Since we are allowing states, we should include:
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Vermont Connecticut Royster
And cities:
Boston Corbett
And a special place to:
Eartha Kitt
[Art Fern]
“And now back to our movie–Randolph Scott, Raquel Welch, John Ireland, Robert Englund, and Stumpy the Wonder Manx in King Richard the Lion Heart Gets Mange.”
[/Art Fern]
Wilmer “Vinegar Bend” Mizell from Vinegar Bend, AL.
General Charles “Chinese” Gordon was British.
If we’re going to bend the rules, I nominate Yakima Canute. Also spelled Canutt.
A funny thing about Alec Baldwin and his brothers. They grew up here, which is only a few miles from here.
Which makes one wonder if he’d be as famous if he was Alec Massapequa.
Florence Nightingale was actually born in Florence, Italy. Her sister Parthenope was born in Naples (Parthenope is Greek for Naples.)
Tex Avery is from Texas (though I don’t think Tex is his real first name.)
Winona Ryder is from Winona, Minnesota.
Virginia Dare, the first white child born in English America, was named after Virginia, where she lived.
Kobe Bryant is not from Kobe, Japan, but is named after the famous Kobe beef, which his parents saw on a restaurant menu!
Dakota Fanning is from Georgia, and her real name is Hannah (not Savannah.)
Why are Whitney Houston (as in Texas) and Dionne Warwick (as in Rhode Island) both from New Jersey?