# Most Famous People From Your Area **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286 "2011-05-18T04:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/101 "2011-05-21T17:15:26Z")
David Brinkley Charles Kuralt Althea Gibson Sugar Ray Leonard Michael Jordan Meadowlark Lemon Woodrow Wilson John Edwards ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/102 "2011-05-21T17:34:17Z")
Ted Nugent, The Motor City Mudman. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/103 "2011-05-21T20:33:44Z")
George Washington George Mason Francis Lightfoot Lee Mia Hamm Catherine Colman Julianne Moore ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/104 "2011-05-21T21:58:04Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Good Lord, how could you forget the Purple One? > > There’s also the Coen Brothers. I know, I know. I remembered right after I posted, and thought “eh, fuck it, I’ll just let someone else mention it.” ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/105 "2011-05-22T05:18:52Z")
Hanson (Isaac, Taylor & Zac) Joe Diffie Waymon Tisdale Paul Harvey Gary Busey Kristen Chenoweth Garth Brooks Will Rogers Chuck Norris Carrie Underwood ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/106 "2011-05-22T05:57:41Z")
Jack Kerouac and Bette Davis. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/107 "2011-05-22T10:51:24Z")
Gene Kelly Jeff Goldblum Michael Keaton Christina Aguilera Mark Cuban Charles Grodin Ming Na Zachary Quinto Frances McDormand and Demi Moore were both raised in small towns in the next county south (Monessen and Perryopolis, respectively) and if asked would probably say “it’s near Pittsburgh” to explain to anyone from anywhere else. [Rob Marshall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Marshall) who directed Chicago and the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel that just came out and his sister [Kathleen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Marshall), the Broadway choreographer/director moved here when they were quite young and attended the same school I did. The late jazz singer Phyllis Hyman wasn’t just from my hometown or neighborhood, she grew up in my family’s church. She sang at my grandmother’s funeral; my sister in law sang at Phyllis’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/108 "2011-05-22T14:46:52Z")
Samuel L. Jackson Reggie White Bob Corker Mr. Belding Usher ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/109 "2011-05-23T05:42:08Z")
[Joey Belladonna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Belladonna), singer for the band [Anthrax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_%28band%29). I used to smoke dope with him, in high school. Also, Jerry Seinfeld went to the college, here. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/110 "2011-05-23T14:53:34Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > Lots of pro athletes live around here, too. Davey Johnson lives in Winter Park, and I guess Horace Grant still lives in the cool huge house on the lake in WP. I don’t know many others because I’m not into sports, but lots of famous people have homes here. I mostly skipped pro athletes because (1) they’re generally just here because there’s no income tax, and (2) it’s like LA- the list would be huge. For example, about half of the WWE’s active roster lives in Orange or Seminole Counties. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/111 "2011-05-23T19:42:32Z")
If you mean in my neighbourhood, then probably this couple - Sir John Crofton (he played a key role in the control of tuberculosis) and his wife Lady Eileen Crofton (independently famous as a medical historian and founder of ASH). Sadly they have both recently died but their house, two down from ours, has yet to be put up for sale by the family. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6928772.ece](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6928772.ece) [http://sport.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Lady-Eileen-Crofton-MBE.6580533.jp?articlepage=2](http://sport.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Lady-Eileen-Crofton-MBE.6580533.jp?articlepage=2) In Edinburgh as a whole there are too many to mention but obviously include J.K Rowling (of Harry Potter fame). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286/112 "2011-05-23T22:07:35Z")
Phil Garrido lived not three miles from me. Shopped at the same Safeway. I’ve asked the checkers, and they don’t find me nearly as off-putting as “Creepy Phil” as they say they called him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-people-from-your-area/582286.md?page=5)