David Brinkley
Charles Kuralt
Althea Gibson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Michael Jordan
Meadowlark Lemon
Woodrow Wilson
John Edwards
Ted Nugent, The Motor City Mudman.
George Washington
George Mason
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Mia Hamm
Catherine Colman
Julianne Moore
I know, I know. I remembered right after I posted, and thought “eh, fuck it, I’ll just let someone else mention it.”
Hanson (Isaac, Taylor & Zac)
Joe Diffie
Waymon Tisdale
Paul Harvey
Gary Busey
Kristen Chenoweth
Garth Brooks
Will Rogers
Chuck Norris
Carrie Underwood
Jack Kerouac and Bette Davis.
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 who directed Chicago and the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel that just came out and his sister Kathleen, 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.
Samuel L. Jackson
Reggie White
Bob Corker
Mr. Belding
Usher
Joey Belladonna, singer for the band Anthrax. I used to smoke dope with him, in high school.
Also, Jerry Seinfeld went to the college, 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.
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://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).
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.