Famous people born in your home town.

Two moderately famous 19th-century composers were born in my hometown within 46 years of each other.

It doesn’t sound particularly remarkable but my hometown has only about 55,000 inhabitants (probably much less then) and both are somewhat well-known. The former enjoyed some real success in his days and his violin concertos are still played regularly nowadays. The latter is one of the big “what-ifs” of 19th century music.

I am not a sports fan

“Snowflake” Bentley, who was the first person to photograph individual snowflakes, and the origin of the idea/theory/popular fact that no two snowflakes are alike.

General Douglas MacArthur was born in the Little Rock, AR army barracks.

Bing Crosby. My great grandmother use to baby sit him.

Dr. Alton Oschner

Sheboygan, WI. I was born there, but only because that was the nearest town with a hospital.

I learned later, after I adopted by posting name, that E. E. Smith was also born in Sheboygan. :smiley:

So was Jackie Mason.

Dodge City, KS, has Dennis Hopper.

Du Quoin, IL, where I was born:

Billie Hayes, known as Witchiepoo in H.R. Pufnstuf and Mammy Yoakam in Li’l Abner.

Missoula, MT, where I spent multiple weeks most years regardless of where I was living at the time, and where I live now:

David Lynch
Dana Carvey
Jeannette Rankin

Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry
Arthur Kennedy, Oscar-nominated, Tony Award-winning actor
Abbie Hoffman, radical activist
Samuel Fuller, screenwriter, producer and director

Also from Omaha:

Henry Fonda
Peter Fonda
Montgomery Clift
Chip Davis
Nick Hexum ( My kids went to high school with him)
Buddy Miles
Paul Williams

Muskegon, MI: Earl Morrall, Jim Bakker, Harry Morgan.

Spirit Lake, Idaho-No one.
Not even a person married to a semi-famous person.

It seems like some people in this thread aren’t taking the OP as literally as I am. According to Wikipedia, Harry Morgan was born in Detroit and raised in Muskegon.

OK I always thought he was born in Muskegon. My bad. Take off Harry, add me.

I consider La Jolla my hometown. My homies include Gregory Peck, Robin Wright and Cliff Robertson.

Robin Wright was born in Dallas.

Depends on how you define “home town”. If the one where I was born and with whose culture I identify, the most famous ones are a bunch of ancient kings and modern athletes (mainly the athletes, simply on account of most people only learning about the history of their own countries); if you go by the town where I grew up, probably a pair of medieval Jews.

Oops, my mistake. Well, she did go to La Jolla High…so I’m willing to give her a break. :smiley: