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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/13/2007 6:17:45 PM   
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The late Christopher Reeves?

Sr? or the one of superman fame who is in wheelchair? Supposedly a curse to those who played that role.  As well as the curse of doing Poltergeist.

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/13/2007 6:52:23 PM   
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No one. 

My home town has under 500 people.  

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/13/2007 8:46:33 PM   
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Decatur, IL according to Wiki


It's also famous for being the hometown of ADM (Archer Daniels Midlands) and the lysine price fixing scandel involving Mark Whitacre. It was the highest fined company charged with price fixing in history. The town is also famous for charging Jesse Jackson for enciting a riot and jailing him for several days in 1999.

My father was close friends of Mr Ambrose (he came to dinner and stayed at our house often when he was in the area) and Mr Peck. 

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/13/2007 8:59:04 PM   
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The Beach Boys. 

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 6:33:43 AM   
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Joe Torre
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You live in Tel Aviv?

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 7:07:54 AM   
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Nope small town north of NYC - and it was Reeves Jr - the one in a wheel chair - i actually ran into him once, literally. i was on line and backed up a little and bumped into a man - turned around to say excuse me and looked right up into supermans face lol.  We were in line to get a hot dog. 

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 7:17:19 AM   
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spinal injuries are no fun at all!   it sucks.

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 7:19:58 AM   
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According to Wiki....Jacksonville, Florida.... Zephaniah Kingsley (1765-1843) slaveholder and owner of Kingsley Plantation, wrote controversial Treatise on the Patriarchal, or Co-operative System of Society As It Exists in Some Governments, and Colonies in America, and in the United States, Under the Name of Slavery, with Its Necessity and Advantages Anna Kingsley (1793-1870) former slave turned businesswoman and slaveholder, first wife of Zephaniah Kingsley
Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865–1947) businessman and developer of American Beach
Claude L'Engle (1868-1919) was a United States Representative from Florida
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) leading African American activist, composed words for Negro National Anthem "Life Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) musical composer, brother of James Weldon
Eartha M. M. White (1876-1974) prominent resident and African American philanthropist and humanitarian
Charles E. Merrill (1885-1956) co-founder of Merrill, Lynch & Company
A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) African American civil rights activist
Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973) Hollywood director, producer & writer
Emory H. Price (December 3, 1899 - February 11, 1976) a U.S. Representative from Florida
Rosalie King Simpson (1902-199?) stage actress and singer
John Archibald Wheeler (born 1911) physicist
Frankie Manning (born 1914) dancer and choreographer
Alan Stephenson Boyd (born 1922) the first United States Secretary of Transportation
Ed Austin (born 1926) former mayor
Wanda Hendrix (1928-1981) Hollywood actress
John Chaney (born 1932) American basketball coach
Frank F. Ledford, Jr. (born 1934) former Surgeon General of the Army (U.S.)
Philip Don Estridge (1937-1985) led development of original IBM personal computer
LeeRoy Yarbrough (1938-1984) NASCAR auto racer
Bob Hayes (1942-2002) track & field/pro football athlete
Nat Glover (born 1943) first African American sheriff of Jacksonville
Norman E. Thagard (born 1943) NASA astronaut
Tommy Hazouri (born 1945) former mayor
Michael Persinger (born 1945) Neuroscientist, psychologist, and noted philanthropist
Corrine Brown (born 1946) U.S. representative
Ottis Toole (1947-1996) Serial killer and probable murderer of Adam Walsh
Patrika Darbo (born 1948) television actress
Mark McCumber (born 1951) professional golfer
John Rutherford, sheriff of Jacksonville
John Delaney (born 1956) former mayor of Jacksonville and current president of the University of North Florida.
Linden Ashby (born 1960) television actor
Ray Mercer (born 1961) professional boxer and Olympic Gold Medalist
Vince Coleman (born 1961) Major League Baseball player
Juliana Catlin notable interior designer
Otis Smith (1964) former NBA player and current GM for the Orlando Magic
John Peyton (born 1964) current mayor
Rena Mero (born 1968) formerly Rena Greek aka "Sable," WWE wrestler and actress
Dee Brown (born 1969) played in the NBA with the Boston Celtics, the Toronto Raptors, and the Orlando Magic. Won the 1991 NBA Dunk Competition
Fred Durst (born 1970) Lead singer of Limp Bizkit
Leanza Cornett (born 1971) Miss America 1993, television actress
David Duval (born 1971) professional golfer
Chris Terry (born 1975) center for the Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Tomko (born 1976) (TomKo) TNA professional wrestler
Laveranues Coles (born 1977) professional football athlete
Rod Gardner (born 1977) wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
Elijah Burke (born 1978) WWE professional wrestler
Patrick Barnes (born 1979) professional baseball player [Seattle Mariners,Cleveland Indians]
Yoanna House (born 1980) fashion model
Jonathan Papelbon (born 1980) closer for the Boston Red Sox
Jessica Morris (born 1980) television actress
Patrick Barry (born 1981) independent filmmaker, writer, director, producer
Lito Sheppard (born 1981) cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
Connie Fletcher (born 1982) television actress
Jamaal Fudge (born 1983) safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Dee Webb (born 1984) cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars]]
Kamryn Sherman (born 1992) 2 time member of the USA teenagers volleyball team
Patty Moise, NASCAR driver
Jake Godbold, former mayor
Hans Tanzler, former mayor
Glenn Jones R&B/Gospel Singer
Brian Dawkins professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles
Lito Sheppard professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles
Laveranues Coles professional football player for the New York Jets
Leon Washington professional football player for the New York Jets
Rashean Mathis professional football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Dee Webb professional football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Ciatrick Fason professional football for the Minnesota Vikings
Tim Tebow Quarterback for the University of Florida
Chipper Jones Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves
Rick Wilkins Former baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
Riley Skinner Quarterback for Wake Forest University
Brett Myers pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
Jonathan Papelbon pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
Vince Coleman Major League Baseball player
Lil Duval Comedian
Tiffany Selby Model, Playboy Playmate
Jack Youngblood Former defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams
Ryan Freel Major League Baseball player
Billy Daniels (1915-1988) big band singer, actor
Pat Boone (born 1934) pop singer
Nick Todd (born 1935) pop singer
Jo Ann Campbell (born 1938) country/pop singer & actress
Scott McKenzie (born 1939) Rock and roll singer
Johnny Tillotson (born 1939) pop singer, songwriter, actor
Gary U.S. Bonds (born 1939) R&B singer
Jackie Moore (born 1946) R&B singer
Claude "Butch" Trucks (born 1947) drummer of Allman Brothers Band
Rick Dees (born 1950) radio disc jockey, recorded #1 novelty hit "Disco Duck"
James MacDonough (born 1970) former Iced Earth and Megadeth bass player
Greg Eklund (born 1970) drummer of Everclear
Flyi DCG (born 1979) mix tape originator/ hip hop star
Mase (born 1977) hip hop star
Cashous Clay hip hop star
Shannon Wright singer-songwriter
Youngstarr (born 1990) unsigned hip hop artist
Young Cash hip hop star
Classics IV (1965) Pop Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd (1970) Southern Rock
Blackfoot (1972) Rock/Southern Rock
Molly Hatchet (1975) Southern Rock
.38 Special (1975) Rock
95 South (1992) Hip Hop
69 Boyz (1993) Hip Hop
Limp Bizkit (1994) Metal Rock
Inspection 12 (1994) Pop Punk
Quad City DJ's (1995) Hip Hop
Cold (1997) Hard Rock
Yellowcard (1997) Pop Punk
Evergreen Terrace (2001) Hardcore
Allele (2002) Rock
Shinedown (2001) Rock
Applied Communications (2003) Indie
Electric President (2003) Indie/Electronic
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (2003) Rock
The Summer Obsession (2006) Pop Rock
Burn Season hardcore band on Bieler Bros records
Black Kids (2006) Indie Rock

List of ones up there Ive met personally...John Peyton, the mayor. Fred Durst and Limp Bizket, David Duval, and Chipper Jones.

I couldnt find anyone who is actually from the town I live in now...but I live right down the road from Jahn Travolta and mel tillis's place

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 7:53:06 AM   
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Watford was the birthplace of:
  • Barbara Amiel, Lady Black of Crossharbour, journalist Conrad Blacks missus
  • Stephen Chau, Emperor of Watford, Also future owner of the Slowboat owned by Kenwokchau.
  • Stephen Andrew, Canadian television reporter, anchor and talk show host
  • Michael Bentine, politician and ex-Goon
  • Michaela Breeze, female weightlifter
  • Ian Cashmore, television presenter of Ghosthunters
  • Ray Cooper, percussionist (performed in both Elton John's and Eric Clapton's bands)
  • Anthony Berkeley Cox, crime fiction author
  • Paul Field 1994 Gladiators[disambiguation needed] champion, police officer & two-time Winter Olympian from South Oxhey.
  • Cyril Fletcher, comedian
  • Terry Flynn, political author
  • Nikki Grahame, reality star and television personality (is actually from Northwood)
  • Geri Halliwell, singer and former Spice Girl
  • Kenny Jackett, former Swansea City FC manager
  • Vinnie Jones, a British football player turned actor.
  • Nick Knight, cricketer
  • Nick Leeson, rogue securities trader responsible for the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995
  • Tim Lovejoy, Sky Sports Soccer AM presenter
  • Gerald Moore, pianist
  • Mo Mowlam, Labour politician
  • Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat politician
  • Richard Pacey, Radio Presenter
  • Stuart Parkin, physicist
  • Thomas Webster Rammell, engineer Crystal Palace,
  • Paul Robinson, West Bromwich Albion football player
  • Terry Scott, TV and Carry On actor and comedian
  • Grant Shapps, Conservative MP for nearby Welwyn Hatfield
  • Kelly Smith, England and Arsenal footballer
  • Gareth Southgate, Footballer and current manager of Middlesbrough FC
  • Bradley Walsh, Coronation Street actor and comedian
  • Melanie Walsh, actress and model

George Michael of wham  just outside of town,
Simon le Bon of duran Duran
and Elton John was chairman of the football club for many years


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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 9:22:03 AM   
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Reprazentin' Naptown, yo!

http://www.imdb.com/BornWhere?Indianapolis,%20Indiana,%20USA

Personal highlights:

  • rode bikes with Mike Epps as a kid. Then his family moved into an apartment complex where I wound up living after moving back to Indy.
  • wrestled against both Abe Benrubi (Jerry from ER) and Brendan Fraser in high school. Got disqualified against both of them.
  • Had the privilege of being Kurt Vonnegut's bitch as a volunteer when he came to the dedication of the new Indiana Historical Society building on the canal... No, I don't have as good a story about him as I do about Ginsburg or Etheridge Knight or Rita Dove, even.<sigh>

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 10:41:34 AM   
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More joy from Indianapolis:
This is a list of famous people from Indianapolis, Indiana.
* John Andretti, NASCAR driver
* Allan Bloom, philosopher and essayist
* Monte Blue, actor
* Steve Burton, actor
* Jim Davis, cartoonist, creator of Garfield
* Joyce DeWitt, actress in the T.V. show Threes Company
* John Dillinger, bank robber
* Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, R&B music producer and performer
* Mike Epps, actor
* Charles W. Fairbanks, twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States (born in Union Center, Ohio)
* Francis Farmer, actress (born in Seattle, Washington)
* Jared Fogle, Subway restaurant endorser
* Vivica A. Fox, actress
* Brendan Fraser, actor
* Jeff George, former NFL Quarterback
* Greg Graham, former NBA player
* Sid Grauman, founder of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, home of the Academy Awards.
* Michael Graves, architect
* Benjamin Harrison, U.S. president (born in North Bend, Ohio)
* Alan Henderson, NBA player (born in West Virginia, but grew up in Indianapolis)
* Billy Henderson, singer
* Thomas A. Hendricks, twenty-first Vice President of the United States (born in Fultonham, Ohio)
* John F. Hennessey, 1920s tennis star
* Todd David Hess, Military Commander & first AF member to receive Army Legion of Merit.
* Ken Hixon, screenwriter
* Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter
* Kenny Irwin, NASCAR driver
* J. J. Johnson, jazz trombonist
* Doug Jones, actor
* Brook Kerr, actress who plays Whitney Russell on NBC soap opera Passions
* Kyle Krisiloff, an ARCA driver
* Ted Leo, musician (born in South Bend, Indiana, spent first few years of life in Indianapolis)
* Charles Scott Leonard, current member of the a cappella group Rockapella
* David Letterman, talk show host
* Richard Lugar, U.S Senator from Indiana
* Charles Major, author
* Julie McWhirter, actress
* Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist
* Eric Montross, former NBA player
* Greg Oden, NBA player
* Jane Pauley, news anchor and journalist
* Dan Quayle, forty-fourth Vice President of the United States
* Oscar Robertson, hall of fame basketball player
* Noble Sissle, composer
* Ted Stevens, Senior U.S. Senator from Alaska
* Marc Summers, game show host, television personality
* Timothy L. Swiss, Credit Analyst Extraordinaire, Goodwill Ambassador
* Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author
* Albert Von Tilzer, composer - most notably "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
* Kurt Vonnegut, author
* Dan Wakefield, author
* Madame C.J. Walker, African American Business Woman
* Johnny Weaver, pro-wrestler, first to use the sleeper hold, "Weaver Lock"
* Clifton Webb, Stage and film actor

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 11:29:20 AM   
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superman eats hotdogs?? aaaak

I now have Disco Duck song in my head

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Bradley Walsh, Coronation Street actor and comedian
Coronation street had an American actor???

Geography is more funners than I thought.

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 11:34:25 AM   
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Close to where I live now:
from wiki so who knows how valid....but....ok, seeing a pattern here? 

  • Kevin Anderson, Actor, was born in Gurnee
  • Tank Johnson, former Chicago Bears defensive tackle, lived in Gurnee while he played for the Bears and was arrested for gun charges at his Gurnee home
  • Devin Hester, Chicago Bears return man, NFL record holder, lives in Gurnee
  • Chris Harris, former Chicago Bears cornerback and safety, lived in Gurnee before being traded to the Carolina Panthers in August 2007
  • Robbie Gould, Chicago Bears kicker, lives in Gurnee
  • Bernard Berrian, Chicago Bears wide receiver, lives in Gurnee

where I was born:
no one that I could find in a quick search

Where I grew up:
no one that I could find in a quick search



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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 1:58:38 PM   
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quote:

seeing a pattern here? 


only pattern I see is almost everyone has a famous sports star or two who I never heard of. lol (unless they are hockey players).

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 2:11:19 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: came4U

The late Christopher Reeves?

Sr? or the one of superman fame who is in wheelchair?


...theyre both dead...

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 3:22:17 PM   
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The longer the list the more anonymous  are those in the list lol

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 3:28:59 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: came4U

Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town?


From Wiki.
Where I was born:
Where I grew up (mostly... we moved a few times, grr):
Where I live now:
Let's see... an English dub voice actor for an anime show, a Playboy Playmate, a professional poker player, and five brothers who went down with a ship in WW2 are some of the ones that stand out against the sports and music people.  Never met any of them.




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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 3:47:01 PM   
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Mike Ditka, professional football player and coach
Tony Dorsett, (and 'Lil Anothy) professional football player
Ty Law, professional football player
Henry Mancini

...and a number of other pro football players.

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/14/2007 4:01:48 PM   
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Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, and Reba

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RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) c... - 10/15/2007 3:20:16 AM   
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Lance Bass, singer
Tom Lester, Eb of TV's GREEN ACRES
Parker Posey, actress (I do know her parents)
Leontyne Price, opera singer


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