Straight Outta Your Town!

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Hi all

This is a random question I came up with this morning....
Are there any celebrities/famous people (scientists, politicians, singers, actors, directors, etc.) from your town? And if so, do they ever go back to their roots?
Diane Weist is from Savannah (from what I've heard, she actually lived on the island that I grew up on, Wilmington Island). She played Wynona Ryder's mom in Beetlejuice and one of the witch aunts in Practical Magic.
Also, Clarence Thomas, who is a justice on the US Supreme Court, is from Sandfly, which is a little town within Savannah.
Though they're not from Savannah, Ben Afflek
, Sandra Bullock, and Burt Reynolds all own homes in Savannah and Sandy and Ben have been spotted frequently all over town.
 

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Fergie Jenkins (Baseball Hall of Famer) is from Chatham, Ontario - where I lived until last May. In fact, I lived right across the road from the house in which he grew up. The story goes that he used to practise his pitching by throwing stones through the open doors of boxcars that rolled past on the railway tracks at the bottom of the street. It would be harder for him to do it today - they don't leave the boxcar doors open anymore:-).

He regularly returns and is Parade Marshall or Guest of Honour or some such thing and is always welcome when he returns.

There are others, but I can't think of them right off.

Kathryn
 
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Cool you have a celeb from your corner of the world
It's a good thing- don't think I know of anyone famous from Stockbridge (though Chick-Fil-A was started near there!).
 

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Sting lived 20 minutes from my parents house.

Brian Ferry lived about 30 minutes from where i live now.

Heather Mills McCartney used to live about the same distance because she lived near Brian Ferry's town.

The lead singer out of AC/DC, Brian something? still has a house about 15 minutes from where i work.

As far as i know they do come back because they still have relatives over here.

Theres some more i'm sure so i'll have a think!
 
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Originally Posted by rosiemac

Sting lived 20 minutes from my parents house.
The lead singer out of AC/DC, Brian something? still has a house about 15 minutes from where i work.
Oh Susan, to live so close to Sting and a member of AC/DC.... I'd be in hog heaven!!!!!
 

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lol none that i know of.. have to ask bf

but when i lived in australia i lived around the corner from Neighbours the tv show :p
 

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Well, I grew up about 1/4 mile from where our president, William Mckinley grew up........

Patricia Heaton, from Everyone loves Raymond, is from here, as is Drew Carey...
 

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Cincinnati here!

Nick Lachey (you know, Mr. Jessica Simpson?) is from here. I hear one of Nick's bandmates from 98 Degrees will be running for Mayor! A singing Mayor! Someone said they spotted Nick & Jessica at Kings Island last weekend.

Steven Spielberg was born in Cincinnati. You all know who *he* is.

That's all I know of really, I think there are some soap opera / daytime TV type famous people from this area but they aren't as famous as Nick & Mr. Spielberg.
 

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Oh what a fun thread!


There's a few people from Ormond Beach and the nearby areas.
Rockefeller had a home in Ormond that is now called The Casements and serves as a museum and art type studio. I took ballet there one year.

The Allman Brothers are from my area as well (don't know if they lived in Ormond or Daytona though) and they graduated from my high school (Seabreeze)!

John Travolta owned a home a two towns south of Ormond, Port Orange.

Some wrestlers live in Ormond
as well as some NASCAR drivers. In fact, Darryl Waltrip's nephew and I went to school together for years.

The creator of Hawaiian Tropic lives in Ormond with his bratty daughter Sterling (the HT plant is also in Ormond).

There's also some retired basketball players that live in Ormond.

Orlando has a lot more though and I know I'm not going to be able to get them all. I'll see who I can remember though.

Tiger Woods is from Orlando.

Obviously a bunch of basketball players live in Orlando.

The Backstreet Boys started in Orlando (they were actually named after a market where area teens used to hang out) and Howie and AJ were born in Orlando. Howie still lives here but is the only one.

NSYNC was also started in Orlando. JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone all live here.

That group O-Town was (obviously) started in Orlando and they lived here for a while.

Some Nickelodeon stars live in Orlando as one of the Nickelodeon Studios is in Universal Studios here.

Can I count Mickey Mouse and Spongebob Squarepants??


I can't remember anymore so that will have to do for now.
 

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Linda Ronstadt lives about a mile from my house. She was born and raised here in Tucson.

Paul McCartney owns a ranch here. As a matter of fact, that's the house in which Linda McCartney died.

Mafia don Joe Bonanno lived here, from the 1930s until he died a few years ago.

John Denver attended Tucson High for a year, when his father was stationed at our Air Force base.

Gary Shandling and Geraldo Rivera attended the UofA.

Author Fr. Andrew Greely has a winter home here and is on the faculty of the UofA.
 

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I can't think of a lot... The Crash Test Dummies, Neil Young, and Burton Cummings. That's all I can think of.
 
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Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

Well, I grew up about 1/4 mile from where our president, William Mckinley grew up........

Patricia Heaton, from Everyone loves Raymond, is from here, as is Drew Carey...
Patricia Heaton is a member of the same sorority as me. Very very cool.... as is Drew Carey!!!
 
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Originally Posted by darkeyedgirl

Cincinnati here!
Nick Lachey (you know, Mr. Jessica Simpson?) is from here. I hear one of Nick's bandmates from 98 Degrees will be running for Mayor! A singing Mayor! Someone said they spotted Nick & Jessica at Kings Island last weekend.
Steven Spielberg was born in Cincinnati. You all know who *he* is.
That's all I know of really, I think there are some soap opera / daytime TV type famous people from this area but they aren't as famous as Nick & Mr. Spielberg.
Love King's Island...too fun. Yeah, Justin Jeffres (sp?) is the one running for mayor, right? Should be interesting. Also, Jerry Spring used to be mayor of Cincy!
I knew there was a reason why I always loved Spielberg movies....
 
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Katherine and Cindy- you two have more celebs from your towns than I could shake a stick at. Wow. I bet everyone there has whiplash from all of the celeb sightings!!
 

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John Deere (the tractor guy) was from Rutland Vermont.... Warren Kimble lived in Brandon Vermont. Rudy Vallee, Island Pond. And um... well Howard Dean.
 
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Originally Posted by Ali012281

John Deere (the tractor guy) was from Rutland Vermont.... Warren Kimble lived in Brandon Vermont. Rudy Vallee, Island Pond. And um... well Howard Dean.
I'd be DANG proud to be from the same place as Howard Dean!
Vermont is a very smart place!
And John Deere....well, I have him to thank for half of Bradley's wardrobe!
 

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Originally Posted by ugaimes

I'd be DANG proud to be from the same place as Howard Dean!
Vermont is a very smart place!
And John Deere....well, I have him to thank for half of Bradley's wardrobe!
John Deere makes clothes?? I know they have hats but I didn't know they made more apparel than that. Interesting...
 

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LOL. I know there are John Deere tshirts and I think they have this logo on Carharts now too. lol
 
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