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Dayton, OH

The Wright Brothers
Jonathon Winters
Martin Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Emilio Estevez
Rob Lowe
Mike Schmidt
The Breeders (awesome indie band)
Annie Oakley
Neil Armstrong
and...ME!

Arizona:

Frank Lloyd Wright
The crazy woman who invented the Twilight crap
Alice Cooper
Gin Blossoms
Jimmy Eat World
Meat Puppets
Jason Newsted (former bass player from Metallica)
Chester Bennington (singer for Linkin Park)

I believe you will find that Alice Cooper was born in Michigan.

Washington State

Randy Couture
Paul Allen
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix
Ana Faris
I'm sure there are more...

Texas!

Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker
Carol Burnett
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Buddy Holly
Howard Hughes
Lyndon B. Johnson
Janis Joplin
Tommy Lee Jones
Willie Nelson
Chuck Norris
We are also responsible for Matthew McConaughey! You're welcome, world!

nc here!! & though i'm sure there are many more, the ones off the top of my head are:

- j cole
- clay aiken
- fantasia
- petey pablo :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Me too! We also have:

Zach Galifianakis
Jenelle from Teen Mom (ha!)

Sally Struthers actress,

Oregon...we have nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thunder Bay, Ontario:

Kevin Durand (actor from Lost, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, etc) was born and went to high school here.
Paul Schaffer (from David Letterman) actually has a street named after him.
The Staal Brothers (NHL Hockey players) are probably our most famous exports.

From Nebraska
Johnny Carson
Famous Nebraskans
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Grover Cleveland Alexander baseball pitcher, Saint Paul
Fred Astaire dancer, actor, Omaha
Max Baer boxer, Omaha
Bil Baird puppeteer, Grand Island
George Beadle geneticist, Wahoo
Marlon Brando actor, Omaha
Warren Buffett investor, Omaha
**** Cavett TV entertainer, Gibbon
Montgomery Clift actor, Omaha
James Coburn actor, Laurel
Sandy Dennis actress, Hastings
Mignon Eberhart author, Lincoln
Harold Edgerton inventor, Fremont
Ruth Etting singer, actress, David City
Henry Fonda actor, Grand Island
Gerald Rudolph Ford U.S. president, Omaha
Jay W. Forrester inventor, Climax
Bob Gibson baseball player, Omaha
Hoot Gibson actor, Tememah
Howard Hanson composer, conductor, Wahoo
Leland Hayward producer, Nebraska City
David Janssen actor, Naponee
Susette La Flesche artist, Omaha
Francis La Flesche ethnologist, Omaha
Frank W. Leahy football coach, O'Neill
Malcolm X civil rights advocate, Omaha
Irish McCalla actress, Pawnee City
Dorothy McGuire actress, Omaha
Nick Nolte actor, Omaha
Roscoe Pound educator, legal scholar, Lincoln
Red Cloud Indian rights advocate, leader
Mari Sandoz author, Sheridan Cty
Standing Bear Indian rights advocate, leader
Inga Swenson actress, Omaha
Robert Taylor actor, Filley
Paul Williams singer, composer, actor, Omaha
Don Wilson announcer, Lincoln
Julie Wilson singer, actress, Omaha
Darryl F. Zanuck film producer, Wahoo

VA!!!! :-)

-Dave Matthews Band
-Coko (SWV member)
-Trey Songz
-Chris Brown
-The Clipse
-Pharell (and the other members of The Neptunes)
-Missy Elliot
-Timbaland
-Tim Reed
-Bob Saget
-Wanda Sykes
-Michael Vick
-Elliott Yamin

mainly musicians and bands... but there's also a ton of presidents and athletes from VA too!

And I was trying to think of some from Virginia!! Thanks!

saint louis missouri
who knew that akon, maya angelou, max factor, josephine baker, betty grable, masters and johnson, haha, i knew nelly, but didnt know hes almost 38, wow, joseph pulitizer, famous for the pulitzer prize, and so very many i cant put and cant believe. wow, interesting to look up. im in shock there was more than like 10 haha.

Memphis, TN

Elvis (of course)
Cybill Shepherd
Kathy Bates
Dixie Carter (grew up here)
Shannon Doherty
Aretha Franklin (born here)
Morgan Freeman (born here and still lives a bit south in MS)
Yo Gotti
George Hamilton
Jerry Lawler
Jimmy Hart
Issac Hayes
Ingram Hill
Justin Timberlake
BB King
Jerry Lee Lewis
Saliva
Three Six Mafia

I could keep going, but I gotta work sometime today

Arizona:

Frank Lloyd Wright
The crazy woman who invented the Twilight crap
Alice Cooper
Gin Blossoms
Jimmy Eat World
Meat Puppets
Jason Newsted (former bass player from Metallica)
Chester Bennington (singer for Linkin Park)

Don't forget Jordin Sparks! The crazy Twilight lady is Stephanie Meyer. lol.

nc here!! & though i'm sure there are many more, the ones off the top of my head are:

- j cole
- clay aiken
- fantasia
- petey pablo :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

NC here too!!! :drinker:

Minnesota,

Bob Dylan

These were famous folk from MY hometown in Duluth, Minnesota:

Dylan was born here (although he didn't live here long) My brother took a picture of the house he lived in.......he's a huge Dylan fan
And, let's not forget Lorenzo Music! The voice of Garfield and Carlton, Your Doorman! (he went to my High School, but was not in my class)
Gena Lee Nolin - former BayWatch beauty & Price is Right girl
David Oreck - FOUNDER of the Oreck Vacuum, and other enterprises
Jeno Palucci (maker of those infamous PIZZA ROLLS! and other frozen foods you probably have eaten)
Telly Savalas's Mother in Law lived down the street from me, and he owned a house here in Duluth.

Frank Miller
Edgar Allan Poe
Billie Holiday
Frank Zappa
William H. Macy
Edward Norton
Divine
Babe Ruth

Very interesting group.

Ya.....from WHERE????

That eclectic mix comes from Maryland.