I only know one. her name is Calli Ryals. Shes in the upcomming movie "Stick It"
Its pretty cool to know somebody from your hometown :)
her and hersister used to babysit me when i was younger.

Brandon Cruz - Courtship of Eddie's Father
Lee Van Cleef - "The Bad" from THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (he lived here and died here)
Tito Jackson - Michael's brother (he lives here)
Doc Baker from Little House on The praire lived here before moving to Oregon.
George Kennedy - actor
Caesar Chavez - activist for laborers; started grape boycotts in 60's. Has a state holiday named for him. There is an elementary school named after him here and he was great friends with WEST WING ACTOR Martin Sheen. Martin Sheen came to give a speech when the school was named after Chavez. Chavez grew up here. His family home is a short distance from mine.

there are alot more, I can't think of them all.

Many celebrities are from Michigan, but Sharon Case from the Young and the Restless is originally from the city I now live in.

Owen Wilson
Luke Wilson
Christian Kane

All I can think of

here in my county we have a small town that is very beautiful...it's up in the mountains and many stars live there such as Larry Hagman (JR from Dallas); Mary Steenburgen with Ted Danson; Former Ojai resident currently stars in and won two daytime Emmys for his work on ABC-TV's "All My Children" Michael E. Knight, who attended Matilija Jr. High School and Thacher School in the early 1970s, plays Tad Martin.

All of these celebrities live or have lived in Ojai:

Scott Bakula, Steve Kanaly, Malcolm Macdowell, Rikki Lee Jones, Linda Kelsey, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, Peter Scolari, Bob Emhardt, Peter Strauss, Maynard Ferguson, June Allyson, Eileen Brennan and Ed Begley Jr. In Johnny Cash's movie WALK THE LINE they actually show the hills of Ojai and post the name of Casitas Springs in the scene where they show Joaquin laying in the hammock. Cash's daughters attended the local catholic high school here, St. Bonaventure High School.

Ojai is the television hometown of title characters Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman), with the shows sometimes set in Ojai.
It is the home of the 101-year-old character Rose DeWitt Bukater (portrayed by Gloria Stuart) in the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic (Cameron's homage to Ojai resident Beatrice Wood, whom Rose is partially based upon)

Nobody from my hometown, but Josh Duhamel (http://imdb.com/name/nm0241049/) grew up in Minot, ND, not too far from me. (90 minute drive) I went to middle/high school with a few of his cousins, and I was pretty good friends w/ one of his cousins. I got to meet Josh long before he became a big name in Hollywood.

Oh, lots and lots... probably too many to name. But I found a list on a website that gives you an idea:

http://www.nndb.com/geo/702/000069495/

Quite a variety of ages; famous and infamous. Heh!

-Method Man
-Eamon
-Joe Andruzzi
-Jason Marquis


Only rappers and athletes from my hometown, no actors.

They're not from here, but they live in the area:

Britney Spears
Donald Trump
Shannen Doherty

and many others

Dean Martin

Traci Lords (real name Nora Louise Kuzma)

Charles Ogle- Silent film actor. Played the monster in Thomas Edison's Frankenstein in 1910.)

Trevor Harris- a local kid who was in some bad direct-to-video movies such as Leeches, The Frightening, and Speed Demon).

Joyce DeWitt, Robert Urich, and Brad Paisley-country singer are from nearby local towns.

John Corbett from Northern Exposure has a farm about 25 miles away from me.

Although I've been a Californian since 1978--I spent my childhood in Brooklyn, NY and in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

Louis Gimbalvo, who's been on many shows lived on my block in Brooklyn and was a friend of my older brother.

Chuck Connors (real name Kevin)--Lived a block away, on 58th street. Was an occasional friend of my dad's.

Tom Cruise: When my family moved to New Jersey in 1960, we settled in the small town of Glen Ridge. I graduated Glen Ridge HS in 1968. Tom Cruise graduated from the same high school in '80 (Thomas Cruise Mapother). They lived several houses up the street from us. My parents were still living in NJ at the time but didn't know them.

Amanda Bynes
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith
Jason Cook (Days of Our Lives)
Martin Lawrence

Countless others live here, I can't remember who.

Now from where I used to live:

Anthony Edwards
Victor French (he was born there)
Kathy Ireland

Peter Breck from The Big Valley lived a few houses from me in the 1940's.
Singer Paula Cole . Actor David Morse from St Elsewhere lived in a area about a half hour away.

Only two.

1)Soap opera actress and former child star Tricia Cast

2)Christopher Dippel who was in some obscure movie from 2004, that I never saw or heard of.

I can only think of Josh Hartnett, ST. Paul, MN.

Brandon Routh (aka, the new Superman) is from the general metro area.

No famous people from my hometown.

Well I was born in Scranton PA and Melanie Smith (who was on The Division w/Nancy McKeon :D) was also born in Scranton, but that's all I can think of.

Brandon Cruz - Courtship of Eddie's Father
Lee Van Cleef - "The Bad" from THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (he lived here and died here)
Tito Jackson - Michael's brother (he lives here)
Doc Baker from Little House on The praire lived here before moving to Oregon.
George Kennedy - actor

there are alot more, I can't think of them all.former game show host tom kennedy lives not too far from you also

former game show host tom kennedy lives not too far from you also
yes, i couldn't remember his name yesterday. He lives in a beach house. I live between Malibu and Santa Barbara, so basically it's like a mecca of stars. Having Highway 1 run right thru our city makes for easy spotting of celebs. We live abt 15 mins. from Malibu so when the weekend is nice and sunny we will go up to eat at Neptunes Net, a popular outdoor restaurant that is real comfy, casual and cozy. Many celebs in that area. I guess we take it for granted here.

yes, i couldn't remember his name yesterday. He lives in a beach house. I live between Malibu and Santa Barbara, so basically it's like a mecca of stars. Having Highway 1 run right thru our city makes for easy spotting of celebs. We live abt 15 mins. from Malibu so when the weekend is nice and sunny we will go up to eat at Neptunes Net, a popular outdoor restaurant that is real comfy, casual and cozy. Many celebs in that area. I guess we take it for granted here. Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village are really packed with celebs as well.

Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village are really packed with celebs as well.
They sure are. My boyfriend works in Westlake Village and he had Maureen McCormick (Marcia Brady) go into this work and just last week one of the actresses from Law and Order was there. And the brother of the late Karen Carpenter went into his work too. Where he works they sell very expensive granite, marble, etc. for re-doing your house/kitchen, etc.

Many celebs love that area.

Taye Diggs
Phillip Seymore Hoffman
John Lithgow
Cab Calloway

Kristen Bell from Veronica MArs

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My hometown of LaGrange,IL was where David Hasselhof also came from.

Andy Dick
Anthony Rapp
Adrianne Curry (not an actress, but whatever)
Lionel Richie (also not an actor)

never heard of any of thest people but I checked out the IMDB and found these people born here

Lynn Dee Smith
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1086584/
Jennifer Massey
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557319/
Nat Willis
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932694/
Preston Rollow
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738495/

Historical figures and celebrities


John Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams) - 2nd President of the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States)
John Quincy Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams) - 6th President of the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States)
Samuel Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams) - revolutionary
Aerosmith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith) - rock band
Boston (band) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_%28band%29) - Rock Band
Ben Affleck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck) - actor
Louisa May Alcott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott) - writer
Charles Bulfinch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bulfinch) - architect
John Singleton Copley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singleton_Copley) - painter
Matt Damon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon) - actor
Dispatch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispatch)-rock band
James Dole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dole)- Founder of Dole Food Company
Michael Dukakis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis) - former Massachusetts governor, Democratic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party) candidate in the 1988 election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_1988)
Mary Dyer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dyer) - religious martyr
Ralph Waldo Emerson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson) - transcendentalist
Benjamin Franklin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin) - statesman, scientist
Buckminster Fuller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller) - inventor
Matt Hasselbeck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck) -NFL Quarterback
Nathaniel Hawthorne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne) - writer
Oliver Wendell Holmes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes%2C_Sr.) - writer
Winslow Homer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_Homer) - painter
Edward M. Kennedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._Kennedy) - United States Senator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate)
John F. Kennedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy) - 35th President of the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States)
John F. Kerry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry) - United States Senator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate), Democratic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party) candidate in the 2004 election (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_2004)
Amos Lawrence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Lawrence) - philanthropist
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow) - poet
Robert Lowell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lowell) - poet
Cotton Mather (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather) - preacher, writer
Leonard Nimoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy) - actor
Tip O'Neill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill) - longest serving Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives)
Theodore Parker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Parker) - transcendentalist
Sylvia Plath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath) - writer
Edgar Allan Poe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe) - writer
Paul Revere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere) - revolutionary
Louis Sullivan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sullivan) - architect
Henry David Thoreau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau) - writer
Uma Thurman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uma_Thurman) - actress
Barbara Walters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters) - newscaster
Mark Wahlberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg)-actor
Donnie Wahlberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Wahlberg)-actor
Daniel Webster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster) - statesman
James McNeill Whistler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McNeill_Whistler) - painter
Ted Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams) - Boston Red Sox player
Conan O'Brien (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien) - Comedian
Howie Long (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Long) - NFL Hall of Famer, Fox NFL Sports Commentator

Famous people from Oxnard


Michelle M. Serros: author of the 1998 short story and poetry collection "Chicana Falsa : And Other Stories of Death, Identity, & Oxnard" ISBN 1573226858 and the 2000 book "How To Be A Chicana Role Model" ISBN 1573228249

Madlib: California-based hip hop producer, rapper, and DJ. Noted for his work and collaborations in the indie hip-hop scene.

Fernando Vargas: 5-time middleweight boxing Champion. Vargas was born in Oxnard's La Colonia and trained at La Colonia Youth Boxing Club on 1st Street.

Victor Ortiz: A young professional boxer, originally from Garden City, Kansas, who has become Oxnard's new Goldenboy. Going professional in 2004, 18-year-old Ortiz currently has ten wins and 6 knock-outs. He trains daily at La Colonia Youth Boxing Club and graduated in June of 2005 from Pacifica High School. In 2004, Ortiz was the subject of a short documentary film called "VICTORY", that describes his rise from an unstable childhood to a successful pro boxer.

Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez: creators of the Love and Rockets alternative comics series. The fictional city, Hoppers, or Huerta, in the comics is based on Oxnard.

Walter Brennan died in Oxnard.

The actor Jeffrey Combs was born in Oxnard.

The actor Lee Van Cleef died in Oxnard

Albert Ibarra co-founder of Mostyless Entertainment.

Archie Sandoval co-founder of Mostyless Entertainment.

Brandon Cruz, child actor on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Bad News Bears, and many other shows, has been a lifelong Oxnard resident, maintaining a home at Silver Srand Beach. He is also among the founders of the early Nardcore scene, singing for seminal Oxnard punk band, Dr. Know, since 1982. His family extends from Silver Strand, Oxnard Shores, to La Colonia and Paula Street. Cruz is one-quarter Hispanic.

Jacob Cruz of the Cincinnati Reds graduated from Channel Islands High School

Dmitri Young of the Detroit Tigers graduated from Rio Mesa High School

Terry Pendleton 1991 Baseball MVP graduated from Channel Islands High School

Steve Trachsel of the New York Mets was born in Oxnard

Ken McMullen was born in Oxnard

Blaine Saipaia of the St Louis Rams graduated from Channel Islands High School

I added this list from my previous post. I know a few have been repeated, but I copied and pasted from a web source.

Thousand Oaks which is here in our county and a city not far from mine.

Notable residents
Many notable persons have called the Conejo Valley their home over the years. This list includes, in alphabetical order:

Sparky Anderson, Baseball Hall of Famer

Frankie Avalon, singer

George Ball, Broadway performer

Erin Brockovich, legal activist / My cousin works as the receptionist for the law firm where Erin works. It's right down the street from where my business manager has his office.

Amanda Bynes of Nickelodeon TV and the WB Network's "What I Like About You"

Richard Carpenter, singer and songwriter. In 2004, Carpenter and his wife pledged $3 million to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation in memory of Carpenter's late sister Karen Carpenter. He went into my boyfriend's place of work just two weeks ago.

Eric Garcia, novelist, Matchstick Men

Wayne Gretzky, NHL Hockey great, co-owner of a popular restaurant.

Scott Hamilton, Olympic ice-skating champion

Hulk Hogan, wrestler

Bob Hope's holdings once comprised what is now known as the Lang Ranch section of the city.

David Lander, actor, best known for playing "Squiggy" in Laverne & Shirley

Anne Lockhart of Battlestar Galactica (daughter of June Lockhart and granddaughter of Gene Lockhart) lives in the area and is very involved in local community theater groups including the Santa Susana Players.

Heather Locklear

Greg Louganis, Olympic diver, lives in nearby Oak Park.

Howie Mandel, comedian

Ron Masak, actor

Virginia Mayo, film star of the 1940s, gifted her extensive collection of Hollywood memorabilia to the Thousand Oaks Library. The Thousand Oaks Library also has an extensive collection of American radio programs and memorabilia archived comprising the best of Radio's Golden Age.

Amanda McBroom, Broadway performer (who wrote Bette Midler's hit single, The Rose)

Maureen McCormick, actress, The Brady Bunch - She also visits my boyfriends work. He said she was in there abt a month ago.

Joel McCrea, an actor from the 1930s, and his wife, Frances Dee McCrea donated several hundred acres of their personal property to the newly formed Conejo Valley YMCA, and that land is now called Joel McCrea Park.

Kevin Mitnick, computer hacker

Michael Richards, Kramer of Seinfeld was also raised in Thousand Oaks and attended Thousand Oaks High School.

Mickey Rooney

Kurt Russell, actor, son of actor Bing Russell, was born and raised in Thousand Oaks.

Joey Scarbury, singer

Tom Selleck

Artie Shaw, former bandleader and composer

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith

Mabel Stark, the late "world's only tiger lady trainer" appeared on What's My Line in the early '60s, promoting Jungleland.

Donna Summer, singer

Frankie Valli, singer

Lyle Waggoner of The Carol Burnett Show

These are people who imdb says were born in this area...people I've heard of anyway.

Stephen Collins
Bill Daily
David Anthony Higgins
Brandon Routh
Harriet Hilliard (Nelson)
Cloris Leachman (my grandma knew her)
Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
Everyone from Slipknot

I forgot to mention that Wild "Play That Funky Music" Cherry is also from my town. I think the singer was the manager of the local Ponderosa Steak House for many years.

none, a lot are from my state, but not town.

there's probably a few from my area but i don't know any offhand.

My hometown, DeKalb is also the hometown of Cindy Crawford and Dan Castellaneta attended the university Northern Illinois University.

A freind of mine she works at a local bank told me that when her husbandf was living in Houston,Texas at the time he was still a teen, and every time Farra Faw actt _majorts mowed her lawn all the neighbor hood boys would run to see her. In her shors and tank top, this was before her drug and Lee Majors days.

Owen and Luke Wilson


OH nad Janice, isnt Dane Cook from Boston? Or do you even live in Boston?

Courteney Cox-Arquette is from Birmingham, Alabama which is about 2 hours from me. No one from my immediate home town though.

Dean Martin

Traci Lords (real name Nora Louise Kuzma)

Charles Ogle- Silent film actor. Played the monster in Thomas Edison's Frankenstein in 1910.)

Trevor Harris- a local kid who was in some bad direct-to-video movies such as Leeches, The Frightening, and Speed Demon).

Joyce DeWitt, Robert Urich, and Brad Paisley-country singer are from nearby local towns.

John Corbett from Northern Exposure has a farm about 25 miles away from me.

You live in Steubenville? Huh! I had family in Bergholz, and a distant relative was once on the Steubenville city council.

Robert Knepper ("Prison Break") is from Muamee, Ohio, the Toledo suburb I once lived in.

Paige Turco( used to be on All My Children, The Agency)
Travis Best(ex NBA Player).