Are there any famous people from your town or state?!
Question: I live in Michigan and this is who I could think of:
Eminem
Madonna
Henry Ford
Gerald R. Ford
Bob Seger
Soupy Sales
Kristen Bell
Tony Dungy (from my hometown of Jackson)
Mike Modano
Jeff Daniels
Those guys that wrote the Ameican Pie movies
Tony the Tiger
Aretha Franklin
Answers: I live in Michigan and this is who I could think of:
Eminem
Madonna
Henry Ford
Gerald R. Ford
Bob Seger
Soupy Sales
Kristen Bell
Tony Dungy (from my hometown of Jackson)
Mike Modano
Jeff Daniels
Those guys that wrote the Ameican Pie movies
Tony the Tiger
Aretha Franklin
Calgary:
Earle Birney - poet
John Glenn - Calgary's earliest recorded European Settler
Alvin Law - motivational speaker
Sam Livingston - Irish-born early settler in Calgary
James Lougheed head of military hospitals during World War I
Nellie McClung - writer and activist
Ron Southern - founder of Spruce Meadows
Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
George F.G. Stanley - designer of the Canadian flag
Ken Taylor - Canadian ambassador to Iran. Helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iranian hostage crisis
Abdul Traya - Successful Internet Entrepreneur, also founder of WestNet Wireless
Robert Thirsk - astronaut
James Gosling - creator of the Java programming language
David Winning - film and television director
Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
John Ware - pioneer rancher
David Albahari - Serbian born author
Theo de Raadt - Founder and head of the OpenBSD project
Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada - Resides in Calgary - Stephen Harper was born in Toronto.
William Aberhart - former Premier of Alberta
Richard Bennett - former Prime Minister of Canada
Monte Solberg - Conservative politician
Ralph Klein - former Mayor of Calgary and Premier of Alberta
Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
Ernest Manning - former Premier of Alberta
Normie Kwong - former CFL player and current Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta
Stu Hart - professional wrestler, promoter and trainer
Trevor Boys, NASCAR driver
Owen Hargreaves - professional soccer player
Bret Hart - professional wrestler
Owen Hart - professional wrestler
Teddy Hart - professional wrestler
Dany Heatley - professional ice hockey player
Kevin McKenna - professional soccer player
Curtis Myden - Olympic bronze medalist swimming
Chris Reitsma - professional baseball player
Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
Jason Smith - professional ice hockey player
Mark Tewksbury - Olympic gold medalist swimming
Mike Vernon - professional National Hockey League player
Bad News Allen - professional wrestler aka Allen Coage
Lance Storm - professional wrestler
Don Cairns - professional National Hockey League player
Nolan Baumgartner - professional ice hockey player
Sheena Lawrick - Olympic softball player
Peter Lougheed - former Premier of Alberta.
Mark Rypien - Super Bowl XXVI MVP
Jamie Salé - Olympic gold medallist skater
Jim Neidhart - professional wrestler
Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart- professional wrestler
Chris Jericho - professional wrestler (lived in Calgary for many years after initially coming for pro wrestling training)
T.J. Wilson - professional wrestler
Harry Smith (wrestler) - professional wrestler
Nate Burleson - professional football player - Seattle Seahawks
Mark Astley - former NHL player
Jann Arden - Singer
Paul Brandt - Country music singer
George Fox (musician) - Country music singer-songwriter
Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Ogilvie) - vocalist for the industrial band Skinny Puppy
Melissa O'Neil - 2005 Canadian Idol winner
Elisha Cuthbert - actress (Although she moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17)
Paul Gross - actor
Leslie Feist - singer-songwriter
Roy Jenson - Actor
Tegan and Sara - Musicians
Rebecca Northan - actress
Albert Howell - actor
Peter Oldring - actor
Pat Kelly - actor
Tommy Chong - actor
Heather Marks - supermodel
Alberta:
from Lethbridge:
Conrad Bain, actor
Doug Barkley, hockey player
Rosella Bjornson, first female pilot for a commercial airline in North America
Bertram Brockhouse, Nobel Prize winner
Ronnie Burkett, puppeteer
Janet Cardiff, artist
David Cormican, actor
Gavin Crawford, actor
Kent Derricott, actor
Christopher Donaldson, screenwriter
Joyce Fairbairn, Canadian senator
Dar Heatherington, politician
David Hoffos, contemporary artist
Earl Ingarfield, Sr., hockey player
John Krizanc, playwright
Ernest George Mardon, educator and author
Kari Matchett, actor
Bill Matheson, meteorologist
Anne-Marie Mediwake, broadcaster
Julie Nolin, broadcaster
Jamie Pushor, hockey player
Duncan Regehr, actor
Stacy Roest, hockey player
Linda Smith, novelist
Richard Stevenson, poet
Doug Vogt, photojournalist
Michael Wex, novelist & playwright
from Edmonton :
Emily Murphy - first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote. One of the The Famous Five (Canada)
Nellie McClung - 1936 First woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC. One of the The Famous Five (Canada)
Russ Bannock - Canada's 2nd highest scoring ace of WWII
Karl Clark - UofA professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology
Ieuan Evans - plant specialist responsible for the successful distribution of the Evans Cherry nationally and internationally
Wop May - Pioneering aviator and bush pilot.
Punch Dickins - Aviator and bush pilot, Dickinsfield neighbourhood named in his honour.
Georges Bugnet - Poet and renowned plant breeder (moved to Edmonton from Rich Valley).
Max Ward - aviator and founder of Wardair air lines.
Ross McBain - founder of McBain Camera, founding president of the Edmonton Better Business Bureau, former president of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.
Terry Chen - Born February 3, 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Tommy Chong - Born May 24, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Rae Dawn Chong, Born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Michael J. Fox - Born June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Jill Hennessy - Born November 25, 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Nathan Fillion - Born March 27, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Bruce McCulloch - Born May 12, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Ron Pederson - Born January 8, 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Kenneth Welsh, Born March 30, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Catherine Mary Stewart, Born April 22, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Zillur Rahman John, Non-Verbal actor. Born November 02,1959.
Tommy Banks, musician
Beatrice Carmichael, Grand Dame of the opera
Brion Gysin, artist and writer
April Griffin, artist born in Edmonton
Peter Hide, British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977
Mel Hurtig, born June 24, 1932, is a Canadian publisher, author, and politician.
Stewart Lemoine, playwright
Marshall McLuhan, born July 21, 1911, in Edmonton, recipient of numerous awards and appointments
Jessica Owen, singer, songwriter, and actress
Cassius Khan, born June 7, 1974 Internationally renowned Indian Classical Tabla player/Ghazal singer
Aaron Paquette, renowned visual artist of Native American and Scandinavian descent, born May 16, 1974 in Edmonton
Jane Ash Poitras, First Nations artist who has garnered international acclaim
Arthur Hiller, Hollywood film director and former president of the Director's Guild of America
W.P. Kinsella, Author of "Field of Dreams" and tournament Scrabble player
Zillur Rahman John [Bangladeshi Canadian, Internationally renowned telented Mime and Pantomime Artiste,Director,Teacher,Researcher and Author of several Mime and Pantomime Books]
Chris Benoit, professional wrestler
Mac Colville and his brother Neil Colville - early stars in the NHL.
Michelle Conn, field hockey player
Grant Fuhr, ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, which is an Edmonton suburb
Randy Ferbey, multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion
Jennifer Heil, freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
Kelly Hrudey, ice hockey player
Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player
Cathy King, curler, from St Albert
Rochelle Loewen, model who appeared briefly with the WWE
Mark Messier, ice hockey player
Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player
Steven Reinprecht, ice hockey player
Dion Phaneuf, ice hockey player
Jay Bouwmeester, ice hockey player
John "Red" Pollard, jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit
Gary Beck, two time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
Jason MacDonald, UFC fighter
Kelly Perlette, 1978 Light MiddleWeight Boxing Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games
Jordan Urlacher (1981 - )
Francis G. Winspear, O.C., F.C.A., L.L.D. (1903 - 1997)
Harry Hole
Ralph King Hole, B.Comm. (1917 - 2007)
Ada Hole (1925 - )
Martha Henderson (1992 - ?)
Nancy-Ann Hodgson (1994 - )
Kanye West Mom was from here.
Will Rogers
Tisha Campbell
Reba McIntire
Carrie Underwood
Garth Brooks
john waters
tom clancy
Thats all I can think of. I'm originally from California.
Just me.
Jennifer Garner
Brad Paisley
Kathy Mattea (not sure if I spelled that right)
Randy Moss
Chad Pennington
I live underwater. Nobody famous, except for me, lives underwater.
My nephew Anthony Lerew was called up to pitch for the Atlanta Braves--not famous yet, but he's working on it!
Oh, and anyone who's seen the PA Lottery commercials (stupidest commercials on earth!!!!) knows that Gus, the second-most famous groundhog is from PA.
Marilyn Monroe(Norway)
Gustav Vigiland
If you are trying to find out where I live it is not working.
not the one you mentioned....
In my little town there was the guy who was President of the US for a day...can't remember his name. In my state...way too many to think of this early in the morning. Harry Truman would be the most famous, then there is Jesse James..etc etc etc
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Kylie Minogue
Cate Blanchett
Eric Bana
Guy Pearce
Rachel Griffiths
Portia De Rossi
Jesse Spencer
Cameron Daddo
Louis Mandylor
Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna Everidge)
Flea
I'm from the great state of Georgia and here are a few famous people that I can think of:
Burt Reynolds
Ray Charles
Ty Cobb
Julia Roberts
Kim Basinger
Martin Luther King
Button Gwinnett
Gladys Knight
Juliet Low
Little Richard
Sugar Ray Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Ezzard Charles
Margaret Mitchell
Trisha Yearwood
Travis Tritt
James Brown
Jimmy Carter
Bobby Jones
bill gates. kurt cobaine, jimmy hendrix, john wayne and bing crosby, i know, most of them are dead. ~ from washington
ozzy osbourne
duran duran
noddy holder and slade
roy wood
jasper carrot
cat deely
lenny henry
loads and loads of famous people that i cant think of right now....
Bobby Vee singer
Lynn Anderson singer
Angie Dickinson actress
Lawrence Welk bandleader
David Jones former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
Eric Sevareid newsman
Phil Jackson basketball coach
Peggy Lee singer
Louis L'Amour western writer
Ann Sothern actress
my next door neighbor is a famous football player for a major team here in N.Y...
I live in Sydney Australia here is just a few I could think of that live and come from my home state, there are heaps more others but I don't want to hog all the space.
Nicole Kidman, actress
Hugh Jackman, actor
Toni Collette, actress
Cate Blanchet, actress
Mel Gibson, actor
Jacqueline Mc Kenzie, actress
Hugo Weaving, actor
Bill Hunter, actor
Olivia Newton John, singer/actor
Sam Elliot, actor
Natalie Imbruglia, singer
Tina Arena, singer
Delta Goodrem, singer
The Dyvinals ,Band
Air Supply , Band
Midnight Oil, Band
The Veronicas, Band
INXS, Band
AC/DC. Band
The Bee Gee's,Band
Savage Garden,Band
Russel Crowe, actor
Judy Davis, actress
Tim Draxl, actor
Renee Zellweger, actress
Heath Ledger, actor
Naomi Watts, actress
Claudia Black, actress
Geoffrey Rush, actor
Julian Mc Mahon. actor
Jimmy Barnes, Singer
Marcia Hinds, Singer
Dominic Purcell actor
Silverchair, Band
Jennifer Hawkins - Model Miss World
I am angry with you since you didn't mention myself in your list
Ned Betty- "Deliverance" other movies
Annie Potts- "Designing Women" "Ghost Busters" others
Sue Grafton- Author of the ABC Kinsey M. novels
Phil Simms- Quarterback
All from Louisville, KY
From Kentucky:
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
The Judd's- Ashley, Winona & mom
Tom T Hall
Not very exciting but here goes...
Tim Allen
Douglas Fairbanks
Jessica Biel
Kerri Russel
Matt Stone and Trey Parker (The South Park guys)