Name A Famous Person From Your State!

John Coltrane

Warren Haynes

Micheal Jordan

Dale Enrdhart

 

tons of people have come from my state (new york) but from my county I got Rodney Holmes! I'm sure there are tons more but I can't think of any, and Rodney Holmes is awesome enough, even though most people probably don't know him.

 

Thomas Edison.

 

Bob Dylan
Judy Garland
Prince
Jessica Lange
Winona Ryder....she came from Winona. lol Who would have thought?
Jessee Ventura
Sinclair Lewis
Jane Russell
Stifler...I forget his real name
Josh Hartnet
ummmm that's all I can think of on the top my head...
Not a person but 3M, you know the company that makes tape and post its, started off in my neck of the woods. In fact, I use to work at the original office that turned into a museum.

 

Jerry West

 

brad dorif ( the voice of chucky )

 

Lucille Ball.

 

st.louis.
we got sheryl crowe
and chuck berry i belive.
i wont name the rappers

 

haha....Fred Phelps...poor misguided souls and a source of continued shame for the state of Kansas. But I would fight for their right to say what they will, as long as they don't advocate violence.

 

Since no one has rang in from Nevada, I will.

Andre Agassi-tennis great
Dawn Wells-remember Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island
Gregg Maddux-baseball pitcher
Barry Zito-baseball pitcher
Michael Chang-tennis player
Jenna Jameson-adult film actress
Pat Nixon-First Lady
Mark Slaughter-anyone remember this heavy metal guitarist and singer?

Well, thats good enough for now, except I will add one more, one of my favorites, Art Bell-radio host, does the Coast to Coast show every weekend.

 

Connecticut could take a while, if you count the many celebrities who live here. About the only person I know of from New Britain itself is Charlie Welsh, the old guy from the Pepperidge Farms commercials.

 

I can name a famous person from my country of citizenship:



Jesus.

He's hot.

 

Mark Twain is the only one I can think of...

 

From Ohio:

Drew Carey is from my home town
Halle Berry
Stephen Gyllenhaal, the dude from homegrown
Wes Craven

thats all i can think of...

 

Drew Carey is also the new host of "The Price Is Right" on CBS. I wish him luck!

 

yea i saw that on david letterman! sweet huh?

 

I'm mixed as to that announcement. Not knocking him, but, seriously, nobody can ever replace Bob Barker. As for this thread, I checked for CT celebs, and yet I still couldn't name too many. Weird!

 

Frank Zappa was from Baltimore.

 

Katherine Moennig:drool:

 

http://glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/fcat/famous_floridians.html

I cheated, ha