I'm from Portsmouth (the original one in England) and the most famous person born here that I can think of is Charles Dickens. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was also born here.
The most famous person from your town/city
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...You mind if I ask why? I hear nothing but praise for the guy everywhere I go, so I'm interested to see why somebody wouldn't like him. Not trying to detail the thread, just curious.Johnny Novgorod said:
On-topic, eh, not a lot. Slovakia isn't exactly great for famous people. Got a lot of half-Slovak celebs, though. Jason Mraz, Lily Cole. I think Stephen Fry is distantly related to Slovak Jews as well. That's pretty much it, though.
I think the current Duchess of Cambridge is from my town.
More of interest to me is John Winchcombe AKA Jack O'Newbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_O%27Newbury], who was a major figure in the English cloth trade around the 16th century. Also, Richard Adams [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adams], author of Watership Down, which is set around parts of Newbury and nearby parts of Hampshire.
More of interest to me is John Winchcombe AKA Jack O'Newbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_O%27Newbury], who was a major figure in the English cloth trade around the 16th century. Also, Richard Adams [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adams], author of Watership Down, which is set around parts of Newbury and nearby parts of Hampshire.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but they're both Yorkshiremen by birth, though Ben Kingsley actually grew up in Salford - which is my neck of the woods.Space Butterfly said:
We also have Christopher Eccleston, Emmeline Pankhurst and James Prescott Joule. Yaaay!
I could cheat and list a few from my county, but I'd be here all night.
My hometown? No one. The town next to mine? The only person would be Tim O'Brian, out of Worthington, Minnesota. Beyond him there's... pretty much no one from this area; no one noteworthy anyway.
Lets see what Reno, Nevada and Sparks, Nevada have(they're so close together they're basically one city, literally it's impossible to tell where one starts and the other ends.):
Curtis Hanson(film director, producer, and screenwriter)
Jennifer Harman(Professional Poker player)
Jim Gibbons(Former Governor, Current House Rep)
Chris Carr (NFL Player, currently for the New Orleans Saints)
Shannon Bahrke (Winter Games Olympic Athlete)
Mädchen E. Amick (Actress)
Paul Laxalt (Former Governor, Senator, and RNC Chair.)
Julia Mancuso (Winter Games Olympic Gold Medallist)
Anne Henrietta Martin(First Woman to run for the US Senate)
Kevin Stadler (Professional Golfer)
Willy Vlautin (Author, Songwriter for Richmond Fontaine)
Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (Famous forensic psychologist among other things)
Dawn Wells (Miss Nevada 1959, Actress, most notable for her role as Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island)
Joel Wieland (MLB Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers)
That's not nearly all of them as I recall but all I could find.
Curtis Hanson(film director, producer, and screenwriter)
Jennifer Harman(Professional Poker player)
Jim Gibbons(Former Governor, Current House Rep)
Chris Carr (NFL Player, currently for the New Orleans Saints)
Shannon Bahrke (Winter Games Olympic Athlete)
Mädchen E. Amick (Actress)
Paul Laxalt (Former Governor, Senator, and RNC Chair.)
Julia Mancuso (Winter Games Olympic Gold Medallist)
Anne Henrietta Martin(First Woman to run for the US Senate)
Kevin Stadler (Professional Golfer)
Willy Vlautin (Author, Songwriter for Richmond Fontaine)
Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (Famous forensic psychologist among other things)
Dawn Wells (Miss Nevada 1959, Actress, most notable for her role as Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island)
Joel Wieland (MLB Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers)
That's not nearly all of them as I recall but all I could find.
This is hard since I'm from a major city. Philadelphia has lots of stars. I will just pick my faves who are
Bradley Cooper
Tina Fey
Peter "Tyrion Lannister" Dinklage is from right around the area in New Jersey I just moved to. So that's cool.
Bradley Cooper
Tina Fey
Peter "Tyrion Lannister" Dinklage is from right around the area in New Jersey I just moved to. So that's cool.
I haven't got a clue. At least, not for the town I'm from.
The nearest city is Melbourne, so there's likely plenty of famous Australian people from there...
The nearest city is Melbourne, so there's likely plenty of famous Australian people from there...
Dolph Lundgren was born and partially raised in the same suburb of Stockholm as me, which is pretty cool. He's not exactly the "hometown boy" sort of celebrity, he's been all over the place and probably identifies more as an American than a Swede these days. But still!
Dunno about where I live now but the town iwhere I graduated from high school was the birthplace of Ladybird Johnson, President Lyndon Johnson's wife. (Jeez I. Hope I got the name right.
