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Edgar Allen Poe
Babe Ruth
Johnny Unitas
Cal Ripken Jr.
Hasim Rahman
Charles Dutton
Montell Williams
Parker Posey
Jada Pinkett Smith
Monique
Sam Cassell
Cab Calloway
Muggsy Bogues
Anna Farris
This is just what I can think of off the top of my head...
What famous folks come from your area?
anthony mingella (film director, oscar winner)
lee bradbury (footballer)
The bees
Elen Macarther (mini boat bird)
as you can see were not overloaded with talent, theres prob more but i dunno!
Billy Mitchell ;D ::**
Johny Alen 8) ::**
Jermiane Defoe >:mad
Alton Thellwel :P ;D
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Ray Winstone (Kinda)
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Billy Williams (aka Jango) 8) :-\
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Kano ;)
Thats about it really :-[
Jimmy Saville :-\
Patrick Stewart ::**
John Craven :-[
uhhhhh
Me ;)
Ugghhh
Carey Grant
Tom Cribb
Wallace and Gromit
Portishead
Roni Size
Monique?? the comedian?...that fat whore!!! she just did a comedy special in a womens prison where she talked sh*t about the criminal justice system!!!! she had 2 women as guest of honor there...the 2 women went on a killing spree here in Dayton back in 1992...during CHRISTMAS!!!! They were charged and convicted of killing 7 people......Monique NEVER told this...she simply joked about time sentanced and how she was so "Proud she was of the for holding their heads up high and surviving"....F**K that C**T!!!! other than that I like your list.....:)
Well...I'm just gonna say the people from all the places I lived. And I'm not looking it up.
Pernell Whitaker and about 10 million other athletes including Michael Vick, Aaron Brooks and Ronald came from the Norfolk, Virginia area. Curry played my brother in high school. Best high school football player ever.
Muhammad Ali used to visit Hopkinsville, Kentucky as a kid. Minnesota Vikings running back Artose Pinner played with my brothers in high school, and they went to state. He was 2nd team All American that year. Boring town.
Christopher Titus is a comedian who always talks about growing up in a shit hole and all that in Newark, California. Well...I lived around the block from where he grew up, and those houses are nice as all hell. Fucken liar. Still funny as hell.
MC Hammer lived in the Niles section of Fremont, California along with a bunch of Oakland Raiders. Larry Allen went to Sonoma State which is just around the corner from my house.
I could name everyone from the Bay Area but that would go on forever.
Oscar De La Hoya, I grew 3 blocks down 8th street on Glenn Ave. he grew up in Opal St. near where he build his youth center now.
Sugar Shane Mosley
Edward James Olmos
Richie Valens
Drew Barrymore
Nikki Cox
Ice Cube
Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre
Michael Keaton
Dustin Hoffman
Kate Hudson
Cheech Marin
George Lopez
Val Kilmer
Norma Jean Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe)
Darryl Strawberry
Angelina Jolie
Crap! I can be here all night..... :(
Ok here's the Ohio list (abbreviated of course)
Neil Armstrong
Halley Berry
Nancy Cartwright-voice of Bart Simpson
Wes Craven
Dorthy Dandridge-Halley Berry Played her in a movie about her
Doris Day
Thomas Alva Edison
Clark Gable
John Glenn
Archie Griffin-only 2 time heisman winner
Ulysses S Grant-President
Warren Harding-President
Rutherford B Hayes-President
Benjamin Harrison-President
William Henry Harrison-President
Kennisaw Landis-first baseball commisioner
Dean Martin-yes THAT Dean Martin, the rat pack alum
William Mckinley-President
Paul Newman-actor
Jack Nicklaus-golfer, Golden Bear
Annie Oakley
Jesse Owens
William Sherman-general-check history for US big general..BIG
Steven Spielberg-oh yeah
Gloria Steinum
William H Taft-President
Tecumseh-famous indian chief
Ted Turner-turner broadcast system TBS-owner of the Atlanta Braves
Orvill Wright-inventor of the airplane
Cy Young-greatest pitcher EVER...CY YOUNG award
California has nothing on us!!!
I only did the Los Angeles County if I did California for get it..... :-X ;) 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by THE Bigragu
Lol I think Oakland alone would top that list. No offense Big but I think it would.
Your missing Tupac as well as David Wingate as well as Brazilianbomber.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
no way bro.....7 presidents locks it up bro!!! :).......Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
quit hitting the pipe..:) 7 presidents.speak volumes....Angelina Jolie...Famous?? come on man...she won't even be mentioned 30 years from now....Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
I bet in a stand you couldn't point them out 1 by 1.... You'd probaby could ID Taft & Grant but the rest..... ???Quote:
Originally Posted by THE Bigragu
Marilyn Monroe blows them out of the water..... (no pun intended) ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by THE Bigragu
Ok, so I was off on Oakland. But between those 7 obscure 1800's presidents you have people like Wes Craven and Gloria Steinem :D