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p4NDemik United States13896 Posts May 15 2009 21:34 GMT #61 The pride of Ft. Mitchell, KY. Can see his smile from every house in the county

Mikilatov United States3897 Posts May 15 2009 21:35 GMT #62 Nobody famous from where I'm from... But uhh... World's leading producer of BABY FOOD, bitch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont,_Michigan

Pads England3228 Posts May 15 2009 21:38 GMT #63 Sir Francis Drake lol Seth Lakeman too

Oystein Norway1602 Posts May 15 2009 21:38 GMT #64 The artist Lene Marlin The group Röyksopp Famous only in Norway I suppose, but a well known comedian here, Arthur Arntzen

da_head Canada3350 Posts May 15 2009 22:09 GMT #65 he went to highschool pretty much down the street from me.

Xeofreestyler Belgium6787 Posts May 15 2009 22:11 GMT #66 ...well, okay, not really but belgium's the size of a town anyway

Hans-Titan Denmark1711 Posts May 15 2009 22:21 GMT #67 Randers, Denmark Henrik Pontoppidan - Nobel Prize in Literature Jens Otto Krag - Former Danish Prime Minister (signed us into the EU among other things) And... that's about it..

aqui Germany1023 Posts May 15 2009 22:21 GMT #68 my hometown is Freiburg, about 200k inhabitants, 50k a hundred years ago, 15k 1300-1800. there are lots of people listed at wikipedia but of most you will not have heard of them. Internationally more reknowned are probably: Berthold Schwarz - according to legend he was the first european to discover gundpowder! Otto Heinrich Warburg - a biochemist who won a noble price. Jürgen Schremp - Chairman of Daimler Chrysler AG now just Daimler AG^^ Christof Wetterich - The first Physician to propose a Dynamic Dark Matter (Quintessenz) Til Schweiger - German Actor, who got some roles in Hollywood i.e the upcoming movie"Inglourious Basterds" + Show Spoiler + People who were living and working but not born in Freiburg: Edmund Husserl - Founder of the Phenomenology in Philosophy. Rated one of the most important Philosophers of the 20 century but only worked the last 12 years of his life in Freiburg. Erasmus of Rotterdam worked five years in Freiburg. Konrad Adenauer - first german chancellor after WWII form 1949-1963 Martin Heidegger - Writer of "Beeing and time" generally considered one of the most important if not the most important philosophical works of the 20. century. lived and worked from 1928 to 1976 in Freiburg. Friedrich August von Hayek - another Nobel Laureate 1962-1992 in Fr. Georges Jean Franz Köhler - aaand another Nobel Laureate. Director of the local Max-Planck institute for immune-biology Joachim Löw - german national coach Judith Holofernes - some TLer from europe might know her as the frontwomen of "Wir sind Helden" grew up in Freiburg. Hannah Arendt - another famous Philosopher... studied in Freiburg. Bertholf Hummel - distinguished composer of modern classic music, worked in Freiburg

drinking Philippines281 Posts May 15 2009 22:22 GMT #69 Manny Pacquiao Jasmine Trias Charice Pempengco

Mastermind Canada7096 Posts May 15 2009 23:18 GMT #70 A lot of sports people from my town including a lot of hockey players in the nhl, world kick boxing champion in the 80s, and various olympic athletes.

Biff The Understudy France8216 Posts May 15 2009 23:32 GMT #71 Hahaha I'm from Paris... Who should I start with?

aqui Germany1023 Posts May 16 2009 00:48 GMT #72 On May 16 2009 07:22 drinking wrote: + Show Spoiler + Manny Pacquiao Jasmine Trias Charice Pempengco according to wikipedia they are all from different places o_O

Z.Kw China297 Posts May 16 2009 02:17 GMT #73 tim cahil(went to my school~) , harry kewell

fusionsdf Canada15390 Posts May 16 2009 03:00 GMT #74 thats pretty damn impressive aqui

Pressure 7326 Posts May 16 2009 04:42 GMT #75 lots of famous people from my suburb of NYC (bayside) just to name a few... ron jeremy. the biggest dick ever literally? jose reyes. new york mets baseball player Charlie Chaplin. actor from back in the day Michael Chang. top-ranked tennis player in the late 80s / early 90s. my friend who lives on my street is his nephew. rofl irving berlin. composer, he made "god bless america"

FuDDx United States5018 Posts May 16 2009 06:44 GMT #76 * Edward Abbey – author * Gilbert Arenas – professional basketball player * Dave Baldwin – born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1] * Robert John Bardo - convicted murderer of Rebecca Schaeffer * Michael Bates – athlete * Michael Blake – author * Bart Bok – astronomer * Joseph Bonanno – mobster * Mika Boorem – actress * Francois Bordes – anthropologist * Frank Borman – astronaut * Charles Bowden – author * Ray Bradbury – author * William M. Branham – minister * Jerry Bruckheimer – producer * Tedy Bruschi – professional football player * Brooke Burke – model, TV host * Joey Burns – musician * Joseph Byrd – musician * Erskine Caldwell – playwright * Neko Case – musician * Joe Cavaleri – The Ooh-Aah Man * Richard Carmona – US surgeon general * Peter I. Chang – artist, filmmaker * John Convertino – musician * Joan Ganz Cooney – Creator of Sesame Street * James N. Corbett – Mayor of Tucson (former) * Mitch Cullin – author * Dennis DeConcini – US Senator * Kaylee DeFer – actress * Ted DeGrazia – painter * John Denver – musician * Daniel Martin Diaz – artist and musician * Bob Dole– politician * Chris Duncan – Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals * Shelly Duncan – Baseball Player New York Yankees * Barbara Eden – actress * Sean Elliott – professional basketball player * John Fina – professional football player * Jennie Finch – professional softball player * Charles G. Finney – author * Pablo Francisco – stand-up comedian * Howe Gelb – musician * Barry Goldwater – politician * Jane Goodall – chimpanzee researcher * Jim Grabb – former professional tennis player * Pearry Green – minister * Raul Grijalva - politician * Lalo Guerrero – father of Chicano music * J.J. Hardy – major league baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers * Ron Hassey – born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1] * Emil Haury – archaeologist * Don Hummel – politician, former Tucson mayor, businessman * Rob Hyland – actor * Ben Patrick Johnson – journalist, model, voice over * Ulysses Kay – composer * Alex Kellner - born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1] * Walt Kellner - born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1] * Steve Kerr – professional basketball player * Barbara Kingsolver – novelist * Greg Kinnear – actor * Ian Kinsler – Major League Baseball Player (starting second baseman) and All Star for the Texas Rangers * Joseph Wood Krutch – author * Eddie Leon – born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1] * Bob Log III – musician * Taryn Manning – actress * Lee Marvin – actor * Paul McCartney – Beatles member * Roger McCluskey – National Sprint Car Hall of Fame racer * Tom Miller – travel writer * Arturo Moreno – entrepreneur * Craig T. Nelson – actor * Lute Olson – college basketball coach (recently surpassed John Wooden's record of 304 wins in the PAC-10) * Allen Pitts – retired professional Canadian Football League player * William Rathje – archaeologist, Garbage Project director * Jeff Rein – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Walgreens * Geraldo Rivera – journalist, TV personality * Linda Ronstadt – musician * Jayla Rubinelli – model * Barry Sadler – singer, songwriter * Margaret Sanger – Planned Parenthood founder, prominent eugenicist * Robert Sarver – entrepreneur * Charles Schmid – killer * Garry Shandling – comedian and actor * Leslie Marmon Silko – author * W. Eugene Smith – photographer * Peter Smith – scientist; principal investigator Phoenix Project * Martin Spanjers – actor(ABC's "Eight Simple Rules") * Kerri Strug – gymnast * Mo Udall – congressman * David Foster Wallace – author * Kate Walsh – actress * Link Wray – musician * Lou Waters – newscaster * Andrew Weil – well-known doctor who promotes alternative medicine * Michael L. White – actor, writer, producer * Wieslaw Z. Wisniewski – astronomer Tucson Arizona what? Edit : * Joseph Bonanno – mobster I actually meet him several times before he died.IHung out with his driver often because he would hang out at the place i worked.Bookmans (used books music movies games etc, huge store)He fronted most of the money to open the First big Bookmans location.When the Joe Bonanno story (movie) came out he took all the bookmans employees to see it and gave eatch lady a dozen roses.He was pimp.

c0stc0dud1 United States144 Posts May 16 2009 07:57 GMT #77 aundrea fimbres oh babyyy

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