i got this idea from ian noting that starsailor are from somewhere very close to he lives. so who else has some sort of story like that?

 

i live in philadelphia, which has been home to:

 

Bill Cosby

Will Smith

Ben Franklin

Edgar Allen Poe

The Roots

W.C. Fields

Tara Lipinski

George McLellan (Civil War general)

Boyz II Men

Pink

Dick Clark

John Coltrane

Hall and Oates

Patti Labelle

 

and yes i did find a list online to help me, hehe

 

ok, your turn.

The beatles. They're from liverpool .I get them.

Atomic Kitten. Oh yes.

Sonia. hahaha.

Cilla Black.

hummm

 

saramago is from here , hes a nobel prize "winner" (literature)

Figo (famous soccer player)

the king of spain spent most of his youth here (portugal- cascais)

 

... i don't really know who you might know from here :sad:

MIke Myers

Hayden Christense

Keanu Reeves

Barenaked Ladies

Kids in The Hall

 

cant think of anyone else right now

im from miami and the only person that comes to mind is Trick Daddy, lol

erm....coarse of nature

Anne Murray

Hayden (the singer)

Jim Carrey

 

There's tones more I forget

These are people I think that are from the Toronto area:

 

A guy who's on All My Children Cameron Mathison (went to my high school)

Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone

Scott Speedman from Felicity

Martin Short

Dan Akroyd

Eugene Levy

Howie Mandell

Neve Campbell

Neil Young

Joni Mitchell

Bryan Adams

Leonard Cohen

i thought neil young was from some backwoods area in northern ontario somewhere :shrug: :-o

Celebs from Edmonton:

Michael J. Fox

hockey legend Mark Messier

Olympic Medalist Pierre Lueders

Carmyn from American Idol 2

 

Celebs that are from around Edmonton:

Nickelback

Olympic Pairs Skating Gold Medalist Jamie Sale (her and her partner train here)

 

There are more but I can't remember them. I'll post them later.

The wrestler 'The Rock' went to my high school....

Christine Taylor...she was in those Brady Bunch movies and is married to Ben Stiller.

that's all I know of. :shrug:

MIke Myers

Hayden Christense

Keanu Reeves

Barenaked Ladies

Kids in The Hall

 

cant think of anyone else right now

 

ditto... :D

i thought neil young was from some backwoods area in northern ontario somewhere :shrug: :-o

 

I honestly have no idea, you might be right :shrug:

Well the closest I could think of is Snoop Dog and the guys from Blink 182...

I went to the same high school as Danny Glover! Actually he spoke at my graduation! :)

I went to the same community college as Robin Williams, his big mansion is not far from where I used to live. Anyone in town, I can take you there! :D

Bono

Larry Mullen JR.

The Edge

Adam Clayton

 

Westlife, altho I think they have houses is Sligo

 

Samantha Mumba :p

 

Damien Rice

 

Colm Meaney

Patrick Bergin

Bob Geldof

Colin Farrell

Enya

Sinead O'Connor

BP Fallon

Gavin Friday

Guggi

Stephen Rea

 

...and probably many more...

 

:D

 

God bless Rub-a Dublin!! Yeee haa!!

not very exciting but my father is friends with both Eric Clapton and Ken Tyrell (ex-formula one racing team) :)

um john paul the 2nd

 

and tom peed you forgot to add EVE ,she`s from philly too

not very exciting but my father is friends with both Eric Clapton and Ken Tyrell (ex-formula one racing team) :)

 

I think that's very exciting, at least for the Eric Clapton bit I dunno the other guy :shrug:

not very exciting but my father is friends with both Eric Clapton and Ken Tyrell (ex-formula one racing team) :)

 

I think that's very exciting, at least for the Eric Clapton bit I dunno the other guy :shrug:

 

Yeah I agree. And I THINK I've heard of Ken Tyrell, well, the Tyrell bit anyway.

 

From Bristol we have Cary Grant. There MUST be more, but I can't think of anyone else.

i'm sure there are tons of famous people from here, but these are the only ones i can think of

 

george w. bush (along with many other presidents i dont want to list)

nolan ryan

tommy lee jones

buddy holly

janis joplin

willie nelson

lance armstrong

bonnie & clyde

farrah fawcett

stevie ray vaughan

ronnie,donnie van zant

robert duvall

 

and i think woody harrelson was from here too, but i'm not sure :shrug:

not very exciting but my father is friends with both Eric Clapton and Ken Tyrell (ex-formula one racing team) :)

 

I think that's very exciting, at least for the Eric Clapton bit I dunno the other guy :shrug:

 

Yeah I agree. And I THINK I've heard of Ken Tyrell, well, the Tyrell bit anyway.

 

From Bristol we have Cary Grant. There MUST be more, but I can't think of anyone else.

 

OOOH! Just thought of someone else - Mark Almond (now who the hell can remember him?!) He actually lived in my road lol

I have no idea who Mark Almond is.. :shrug:

MIke Myers

Hayden Christense

Keanu Reeves

Barenaked Ladies

Kids in The Hall

 

cant think of anyone else right now

 

ditto... :D

Hayden Christensen! :shock: Awesome!! Ever met him?

I've never met him...but i think my friend did..unless he's lying to me.. :?