# name 3 famous people born near you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133 "2010-06-06T04:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/61 "2010-06-07T16:09:57Z")
(Peoria, Illinois) Richard Pryor Ray Lahood (US Secretary of Transportation) Jim Thome (baseball player) ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/62 "2010-06-07T16:56:14Z")
From the town where I was born… Scranton, PA. Joe Biden P. J. Carlesimo Karen Anne Quinlan And not famous in his own right, Hugh E. Rodham, Hillary’s daddy. ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/63 "2010-06-07T17:16:05Z")
Southeast Ohio: Clark Gable (Cadiz) Cy Young (Gilmore) John Glenn (Cambridge) ---
**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/64 "2010-06-07T17:17:27Z")
…oh, where Born? Calgary: Ken Taylor (Cdn ambassador to Iran who helped rescue American Hostages from US Embassy in Iran) James Gosling (JAVA creator) …and I’ll cherry-pick Chris Phillips as the token NHL’er (of many) ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/65 "2010-06-07T17:56:00Z")
Annie Oakley - Darke County, OH Phillis Diller - Lima. OH Neil Armstrong - Wapakoneta, OH ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/66 "2010-06-07T20:11:27Z")
> [@BaneSidhe](#): > > I grew up outside of Wheeling, WV. > > Brad Paisley [Moundsville, WV] > Little Jimmy Dickens [Bolt, WV] > Kathy Mattea [Nitro, WV] I don’t know the first two, but Nitro is over 200 miles from Wheeling! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/67 "2010-06-07T20:14:47Z")
I was born in the Bronx, so I have tons of choices. Let’s go with: Edgar Allan Poe Stanley Kubrick Colin Powell ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/68 "2010-06-07T20:23:29Z")
San Jose, California (though I only lived there for three months) - Figure skater Peggy Fleming - Football player Jim Plunkett - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/69 "2010-06-07T21:26:09Z")
I was born in Carrollton, IL, close to Springfield, IL & St. Louis, MO. Let’s grab a few: Ken Norton, Jr., Professional Boxer from Jacksonville, IL Miles Davis, Jazz Musician from Alton, IL Robert Wadlow, World’s Tallest Man from Alton, IL I live in southwest MO, between Springfield, MO and Tulsa, OK Here’s a few from there: Marlin Perkins, Naturalist from Carthage, MO George Washington Carver, Botanist from Diamond, MO Langston Hughes, Poet from Joplin, MO Harry Truman, Lamar, MO ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/70 "2010-06-07T21:33:28Z")
Billy Graham, Ric Flair, and Kathy Reichs were all born in Charlotte. I was not. ---
**Author:** ![LadyJane84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@LadyJane84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyJane84)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/71 "2010-06-08T01:09:00Z")
Shalom Harlow, actress/model Jerry Edmonton, member of Steppenwolf and quite a few former NHL players. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/72 "2010-06-08T03:22:37Z")
In addition to the 3 I mentioned: Actress Debra Winger was born here and went to my high school (10 years after me). ---
**Author:** ![RndmTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RndmTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RndmTaco)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/73 "2010-06-08T09:50:18Z")
Bridgeport, CT John Mayer Charles Nagy Edwin H. Land ---
**Author:** ![frito45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@frito45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frito45)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/74 "2010-06-08T12:26:24Z")
Same hospital as me: Former MLB pitcher Tom Glavine Actor Steve Carell ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/75 "2010-06-08T13:04:00Z")
Spencer Tracy, actor Gene Wilder, actor Don Ameche, actor Joe Thomas, left tackle for the Cleveland Browns Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/76 "2010-06-08T13:06:21Z")
Bobby Vinton (Canonsburg PA) Perry Como (Canonsburg PA) Michael Keaton (Coraopolis PA) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/77 "2010-06-08T13:50:17Z")
All Edinburgh - there’s lots, to cut it down here’s some that are usually referred to by a three part name: James Clerk Maxwell Alexander Graham Bell Arthur Conan Doyle Robert Louis Stevenson [William Topaz McGonnagall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Topaz_McGonagall) ---
**Author:** ![Awgrimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Awgrimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Awgrimm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/78 "2010-06-08T21:30:03Z")
Danville, IL Gene Hackman\* Dick Van Dyke Jerry Van Dyke Robin Yount - Although he was actually born elsewhere, he considers Danville, IL his hometown ---
**Author:** ![Tayto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tayto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tayto)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/79 "2010-06-08T22:15:22Z")
Dublin (within cycling distance of my place to narrow it down) Oscar Wilde Gabriel Byrne Bram Stoker and less impressively… Bono Colin Farrell ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133/80 "2010-06-09T00:10:50Z")
Zachary Quinto was born in the same hospital I was and raised 15 minutes away, Jeff Goldblum was raised about 15 minutes in the opposite direction, Bob Trow (known to my generation as “Bob Dog” on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) was born and raised not even a mile from where I sit as I type. Bonus: Broadway choreographer/director Kathleen Marshall was born here, her more famous brother Rob (who directed _Chicago_ and _Nine_) was not, but both attended my grade school. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-3-famous-people-born-near-you/542133.md?page=5)