# Where were you born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678 "2000-12-29T17:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/161 "2001-03-24T11:54:09Z")
Traralgon, Victoria ---
**Author:** ![Jenericho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Jenericho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenericho)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/162 "2001-03-24T14:35:10Z")
Kirkwall, Orkney (a tiny island to the north of Scotland). And, if you’re wondering, I’m an oopie, not a doonie. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/163 "2001-03-24T14:53:51Z")
Wayne County General Hospital, just outside of Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/164 "2001-03-24T21:19:21Z")
Plattsburgh NY my e-mail is [cs302b@yahoo.com](mailto:cs302b@yahoo.com) for anyone else stuck in this frozen hell that want’s to contact me. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/165 "2001-03-24T21:47:16Z")
I was born in Hell… Sorry, I mean Phoenix, AZ. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/166 "2001-03-25T01:13:06Z")
Ice Wolf entered this cool ol’ world in Old National Women’s Hospital, Cornwall Park, Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/167 "2001-03-25T01:37:10Z")
Toledo, OHIO USA ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/168 "2001-03-25T02:56:20Z")
I was born in Goirle, the Netherlands. 25,000 inhabitants now, and about 9,000 when I was born. The village dates back to the Bronze Era. It’s surrounded by woods and farmland, and it’s quite a lovely place. ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/169 "2001-03-25T03:00:54Z")
Chicago,Il ---
**Author:** ![dubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubs)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/170 "2001-03-25T03:05:49Z")
Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia. Same birthdate as Charles Dickens although NOT the same year…😉 ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/171 "2001-03-25T14:16:34Z")
Whittier, Californ-i-yea. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/172 "2001-03-25T15:23:16Z")
Hayward, California. ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/173 "2001-03-25T15:53:46Z")
This page needs another Minnesotan… St. Louis Park, MN (a Minneapolis suburb) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/174 "2001-03-25T22:34:35Z")
Danville, KY. Home to the great Vice-Presidential debate. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/175 "2001-03-26T00:39:48Z")
DuQuoin, IL, the same day Albert Einstein was born, but not the same year. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/176 "2001-03-26T03:29:54Z")
White Sands Missle Range, New Mexico, 27 September, 1968. No it wasn’t anywhere near Trinity Site, thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/177 "2001-03-26T06:00:25Z")
Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/178 "2001-03-26T07:47:06Z")
Born in Pensacola FL, and raised across the bay in Gulf Breeze. A sleepy little town known for it’s UFO sightings. Oy…what a claim to fame. ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/179 "2001-03-27T00:16:45Z")
Home of the Bay of Fundy and the worlds highest and fastest rip tides Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada (now residing in Atlanta, Ga) ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/180 "2001-03-27T01:06:42Z")
West End Hospital, Lake County, Ohio. (I think it’s now called LakeWest Hospital or some shit like that.) 31 years, 361 days ago. Same day as Descartes. Different year, I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=10)