Do any famous people come your town and what do you know about them?

Wyatt Earp's Birthplace - Wyatt Earp, born in Monmouth, Illinois, (my home town), probably in this bedroom.  The house is still as it was then.
@lalav1 (1052)
United States
December 3, 2006 8:38pm CST
Wyatt Earp was born in my small hometown in Monmouth, Illinois. The house where he was born still stands. He was known for his fight at the Ok Corral with Doc Holliday. Another famous person who lived in Monmouth briefly, was Ronald Reagan, when he was in second grade. His father was a shoe salesman. There's also Richard Speck, a serial killer, known for killing 8 nurses in a Chicago hospital.
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@honeybfly83 (1021)
• United States
4 Dec 06
John Michael Montgomery has a house close to the town I live in.
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@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
16 Dec 06
I don't know who he is. What is he known for?
• United States
19 Dec 06
He's a country singer...I live in Branson Mo and there are countless old stars here...from Andy Williams to the Osmonds..so many I can't count...and when I was little back home, I knew Mac Davis and used to sit on his lap while he performed before he got his big break.
• United States
14 Dec 06
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes came here for a visit not too long ago. I didn't go because I wouldn't cross the street to see them, but there was a pretty good crowd according to the paper.
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@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
14 Dec 06
Interesting!
@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
4 Dec 06
wow that is really cool.....I grew up around San Francisco and countless artists have come from that area.....
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@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
14 Dec 06
Yes, I'm sure there are many from San fracisco. Do uou kow who any of them are?
• United States
9 Dec 06
Dennis Franz lives here now after pretty much retiring. Patty Duke has lived here for as long as I can remember. There are supposedly other famous people around, but I have never seen them or heard about them personally.
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@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
14 Dec 06
Hey, that's cool!!
• United States
4 Dec 06
Does campaigning count? If so, then President Bush and President Clinton both have been here, campaigning. Otherwise, lets see. JOhn Cougar Mellancamp, performed once. That's about it.
@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
9 Dec 06
I don't hink so, but it's cool that they campaigned in your town.
@webster76 (152)
19 Dec 06
I live in stockport in the UK and from the area where I lived came the Dodges' the founders of the world famous Dodge City, The house they lived in is still used as a home and is something like 400 years old. Recently living dodges came to the UK to see their ancestral home. I think its called Haliday Hall.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
1 Feb 07
Here is a partial list of famous people from my city: Gloria Steinem, Katie Holmes, Jamie Farr, Danny Thomas. Also the lady who wrote the Nancy Drew stories, her real name was Millie Bensen. I know there are more, I just can't think of their names right now.
@kesfylstra (1868)
• United States
4 Dec 06
Wyatt Earp is a real person? I thought he was a character. I met the man who played him, Hugh O'Brian, who is now a philanthropist supporting high school achievers. I live in a military city, though, so I'm sure there are a great many important people around, but I don't get to see them much.
@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
9 Dec 06
Yes, he is. He fought with Doc Holliday at the OK Corral. His birth home still stands in Monmouth, Il., my hometown.
• United States
1 Feb 07
Our town is small, but has had its fair share of movie star sightings. There have been a couple of movies shot on location here or nearby. Michael J Fox, Dom Deluise, Flea....just to name a few.
@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
19 Dec 06
okay nobody laugh but celine dion comes from my town. here i think the only people who honestly like her music are older women (like 50 and older). the rest of us really dislike her. we think she is a hippocrite, just screams instead of SINGING, and in fact she is the favorite of montreal drag queens to impersonate!!! michel dorion is a famous drag queen qho gives his own concerts singing ONLY celine songs! ;) and honestly, i think mister dorion is prettier than the real celine ;)
• Indonesia
9 Dec 06
ahaha I don't know anything. I live in capital city. I think all Indonesian artost live in my city. But I don;t know much about them. lol I only know few poeple ^^
• United States
18 Dec 06
h.p lovecraft comes from rhode island he wrote the Necronomicon
@whitefox (1347)
• Italy
19 Dec 06
Some important soccers player and actors are been born in my city. I task that they have been good and fortunate to become famous; I'm happy for they but I do not envy them. I am content of my normal life.
@kellahinx (370)
• United States
20 Dec 06
al capone, plus many others I'm sure