Famous people

[DaChuffer]

How many famous people where born/live in your hometown?????

I live in a town in North London & we got our fair share..........

1.Elton John
2.Simon Le Bon
3.Jane March
4.George Michael....well 'bout 5 miles away
Plus numerous UK actors.......!!!

Chuff on that........!!!!

[Lieutenant]

Ehm... Well, err... Sheehs. Jan de Bont (Speed, Twister and some bad movies) came from around here. That's it. Oh, and a lot of soccer players, if you're into soccer. We call it "voetbal" which, translated means football. Weird, huh?

[PNSONR]

here's the short list ...

Literary

Erma Bombeck, National columnist/author (In memorium)
Allen W. Eckert, Author-historical/esp. Tecumseh
John Jakes, Author
Clarence Page, Journalist

Visual Arts

Chip Bok, Cartoonist-Akron Beacon/natl.
Milton Caniff, Cartoonist-"Terry and the Pirate"/"Steve Canyon"
Nancy Cartwright, Voice of Bart Simpson
Bing Davis, Local Artist, national exhibits
Cathy Guiseweit, Artist-Cathy cartoon
Mark Henn, Disney artist-Pocahantas
Mike Peters, National Cartoonist-Grimmy
Coby Whitmore, Illustrator-Chicago Herald


Entertainment

The Breeders Band - Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, Jim MacPherson
Phil Donahue, National talk show host
Rick Derringer, Rock musician
Joe Eszterhas, Screenwriter-"Showgirls"/"Basic Instinct"/"Jagged Edge"
Dorian Harewood, Actor/singer-"Roots" key role
Allison Janney - Actress (The West Wing)
Gordon Jump, Actor-Maytag man/"WKRP in Cincinnati"
John Lithgow, Stage Actor
Rob Lowe, Actor
Chad Lowe, Actor
Roy Meriwether, Jazz Pianist
Shirley Murdock, Singer
Don Novello, Father Guido Sarducci on "Saturday Night Live"
The Ohio Players, Soul/funk band
Julia Reichert, Film maker
Gary Sandy, Actor-"WKRP in Cincinnati"
Martin Sheen, Famous actor (Ramon Estevez)
Roger Troutman and Zapp, Musician/Producer
Ming Tsai - Chef (Food TV)
Jonathan Winters, Actor/comedian
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Famous African-American poet

Science/Inventions

Carl Carlson, Inventor-microfiche
Ernie Fraze, Inventor-pop top cans
Barrett Greeb, Inventor-micro-encapsulation
John Janning, Inventor-liquid crystals
George Midglely, Inventor-ethyl gasoline
Jerrold Petrofsky, Scientist-electrical stimulation of muscles
Charles Kettering, Invented automobile self-starter
John H. Patterson, Industrialist/founder of NCR
Norman Vincent Peale, Evangelist/morality author
Tyrone Power, Actor
James Reston, N.Y. Times journalist/Pulitzer
James & John Ritty, Co-inventors of the cash register
Helen Hooven Santmyer, Author-"And the Ladies of the Club"
Orville & Wilbur Wright, Famous Inventors/First Flight

[Elektrobank_9PM_Adelante]

1. Me :d

[~((resonance))~]

ummm... I dunnno

------------------
....constanly listening to the sound of life....surfing on sound waves and smiling bright...


The Sonic Lounge

~electronic BASSment~

[~((resonance))~]

I saw Tina Turner in an airport once