Was anyone famous born in your hometown or close by?

rachel ray was born about 20 min. away from my area.... how.... delish... :/ can't think of anyone else right now. Oh. a basketball star! But I'd hafta look up his name. Which I'm not doing now cause its WAY late and I think its bed time. lol.

The late Heath Ledger was born in Perth Western Australia and went to school near where I live. His family still lives here in a suburb south of the river. We have the Swan River which divides out city and it is common to hear people say that they live either north or south of the river. I live in the north at the moment. We have several actors and a talk show host that come from Perth but they are probably unknown to anyone outside Australia.

I currently live in Manchester, but my home town is Bolton, which is just a few miles away. The only person I can think of with a valid claim to fame would be Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule which revolutionised the cotton industry during the 18th century. There have been numerous celebrities born in Bolton, such as Vernon Kay who presents the television program Family Fortunes, Amir Khan the boxer who won an Olympic Silver Medal for Great Britain and many more. However, it is so easy for people to become celebrities nowadays that the only person I would really consider to be of note would be Samuel Crompton.

I had no idea who was born in my hometown so I looked it up online (thanks for the idea mentalward! ) I was born and raised (up until I was 10 years old anyway) in the Bay Area (near San Francisco). Some of the celebrities that I found that were born there or near there are as follows: Mel Blanc Clint Eastwood Bruce Lee Courtney Love Alicia Silverstone O.J. Simpson (does he still count as a celebrity? ) Suzanne Somers As far as where I live now, the Sacramento area, there are only a few celebrities that were born here or near here, such as Rodney King and Molly Ringwald. There are a few others, but I never heard of them so I left them out. LOL

I am not aware of anyone world famous being born in or near my town, but a couple of bands that are famous of England have been work in and around my hometown. The Futureheads were born in my hometown of Sunderland and just to play in the clubs in town when they were up and coming. Also the band Maximo Park were born in the city that I went to college as was Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole (both born in Newcastle).

im sure since nash is country music land but you made me remember how i was watching this thing on johnny depp and how he was born in owensboro ky and i had an ex there that was hideous.. and im being NICE! and i just had to wonder how the heck it could vary that much lol.. i know that sounds mean but depp is so attractive and my ex so NOT that i found it humorous.. i hope this doesnt offend anyone.. i still dated him no matter how he looked.. and yet he cheated on me go figure.. lol.. small towns...

i was born in marion ohio ..Luke Perry is from mansfield ohio

Well I am from the Dayton, Ohio area, and yes there has been several people from our area that has become famous, Phil Donahue, Erma Brombeck, Martin Sheen, Tom Aldradge, Rob Lowe, Chad Lowe Drew Carey all from the Dayton area. Martin Sheen's sister in law was my boss at the unemployment bureau when I worked there. Jonathan Winters was from right here in Bellbrook. Jerry Springer, Carman Electra, from Cincinnati area. and Dave Chappelle from Yellow Springs, Woody Harrelson from Lebanon, all not more than 50 miles from Dayton. There was also 5 presidents from Ohio: Grant, Harding, Hayes, McKinley, and Taft. We have many others that are models, singers, and athletes, writers and even spies that have come from our area.

um..not my town necessarily-but the only two i can think of right now is james woods (actor) and the cowsills (band).i'm sure there's more,but i'm drawing a blank. the guy who wrote "family guy" was from here too.

Hi Friends!there are no famous persons are born in my hometown or close my area. thanking you Happy Mylotting.

Hello mentalward, When one thinks of the small islands of the Caribbean, one would not expect them to produce anybody famous, or any celebrities, as most of them are third-world, developing nations, agrarian in nature and lacking any significant industrialization. However my island turned out to be the exception to the rule, as it has produced two outstanding scholars. The first is Sir Arthur Lewis, who received a Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Economics, making our tiny nation extremely proud. He mainly focused on poverty, and made a famous statement that the cure for poverty is not money, but knowledge. Today we have named the island's premier tertiary institution (which I attend) after him. The second is Derek Walcott, another scholar who received a Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Literature, practically making our nation ecstatic that we are one of the few (if not the only) Caribbean countries to have produced not one, but two outstanding Nobel Laureates. In recognition of his feat, a section of the main city was renamed after him - The Derek Walcott Square (sort of like a town square with a beautiful - albeit badly maintained garden) in it. The two Nobel Laureates coincidentally share the same birthday, and so each year a week is devoted to them where we remember their achievements and contributions to the betterment of our nation. What makes this hit even closer to home, is that both of them passed through the same hallowed walls of my former secondary school! Thanks for sharing and happy myLotting!

I want to say there is no one most of you would know, since that I am not from America or Europe.. but I just remember. I do have someone famous born where I am living in. The Queen wears his product. Madonna does too. Paltrow wears it too. I am talking about Jimmy Choo. How silly of me not to remember this famous figure. Yes, I am from the state of Shoes. :)

Hurricane Chris! For all you people that dont know who that is he is a rising hip-hop/raper artist from my area. He has a lot of songs on the radio, but i dont know hardly any of them, ive just heard about them.

Bon Jovi lives in the same state as me (NJ) and my little cousin and I met him. My little cousin used to play pop warner football, and i took him to one of his away games. The other team looked very wealthy and i asked the coach why, and the answer i got was "Bon Jovi's son is on the other team!" I was like are you serious? and the coach was like yeah. On the way back to the car, i saw Bon Jovi, i stopped him and got his autograph. Then my little cousin was so excited he forgot he even lost the game hahahah

well, I don't know how many famous people were BORN in Austin, but a lot of them make Austin their home. here's a list... http://www.allmovie.com/search/birthplace/austin,+tx

You know the band Staind? They're from the town just over from me. Also, there's a country singer named Ashley Gearing *forgive me if I spelled her last name wrong* who is from the same area. One of our supplier's daughter went to school with her! Aside from that, I don't know! Great question tho. Oh, you know that movie In Dreams? I used to work for a hotel where all the actors & directors & such were staying at & 1 of my co-workers' granddaughter was an extra in it. Does that count?????

Joe Louis was born in this area where I live. They have activities around here now honoring him even have built statues of him. I can't think of anyone else right now. I have heard that James Brown was born somewhere in Georgia. We do have a few football players that has made professional teams that were from here.

i am from the Philippines, there's no celebrity living in my town but one of the most famous person in my country was born in my hometown Calamba, Laguna...he's non other than our national hero...Dr. Jose Rizal.

Some artist and writers are near my home town.It also not famous but because of these people,the place is famous since at end of their name they use place name.