by - retroglide - on March 26th, 2008
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/wiki/Famous_people_from_Tulsa,_Oklahoma
by macdjug-Paxvobiscum on March 26th, 2008
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.
by Talimze wins the prize on July 23rd, 2007
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)
by siberiankiss on July 23rd, 2007
Kenny Wayne Shephard went to my high school. Woot.
Hank Williams, Jr and Leadbelly are from here, too.
by Darryl61 on February 27th, 2007
by mikol on February 27th, 2007
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
by 1THING on January 22nd, 2009
Yes, your mom.
by Carmella on January 22nd, 2009
The Beatles, unfortunately.
by JamesD on March 26th, 2008
I don't know whether you would consider them famous, but:
William Walton, (late composer),
and
Louise Brown, (the world's first 'test-tube' baby), were born in the town where I live. :-)
by iwnit on March 26th, 2008
I was born in Paris. A lot of famous people are buried there:
"Antonio de La Gandara, painter
Guillaume Apollinaire , Poet
Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor
Honoré de Balzac , writer
Henri Barbusse , writer
Paul Barras, statesman during the French Revolution
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, musician & more
Gilbert Bécaud, singer
Vincenzo Bellini, composer of operas
Sarah Bernhardt, actress
Georges Bizet, composer
Alexander Brogniart, architect
Ettore Bugatti automobile manufacturer
Gustave Caillebotte, painter
Maria Callas, Opera singer
Jean-Joseph Carriès, sculptor
Pierre Cartellier, sculptor
Jean-François Champollion, Egyptologist, decipherer of hieroglyphic text
Frédéric Chopin , composer (although his heart is entombed in a pillar in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, Poland)
Colette, Writer
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, painter
Thomas Couture, painter, teacher
Edouard Daladier, statesman
Jacques Louis David, painter
Eugene Delacroix, painter
Gustave Doré, graphic artist, lithographer
Michel Drach, film director, producer, screenwriter
Paul Dukas, composer
Isadora Duncan, American-born dancer
Paul Eluard, poet
Max Ernst, Surrealist and Expressionist artist
Jean de la Fontaine, poet and writer of fables
Théodore Géricault, painter
Stephane Grappelli, Jazz violinist
Samuel Hahnemann, creator of homeopathy
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painter
Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter
Allan Kardec
Rene Lalique, artist in glass
Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist, revolutionary
Constance Mayer-Lamartinière, painter
Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor
Molière, Dramatist
Yves Montand, actor
Jim Morrison, American singer, songwriter, and poet. Morrison moved to Paris in March 1971 with the intention of concentrating on his writing and to quit drinking. He died in Paris on July 3, 1971, in his bathtub at the age of 27; many fans and biographers have speculated that the cause of death was a drug overdose, but the official report listed "heart attack" as the cause of death.
Anne de Noailles, writer
Charles Nodier, writer
Victor Noir, journalist
Édith Piaf, France's most famous singer
Christian Pineau, Resistance worker, statesman
Camille Pissarro, "Father of Impressionism"
Francis Poulenc, composer, member of "Les Six"
Marcel Proust , writer
Mlle Rachel, (Élisabeth Rachel Félix) Swiss actress at Comédie-Française
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
Norbert Rillieux, inventor
Georges Rodenbach, Symbolist poet and novelist
Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
Georges Seurat, artist, founder:pointillist style of post-impressionist
Simone Signoret, actress
Alexandre Stavinsky, notorious embezzler
Gertrude Stein, American writer
Alice B. Toklas, American writer
Marie Trintignant, actress
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, Dominican dictator
Charles Henry VerHuell, Dutch Admiral
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer
Richard Wright, American writer
Achille Zavatta, circus operator and famous clown "
Source and further information:
http://bonjourlafrance.net/france-tourist-attractions/pere-lachaise-cemetery.htm
by Taciturnu on March 26th, 2008
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.
by singwell-is off researching a lot on February 27th, 2007
from Sydney as a whole or sweet Liverpool on the outskirts? Many famous people from Sydney, but I don't know of anyone, except for a few footballers....oh wait a minute, we have had a few Olympians from around here, but no one really BIG..Jelena Docic was from nearby Fairfield, as was Harry Kewell.
by jin jang on February 27th, 2007
The old rock band "The Guess Who"
by Larry Rhodes on February 27th, 2007
Stephen Stills.
by Tani on February 27th, 2007
Quite a few, Kylie Minogue being the first one to come to mind.
by Anonymous on June 12th, 2009
Bob Allman - Chicago Bears (1936)(Bay City Central HS)
Edmund Arnold - the father of modern news design
Warren Avis - founder of Avis Rent A Car
James A. Barcia - U.S. Representative, state representative, and state senator
Nathan B. Bradley, first mayor of Bay City, U.S. Representative, state senator
Elford Cederberg - U.S. Congressman
Eric Devendorf - McDonald's All-American basketball recruit from Bay City Central HS, current starter at Syracuse University
Eric Esch - Super Heavyweight Champion boxer, kickboxer, and martial artist.
Ernie Gust - Major League Baseball player.
Bill Hewitt - Chicago Bears 1932-1936, Philadelphia Eagles 1937-1939, Phil-Pitt Steagles, [[Pro Football Hall of Fame].]
Alex Izykowski - 2006 Winter Olympics Bronze Medalist in [[short track speed skating]/]
Edward Jablonski, (1923-2004) Noted author, American Music archivist and aviation-aerial warfare historian.
Jim Kanicki - Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants 1960-62 (Bay City Central HS)/
John List - mass murderer
George Kid Lavigne - Boxer, World Lightweight Champion 1896, and inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (1998).
Madonna - singer, actress
Terry McDermott - 500m speed skating Gold Medalist in the Innsbruck 1964 Winter Olympics.
John McGraw - businessman, co-founder of Wenona, Michigan, now part of Bay City, Cornell University philanthropist.
James Joseph Raby - Rear Admiral, USN
Henry W. Sage - businessman, co-founder of Wenona, Michigan, now part of Bay City, Cornell University philanthropist and founder of the Sage Library in Bay City.
Robert Rechsteiner (Rick Steiner) and Scott Rechsteiner (Scott Steiner) - professional wrestlers.
Annie Taylor - The first person to ever go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel, and live to tell the tale.
Bob Traxler - U.S. Representative, state representative
Glenn Wichman - computer game designer.
by SoDifficult on January 22nd, 2009
Richard Nixon
by Dr_Dredd on January 22nd, 2009
Burgess Meredith and Pat Hingle lived in Rockland County, NY, where I used to live. Helen Hayes did, too.
by -Freedom Issues- Minnesota nice on January 22nd, 2009
Prince.
by Mary Maguire on January 22nd, 2009
virgil hill
by Little big mouth on March 26th, 2008
The closest famous person who lived 3 towns away was Rosie O'Donnell
by ChelseaMark on March 26th, 2008
This is desperate and I'm embarrassed. An acid bath murderer from the 1940's called John Haigh !!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Haigh
by Arete22 on March 26th, 2008
Frank Gotch - world heavyweight wrestling champion from 1908 to 1915
Bruce Reimers - NFL offensive guard for Cincinnati and Tampa Bay, 1984-1993
Christian Clemenson - Emmy-award winning actor; recent roles include Thomas Burnett in United 93 and Jerry "Hands" Espenson in Boston Legal
Kevin Dresser - Head wrestling coach, Virginia Tech, and 1986 national wrestling champion (142 lbs.) at the University of Iowa
Theodore G. Garfield - Second-longest-serving justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, 1941-1969 (from 1961-69 as Chief Justice)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt,_Iowa#Notable_natives
by Takei-Shihan on March 26th, 2008
Yes ...
From my former home town, where I spent most of my school years, there was the former Canadian Governor General Roland Mitchener, and sports talker Ron McLane from "Hockey Night in Canada" ...
Here in my current home town of Montreal, where I have been since 1990, there are many ... I sat and talked with Eric Lapointe once ... many of the Cirque de Soleil people ... former prime minister Paul Martin is from here ... several hockey players and several CFL football players ...
by grannyd on March 26th, 2008
I was born and raised in Snyder, Texas and we have several famous people that graduated high school. Powers Boothe is probably the most famous, graduated with my mother 1966. Karleen Thompson is the head coach of the Women's NBA team in Houston? not sure, but I graduated with her in 1986.
by broken on March 26th, 2008
Hilary Swank :)
by BillyGEE on March 26th, 2008
phillip seymour hoffmann and lou gramm of FOREIGNER
by john pennington on March 26th, 2008
80% of the country musicians came from my home........
Nashville.
by sm00z on March 26th, 2008
Former major league baseball players: Roger Connor and Jimmy Piersall.
Actress: Rosalind Russell
Watergate Judge: John Sirica
by eric on March 26th, 2008
A bunch. president Harry S. Truman tops the list. (K.C.)
by mseve68 on March 26th, 2008
Here are a few from Yonkers, New York:
Sid Ceasar
Steven Tyler (lead singer of group Aerosmith)
Jon Voight
David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam")
Mary J. Blige
DMX
James Cagney
Ella Fitzgerald
Linda Lovelace (porn actress-"Deep Throat")
Betty Shabazz (widow of Malcolm X)
Charles Lewis Tiffany (founder of Tiffany and Company)
Jay Walker (Founder of Priceline.com)
Lilo Brancato Jr. (actor from the movie "A Bronx Tale")
by Firebrand on March 26th, 2008
Many Many Many
Cambridge University has been the starting place for Many Scholars but also Actors.
Dudley Moore
Hugh Laurie
Stephen Fry
Jeffrey Archer
Just three of the people that started their careers at the Footlights while at University in Cambridge many other actors and actresses have started at Footlights.
by tapatio on August 1st, 2009
Richard Nixon, Whittier, California
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on August 1st, 2009
Stevie Nicks
by Rhianna B. on August 1st, 2009
not many
Reese Witherspoon
Fats Domino
Louis Armstrong
Mahalia Jackson
if you can name anymore celebrities born in New Orleans, comment.
by Leo27 is a Woman. on July 30th, 2009
Eddy grant was born in guyana like me.
by what on August 9th, 2009
Cuba gooding Jr
by Anthony on July 30th, 2009
Reggie Roby. Former long-time punter in the NFL. Punted for the Dolphins for most of his career.
by nucleotideboy on July 20th, 2009
The Beatles.
by Nelson - Jetpacking from bed on April 13th, 2007
Me
by MG1942 Has a Life Penguin on April 13th, 2007
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.
by Rescuer Treesaw on April 13th, 2007
Bob Dylan
by hdsquaver spark on April 13th, 2007
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
by alwayscurious on July 20th, 2009
Yes, probably many, but the only one I can think of now is Jared Padalecki (on the show Supernatural right now). +5
by cotton candy on October 4th, 2009
No
by Anonymous on October 3rd, 2009
Death Cab for Cutie and Hilary Swank.
by HEARTSTAR on July 20th, 2009
Shannon Tweed - Gene Simmions Girlfriend/Wifey she lived here from 1957- 74 SK
by Capital J on January 22nd, 2009
bob sanders and mark stepnoski. if you consider him famous
by Blackberry. on January 22nd, 2009
Jimi Hendrix and Bill Gates.
by Alias xsicajess on January 22nd, 2009
No we chase them out because we hate people who are successful : )
Do you think that it will cause an uproar if Miley Cyrus follows through will her intention to pose nude for Playboy magazine?
by Abraxis on February 3rd, 2010
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Do I look like this girl in the picture? http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv87/heyyowatupmypeep/random/Picture1.png?
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Who is my Celeb Doppelganger?
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Which celebrity do I look like, if any?
by natsgreenyer on February 2nd, 2010
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What celebrity do I look like?
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by poniesXD on January 30th, 2010
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You're reading Does anyone famous come from your hometown?
- which can also be phrased in the following ways:
Jess and Lisa Origliasso are from Brisbane, which is where I spent most of my life in. Do you have any famous people from your hometown you'd like to name?
Has anyone famous been born or lived in your hometown?
Do you share your hometown with anyone famous?
Are there any famous people from your home town? Im from Warrington UK and we have Pete Postlethwaite, George Formby, George Sampson, Kerry Katona and Chris Evans to name but a few.
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OMG! Just a few!
by E is for Ellie on March 26th, 2008
Well, it also depends on your definition of famous. =])
by - retroglide - on March 26th, 2008
=D
by E is for Ellie on March 27th, 2008
ya, I think Sosa is the only sports person I'd even hear of. Damn, I didn't know Tulsa was so...so...famous!
by king of ellipses on June 26th, 2008