A few more:
Sally Struthers
Linus Pauling
Ty Burrell
Given your name I’m surprised you got some but not all of those that have rest stops named after them.
Parkway:
Larry Doby
Connie Chung
Celia Cruz
Toni Morrison
Turnpike:
Vince Lombardi (started his coaching career in NJ)
Grover Cleveland
Joyce Kilmer
Woodrow Wilson
Walt Whitman
Left out a few that either aren’t that famous or have more tenuous ties to the state like Clara Barton.
(Edited from bodangus’ original list) I had no idea these people were originally from Michigan:
Burt Reynolds
Charles Lindbergh
Christie Brinkley
David Spade
Francis Ford Coppola
J.K. Simmons
Kate Upton
Lee Majors
Robert Wagner
Serena Williams
Sonny Bono
Steve Jobs
Steven Seagal
Terry Crews
I grew up in Utah and all I could think of is famous Mormons (like the Osmonds). I checked a list and was surprised to see Loretta Young and Rosanne Barr on the list.
Maryland, my current state, has quite a few from back in the day….
Harriet Tubman
John Wilkes Booth
Francis Scott Key
Montgomery Blair (argued Dred Scott’s case from my town)
A couple of more recent people…
Dominique Dawes (Olympic gymnast, also from my town)
Ego Nwodim (SNL comedian, though I actually know her as the cousin of England footballer Ebereze Eze)
And couple who are famously (by some definition of famous) associated with MD but not actually from there…
Edgar Alan Poe
Jim Henson
Nobody famous from here, but they all end up doing Residencies.
Famous Washingtonians:
- Kurt Cobain
- Mark Lanegan
- Jimi Hendrix
- Bing Crosby
- Burl Ives
- Adam West
- Gianna Michaels
- Bryan Danielson aka Daniel Bryan
- Darby Allin
- Aubrey Edwards
- Sir Mix-A-Lot
- Macklemore
- Greg “the Hammer” Valentine
- Kasey Keller
- Bob Barker
- Orson Scott Card
- Dale Chihuly
- John Elway
- Kenny G
- Bill Gates
- Frank Herbert
- Brandon Lee
- Kenny Loggins
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Ann & Nancy Wilson
The lovely Gretchen Corbett, best known from The Rockford Files, and the bikini-clad cutie in one episode of Columbo.
Dahmer was born in Ohio and committed his first murder there before moving to Wisconsin.
Manson from Ohio too.
I’m from California. I don’t have enough pixels to start naming all our serial killers.
This caused me to go “hmmm, why isn’t Venus Williams on the list, since they are sisters and pretty close in age…” so I looked it up, she only spent a few months in Michigan after being born before they moved to California.
My contribution: Keegan-Michael Key, from Southfield, MI.
You can add Dyan Cannon to the list.
I also associate Quincy Jones with Seattle (I know he went to Garfield High School), but he wasn’t a native of Washington.
No, Dahmer was born in Milwaukee. Moved to Ohio when he was six.
Neil Armstrong, Born In: Wapakoneta, Ohio, Famous Astronaut
John Glenn, Born in Cambridge, Ohio, Astronaut and former U.S. senator
Steph Curry, Born In: Akron, Ohio, Famous Basketball Player
Doris Day, Born In: Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Film Actress
LeBron James, Born In: Akron, Ohio, Famous NBA Star
Steven Spielberg, Born In: Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Filmmaker
Paul Newman, Born In: Shaker Heights, Ohio, Famous Actor
Dean Martin, Steubenville, Ohio, Famous Actor, Comedian, Singer
Russell Wilson, Born In: Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Professional Football Player
Guy Fieri, Born In: Columbus, Ohio, Famous Restaurateur, Cookbook Author, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives
Ted Turner, Born In: Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Media Tycoon
Drew Carey, Born In: Cleveland, Ohio, Famous Actor, Comedian, The Price is Right
William Howard Taft, Born In: Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous As: President Of The U.S.A
Jack Nicklaus, Born In: Upper Arlington, Ohio, Famous Golfer
Ben Roethlisberger, Born In: Lima, Ohio, Famous American Football Quarterback
Danny Koker, Born In: Cleveland, Ohio, Famous Reality Star, Celebrity Mechanic, Counting Cars
Halle Berry, Born In: Cleveland, Ohio, Famous Actress
Anita Baker, Born In: Toledo, Ohio, Famous American Singer-Songwriter
Phillip Michael Thomas, Born In: Columbus, Ohio, Famous TV Actor, Miami Vice
Thomas Edison, Born In: Milan, Ohio, Famous Inventor
Arsenio Hall, Born In: Cleveland, Ohio, Famous TV Personality
Robert “R.L.” Stine, Born in Bexley, Ohio, Author Goose Bumps
Marilyn Manson, Born in Canton, Ohio, Famous Musician
Charles Manson, Born in Cincinnati, Ohio,
Wilbur and Orville Wright, Born in Dayton, Ohio, Famous Flyers
Erma Bombeck, Born in Dayton, Famous Writer and Humorist
Paul Lynde, Born in Mt Vernon, Famous Comedy Actor
Jamie Farr, Born in Toledo, Ohio, Famous Actor
Gloria Steinem, Born in Toledo, Ohio, Famous Journalist and Social Activist
Martin Sheen, Born in Dayton, Ohio, Famous Actor
Traci Lords, Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Famous Actress
Bootsy Collins, Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Musician
Sarah Jessica Parker, Born in Nelsonville, Ohio, Famous Actress
Ted Turner, Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous American entrepreneur and television producer
Roger Staubach, Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Football Quarterback
Theda Bara, Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Famous Silent Star
Clark Gable, Born in Cadiz, Ohio, Famous Actor
Wasn’t Tim Conway from Ohio too?
Idiot Out Walking Around, speaking up. Here are a few.
Herbert Hoover, James Van Allen, Max Allen Collins, Slipknot (from my hometown of Des Moines, no less!), Donna Reed, Lolo Jones, Shawn Johnson, Meredith Willson, Tom Arnold, Marion Michael Morrison (AKA John Wayne), the guys from “American Pickers”, Jeannette Eyerly, Marilynne Robinson, Ashton Kutcher, and quite a few other people who made Iowa their home after they became famous, because nobody bothered them there.
Linda Hamilton is from Salisbury.
Montel Williams graduated from my high school in Linthicum.
Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs, et. al.)
Hokey smokes, you’re right. Thanks for that.
I can add:
James Buchanan
Perry Como
John Updike
Louisa May Alcott