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The most famous person from your town?

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SteezePatrol
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who's the most famous person from your town

for mine it's probably Raymond Collishaw, the fighter pilot who probably shot down more planes than the baron but didn't say so cuz he wasn't a claimer.
May 13 2008 2:03AM
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huge-go
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Arnold Schwartzeneger(sp?) used to have a vacation home where I live.  Does that count?
Eric Hjorleifson used to live here.  Chris Rubens was my buddies neighbour.  But he moved to revelstoke.
May 13 2008 2:15AM
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Eric_D
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Carlos Boozer - Utah Jazz
May 13 2008 2:21AM
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Shpadoinkle
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Mike Jones




But really...Jim Courier.
May 13 2008 2:22AM
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Eric_D
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Snow wise would be  Mark Landvik. pro snowboarder.
May 13 2008 2:26AM
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Dustin.
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Lots of great athletes here in Colorado!  Haha, Appolo Anton Ohnoh (sp?), the gold medalist works at the Home Depot on Academy and Woodmen.
May 13 2008 2:26AM
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Ryanvdonk
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lets see, from my home town...the former fatest man in the world, there's david guterson author of snow falling on cedars, paul brainard lives there (i worked on his yard, haha), and Chris Kattan. im a pretty big deal as well.
May 13 2008 2:32AM
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jksl
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tom wallisch and steve stepp?
May 13 2008 2:34AM
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Ryanvdonk
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i saw jesus working at king soopers across the street.
May 13 2008 2:34AM
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Shpadoinkle
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Shit, I almost forgot about Mike Cope the NASCAR driver and his son Travis. Travis is such a hottie, LOL.
May 13 2008 2:40AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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I know Steele Spence shreaded some urban really close to my house..Its the part in shangai six when the security guy is talkin to him..You know "can I kick it"..yea thats walking distance from my house but i couldnt imagine slaying that myslef..

also i belive so pro boarders like mitch reed live in Denver..
May 13 2008 2:45AM
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solitaryman
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joe sackic or w/e swollen members i live in vancouver theres tons of people outta this place im just too lazy
May 13 2008 2:53AM
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[Toby]
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ha desroying this thread
sammy either buying or bought a house, pollard, ike smith supposdely pep might move here and a couple boarders
May 13 2008 2:53AM
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Jamie_Baril
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All the dudes from "train"
May 13 2008 3:27AM
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eheath
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I'm not sure, salt lake has to be the home for some other famous people than players on the Utah Jazz.
May 13 2008 4:16AM
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seine_Dudeheit
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Hahaah, are you fuckin kiddin me? - I think there are no famus people in a circle of 200 km around my place... The only one, that you might know is Patrick Hollaus (team Line), he is basicly my neighbour.
May 13 2008 4:42AM
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SK1ERDUDE
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Keith Richards and Johnny depp
May 13 2008 6:35AM
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goneforever
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I live in New York City, so there are a bunch of them.
May 13 2008 6:39AM
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Barf.
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Oh and Paul Newman, the Pasta sauce guy.
May 13 2008 6:49AM
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chickenwang
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bill cosby
May 13 2008 7:08AM
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jayhood
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don frye
May 13 2008 7:33AM
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skithedirt
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we have two olympic bobsledders dan and derrin steele that won the gold in the olympics in utah

May 13 2008 7:54AM
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Alkyy
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Mike Clarke, bruce willis has a summer house kinda close
May 13 2008 8:32AM
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jfoley019
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Andy Van Slyke and Mark Lemke (be wicked jealous). There was also a girl who competed in the X Games in 06 for Boarder X but I forget her name.
May 13 2008 8:40AM
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skiminnesota
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randy moss has a home like 10 min from where i live.....
May 13 2008 9:06AM
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Coalescent
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Bill Bostic...





he writes our town news blog
May 13 2008 9:12AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Too many live here, none come from here.
May 13 2008 9:20AM
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blindside
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Mario Lemieux...Guy Lafleur.....Leonard Cohen....Mordecai Richler....ummmm thats all i can think of but im sure theres more....
May 13 2008 9:34AM
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Skierguy1234
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Reggie, Otto, Twister and the Squid.
May 13 2008 9:46AM
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Snowcase
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One of the people who went to the moon. Some famous lacrosse players.
May 13 2008 10:04AM
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Avifarer
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Country singer Paul Brandt. We've got a couple hockey players in the WHL one got drafted 2nd round by Tampa Bay.
And last week a kid in my school got drafted 2nd overall in the WHL draft so he'll most likely be in the NHL.
May 13 2008 10:50AM
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Armanzoid
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http://nymag.com/news/people/18842/index4.html

Theres a nice map. I occasionally see a celebrities when I walk around the city. I ate next to Moby at the Brooklyn Diner once. My dad cut Howard Sterns and his supermodel girlfriends hair for a long time. Its not that crazy, given that so many famous people live here.
May 13 2008 11:04AM
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freeskier824
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justin long and john mayer went to my high school
May 13 2008 11:06AM
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charmander
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bing crosby

some dude from the birds
May 13 2008 11:17AM
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Avifarer
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oh yea rory bushfields parents house is 10 minutes away from my town
May 13 2008 11:22AM
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Alex_G
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Ken Dorsey, and a current balla at receiver right now for the rams, Drew Bennett.
May 13 2008 11:24AM
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Mezmerize19
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Sally Jesse Raphael, I see her in the A&P  a lot.  shes a bitch. 
James Earl Jones
Vin Diesel
and a bunch of other rich people over in Pawling
May 13 2008 11:26AM
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horner
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May 13 2008 11:27AM
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=Worf=
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they aint from slc

haha stepp from mechanicsburg, pa and tom is from MD near wisp

May 13 2008 11:29AM
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PhaedeD
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prolly this chick

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May 13 2008 11:33AM
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jksl
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whoa weird i had no idea!
May 13 2008 11:51AM
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snwbrdmilf
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Where do you live? His sister has a restaurant here in the Catskills.

And I'm probably the most famous person from my town. Troof.
May 13 2008 12:00PM
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ThaLorax
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According to Wikipedia:
Mill Valley has also been home to many musicians, authors, actors, and TV personalities. The writer Jack Kerouac and the poet Gary Snyder once shared a cabin above the 2 AM Club, and Jerry Garcia — who recorded music in a Mill Valley recording studio — also once called Mill Valley home. Other rock stars such as Huey Lewis, Bob Weir, Sammy Hagar, Bonnie Raitt, Pete Sears, Clarence Clemons, John and Mario Cipollina, and Janis Joplin have also called this small town home. Authors such as Wright Morris and Jack London have also lived here, as does Joyce Maynard. Actors Peter Coyote, Dana Carvey, Jill Eikenberry, Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Tucker, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, have also called Mill Valley home and it was the place of birth for actors Eve Arden and Mariel Hemingway. Celebrity chef, Tyler Florence, also now calls Mill Valley home.





Oh and John Walker Lindh (the American Taliban guy)
May 13 2008 12:13PM
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wordzofwizdum
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MAGOON
May 13 2008 12:27PM
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Lateralis
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johnathan cheechoo from the san jose sharks, james cameron.
May 13 2008 12:32PM
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al_britskiier
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The boxer Ricky Hatton (The last guy to fight Floyd Mayweather)  Vivienne Westwood (fashion designer), a few people who used to play football (soccer) in the premier league and british cyclist david millar used to live near here
May 13 2008 12:34PM
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king.tubby
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i was totally just thinking about making one of these threads. from my glorious home town of ROCKFORD ILLINOIS:
the band cheap trick (dream police, i want you to want me)
michelle williams of destinys child (went to my high school)
world class mountaineer ed viesturs (first american to climb all the 8000 meter peaks- and he did it without bottled oxygen)
also the rockford peaches, of "a league of their own" fame. the lady who madonna played used to work at a donut shop i would go to with my dad as a kid. her name was dotty, so they called her madotty
oh, and me. im pretty famous
May 13 2008 12:36PM
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low_fidelity
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jesus
May 13 2008 12:50PM
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Mr.O
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Pat Monahan the lead singer is from Erie, Pa but im not sure where the other members are from. Ohh and his son is a little rich shit that livesof his dad's money
May 13 2008 12:58PM
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purplejumpsuit
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kim cutrell from sex and the city and Pamela anderson.
but thats from the town I go to school in...
so from my town, berry pepper who plays a sniper in saving privet ryan.
May 13 2008 1:01PM
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