Famous celebrities born/raised in your town

[kingdom warrior]

I was Born an raised in Brooklyn NY Bed-Stuy and Williamsburgh area

Here are some famous Brooklynites

Woody Allen, Joseph Barbera, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Connelly, Tony Danza, Dom DeLuise, Neil Diamond, Richard Dreyfuss, Lou Ferrigno, George Gershwin, Jackie Gleason, Louis Gossett, Jr, Rita Hayworth, Gregory Hines, Lena Horne, Moe,Larry,Curly,Shemp Howard, Danny kaye, Sandy Koufax, Spike Lee, Emmanuel Lewis, Eddie Murphy,Rosie Perez, Willie Randolph Jr., Joan Rivers, Chris Rock, John Saxon, Neil Sedaka, Beverly Sills, Jimmy Smits, Wolfman Jack, Paul Sorvino, Barbra Streisand, Joe Torre, Mike Tyson, Mae West............

[boss]

William Holden... that's it.

[Brown Bear]

Hockey great Sidney Crosby lived about 30 minutes from my house.

[johnmiic]

I come from NY and lots of people have come from here and become successful. If I had to keep it local there are a handful from the suburbs where I live.

Patrick McGoohan, (Secret Agent Man, The Prisoner, Braveheart), was born in Astoria, Queens, NY and his family moved to Ireland.

Christopher Walken, (Deer Hunter, Dead Zone) is also from Astoria, Queens, New York.

Simon & Garfunkel, (musicians /actors), went to Forest Hills High School, near the area where I grew up; Corona, NY.

Louis Armstrong, Satchmo, resided in Corona, Queens, New York, at the time of his death mere blocks from where I grew up as a kid. He was interred in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, in Queens, New York.

Ray Romano, (Everybody Loves Raymond), attended Hillside High School in Queens. They did an article on him back in 1999. They said his teachers always busted him for being a class clown and frequently reprimanded him saying he would never amount to anything. Romano probably laughs that off every day he goes to the bank.

Jerry Seinfled, (Seinfeld), and his family come from Brooklyn & moved to Massapequa, Long Island.

Bernadette Peters & Cyndie Lauper, (musicians /actors), are from Ozone Park, Queens, New York.

Howard Stern, (radio personality/actor), was from Jackson Heights, Queens before moving to Long Island.

The members of KISS were mostly from NY, except Gene Simmons, (Paul Stanley born in Manhattan, New York and moved to Queens , Gene Simmons born in Israel and his family family emigrated to Jackson Heights, Queens, Peter Criss born in Brooklyn, Ace Frehley from the Bronx).

Isaac Asimov, (Author), was born in Russia and his family emigrated to the US. He became a US citizen & a native New Yorker.

Richard Feynman, who discovered the flaw in the space shuttle in 1987, was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.

Jackie Gleason, (The Honeymooners), was born in Brooklyn & attended John Adams High School in Queens & Bushwick High School in Brooklyn.

Martin Landau, (SPACE:1999, Mission Impossible), Eddie Murphy, (comic/actor/singer), & the late Carl Sagan, (scientist/astronomer/writer/tv personality) are all from Brooklyn.

[Mikey]

It's kind of not fair playing this game with people from big cities

[Brue]

youngstown, Ohio. mobsters & boxers

I did just google youngstown celebrity and founf Ed O'Neil was born there -fitting.

my new home Columbus has more -lots of sports figures

[toys2cool]

Did you know 1 in 39 Americans are either origianally from or have lived in NYC. I can't even begin to list the celebrities from here, so I'll just mention a few I've seen with Mego/nerd-related ties-
-Annette O'Toole sat next to me in the movies with her boyfriend, David McKeon (Lenny from Laverne & Shirley))
-Kirsten Dunst let my dog lick her face near Central Park

I've always had a crush on Kirsten

[johnmiic]

It's kind of not fair playing this game with people from big cities

You used to live in NY/NJ yourself.

[Mikey]

You used to live in NY/NJ yourself.

Yea, but I was still in the sticks

The only contest I could win was what town had the most tractors driving through main street at any given day

[toys2cool]

there's a few from Miami as well here's a few
Sidney Poitier-actor

Wilmer Valderrama-that 70's show,handy manny

trick daddy-rapper

pitbull-Rapper

Andy Garcia-born in Cuba but raised here Miami

Eva Mendez-

Jose Canseco-Born in Cuba but raised here,Came as an infant

Chad ochocinco

Steve Spurrier,Michael Irvin ...way too many athletes from Miami

[megomania]

Too easy

Mike Starr (RIP) - Alice in Chains (went to my High School)
Ann & Nancy Wilson - Heart
Paul Allen/Bill Gates - MS
Josie Bissett - Melrose Place
Chris Cornell - Soundgarden
Richard Karn - Al for 'Home Improvement'

And many more...but probably the one that most people don't know is Adam West was born in Walla Walla, WA...not Seattle but close

-Chris

[ScottA]

Dr. Martin Luther King
Nat King Cole
Hank Williams, Sr.
Toni Tennille
Bart Starr
F. Scott Fitzgerald
General Richard Montgomery
Rosa Parks
Brett Butler (the comedian)

[Brad]

Well, if you consider sports figures celebrities, then I have two for you. Sam Bowie is not only from my home town, he and his sister were also my babysitters when I was a wee tot. Most people probably don't even know who he is. I guess he is most famous for getting picked ahead of Michael Jordan in the draft.

I know who he is. Whenever I hear his name I think of shin splints which is what derailed his NBA career. As you said, he was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers one spot ahead of MJ, as the second overall pick in the 1984 NBA draft. Akeem (the dream) Olajuwon was number 1. The Trailblazers already had Clyde (the glide) Drexler whom they drafted the year before so it didn't make sense for them to draft another 2 guard.

I am both an NBA and NFL fan.

[Trappy Trek Freak]

Jennifer Garner went to the same HS as me but graduated the year before me in Charleston WV George Washington H.S. Randy Moss is from across the river from here. The guy that played in Lord of the Rings(Grima Wormtongue) and did the voice of Chucky is from WV. Don Knotts is from Morgantown. Ernest AKA Jim Varney, and Gilligan are from WV. Oh and that Chris Cooper actor guy is from WV.

[SeattleEd]

I'll add more:

Jimi Hendrix
Kurt Cobain - Born in Aberdeen, WA
Kenny G
Stone Gossard - Pearl Jam
Duff McKagan - Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Jennifer Warne - Singer
Gypsy Rose Lee - Burlesque Dancer
Rainn Wilson - Actor/Comedian
Ryan Stiles - Comedian

There are a whole slew of folks that grew up here and some live here now:

Quincy Jones
Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam
Peter Buck - REM
Dave Mathews
Kyle MacLachlan
Rose McGowan
Anna Faris
Brenden Fraser
Bill Nye
Tom Skerrit
Cameron Crowe
Dale Chihuly
Dan Savage

Also, The Ventures, The Sonics and Queensryche are all from Seattle.

BTW Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee are buried up here up on the North Capital Hill cemetery next to Volunteer Park. Jimi Hendrix is buried in Renton, just south of Seattle.

Too easy

Mike Starr (RIP) - Alice in Chains (went to my High School)
Ann & Nancy Wilson - Heart
Paul Allen/Bill Gates - MS
Josie Bissett - Melrose Place
Chris Cornell - Soundgarden
Richard Karn - Al for 'Home Improvement'

And many more...but probably the one that most people don't know is Adam West was born in Walla Walla, WA...not Seattle but close

-Chris