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.