In Massachusetts, I'll say John F. Kennedy.

Jerry Springer I'm sad to say, lol. He's the first person that pops into my head when I think Chicago. If Illinois, then probably Abraham Lincoln.

Madonna
Eminem
Kid Rock

Ummm.... Jimmy Buffett. He's from the county that I live in.

hmmm, Ben Franklin most likely...

more recent are Katherine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Bill Cosby, etc...

Originally posted by Janice
In Massachusetts, I'll say John F. Kennedy.

Yes....that's what I was going to say. I also have his birthday too :cool:

She's not a star yet but the only one i can think of from Texas is Kelly Clarkson

New Jersey...hmm...
Jon Bon Jovi
Kirsten Dunst
Whitney Houston
Buzz Aldrin
Jason Alexander
Jason Biggs

That's all I can think of right now...

Um...I dunno. :/

Well, I dnt kno any that are from Oklahoma, but Im from Los Angeles so there are a wholeeeeeee lot.....I lived in Detroit and from Detroit, theres Kid Rock, Eminem, Aretha Franklin, Slum Village, from Philadelphia there's Jill Scott and some others that i dont remember.....

Robert Wagner
Henry Ford
Madonna
Eminem

Michael Jordon

Indiana

david letterman
garfield <G>
cole porter
florence henderson
john cougar (mellencamp)
carole lombard
jimmy dean
shelly long
vivika a. fox
jimmy hoffa & john dillenger (i cant remember if charles manson is from here, or was just incarcerated here a while )

"Roger" from What's Happening
Ron Glass from barney Miller (maybe?)
The Jackson Family
ernie pyle
the dude who played sherif lobo on gentle ben - i think???

president harrison

ryan white (i went to school with him - i guess he counts as famous)
larry bird
bobby knight
red skelton
dan flippin' quayle
karl malden
joyce de witt
greg kinnear
axl rose (more embarrased about him than dan quayle)
colonel sanders!
clifton webb (the original mr. belvedere!)

one of the darrins from bewitched -- the 1st one i think
well, i cant think of any more right now, lol

I live in New York...and there are so many famous people from here. But the two that come to mind at the moment are Jennifer Lopez and Ashanti.

Originally posted by Joyce Dewitt's#1 Fan
She's not a star yet but the only one i can think of from Texas is Kelly Clarkson
ANNA NICOLE SMITH!:woohoo:

Originally posted by Janice
In Massachusetts, I'll say John F. Kennedy.
:faint: You forgot..... CONAN!!:nonono:


Adam Sandler: Manchester.
Pierce, the 14th president.

hmmm theres been alot the One that I can think of right off the top of my head is the woman who use to play Wonderwoman
(My state is Oregon by the way)

Stephen King (Ive Seen his house up close before) and Scotty Too Hotty from WWE.

I'm from Massachusetts but I think the most famous from Texas would probably be Selena

Originally posted by Shane West's Angel
New Jersey...hmm...
Jon Bon Jovi
Kirsten Dunst
Whitney Houston
Buzz Aldrin
Jason Alexander
Jason Biggs

That's all I can think of right now...

More NJ:
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Springsteen
Paul Simon
Brian DePalma
Joe Pesci
Michael Douglas
Queen Latifah
Jerry Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis

Jason Kidd lives in my town currently.

GA:

James Longstreet
One of our beloved presidents. :)

Wales:
Charlotte Church ( =) )
Prince Llwelyn

Welwyn Garden City, Herts, England (my current residence) :
Jelena Dokic (women's tennis star)
Nick Faldo (former golf superstar)
Me!

Lebanon:
No-one you've heard of. However, Prime Minister Senari deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

The town I live in....
Richard Gere
Vanessa Williams
Rick Fox
And

The Clintons

Tony Shalhoub from 'Monk' is from Green Bay. His niece is my brother's ex-girlfriend.

Gene Wilder, Kevin and Chris Farley, and that guy from Sportscenter are all from Wisconsin.

Jeffrey Dahmer, too. :rolleyes:

I don't count Brett and the rest of the Packers as celebrities or famous people cuz I see them every day. I passed Brett Favre in the mall yesterday and said hi. He smiled and waved. I love Brett.

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And for whoever was from Indiana... I forgot who, sorry...

SCOTT'S FROM INDIANA!

LOL. Sorry. :lol:

Dan Marino
Cristina Aguliera
Arnold Palmer

George Clooney
The Judds

I forgot one
Billy Ray Cyrus

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Originally posted by Shane West's Angel
New Jersey...hmm...
Jon Bon Jovi
Kirsten Dunst
Whitney Houston
Buzz Aldrin
Jason Alexander
Jason Biggs

That's all I can think of right now...
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Originally posted by UpstairsSteak


More NJ:
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Springsteen
Paul Simon
Brian DePalma
Joe Pesci
Michael Douglas
Queen Latifah
Jerry Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis

Jason Kidd lives in my town currently.

Angel, Steakster A few more from Joisey:

Danny DeVito
Jersey Joe Wolcott
Bill Bradley
Lou Costello ("Abbott and Costello")
The Jersey Devil

From Michigan;
Ted Nugent
Tom Selleck
Marlo and Danny Thomas
Most of the people associated with Motown
Jeff Daniels
Chad Everett
Sonny Bono
James Earl Jones



From Bay City;
Question Mark and the Mysterians
Madonna

From Flint;
Sandra Bernhard
Grand Funk

From Saginaw;
Stevie Wonder


I know I have missed a lot of others but these are the ones that I remember:)

Originally posted by Rockapella722

Jeffrey Dahmer, too. :rolleye.

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Sarah MacLaughlin
Ann Murray
Donald Sutherland
Keifer Sutherland
Hank Snow..thats all I can think of right now.

Originally posted by Joyce Dewitt's#1 Fan
She's not a star yet but the only one i can think of from Texas is Kelly Clarkson

You forgot good old George W. Bush! :lol:

Originally posted by britt britt
Sarah MacLaughlin
Ann Murray
Donald Sutherland
Keifer Sutherland
Hank Snow..thats all I can think of right now.
From Canada Britt? Isn't Michael J. Fox Canadian?

Originally posted by AnahiemPMWitch
hmmm theres been alot the One that I can think of right off the top of my head is the woman who use to play Wonderwoman
(My state is Oregon by the way)

Oregon=Joey Harrington! :liplick: :eyes: He's everything here in Detroit, at least to me and most other football fans.

I lvie in Texas

Carol Burnett!:D

Buddy Holly ( hes dead but yeah )
Randy Quiad
Some others too:D

Originally posted by UpstairsSteak


More NJ:
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Springsteen
Paul Simon
Brian DePalma
Joe Pesci
Michael Douglas
Queen Latifah
Jerry Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis

Jason Kidd lives in my town currently.


Wow! I didn't know all those people came from NJ. I knew Kirsten Dunst did though. They all must be from North Jersey 'cause I live in South Jersey-where nothing exciting happens.

Originally posted by Janice

From Canada Britt? Isn't Michael J. Fox Canadian?

yeah, but he's not from Nova Scotia. it would be cool if he was though lol.

Originally posted by ILoveLucyfan4eva


Oregon=Joey Harrington! :liplick: :eyes: He's everything here in Detroit, at least to me and most other football fans. :lol: Yeah him to I know theres more but theres so many I cant even name them all off

Big Valley's Peter Breck lived in my town in the 1940's. Also
Alexander G Bell did experiments here.

There's alot from California. So I will just use the ones from my town.


Buck Owens
Merle Haggard
Jonathan Davis.

There's more but i can't think of them

Yeah, I'm from Washington State, so I'll just use my city.

Michael Anderson (from the tragic Columbia mission)
Bing Crosby
Tom Foley
Jan-Michael Gambill
Chuck Jones
Craig T. Nelson
Mark Rypien
Ryne Sandberg
John Stockton
Julia Sweeney
Michael Winslow

Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe, Ron Harper, Mike Schmidt, Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) and Dave Chappelle are all from the Dayton area. There's more but I can't think of them right now.

reese witherspoon -nashville
a few presidents-jackson ,polk, former vp al go
justin timberlake-memphis

Here's some from Nebraska:
Malcolm X was born on May 19,1925 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Johnny Carson was raised in Norfolk Nebraska
Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 3, 1924
Henry Fonda was born and raised in GrandIsland Nebraska
Ahmen Green- Played for the Huskers

Some famous West Virginians include-
Don knotts, Joyce DeWitt, Soupy Sales, Kathy Mataea (sp?) coughhackmecoughhack...teehe :D There's quite a few, believe it or not, but I can't remember who(m) else.

Also from Flint:

Michael Moore

John Logie-Baird is the most famous person from my town. In case any of you don't know who he is, he is the man who invented the television. All must worship him! :notworthy Where would we be without TV! :lol:

Originally posted by Mossopp
John Logie-Baird is the most famous person from my town. In case any of you don't know who he is, he is the man who invented the television. All must worship him! :notworthy Where would we be without TV! :lol:

Are you serious?!?! Dude....I'm lovin' Scotland more and more each day! ;)

Originally posted by Miss Karly


Are you serious?!?! Dude....I'm lovin' Scotland more and more each day! ;)

Yep, it's true. There is a special room dedicated to him in the Helensburgh town library.

Originally posted by JoPol_wannabe
Here's some from Nebraska:
Malcolm X was born on May 19,1925 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Johnny Carson was raised in Norfolk Nebraska
Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 3, 1924
Henry Fonda was born and raised in GrandIsland Nebraska
Ahmen Green- Played for the Huskers


Some more from Nebraska are:

Nick Nolte- born in Omaha
Former president- Gerald R. Ford lived in Omaha for 4 years
Former wrestlers- STING and Ted Dibiase from Omaha
Gayle Sayers- went to omaha central high school
Willa Cather- famous author- Red CLoud
Chief Red Cloud
John Parella- former Husker
Trev Alberts- ESPN anaylist former Husker

Originally posted by pandora_spocks



Wow! I didn't know all those people came from NJ. I knew Kirsten Dunst did though. They all must be from North Jersey 'cause I live in South Jersey-where nothing exciting happens.
:lol: One of my brothers lives in South Jersey and he would agree! Springsteen was pretty far south but I'm all the way north so it's all south to me - I'm not sure where in Jersey some of the others are from.