Famous people from your state

[Cubecubed]

Michigan

Bob Seger singer, Detroit
Francis Ford Coppola film director, Detroit
Henry Ford industrialist, Dearborn
Earvin Magic Johnson basketball player, Lansing
Charles A. Lindbergh aviator, Detroit
Madonna singer, Bay City
Ted Nugent singer, Detroit
Steven Seagal actor, Lansing
Tom Selleck actor, Detroit
Derek Jeter athlete, Hamtramck
Eminem Rapper,Detroit
The White Stripes musician,Detroit
Michael Moore idkwhatthehellheis,Flint
Gerald Ford president,Grand rapids

[Aragha]

Massachusetts:

A lot of old dead people.

[brobot]

My state would have way to many so I will go with city Peoria IL.

Dan Fogelberg
Joe Girardi
Dick Jauron
Susan G. Komen
Shaun Livingston (used to play bball with)
Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane
Richard Pryor
David Ogden Stiers
Jim Thome (friends with his family)

[Zeleii]

^ Boston :p


My state... easy.

Jimmy Buffet (New York

[zack10house]

Indiana has Axl Rose.....and Colonel Sanders!!!!

[HMXDave]

Massachusetts:

A lot of old dead people.

There's actually a lot of famous people from MA. Here are a few lists from Wikipedia.

Comedians

Mike Birbiglia comedian
Bill Burr comedian
Louis C.K. comedian, director
Mario Cantone comedian
Steve Carell comedian, actor, The Office US
Dane Cook comedian, stand up, and actor
Nate Corddry comedian, actor, The Daily Show
Rob Corddry comedian, The Daily Show
Lenny Clarke comedian, stand up, and actor
Nick DiPaolo comedian
Rachel Dratch comedian
John Ennis comedian, actor, Mr. Show with Bob and David
John Krasinski comedian, actor The Office US
Denis Leary comedian and actor
Jay Leno comedian and talk show host
BJ Novak comedian, actor, and head writer of The Office US
Conan O'Brien comedian and talk show host
Patrice Oneal comedian, writer
Amy Poehler comedian, actress
Robby Roadsteamer comedian
Steve Sweeney comedian and actor
Maura Tierney actress
Nancy Walls comedian, actress
Steven Wright comedian, actor

Actors and film people

Jane Alexander, actress
Ben Affleck, Oscar-winning screenwriter & actor
Casey Affleck, actor
Traci Bingham, actress, model
Ray Bolger, actor
Walter Brennan, actor
Paget Brewster, actress
Jere Burns, actor
Michael Chiklis, actor
Marcia Cross, actress
Jane Curtin, actress
Matt Damon, Oscar-winning screenwriter & actor
Bette Davis, actress
Geena Davis, Oscar-winning actress
Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning actress
Eliza Dushku, actress
John Enos III, actor
Chris Evans, actor
Ben Foster, actor
Samuel Fuller, director, screenwriter
Christos Gage, screenwriter
Ruth Gordon, actress
Sprague Grayden, actress
Scott Grimes, actor
Van Hansis, actor
Ann Jillian, actress
Amy Jo Johnson, actress
Jean Louisa Kelly, actress
Matt LeBlanc, actor
Jack Lemmon, Oscar-winning actor
Maria Menounos, actress
Neal McDonough, actor
Agnes Moorehead, Emmy-winning actress
David Morse, actor
Bridget Moynahan, actress
Edward Norton, actor, director
Leonard Nimoy, actor, director
Matthew Perry, actor
Rebecca Pidgeon, actress
Ellen Pompeo, actress
Kurt Russell, actor
James Spader, Emmy-winning actor
Uma Thurman, actress
Paige Turco, actress
Steven Van Zandt, actor
Sam Waterston, actor
Donnie Wahlberg, actor and former musician
Mark Wahlberg, actor and former musician
Kristen Wilson, actress
Alicia Witt, actress

Musicians

Frank Black, singer and guitarist of the Pixies
Bobby Brown singer
New Edition r&b/pop group
Neil Cicierega, singer and internet cult icon
Rich Cronin, singer (LFO)
Danny Davis, country musician
Stephen Foster, composer
Kay Hanley singer (Letters to Cleo)
JoJo, singer
Andrew Jones, guitarist of Antarctica[citation needed]
Phil Labonte, singer (All That Remains)
Mary Lou Lord, singer/guitarist
Andrew McMahon, singer/pianist
Spider One, singer
Joe Perry, guitarist
Linda Perry singer and songwriter
Wanda Perry-Josephs, singer
Jonathan Richman songwriter, singer in The Modern Lovers
Donna Summer singer
Tavares vocal group
James Taylor singer
Rob Zombie singer, director
John Linnell, one half of They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh, one half of They Might Be Giants
Chad Stokes Urmston, Pete Francis Heimbold; of Dispatch
Gang Starr, hip hop duo
Akrobatik, hip hop artist
LT, hip hop artists

[Aragha]

^ HAX! I did this all form memory. You used Wikipedia!

John Adams: 2nd U.S. president, Braintree
John Quincy Adams: 6th U.S. president, Braintree
Samuel Adams: patriot, Boston
Jack Albertson: actor, Malden
Horatio Alger: author, Revere
Susan B. Anthony: woman suffragist, Adams
F. Lee Bailey: defense attorney, Waltham
Clara Barton: American Red Cross founder, Oxford
Leonard Bernstein: conductor, Lawrence
Forrest M. Bird: inventor, Stoughton
Harold Stephen Black: inventor, Leominster
Rachel Fuller Brown: inventor, Springfield
William Cullen Bryant: poet, editor, Cummington
Luther Burbank: horticulturalist, Lancaster
George Bush: 41st U.S. president, Milton
John Chapman / Johnny Appleseed: nurseryman, Leominster
William D. Coolidge: inventor, Hudson
John Singleton Copley: painter, Boston
E. E. Cummings: poet, Cambridge
Bette Davis: actress, Lowell
Cecil B. DeMille: film director, Ashfield
Emily Dickinson: poet, Amherst
Ralph Waldo Emerson: philosopher, poet, Boston
Brian Evans: singer, Haverhill
Ann Smith Franklin: printer, almanac publisher, Boston
Benjamin Franklin: statesman, scientist, Boston
Buckminster Fuller: architect, educator, Milton
Robert Hutchings Goddard: rocketry, Worcester
John Hancock: statesman, Braintree
Nathaniel Hawthorne: author, Salem
Oliver Wendell Holmes: poet, Cambridge
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: jurist, Boston
Winslow Homer: painter, Boston
Elias Howe: inventor, Spencer
Helen Hunt Jackson: writer, Amherst
John F. Kennedy: U.S. president, Brookline
Amy Lowell: poet, Brookline
Percival Lowell: astronomer, Boston
James Russell Lowell: poet, Cambridge
Robert Lowell: poet, Boston
Horace Mann: educator, Franklin
Cotton Mather: clergyman, Boston
Sharon Christa McAuliffe: teacher, astronaut, Framingham
Samuel F. B. Morse: painter, inventor, Charlestown
Leonard Nemoy: actor, Boston
Albert Pike pioneer: teacher, lawyer, Boston
Edgar Allan Poe: writer, Boston
Ella Raines: actress, Snoquaimie
Paul Revere: silversmith, Revolutionary War figure, Boston
Robert H. Rines: inventor, Boston
Dr. Seuss / Theodore Geisel: author, illustrator, Springfield
Lucy Stone: woman suffragist, West Brookfield
Louis Henry Sullivan: architect, Boston
Henry David Thoreau: author, Concord
Max Tishler: inventor, Boston
James McNeill Whistler: painter, Lowell
Eli Whitney: inventor, Westborough
John Greenleaf Whittier: poet, Haverhill
Eli Whitney: inventor, Westboro
Jo Dee Messina: country singer, Holliston

That seems to be a bit more accurate than my previous post...

[DarkSide247]

Rivers Cuomo.

[theantkid12]

Rivers Cuomo.
I know don't we own? Screw Nathan Hale Rivers Cuomo makes the state.

[HMXDave]

^ HAX! I did this all form memory. You used Wikipedia!

No you didn't.

[Ferocious Q]

Jim Thome (friends with his family)


OMGWTFBBQ HE'S MY HERO! :eek:

[a21schizoidman]

INDIANA!:
* George Ade, Author, playwright, newspaper columnist
* John Andretti, racecar driver
* David Anspaugh, movie director
* Albert J. Beveridge, politician and historian
* Larry Bird, basketball player, coach
* Damon Bailey, retired basketball player
* Arija Bareikis, actress
* Birch Bayh, senator
* Evan Bayh, governor and senator
* Claude Bowers, politician and historian
* Avery Brooks, Actor
* Hoagy Carmichael, composer
* Jared Carter, poet
* Jay Cutler, football player
* Jim Davis, cartoonist
* James Dean, movie star
*Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Presidential candidate
* Mark Dismore, racecar driver
* Theodore Dreiser, novelist
* Paul Dresser, song writer
* Carl Erskine, baseball star and civic leader
* Carl G. Fisher, Entrepreneur
* Jessie Flower, actress
* Vivica A. Fox, actress
* Brendan Fraser, actor
* Lillian Gilbreth, home economist
* Michael Graves, architect
* Bob Griese, Football Player
* Gus Grissom, astronaut
* Rex Grossman, NFL Quarterback
* Charles Halleck, politician
* Lee Hamilton, politician
* Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President
* William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President and General
* Richard Hatcher, politician
* Florence Henderson, singer-actress
* Jimmy Hoffa, American labor leader
* Paul Hoffman, industrialist
* Richard Shannon Hoon singer/songwriter
* Robert Indiana, painter/sculptor
* Janet Jackson, singer/actress
* Michael Jackson, singer/songwriter
* Anissa Jones, actress
* Shawn Kemp, basketball player
*Greg Kinnear, actor
* Alfred Kinsey, sex researcher
* Don Larsen, baseball pitcher
* David Letterman, TV personality
* Eli Lilly, industrialist and philanthropist
* Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of The United States
* Carole Lombard, actress
* Shelley Long, actress
* Richard Lugar, politician
* Karl Malden, actor
* Don Mattingly, baseball player/coach
* John Mellencamp, musician
* Steve McQueen, actor
* Julie McWhirter, voice actress
* Ryan Newman, NASCAR driver
* Edna Scott Parker, Oldest person in the world
* Jane Pauley, anchor and journalist
* Cole Porter, song writer
* Ernie Pyle, journalist
* Dan Quayle, Forty-fourth U.S. Vice-President
* George Rapp, Utopian
* Orville Redenbacher, farming (popcorn)
* James Whitcomb Riley, poet
* Oscar Robertson, basketball player
* Knute Rockne, football coach
* Ned Rorem, prominent 20th century composer and writer
* Axl Rose, musician
* Jerry Ross, Astronaut
* David Lee Roth, musician
* Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
* Wilbur Shaw, racecar driver
* Jean Shepherd, raconteur, personality, writer, and actor
* Red Skelton, comedian
* T. C. Steele, painter
* Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
* Izzy Stradlin, guitarist/musician
* Gene Stratton-Porter, novelist
* David Stremme, NASCAR driver
* Clement Studebaker, automobile maker
* Marc Summers, game show host
* Booth Tarkington, novelist
* Tecumseh, pan-American Indian leader
* Steve Tesich, screenwriter and playwright
* Maurice Thompson, novelist
* Kurt Vonnegut, novelist
* Madam C.J. Walker, bussinesswoman and civic leader
* Lew Wallace, Civil War general, statesman, author
* Gary Webb, Journalist
* Ryan White, AIDS activist
* Matt Williams, producer of popular television shows
* Wendell Willkie, politician
* Robert Wise, movie director
* Wilbur Wright, inventor, co-father of aviation
* John Wooden, basketball coach
* Fuzzy Zoeller, PGA golfer
* Ron Kittle, baseball player
* Frank Borman, astronaut
* Nick Hashu, basketball player
* Scott Rolen, baseball player
* George Rogers Clark, man who conquered Indiana for the United States
* Jim Gaffigan, comedian
* Mark Clayton, retired football player
* Roosevelt Colvin, football player
* Len Dawson, retired football player
* Kenny Lofton, baseball player
* Rick Mirer, football player
* Glenn Robinson, basketball player
* Jeff Samardzija, former ND WR
* Rod Woodson, football player
* Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC
* Jared Fogel, Subway spokesperson
* Amelia Earhart, aviator
* John Dillinger, robber

and even though he's not from Indiana, he graduated from PURDUE!!!

NEIL ARMSTRONG, first man on the moon

[pmpboarder]

The Godfather himself, Marlon Brando.

'Nuff said.

[hawkofva]

Yeah, well we Virginians have Washington. And Pocahontas.

And tomatoes. Lots of delicious tomatoes.

[Xaris3514]

The only people from Kansas that matter: Kansas.

[DarkSide247]

I know don't we own? Screw Nathan Hale Rivers Cuomo makes the state.
\m/

Also:
John Scofield (:D)
John Mayer
Hatebreed
Steve Stevens (:D)
Thurston Moore (:D:D:D)
The Carpenters

[topperharley]

Minnesota

Warren E. Burger (Supreme Court Justice)
Jean Paul Getty (oil magnate)
Bob Dylan (musician)
Prince (tiny musician)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (author)
Sinclair Lewis (author)
Garrison Keillor ("humorist")
John Madden (senile sports commentator)
Roger Maris (baseball player)
Charles Horace Mayo and William J. Mayo (surgeons and founders of the Mayo Clinic)
Eugene J. McCarthy (politician)
Walter F. Mondale (former Vice President)
Jessica Lange (actress)
Judy Garland (actress)
Jane Russell (busty actress)
Loni Anderson (busty actress)
Winona Ryder (less busty actress)
Rachel Leigh Cook (hot actress)
Jessica Biel (hot actress)
Joel and Ethan Coen (movie directors)
Cheryl Tiegs (supermodel)
Charles M. Schulz (cartoonist)
Kevin Sorbo (Hercules)
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver)
Vince Vaughn (actor)
Al Franken (idiot)
Jesse Ventura (idiot)

[greenyfortehwin]

MAssachusetts:

The HMX team^^

[Cubecubed]

Minnesota

Warren E. Burger (Supreme Court Justice)
Jean Paul Getty (oil magnate)
Bob Dylan (musician)
Prince (tiny musician)-i loled
F. Scott Fitzgerald (author)
Sinclair Lewis (author)
Garrison Keillor ("humorist")
John Madden (senile sports commentator)
Roger Maris (baseball player)
Charles Horace Mayo and William J. Mayo (surgeons and founders of the Mayo Clinic)
Eugene J. McCarthy (politician)
Walter F. Mondale (former Vice President)
Jessica Lange (actress)
Judy Garland (actress)
Jane Russell (busty actress)
Loni Anderson (busty actress)
Winona Ryder (less busty actress)
Rachel Leigh Cook (hot actress)
Jessica Biel (hot actress)minnesota wins /endthread
Joel and Ethan Coen (movie directors)
Cheryl Tiegs (supermodel)
Charles M. Schulz (cartoonist)
Kevin Sorbo (Hercules)
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver)
Vince Vaughn (actor)
Al Franken (idiot)
Jesse Ventura (idiot)at least you're bi-partisan

message in the quotes

[theantkid12]

\m/

Also:
John Scofield (:D)
John Mayer
Hatebreed
Steve Stevens (:D)
Thurston Moore (:D:D:D)
The Carpenters
And don't forget Nathan Hale he's cool too.

V.V

[Chocolatejas]

All that comes to mind is Dan Brown.

[hawkofva]

All that comes to mind is Dan Brown.
Seen the Angels & Demons trailer yet?

[DarkSide247]

And don't forget Nathan Hale he's cool too.

V.V
What band is he in? ;)

[tsl141]

Livonia, Michigan. Home of Mike Modano, and Ryan Kesler, and porn star Dani Woodward (is it weird I went to school with her...?.)

Speaking of porn stars, Elizabeth Berkley is from Farmington Hills, as is Drew Stanton (does he count?)

[Aragha]

No you didn't.

I'll need proof.

[theantkid12]

What band is he in? ;)
Well he was an officer for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and died as a martyr in England...

But I don't see any reference of music in his area.

[schmeankman]

Mizzurah'

Harry Truman
Mark Twain
Eminem
Yogi Berra
Ryan Howard
Adolphus Busch
J. C. Penney
Sam Walton
Jesse James
Brad Pitt

Bands:

Wilco
Story of the Year
Primative Soul
Guilty Party

[DarkSide247]

Well he was an officer for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and died as a martyr in England...

But I don't see any reference of music in his area.
That was sarcasm, hence the wink. ;)

[theantkid12]

That was sarcasm, hence the wink. ;)
Yeah I know, the last line was supposed to be sarcastic. Probably toke it the wrong way.

[topperharley]

Speaking of porn stars, Elizabeth Berkley is from Farmington Hills

Jesse Spano? She's not a porn star... Or have I been renting the wrong movies?

[tsl141]

Jesse Spano? She's not a porn star... Or have I been renting the wrong movies?

Close enough. I take if you've never seen Showgirls?

[topperharley]

No I have not. I heard that the only reason to see it wasn't a good reason to see it.

[Inapprope]

The guitarist from Coldplay, Jonny Buckland was from the area I live in. He went to my school as well.
Carol Vorderman and Michael Owen also came from the area I live in.

[brobot]

OMGWTFBBQ HE'S MY HERO! :eek:

He is an ok guy. Not exactly the brightest man in the world, but he is a hell of a ball player.

[Lily Mu]

A

* AIDS Wolf, rock band
* Amanda Mabro, cabaret singer-songwriter
* Amon Tobin
* Arcade Fire, rock band
* Melissa Auf der Maur, rock bassist

[edit] B

* Bell Orchestre, instrumental band
* Charlie Biddle, jazz bassist
* Bless, hip-hop artist
* Bootsauce, rock band
* Win Butler, singer/songwriter

[edit] C

* Robert Charlebois, singer/songwriter
* Gregory Charles, musician and radio host
* Régine Chassagne, singer, musician
* Leonard Cohen, poet and singer
* Corneille, singer

[edit] D

* The Dears, rock band
* DEE, pop singer/songwriter
* Destaël Experimental rock band
* Celine Dion, international singer/songwriter
* Glen Drover, guitarist for Megadeth
* Shawn Drover, drummer for Megadeth

[edit] E

* Iwan Edwards, conductor

[edit] F

* Mylène Farmer, singer

[edit] G

* Les Georges Leningrad, rock band
* Godspeed You! Black Emperor, rock band

[edit] H

* Corey Hart, 80's rock singer
* Thomas Hellman, pop singer
* Carl Henry, R and B singer
* Steve Holt, jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter

[edit] I

* Norman Iceberg, singer/songwriter
* Islands, rock band

[edit] J

* Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
* Sass Jordan, rock singer, music critic

[edit] K

* Andy Kim, singer/songwriter

[edit] L

* Ranee Lee, jazz singer
* Lesbians on Ecstasy, band
* André Éric Létourneau, electronic musician

[edit] M

* Massari, pop singer
* Kate and Anna McGarrigle, folk singing duo
* Lee Mellor, singer-songwriter
* Men Without Hats, pop group
* Luck Mervil, singer/ actor
* Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, gospel choir
* Mike Moya

[edit] P

* Trevor W. Payne, music teacher, music director
* Wilfrid Pelletier, symphony conductor
* Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
* Priestess, a rock band

[edit] Q

* Sara Quin, singer-songwriter

[edit] R

* Ginette Reno, singer
* Sam Roberts, singer-songwriter

[edit] S

* Giancarlo Scalia, pianist and composer
* A Silver Mt. Zion, rock band
* Simple Plan, pop/rock band
* Tiga James Sontag, Electronic music
* St. Lawrence Choir, 80 voice choir
* Stars, pop band
* The Stills, rock band

[edit] T

* Alain Trudel, conductor
* The Narcicyst, hip hop artist

[edit] U

* David Usher, singer/songwriter

[edit] V

* Gino Vanelli, singer/songwriter
* Roch Voisine, singer
* Velvet Trench Vibes, Hip-hop band

[edit] W

* Martha Wainwright, singer/songwriter
* Rufus Wainwright, singer/songwriter
* Wolf Parade, rock band

[edit] Y

* Nikki Yanofsky, 14 yr old jazz singer

[edit] Z

* Joel Zifkin, electric violinist, singer/songwriter


Melissa is the bassist of Hole. AND SHE'S FROM MONTREAL!!!!

[benson111]

Indiana has Axl Rose.....and Colonel Sanders!!!!

Sorry dude but Colonel sanders is from Corbin Ky. NOT Indiana. ;)

Here is a pretty FAT List of Kentuckians.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kentucky

[Cubecubed]

Melissa is the bassist of Hole. AND SHE'S FROM MONTREAL!!!!

shes also a fox.

[Rockbandfan23467]

Red Adair fireman oil well fires, Houston
Alvin Ailey choreographer, Rogers
Mary Kay Ash cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells
Steven Fuller Austin founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA
Gene Autry singer, actor, Tioga
Kathy Baker actress, Midland
Clyde Barrow outlaw, Telico
Carol Burnett comedienne, San Antonio
Cyd Charisse actress, dancer, Amarillo
Henry Cisneros politician, San Antonio
Denton A. Cooley heart surgeon, Houston
Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio
Robert Dennard inventor, Terrell
Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison
A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston
Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth
Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin
Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock
Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston
Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston
Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall
Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas
George Jones singer, Saratoga
Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur
Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba
Trini Lopez singer, Dallas
Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford
Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth
Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth
Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston
Willie Nelson singer, Abbot
Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg
Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso
Roy Orbison singer, Vernon
Buck Owens singer, Sherman
Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena
H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana
Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek
Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline
Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton
Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur
Tex Ritter singer, Murval
Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso
Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio
Rip Torn actor, director, Temple
Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp
Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls
Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans
Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler
Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur
The Bush Family scumbags, Crawford

[a21schizoidman]

Sorry dude but Colonel sanders is from Corbin Ky. NOT Indiana. ;)

Here is a pretty FAT List of Kentuckians.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kentucky

sorry, but you are wrong here man

Harland Sanders was born in Henryville, IN on September 16, 1890

[benson111]

sorry, but you are wrong here man

Harland Sanders was born in Henryville, IN on September 16, 1890

True he was born there but live the greater portion of his life in Corbin Ky. ;). I could have been born in Ohio, But i will ALWAYS be a Bluegrass Boy. ;)

[a21schizoidman]

True he was born there but live the greater portion of his life in Corbin Ky. ;). I could have been born in Ohio, But i will ALWAYS be a Bluegrass Boy. ;)

but it still makes him from my state, lol

I was born in Illinois, and I live in Indiana, but I was only born there, Col. Sanders lived in IN for a short time as a child before moving to KY

[BaneOfIcarus]

Dane Cook comedian, stand up, and actor

Now THAT is funny... Dane Cook? A comedian? Don't make me laugh. :D

[Alright_Computer]

Um... Indiana has Michael Jackson and a few of the members of Guns 'n' Roses. And Indiana was where Lincoln grew up, but that's about it.

And yes, I saw the big lists on the other page.

[iananderson]

John McCain is my senator. lol

[a21schizoidman]

Um... Indiana has Michael Jackson and a few of the members of Guns 'n' Roses. And Indiana was where Lincoln grew up, but that's about it.

And yes, I saw the big lists on the other page.

dont bash my state! lol

[Rockbandfan23467]

My state would like to apologize for The Bush Family.

[Cubecubed]

My state would like to apologize for The Bush Family.

its all good.


my state would like to apologize for the Insane Clown Posse:D:D:D

[Rockbandfan23467]

I wonder which is more of an embarresment.

(ICP vs. The Bush Family)

[instantdeath999]

I absolutely hate my state.

[a21schizoidman]

I absolutely hate my state.

Colorado? lol jk

[clashcityrocker10]

I'm from New York. Theodore Roosevelt, my favorite president, is from my state. Ray Romano dropped out of my high school. There's other famous people, it's quite a list.

Here's Wikipedia for the state:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_New_York_State

New York City specifically:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_New_York_City

That was much easier than actually typing that list.:D




There's some people I really don't like from my state, wow.

[DarkEternal37]

I'll give you some from my city:

Mike O'Malley
Triple H (yeah, the wrestler)
Mandy Moore

Mike O'Malley lives here, the other two were born here. Mandy Moore didn't live here for very long if my memory serves, but Triple H lived here through High School. I've seen him in our old yearbooks as well as old pictures of our football team.

[ByH20]

Phyllis from The Office is from a city in Illinois very close to my city.

lol

[ffwarrior47]

Andre Agassi, (1970-), professional tennis player
Ben Alexander, (1911-1969) actor
Kathy Augustine, (1956-2006), Nevada State Controller from 1999 until her death
Art Bell, (1945-), syndicated radio host
Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch - NASCAR drivers
Walter van Tilburg Clark - writer
James E. Casey, (1888-1983), founder, United Parcel Service
Hobart Cavanaugh, (1886-1950) actor
Michael Chang - tennis player
Abby Dalton, (1935-) actress
Leah Dizon, {1986-), model, singer, Japanese TV personality
Brandon Flowers - lead singer of The Killers
Jim Gibbons, (1944-) 28th and current Governor of Nevada
Steven Jackson Professional football player
Jenna Jameson, (1974-), adult film actress and entertainer
Gee Jon, the first person to be executed by means of lethal gas
Jack Kramer - tennis player
Paul Laxalt - politician
Robert Laxalt - writer
Jenny Lewis - singer
Greg Maddux - Major League Baseball player
Pat Nixon, (1912-1993), First Lady of the United States (1969-1974)
Edna Purviance - actress
Harry Reid, (1939-), United States Senate Minority Leader (2005-)
Willard Hughes Rollings, (1948-2008), Historian of Native Americans
Ryan Ross - Lead guitarist, backup singer, lyricist for Panic! at the Disco
Karl Rove - presidential advisor
Spencer Smith - Drummer for Panic! at the Disco
Steve Wynn - casino owner
Rajan Zed - Prominent Hindu chaplain
Barry Zito - Major League Baseball player
Brendon Urie - Leadsinger for Panic! at the Disco
Brent Wilson - Former bassist for Panic! at the Disco
Gina Carano - Female MMA Fighter
Darion Griffith (1789-1866) - longest beard in America
Criss Angel-Professional Magician/rockstar who won award for magician of the year in 2005 Currently Resides at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada
Wovoka, (1856-1932) Northern Paiute religious leader
:D

[TheAnalogKid2112]

Andre Agassi. That's all.

[TheAnalogKid2112]

Andre Agassi, (1970-), professional tennis player
Ben Alexander, (1911-1969) actor
Kathy Augustine, (1956-2006), Nevada State Controller from 1999 until her death
Art Bell, (1945-), syndicated radio host
Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch - NASCAR drivers
Walter van Tilburg Clark - writer
James E. Casey, (1888-1983), founder, United Parcel Service
Hobart Cavanaugh, (1886-1950) actor
Michael Chang - tennis player
Abby Dalton, (1935-) actress
Leah Dizon, {1986-), model, singer, Japanese TV personality
Brandon Flowers - lead singer of The Killers
Jim Gibbons, (1944-) 28th and current Governor of Nevada
Steven Jackson Professional football player
Jenna Jameson, (1974-), adult film actress and entertainer
Gee Jon, the first person to be executed by means of lethal gas
Jack Kramer - tennis player
Paul Laxalt - politician
Robert Laxalt - writer
Jenny Lewis - singer
Greg Maddux - Major League Baseball player
Pat Nixon, (1912-1993), First Lady of the United States (1969-1974)
Edna Purviance - actress
Harry Reid, (1939-), United States Senate Minority Leader (2005-)
Willard Hughes Rollings, (1948-2008), Historian of Native Americans
Ryan Ross - Lead guitarist, backup singer, lyricist for Panic! at the Disco
Karl Rove - presidential advisor
Spencer Smith - Drummer for Panic! at the Disco
Steve Wynn - casino owner
Rajan Zed - Prominent Hindu chaplain
Barry Zito - Major League Baseball player
Brendon Urie - Leadsinger for Panic! at the Disco
Brent Wilson - Former bassist for Panic! at the Disco
Gina Carano - Female MMA Fighter
Darion Griffith (1789-1866) - longest beard in America
Criss Angel-Professional Magician/rockstar who won award for magician of the year in 2005 Currently Resides at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada
Wovoka, (1856-1932) Northern Paiute religious leader
:D
Hey you're from Vegas too!!

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Lets look at famous people from Wisconsin!
Frank Callinato is from Wisconsin.
So is Les Paul (In Waukesha, there is a street named after him)


And infamous people, like Jermery Dalhmer and Ed Gein

[ffwarrior47]

Hey you're from Vegas too!!

annd you said only Andre Agassi, was from here... shame
:D lol.

[cutmaclass]

Isaac Hayes
Aretha Franklin
Tina Turner
Al Gore
Morgan Freeman
Dolly Parton
Elvis (Presley)
Quentin Tarantino
uhhh... Alvin York and Davy Crockett?

Jack White lives here currently. My girlfriend's mom has run into him at least three times at the grocery store...

[a21schizoidman]

Lets look at famous people from Wisconsin!
Frank Callinato is from Wisconsin.
So is Les Paul (In Waukesha, there is a street named after him)


And infamous people, like Jermery Dalhmer and Ed Gein

you also had Joseph McCarthy, lol

[Alright_Computer]

dont bash my state! lol

Hey, it's my state too! I just like to poke fun at it from time to time.