Your City and the Famous People

[Guest Svoboda_3]

Where are you from and who are the more famous people from your city/town?

 

I'll start..

 

City: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Population: 35,000+

Famous People: Johnny Bower (NHL), John Diefenbaker (Prime Minister), Rick Wilson (NHL), Terry Ruskowsk (NHL)i, Denis Pedersen (NHL), Blair Morgan (Motocross), Dave Manson (NHL), Leot Hanson (I graduated with Leot) (Musician), Rick Ducommun (Actor), Donny Parenteau (Musician)

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Town: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Notable residents: 

- Colin White (NHL)

- Jon Sim (NHL)

- Peter MacKay (Canada's Attorney General)

- Mike Smith, otherwise known as Bubbles.

- George Canyon (country singer)
- Joey MacDonald (NHL)

- All members of the Sobey family (the grocery stores)

- William Shaw (VHL upcoming phenom, goes by the name of Draper)

[Guest]

City: Heidelberg, Germany

 

Famous People: Klaus Schutz (Former Mayor or West Berlin), Ian Harding (American Actor born in Heidelberg), Michael Fassbender (Actor), Cress Williams (Actor on Friday Night Lights), Ken Duken (Actor), Rich McCallum (Star Wars Producer)

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Actresses:

Julie Benz (Rita from Dexter)

Ming-Na Wen (May from Agents of Shield, grew up in PGH born in Macau)

 

Actors: 

Jeff Goldblum 

Michael Keaton 

Gene Kelly 

Joe Manganiello 

Zachary Quinto 

Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers from the kids show)

Dennis Miller (comedian more so than actor)

 

Media:

John Buccigross (ESPN)

Jay Mariotti (ESPN)

 

Movie Behind The Scenes Guys:

George A. Romero (first big name director of zombie movies, i.e. Night of the Living Dead)

David O. Selznick (producer, Gone With The Wind)

 

Music:

Christina Aguilera (grew up in PGH born in NY)

Jackie Evancho

Stephen Foster (old old music, Camptown Races etc)

Joe Grushecky (opens frequently for Springsteen)

Perry Como (30s to 50s music)

Wiz Khalifa (grew up in PGH born in Minot)

Shirley Jones (musicals, Partridge Family)

Mac Miller

 

Artists/Writers:

Mary Cassatt

Andy Warhol

Gertrude Stein

Michael Chabon

Annie Dillard

August Wilson

 

Athletes/Sports Contributors:

Neil Walker

Matt Clement

Sid Bream

Honus Wagner 

Stan Musial

Ken Griffey, both Jr and Sr

DeJuan Blair

Pete Maravich

George Karl

Mark Cuban

Dave Wannstedt

Marty Schottenheimer

Bill Cowher

Marc Bulger

Terrelle Pryor

Bruce Gradkowski

Matt Schaub

Dan Marino

Joe Montana

Johnny Unitas

Joe Namath

Mercury Morris

Tony Dorsett

Curtis Martin

Brandon Marshall

Darrelle Revis

Paul Posluszny

Arnold Palmer

Brandon Saad

RJ Umberger

Ryan Malone

Kurt Angle

Lauryn Williams

 

Industry/Science:

Andrew Carnegie

Henry Clay Frick

HJ Heinz

Billy Mays

Jonas Salk

Rachel Carson

 

This is the SHORTENED version, only keeping on major names and people that many of you will be familiar with.

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^Science...

BILLY MAYS HERE!

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Town: Kearny, NJ

Notable People:

• Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish professional heavyweight boxer who is the former WBC Light Heavyweight Champion and the former IBF & IBO & The Ring Cruiserweight Champion.
• Guy W. Calissi (c. 1909–1980), New Jersey Superior Court judge who lived in an orphanage here.
• Ownie Carroll (1902–1975), Major League Baseball pitcher who played nine seasons in the major, from 1925 to 1934 .
• Ted Gillen (born 1968), former professional soccer player.
• Albert Gonzalez (born 1981), government informant and computer criminal.^]
• Ed Halicki (born 1950), former professional baseball pitcher with a no-hitter to his credit, pitched on August 24, 1975, against the New York Mets.
• John Harkes (born 1967), professional soccer player.
• Herbie Haymer (1916–1949), jazz saxophonist.
• Frank Iero (born 1981), rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist for My Chemical Romance.
• Jeffrey Klepacki (born 1968), three-time US Olympian in rowing and three-time world champion.
• Kevin Maguire (born 1960), comic book artist.
• Tony Meola (born 1969), professional soccer player.
• Dots Miller (1886–1923), Major League Baseball player from 1909 to 1921.
• Tony Mottola (1918–2004), jazz guitarist.
• Shamus O'Brien (1907–1981), soccer player inducted in 1990 into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
• George Paxton (c. 1914–1989), big band jazz leader, saxophonist, composer, producer.
• Tab Ramos (born 1966), retired soccer midfielder.
• Archie Stark (1897–1985), soccer pioneer in the United States and member of National Soccer Hall of Fame.
• Ray Toro (born 1977), My Chemical Romance lead guitarist.
• Alex Webster (born 1931), professional football player for the Montreal Alouettes and New York Giants.
• Dick Weisgerber (born 1913), professional football player for the Green Bay Packers.

Edited May 5, 2014 by AwfulHomesick

[Guest Svoboda_3]

I should add that Boris Karloff resided in Prince Albert in the early 20th century.

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^Science...

BILLY MAYS HERE!

Yeah he's Industry, not Science (and barely Industry at that, but he sold things for a living and it wasn't exactly retail either). Too few of each so I lumped them together.