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Does anyone famous come from your hometown?

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by Talimze wins the prize on Jul 23, 2007 at 10:07 pm Permalink

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Linda Hamilton (aka Sarah Conner)
Kevin Shaffer, the football player
Alexis Denisof, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
John Glover, from Smallville
Jessica Lee Rose (aka lonelygirl15)
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Answer 2 out of 92

by siberiankiss on Jul 23, 2007 at 9:59 pm Permalink

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Kenny Wayne Shephard went to my high school. Woot.

Hank Williams, Jr and Leadbelly are from here, too.
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Answer 3 out of 92

by hdsquaver spark on Apr 13, 2007 at 10:20 pm Permalink

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Katharine Lee Bates
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Horace Mann
Robert Preston
Anne Sexton
Roger Sherman, the only person to have signed all four basic documents of American sovereignty: the Continental Association of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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Answer 4 out of 92

by Rescuer Treesaw on Apr 13, 2007 at 10:05 pm Permalink

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Bob Dylan
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Answer 5 out of 92

by Darryl61 on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:11 pm Permalink

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I'm from Detroit, and we had a few I guess. Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, Aretha Franklin (yes I know she was born in Tennessee, but she was raised in Detroit).
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Answer 6 out of 92

by mikol on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:02 pm Permalink

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Mill Valley, CA

rock stars: Huey Lewis, Jeff Watson, Bob Weir, Sammy Hagar, Bonnie Raitt
late author: Wright Morris
actors: Peter Coyote, Dana Carvey, Jill Eikenberry, Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Tucker, Eve Arden
source: wikipedia
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Answer 7 out of 92

by MG1942 Has a Life Penguin on Apr 13, 2007 at 10:04 pm Permalink

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Graduates from Ward Mellville High School East Setauket, L.I. N.Y.
Me-1987.
Kevin James(King of Queens) 1983.
Mick Foley (Wrestler) 1978 i think.
John Fugelsang(America's Funniest Videos) 1987 too. Don't remember him tho.
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Avatar Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today Apr, 13 2007 at 10:05 PM
You had to say Mick Foley.
that's too funny.
Avatar MG1942 Has a Life Penguin Apr, 13 2007 at 10:07 PM
I was more impressed with John Fugelsang. He graduated my year, but he musta been a real geek, 'cause I don't remember him.
Avatar MG1942 Has a Life Penguin Apr, 13 2007 at 10:09 PM
+4 thx for question:-)

Answer 8 out of 92

by - retroglide - on Mar 26, 2008 at 11:00 am Permalink

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Yes, a few!

Arts

* Marcello Angelini[1], ballet dancer
* Ted Berrigan[2], poet
* Michelle Firment Reid[3], artist
* P. S. Gordon[4], painter
* Ron Padgett[5], poet
* Kelie Myers[6], painter

Business

* Frank Abagnale[7], fraud expert, former con man, subject of Catch Me If You Can
* Tareq Al-Suwaidan[8], economist and multi-billionaire, Kuwait Investment Authority
* Thomas Gilcrease[9], oilman, founder of Gilcrease Museum
* George Kaiser[10], billionaire chairman of BOK Financial Corporation
* Henry Kravis[11], billionaire co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
* Bill Bartmann[12], businessman, named as "One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years"[13]

Music

* Elvin Bishop
* Garth Brooks[14], country music singer
* J. J. Cale[15], songwriter and musician, an originator of The Tulsa Sound
* Jeremy Castle[16], country music singer and songwriter
* Chuck Cissel[17], singer and dancer
* Roy Clark, [country music|country]] musician
* David Cook
* Joe Diffie[18], country musician
* Phil Driscoll, trumpet player and singer, Christian and jazz musician
* Ronnie Dunn[19] (Brooks and Dunn)
* The Gap Band, Charlie, Ronnie & Robert Wilson, R&B, funk, and soul band
* Hanson, Isaac, Taylor & Zac Hanson, Pop band
* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, jazz band
* David Gates (Bread)
* Tosca Kramer, violinist, violist, and music educator
* Fredell Lack, violinist
* Patti Page
* Pillar (band)
* Carl Radle, musician, bassist for Derek and the Dominos
* Leon Russell, singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist
* David Terry, The do everything man from the band Aqueduct (band)
* Hank Thompson
* Wayman Tisdale, jazz musician and former professional basketball player
* Dwight Twilley, musician
* Jared Tyler, singer-songwriter and producer
* Bob Wills, country music singer
* Charlie Wilson, R&B singer and lead singer of The Gap Band
* Bob Wootton, Lead guitarist for the Tennessee Three from 1969 to 1996 (part time from then on)
* Jelly Roll, hip-hop producer

Politics

* Dewey F. Bartlett, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma and U.S. Senator
* James Inhofe, U.S. Senator
* Frank Keating, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma
* David Hall, former Governor of the state of Oklahoma
* Sheila Kuehl, former actress, now California State Senator
* Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former Democratic U.S. Senator representing the state of New York
* John Sullivan, member of the United States House of Representatives
* Tom Adelson, member of the Oklahoma State Senate
* Brian Crain, member of the Oklahoma State Senate
* Terry Young, former Mayor of the City of Tulsa

Print

* Daniel J. Boorstin, historian and writer; former Librarian of Congress
* John Hope Franklin, African American historian
* Martin Gardner, author of works on philosophy, mathematics and literature
* S. E. Hinton, author
* Russell Myers, cartoonist of the Broom-Hilda comic strip
* Dan Piraro, cartoonist of the Bizarro comic strip
* Michael Wallis, author

Radio

* Paul Harvey, radio personality

Screen

* Gene Autry
* William Boyd (actor) (Hopalong Cassidy)
* Gary Busey, actor
* Kristin Chenoweth, Broadway actress
* Cindy Chupack, scriptwriter for Sex and the City
* Larry Clark, film director and photographer
* Iron Eyes Cody, actor
* Larry Drake
* Blake Edwards
* Alice Ghostley
* Clu Gulager
* Bill Hader, actor
* Jennifer Jones, actress
* Heather Langenkamp, actress
* Rue McClanahan
* Tommy Morrison
* Tim Blake Nelson, actor and director
* Mary Kay Place, actress
* Tony Randall, actor
* Julian Rebolledo, actor and voice talent
* Gailard Sartain, actor
* Ted Shackelford, actor
* Peter Simon
* Mary Stuart
* Wes Studi
* Wayman Tisdale
* Jeanne Tripplehorn, actress
* Amber Valletta, actress and supermodel
* Mason Williams
* Alfre Woodard, actress
* Judy Woodruff, news anchor and journalist
* Don Woods, meteorologist
* Jerry Nelson, one of the puppeteers for the Muppets

Sports

* Quentin Chaney, Oklahoma Sooners Wide Receiver
* Matt Gogel, professional golfer
* Bill Goldberg, former professional football and wrestler
* Randy Heckenkemper, golf course designer
* Koyie Hill, Major League Baseball catcher
* Steve Largent, Seattle Seahawks hall of fame wide receiver
* Robert Meachem, New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver
* Kenny Monday, Olympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling
* Charlie O'Brien, former professional baseball catcher
* Nolan Richardson, former college basketball coach for the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas
* Tubby Smith, college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota; former coach of the University of Tulsa, University of Georgia and University of Kentucky
* Sammy Sosa, professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers and former player for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles (formerly of Minor league baseball's Tulsa Drillers)
* John Starks, former professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
* Iciss Tillis, professional basketball player of the WNBA's Washington Mystics
* Wayman Tisdale, former professional basketball player
* Ernie Torres, Professional Skateboarder
* Peter Ramondetta, Professional [Skateboarder]]

Other

* Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006.
* Haydn Porter, model
http://en.wikipedia.org/.../...m_Tulsa,_Oklahoma
Answer originally posted in response to Has anyone famous been born or lived in your hometown?
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Avatar - retroglide - Mar, 26 2008 at 03:08 PM
Well, it also depends on your definition of famous. =])
Avatar E is for Ellie Mar, 27 2008 at 08:50 AM
=D
Avatar king of ellipses Jun, 26 2008 at 07:47 PM
ya, I think Sosa is the only sports person I'd even hear of. Damn, I didn't know Tulsa was so...so...famous!

Answer 9 out of 92

by macdjug-Paxvobiscum on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:54 am Permalink

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Charles Schultz used to work right down the street from where I lived. I even met him at his skating arena once. He was a very friendly and approachable person and preferred to be called Sparky.
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Avatar Someguy is sad again Mar, 26 2008 at 10:56 AM
awesome!

Answer 10 out of 92

by Taciturnu on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:50 am Permalink

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Bob Vila. The Kennedys. Many famous people have vacation homes around me. Arnold and Maria Shriver were married just up the street from me, if that counts for anything.
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