# Famous people born in your home town. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241 "2018-04-27T21:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/61 "2018-05-02T16:32:03Z")
From Edmonton: Tommy Chong Rae Dawn Chong Nathan Fillion Michael J Fox Robert Goulet Bruce McCulloch Leslie Neilson kd Lang Gordon R Dickson Marshall McLuhan and a whole bunch of hockey players and curlers ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/62 "2018-05-02T16:33:13Z")
I grew up in a town so small that my family raised the stated population by 5% just by moving there. Don’t know anyone who was actually born there. > [@cochrane](#): > > how many famous people have been born in the same town as you? Ah, born in the same town as me. Fred MacMurray leads that list. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/63 "2018-05-02T16:50:35Z")
> [@K364](#): > > From Edmonton: But this is a “born in the same town as you” thread. Robert Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and moved to Girouxville, Alberta at the age of 13 and spent his formative years there. > **[Robert Goulet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goulet)** > > Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 – October 30, 2007) was an American and Canadian singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, until age 13, and then spent his formative years in Canada. Cast as Sir Lancelot and originating the role in the 1960 Broadway musical Camelot starring opposite established Broadway stars Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, he achieved instant recognition with his performance and interpretation of the song "If... Leslie Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/64 "2018-05-02T17:15:58Z")
Oh shit, I just went off the Wiki list of “Famous people from Edmonton” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/65 "2018-05-02T20:16:59Z")
When I first read the OP I assumed it was asking for people born in the town I live in. I don’t know of anyone born in El Cerrito, CA (the town has no hospital, so even people whose parents live in El Cerrito are usually born somewhere else). If you want to know who was born in the same city I was born in, here are some famous people who were born in Oakland: Amy Tan Galen Rowell Don Budge Dennis Eckersley Cookie Lavagetto Ernie Lombardi Dave Stewart Dontrelle Willis Debbi Fields (of Mrs. Fields Cookies) Max Baer, Jr. (Jethro) Buster Crabbe Robert Culp Mark Hamill Shemar Moore Kamala Harris Fred Korematsu Billie Joe Armstrong MC Hammer Ruth Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/66 "2018-05-03T01:20:05Z")
William Howard Taft Bernard Kroger Ted Turner Doris Day Roy Rogers Steven Spielberg Miller Huggins Barry Larkin Pete Rose Roger Staubach Charles Manson Russell Wilson John Boehner ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/67 "2018-05-03T01:54:07Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > John Boehner Reading, Ohio 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/68 "2018-05-03T02:55:58Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Reading, Ohio 😃 [https://www.biography.com/people/john-boehner-20656041](https://www.biography.com/people/john-boehner-20656041) This has it as Cincinnati. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/69 "2018-05-03T03:13:56Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > [https://www.biography.com/people/john-boehner-20656041](https://www.biography.com/people/john-boehner-20656041) > > This has it as Cincinnati. Reading is a suburb of Cincinatti. It isn’t unusual to name the big nearby city instead of the actual place of birth. From _Official Congressional Directory, 2005-2006: 109th Congress_: > [@](#): > > JOHN A. BOEHNER, Republican, Of West Chester, OH; born in Reading, OH, November 17, 1949; education: graduated, Moeller High School, Cincinnati, OH, 1968; B.S., Xavier University, 1977; president. Nucite Sales, Inc.; Ohio House Of Representatives, 1984—90; ranking Republican member, Commerce and Labor Committee; Energy and Environ-ment Committee; Judiciary and Criminal Justice; elected, Union Township Trustees, 1981; elect- ed, president. Union Township Board of Trustees, 1984… ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/70 "2018-05-03T03:53:43Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Reading, Ohio 😃 > [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Reading is a suburb of Cincinatti. It isn’t unusual to name the big nearby city instead of the actual place of birth. > > From _Official Congressional Directory, 2005-2006: 109th Congress_: ������������������������������������ It’s Cincinnati, not Cincinatti. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/71 "2018-05-03T03:56:32Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > ������������ It’s Cincinnati, not Cincinatti. I’m guessing all the question marks means you’re confused as to why I spelled it that way. It’s called a typo. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/72 "2018-05-03T05:36:06Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > If you want to know who was born in the same city I was born in, here are some famous people who were born in Oakland: > > Ruth Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) And her sisters, Bonnie, June, and Anita. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/73 "2018-05-03T06:06:58Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I consider La Jolla my hometown. My homies include Gregory Peck, Robin Wright and Cliff Robertson. Of course, we all know that La Jolla is just part of San Diego, but we’ll allow you to continue thinking otherwise. Speaking of which, I was born in San Diego, and outside of a few, like Peck and Robertson, not many famous people were _ **actually born there** _, (considering the size of the city), and those that were, didn’t stay. And I mean _ **really** _ famous. Seems like a lot of these lists are stetching the term (including the OP). ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/74 "2018-05-03T06:13:50Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Speaking of which, I was born in San Diego, and outside of a few, like Peck and Robertson, not many famous people were _ **actually born there** _ Ted Williams was born there. Is he famous enough? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/75 "2018-05-03T06:30:09Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Ted Williams was born there. Is he famous enough? Yes, he’s one of the few. There’s also Robert Duvall, and some others, but still not many for a city that size. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/76 "2018-05-03T19:42:28Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > And I mean _ **really** _ famous. Seems like a lot of these lists are stetching the term (including the OP). “Stretching the term”? :dubious: Carrol Baker isn’t famous enough? Tim Kazurinsky isn’t famous? If I mentioned Steve Ditko to you, you’re not going to associate him with one of the most popular super heroes ever created? Anybody who’s ever watched more than a handful of Three Stooges films has seen Emil Sitka. “Hold hands, you lovebirds.” Ray Scott, Jack Ham, and Pete Vuckovich may not be familiar to you if you’re not a sports fan, but still, their names are widely enough known. “Stretching it” my eye. ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/77 "2018-05-04T00:34:26Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Yes, he’s one of the few. There’s also Robert Duvall, and some others, but still not many for a city that size. Cameron Diaz Tony Romo Phil Mickelson Marcus Allen Ted Danson Shaun White Ann Wilson ---
**Author:** ![secretagingman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@secretagingman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretagingman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241/78 "2018-12-13T00:10:57Z")
Vincent Price Redd Foxx Chuck Berry James Franciscus Linda Blair Bert Convy Yogi Berra Harry Carey Joe Garagiola ---
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**Paw Paw, MI** Charlie Maxwell, (“Old Paw Paw”), a former Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox baseball player Jerry Mitchell, Tony Award-winning choreographer ---
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Not sure how many were born in my home town\*, but many famous people grew up and attended school in my town. For some reason, a lot of them were football players: \*\*Joe Theisman Drew Pearson Alex Wojciechowicz Kenny Jackson “Scotty” Scarzinsky Elmer Stout \*\* Also Philadelphia Phillies pitcher **Pete Sivess** and soccer player **Evan Louro** There are a few writers, too. Journalist and Social Reformer Jacob Riis, who wrote the classic _How the Other Half Lives_, worked as a poor laborer in the clay pits behind the house where I grew up. our most famous product is mystery novelist **Janet Evanovich**. Mystery writer **Troy Soos** apparently played Little League in my town (his mysteries center on baseball). And _Simpsons_ writer **Frank Mula** grew up in mu town, too. **Joe Csatari** , who assisted Norman Rockwell and took over his commissions (including the Boy Scouts ones) after Rockwell died lived and worked not a mile from where I lived. I finally met him last week. Like Rockwell, he used his neighbors as models, so some of the people in the pictures are folks who live near me. The Wikipedia page for my home town lists lots of other “famous” people who lived there that I never heard of, and don’t list some of the ones I give here. And, of course, they don’t list me. Yet. \*Actually, since the 1940s I doubt if any were actually born in the town. Most births take place in the hospitals two towns away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-born-in-your-home-town/813241.md?page=5)