 49'ers
Axle rose went to jefferson high school on the other side of the river in lafayette... Shannon Hoon (blind melon) grew up in dayton which is like a 5 minute drive from lafayette...still in this county...he grew up here...our teams coach who is also the wrestling coach coached when he was wrestling for mc cutcheon high school and said he was really really good. i cant think of any others...i think another older member of GNR came from here too...but i dunno Shannon hoon is buried in dayton now btw...people like make pilgramages to his grave.. |
O yes, I beleave that Adam Sessler from TechTV's Extended Play is from Manchester
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MLS Soccer Star of the LA Galaxy, Ezra Hendrickson (didnt go to KHS, although his uncle was my soccer coach) Ryan White- the first famous AIDS case in a child (he went to another school outside of kokomo, but people commonly mistake him for being from Kokomo) |
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He attended South Side HS. |
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Famous, but not because of their name......
In addition to DJ's posts, a few famous/not-so-famous people created and invented quite a few important products that many of us use on a daily basis today...
Kokomo is known as "The City of Firsts" July 4, 1894 *Elwood Haynes* road tested his invention... the first commercially constructed automobile on Pumpkinvine Pike. October 1894 D.C. Spraker, President of Kokomo Rubber Tire Company, invented the first pneumatic rubber tire. 1895 William Johnson invented the aluminum casting process at the Ford & Donnelly Foundry. 1902 George Kingston developed the first carburetor. 1906 *Elwood Haynes* discovered the first Stellite cobalt-based alloy while searching for a metal appropriate for flatware. 1912 *Elwood Haynes* invented stainless steel that would provide rust free medical instruments. 1918 The first Howitzer shell was used in warfare. It was developed by the Superior Machine Tool Company. 1918 The Liberty Pressed Metal Company developed the first aerial bomb with fins. Early 1920'S John Powell developed the first mechanical corn picker. 1928 Kemp Brothers Canning Company developed the first canned tomato juice at the request of a St. Louis doctor who was searching for baby food for use in his clinic. 1938 The *Delco* Radio Division of G.M. developed the first push-button car radio. 1941 The first all metal-lifeboat was developed by Globe American Stove Company. 1943 The Globe American Stove Company developed the first all-metal life raft, nicknamed "The Kokomo Kid" 1947 The *Delco* Radio Division of G.M. developed the first signal-seeking car radio. 1957 The *Delco* Radio Division of G.M. developed the first all-transistor car radio. NOTE: Delco is now DELPHI Source: In Kokomo |
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Dean Kamen was born in New York. Robert Frost was born in California. Franklin Pierce wasn't born in Manchester. Adam Sandler was born in Brooklyn, NY. Man, you're an idiot. Just don't talk anymore. I believe I've also proven that Manchester, NH is worthless. Appleton, Wisconsin... Willem DaFoe (the Green Goblin in Spider-Man) Senator Joseph McCarthy |
Cudahy & Oconomowoc.....
I come from 2 "famous" (not really) WI cities so I'll list both of them:
Cudahy, WI (10 miles south of Milwaukee): Not really anybody too famous (yet) but there are some; -John Navarre, Starting Quarterback for Michigan -Lamar Gordon, Back-Up RB for the St. Louis Rams, started for Marshall Faulk the last 2 weeks Thats really it from there, and there is only 1 from Oconomowoc that I know of: -Craig Counsell, of the Arizona Diamondbacks (his cousin lives across the street from me) :cool: |
This probably doesn't count, but if you happen to watch THE AMAZING RACE on CBS you'll see the parents of our team's current driver (well, not the official driver... yet). That's famous enough for me.
So remember: THE AMAZING RACE, Wednesday nights on CBS, 9:00 PM EST. Their names are Teri and Ian. It's kinda funny because they're the most hated people on the show. Editing makes them look really mean. I've been witness to them in real life and they don't seem that bad... But they're still great fun to bastardize. :D |
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Yes I know he wasnt born in manch-vegas, but he has lived in NH since his 20's and most of his inventions where created here. |
Anyone live in or near Arora Ill.?
Thats where Wayne's World took place! |
i thought of another person.
my mom runs a lot (going outside, eww :p), and she has different friends that she runs with. one of them is this lady Christy (i think that's how you spell it) Lyons (spelling again?) who is apparently the wife of some football player (i don't know football at all, so don't ask me who he is) on the Jets i think. since football isn't my thing, i have no idea if he's famous, but i figured it was worth mentioning. |
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I cannot think of anyone from my hometown who is famous... Monticello, Indiana doesn't really have much.
But... it is rumored that my great-grandfather, Chester Huffman, invented that little rolled-up paper rim on the top edge of a dixie cup while living in Monticello. Or, at least that is what he told me 25 years ago. :) On another note... I know that it's not at all my hometown, but I spent a semester in college in Grantham, England... which was the home of Issac Newton. They had an all-boys elementary school that was called "Issac Newton School". Also, they had a square in the middle of town with a statue of the man himself. Andy B. with a fairly pointless post. |
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richard hatch. the first survivor winner. he shops in the place i work alot and drives a bmw suv. i almost hit him with my car one time at night.
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Anyways, in Watertown the biggest celebrity we've had in a while would have to be Rico Brogna of NY Yankees fame! Oh we also have a few bands likeTRIPSET & SUBMIT who hail from Watertown, CT. And pop singer John Mayer is from CT. Also, James Van Der Beek aka Dawson on Dawsons Creek went to school a few towns over. Then of course we have all the people who are famous and have houses in CT, like David Letterman, Dustin Hoffman, and Martha Stewart for starters. Oh and remember that reallly tall hockey player who was talked about in another thread, yeah well he lives or lived in West Hartford CT. |
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Letterman is a Hoosier... :) and is that where Martha's going to jail at?? :p |
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I realize that Adam Sandler, Robert Frost and Franklin Pierce wherent born in Manchester. But they all grew-up here and/or spent the better part of their life living here. I dont know when Adam Sandler moved to manchester, but It must have been In or beafore he was in the 1st grade (we had the same teacher) Mrs. Kendal. |
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Stop the bashing. This isn't the place to do it. If you want to make a comment like that about someone, PM or IM them about it. Don't do it here. - Katie |
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Fred Durst...graduated from the high school I should be going to...
All the members of Lynard Skynyrd... Pat Boone... James Weldon Johnson I don't know who else... |
Not so much my city...since I don't live in a city...
Mark Twain (Elmira, NY) Stephen Foster..the guy who sang Camptown Races (doo daa doo daa) Ever hear of the French Azilum? That was located in the next town over from me. |
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BHS Alumni:
![]() Curtis Armstrong. If you don't know whom this is, well, you are not cultured. |
Orvil redinbaucker is from indiana...so is John Melloncamp (but he's from the south part...) and umm Former President William Henry Harrison was from indiana...
He fought the battle of tippecanoe 5 minutes from my house! Anyone who knows indiana history knows about the battle of fallen timbers (or show if you took 4th grade history) and like yah battle of fallen timbers is in my home town... Techumseh and the prophet are from around here also... I think some race car people are from indiana... And alot of famous basketball types are from indiana (Shawn kemp is i think...so is larry bird) I cant think of any more. |
North Brunswick has a soccer goalie on the US Olympic team cant think of the name cause i hated every sport team when i was in High School it was Tim or Tom or somthing like that
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Not that I care about the famous or anything, but two people from Baltimore that I think are great are John Waters and Anne Tyler. Okay, so Waters' movies are pretty odd but it's fun to watch them just to see familiar neighborhoods, and hey, he was on the Simpsons, so there's fame for you. Anne Tyler's novels are always strongly based in Baltimore, and she often mentions places I've been to. She lives a block away from where I went to High School, but she's pretty much a hermit, so we never saw her.
MissInformation <===========> Baltimore, the city that breeds... er... reads... |
Jnadke , I think you're too harsh.
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Famous people from Scarborough, Canada:
Mike Myers The Barenaked Ladies |
Although I've been in south Florida for 22 years, I come from Baton Rouge, Lousiana. Home to the best politicians money can buy.
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I born and raised in Hawthorne, CA. Biggest claim to fame: Beach Boys Album called Hawthorne, CA.
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In Rochester Hills Michigan, Madonna.
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From Holland, Michigan:
-Rob Malda, Founder of Slashdot |
From York. PA......
The whole group "Live". |
This makes me feel all special.
Timothy McVeigh, although he wasn't from here, he planned all of his evil doings in a hotel in Kingman. Also, this kid who shot some other kids came from here. I don't know if it makes him famous, but if it was on the news, then it must be worth something! |
Well, L. Frank Baum, the guy who wrote wizard of oz, was from valparaiso, which is in nw indiana and incidentally has a new team this year.
Gene Shepard (I think that's his name) who wrote A Christmas Story("you're gonna shoot your eye out, you're gonna shoot your eye out") grew up in Hammond. The name of the town in the movie is Hohman, Indiana, which is really Hammond. One of the main thoroughfares in Hammond is Hohman Avenue. Hey, I live on Hohman Avenue!! |
Both a someone who hosts Survivor (never watched it) and the person who founded Voicestream actually came from my school here in Bellevue, WA. Except Voicestream isn't sponsoring us. (Hopefully that's "isn't sponsoring us _yet_".)
-Eric |
Not born in Bakersfield, but intricately entwined with Bakersfield culture and history: Buck Owens & Merle Haggard.
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Richard Hatch seems like the best we can do.. . . .
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O man... sorry to hear that I would keep my mouth shut if some guy from my town walked around naked on a TV show. :confused: |
Well according to the Billy Joel song, Billy the Kid is from Oyster Bay, which is just a few towns over to the left.
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Rochester, NY
Taye Diggs
Tweet Susan B. Anthony George Eastman And although he wasn't born here Fredrick Douglass is buried here and has considered Rochester his home. |
Dave Matthews (AHEM* of the Dave Matthews Band) is from here, I know a few people who went to school with him. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy is buried here as well as US Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler and over 18,000 Confederate soldiers, including JEB Stuart and George Pickett. We've got alot of history down here in good ole' Virginee, lol :)
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Well I live right next door to Detroit and a lot of famous people have come from there. All the great Motown artists, Eminem, Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker...
Then My friend lives On Orchard Lake(West Bloomfield, MI) and she lives next door to Jerry Stackhouse (or however you spell it) and she has met a lot of the Pistons players and a few others. |
Well, right now I can think of Carl Sagan who's from this town, Ithaca, NY... you know, that famous astronomer guy who did stuff like write the book Contact (incredible movie too).
And umm... have to be a ton of insanely smart people who've come out of Cornell University here. Oh yeah, and the deputy defense secretary right now is from Ithaca... the librarians are looking for a pic of him right now to send to Time magazine from old yearbooks. |
Barry bonds is from somewhere around here, and that's all I know.
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I found out yesterday that John Goodman lives in Palm City.
That's right... a Roseanne regular hails from my city. (*whoop*) |
WELL I don't know about people who came from my area, but a whole bunch of famous people live on Jupiter Island like Celine Dion.......my stepmom helped take care of her baby after it was born at Palms West Hospital
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John Glenn lives down the street from me!! :yikes: or, used to...im not sure if he still lives there...lol
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ME!!!!
Hey hey hey.. I'm famous.. You guys just don't know it yet..
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MANCHESTER, NH IS NOT WORTHLESS....
that statement was rude and uncalled for... Who cares if adam wasn't born here...he lived here all his life.... He's here all the time too...his nephew played baseball with my brother, and he was always at the games, he hangs out in manchvegas.... Happy Gilmore is based around my friend's brother, Hubie McDonough (Director of Hockey Operations for the Manchester Monarchs) whatever...Manchvegas is not worthless...its my hometown, I wouldn't call your hometown worthless |
Russell Stover, and the guy that invented porky pig.:) :D ;)
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we have eddie murphie :) plus all the kings..lol
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P.s. Sorry to hear about your robot |
This is kinda random but lil bow wow is from columbus ohio!
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