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Famous people from your home town, school, military unit, work, or relative/friend

Muhammad Ali lived (wasn't born) in my hometown for a number of years, until recently moving to Arizona. Their house in my hometown is still for sale. There has been nobody famous to come out of my high school.

There are a number of famous alums from the University I attend:
-Gerald Ford
-Michael Phelps
-Tom Brady
-Charles Woodson
-Larry Page, Google Co-Founder
-Arthur Miller, Author
-James Earl Jones
-Lucy Liu
-Chip Davis
-Ann Coulter
-Jack Kevorkian
-Benjamin Pritchard, Civil War General who captured Jefferson Davis
-Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and CNN Medical Correspondent
-Robert Cailliau, Belgian computer scientist who, with Tim Berners-Lee, developed the World Wide Web

Other "famous" alums: The founders of Borders Books, Dominos Pizza, FedEx, H&R Block, NASA, the United Nations, and Walgreen's,

Madonna, Derek Jeter, and Iggy Pop also attended, but did not graduate.
 
From my town of origin:

Highlights include:
Lady Godiva
Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine,
the poet and novelist Philip Larkin C.H., C.B.E.,,
the pioneering electronic composer Delia Derbyshire,
the Cyborg Scientist Kevin Warwick,
Jerry Dammers & Terry Hall from The Specials,
Hazel O'Connor,
Clint Mansell (lead singer of the 1990s indie band Pop Will Eat Itself), Julianne Regan (lead singer of the 80s-90s band All About Eve),
Lee Dorrian, (a former member of Napalm Death

Two Tone ska bands The Specials and The Selecter, The Primitives, Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, King, Jigsaw, The Sorrows and The Flys. More recently, indie-band The Enemy
Nick Skelton is a Show Jumping World Cup champion who has jumped for the Great Britain team on 152 occasions.

Porn star Debee Ashby, who achieved notoriety during 1983 when she appeared nude with her mother in an adult magazine.
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Where I now live:
Desmond Llewelyn (actor; James Bond movies)
Josie D'Arby (actress and television presenter)
Peter Greenaway CBE (filmmaker)
60ft Dolls
Donna Matthews (lead guitarist of Elastica)
Dub War (nu-metal band)
Gerard Johnson (musician; Saint Etienne)
Goldie Lookin' Chain (satirical rap group)
Grant Nicholas (lead singer of Feeder)
Joe Strummer (musician, The Clash)
Nicky Wire (musician)
Skindred (ragga/punk band)
Terris (Indie Band)
The Darling Buds (indie band)
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (diplomat and satirist)

Lee Dainton (Skateboarder, Dirty Sanchez)
Sir Terry Matthews OBE (entrepreneur; Wales' first billionaire)
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Not to mention large portions of Dr Who are filmed in the area...
 
I had a relative who was was a royalist general in the english civil war, was imprisoned in the tower of london and then escaped out the toilet.

thats all
 
Here's a few after a quick google search.

School: Gold Coast AUS

Grant Hackett (Swimming)
Mitch Rawlings (Body Boarding)
Danny Milosevic (Football)
Trudy Todd (Surfing)
Trevor Hendy (Surf Lifesaving / Iron Man)
Marcus Ashcroft (AFL)
Matt Rogers (Rugby League/Union)

Hometown: Gold Coast AUS

Sophie Monk (Actress)
Operator Please (Band)
Anna Torv (Actress / The Fringe)
Darius Boyd (Rugby League)
Ben Hannant (Rugby League)
Jamie Durie (TV Personality)
Nathan Jones (Strongman / Wrestler)
Sally McLellan (Olympian / Hurdles)
Mick Fanning (Surfing)
Joel Parkinson (Surfing)
Rebecca Rigg (Actress)
Emma Snowsill (Triathlete)
 
Family:

Marissa Capua(aunt)- Former Ms. Italy

Roberta Capua(first cousin)- Former Ms. Italy and Ms. Universe runner-up

Sergio Jossa(father)- Former small time italian actor, owner of a chain of mens stores in Napoli, Italy

Federico Jossa(Grandpa)- Winner of the Formula Fiat in the 1930 or 40s

Friends:

Alex Malouf- His father I believe owns the Palms hotel and casino

Pele- Sister went to school with his daughter

Claire Daines- Sister went to school with her
 
Oh, and Paul Scholes lives in the village over. Used to see some of his pals driving round, sometimes speeding round. But don't worry they likely have Mr. Loophole on speed-dial ;)
 
Chad Kilger
Ryan Gosling was raised here, I went to school with his brother briefly
Supposedly I'm related to Richard Gere, they say his dad is from Akwesasne
Lori Dupuis
Ed "Newsy" Lalonde

there are more people but I've never heard of them, you can see on wikipedia Our Newspaper also mentioned that there is a famous Gay Adult Movie Star from Cornwall, I only remember because there was a big uproar about it being in our newspaper.
 
I'm from Worcester Massachusetts:

• Harvey Ball, inventor of the smiley face - Buried next to one of my grandfathers.
• Bob Cousy - former Boston Celtic, lives near me.
• Alicia Witt, actress, is from here.
• Robert Goddard, "pioneer of rocketry."
• Denis Leary and his family, many whom are family friends.

I work for U.S. Representative Jim McGovern, and my extended family is active in politics here in Mass, so we're friends with many folks from the State House.
 
Simplesimon101 said:
I had a relative who was was a royalist general in the english civil war
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One of my ancestors was a Royalist with a wonderfully romantic story:
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A flag captured by a Royalist to prove that his love for the daughter of a leading Parliamentarian had not weakened his loyalty to the King is to be auctioned more than 350 years after he died while seizing it during one of the bloodiest battles of the English Civil War.
Bernard Brocas, a member of a staunchly Royalist family, had fallen in love with the daughter of their Berkshire neighbour Lord Sandys, who supported Parliament during the bitter conflict that divided England in the 1640s.
According to a label attached to the banner, which is to be sold by Bonhams in London on April 14, Brocas "was taunted by the Royalist party with indifference to their cause". The critics included members of his own family.
The historian Walter Money later wrote that Brocas "took every opportunity of passing his time with this fair mistress much to the dislike of all his relatives, who were staunch Royalists and many of whom had fought at Edgehill - in fact four of his brothers were there.
"Refusing to give up his intended and being told that his loyalty was distrusted and that his mistress would wean him away to her father's side, he took an oath that he would give substantial proof, on the next engagement, of his loyalty and would either bring back a standard or stay in the field."
Brocas's chance to prove his loyalty came at the First Battle of Newbury in September 1643 when the Royalists under Charles I tried to block the return of a Parliamentary army, commanded by the Earl of Essex, after it had relieved the siege of Gloucester. During the battle that followed, more than 6,000 men were killed or wounded before the Royalists withdrew.
The casualties included Brocas who, true to his word, proved his loyalty by capturing a light green silk damask banner woven with a foliage design and bearing the motto Constanter et Fideliter which means "steadily and faithfully".
In doing so he killed the standard bearer, who is thought to have been one of the Hazleriggs, a leading family on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War. Sir Arthur Hazlerigg was a puritan MP who raised a troop of horse for Essex and fought in a number of battles.
Brocas was mortally wounded either during the struggle for the standard or later in the battle and was found dead on the field with the flag beside him.
"It is a story of mixed emotions," said David Williams, head of Bonhams arms and armour department, yesterday.
The auction house expects the banner, which is being sold by a family descendant, to fetch £3,000 to £5,000.
The Brocas family paid a terrible price for supporting the King. Seven of the eight sons of Sir Thomas Brocas, whose Berkshire estate was called Beaurepaire, reflecting their French origins, were killed during the Civil War.​
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...avalier-who-died-for-love-of-a-Roundhead.html
 
Apparently we have had a few that went to Westside High School here in omaha.

• Nick Nolte, actor
• Nick Hexum, Chad Sexton, and Tim Mahoney, members of 311.
• Todd Fink, Clark Baechle, Dapose and Jacob Thiele, members of The Faint
• Jaime King, actress and model
• Terry Kiser, actor, Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
• Pat Fischer, player in NFL
• Blake Bolton, author

Oh can't forget about Warren Buffet...
 
Only two that pop up to mind from my hometown, and way too many to count from my high school, I'll post those later:

Brian Duffy (wikipedia)
-NASA Astronaut
-4 Shuttle Missions

Jonathan Togo (wikipedia)
-Actor, CSI: Miami
 
I was friends with Maya Rudolph (actress, SNL, etc) and Miranda July (artist, director, etc) in college. Another college friend ended up marrying Molly Shannon (another ex-SNL). Another friend created a TV series that just completed its first season on HBO. Another is an award-winning independent screenwriter/director.

Oh, there are probably quite a few more (quasi-) celebs that grew up in my hometown, went to my high school or college or whatever, but I'm trying to purposefully stick to first degree of separation.
 
Plymouthbreezer said:
I'm from Worcester Massachusetts:

• Harvey Ball, inventor of the smiley face - Buried next to one of my grandfathers.
• Bob Cousy - former Boston Celtic, lives near me.
• Alicia Witt, actress, is from here.
• Robert Goddard, "pioneer of rocketry."
• Denis Leary and his family, many whom are family friends.

I work for U.S. Representative Jim McGovern, and my extended family is active in politics here in Mass, so we're friends with many folks from the State House.
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This information will not leave you unmoved--only your political leanings will determine whether you are delighted or disappointed--but Sam Seder is also from Worcester
 
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