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    George K
    wrote on 31 May 2022, 22:44 last edited by
    #1

    Seen on a blog...

    Who's the most famous person from your hometown.

    I was born in New York, so I'll pass on that. However, I grew up somewhere else.

    My most famous person:

    Carol Lawrence

    I went to elementary school with her cousin.

    And, of course, Joey Aiuppa.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      George K
      wrote on 31 May 2022, 22:45 last edited by
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      Oh, Mrs. George grew up in Cicero, IL.

      I won't go there, LOL.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        LuFins Dad
        wrote on 31 May 2022, 22:48 last edited by
        #3

        It can go a number of different ways but I’ll go with the DC Madam.

        The Brad

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          kluurs
          wrote on 31 May 2022, 22:53 last edited by
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          I grew up in Bellwood, IL which was where Gene Cernan grew up. My first 2 years were spent in Westchester, IL which is the home of actress Kathryn Hahn.

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            Horace
            wrote on 31 May 2022, 22:55 last edited by
            #5

            Chris Farley comes to mind.

            Education is extremely important.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:09 last edited by
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              Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

              Robert Service, Canadian poet.

              Or maybe Sir Richard Arkwright, founding father of the industrial revolution

              Neither of them are really famous.

              My favourite choice is Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit.

              I was only joking

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                Mik
                wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:10 last edited by Mik
                #7

                Woody Harrelson. He went to my high school in Lebanon.

                John Legend went to mine in Springfield.

                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                • D Doctor Phibes
                  31 May 2022, 23:09

                  Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                  Robert Service, Canadian poet.

                  Or maybe Sir Richard Arkwright, founding father of the industrial revolution

                  Neither of them are really famous.

                  My favourite choice is Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:12 last edited by
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                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                  Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                  Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • G George K
                    31 May 2022, 23:12

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                    Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                    Someone I would recognize, LOL.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:16 last edited by
                    #9

                    @George-K said in Most famous?:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                    Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                    Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                    Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                    9d7bbdd7-708e-4b07-afe4-9c4179f36f66-image.png

                    I was only joking

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                    • D Doctor Phibes
                      31 May 2022, 23:16

                      @George-K said in Most famous?:

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                      Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                      Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                      Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                      9d7bbdd7-708e-4b07-afe4-9c4179f36f66-image.png

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                      George K
                      wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:20 last edited by
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                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                      Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                      Who dis?

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        Aqua Letifer
                        wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:36 last edited by
                        #11

                        No one even remotely famous. But where I was born, the closest town over, William H. Macy and the King of the Strings, Joe Maphis.

                        Link to video

                        Please love yourself.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 31 May 2022, 23:41 last edited by
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                          George W. Bush

                          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 00:07 last edited by
                            #13

                            Now my hometown was 1 square mile and had 3500 people. If you drive another mile down the road you get to the next 3500 person town, which was where Joe Montana was born…

                            The Brad

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                            • D Doctor Phibes
                              31 May 2022, 23:16

                              @George-K said in Most famous?:

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                              Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                              Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                              Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                              9d7bbdd7-708e-4b07-afe4-9c4179f36f66-image.png

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                              Renauda
                              wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 01:05 last edited by
                              #14

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                              @George-K said in Most famous?:

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                              Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                              Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                              Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                              9d7bbdd7-708e-4b07-afe4-9c4179f36f66-image.png

                              You don’t say.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • R Renauda
                                1 Jun 2022, 01:05

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                                @George-K said in Most famous?:

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                                Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                                Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                                Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                                9d7bbdd7-708e-4b07-afe4-9c4179f36f66-image.png

                                You don’t say.

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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 01:34 last edited by
                                #15

                                @Renauda said in Most famous?:

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                                @George-K said in Most famous?:

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Most famous?:

                                Depends on what you mean by 'famous'

                                Someone I would recognize, LOL.

                                Ah - OK, then- this guy:

                                9d7bbdd7-708e-4b07-afe4-9c4179f36f66-image.png

                                You don’t say.

                                Robert Service and Mr. Humphries! Who'd have thought it?

                                I was only joking

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                                  Copper
                                  wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 01:43 last edited by
                                  #16

                                  Leonard Nimoy
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                                  James Taylor
                                  Paul Revere
                                  Benjamin Franklin
                                  Sam Adams
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                                  Ted Kennedy
                                  Samuel Morse
                                  "Whitey" Bulger

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                                    Catseye3
                                    wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 01:49 last edited by
                                    #17

                                    Annette Funicello.

                                    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                      89th
                                      wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 02:08 last edited by
                                      #18

                                      I was born in Alexandria, VA so there is no shortage of famous d00ds, like George Washington. From a more modern twist, I guess you could say it's cool that Luke Skywalker went to the same high school as me (obviously an earlier class), and Dave Grohl was also from my hometown.

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 13:46 last edited by
                                        #19

                                        Leslie Nielsen

                                        Elbows up!

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