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Edited by
Mr_Music
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Who is famous from your U.S. state?
WISCONSIN: Don Ameche, actor, Kenosha Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist and explorer, Beloit John Bardeen, inventor, Madison Carrie Catt, woman suffragist, Ripon Ellen Corby, actress, Racine Willem Dafoe, actor, Appleton Tyne Daly, actress, Madison August Derleth, author, Sauk City Jeanne Dixon, seer, Medford Chris Farley, actor, Madison Zona Gale, author, Portage Eric Heiden, speed skater, Madison Woody Herman, band leader, Milwaukee Loretta Sell Hildegarde, singer, Adell Harry Houdini, magician, Appleton Thomas Hulce, actor, Whitewater Pee Wee King, singer, Abrams George F. Kennan, diplomat, Milwaukee Robert La Follette, politician, Primrose Liberace, pianist, West Allis Allen Ludden, tv host, Mineral Point Alfred Lunt, actor, Milwaukee Frederic March, actor, Racine Jackie Mason, comedian, Sheboygan Charles and John Ringling, circus entrepreneurs, Baraboo Pat O'Brien, actor, Milwaukee Georgia O'Keeffe, painter, Sun Prairie Amy Pietz, actress, Oak Creek Charlotte Rae, actress, Milwaukee William H. Rehnquist, jurist, Milwaukee Gena Rowlands, actress, Cambria Tom Snyder, newscaster, Milwaukee Spencer Tracy, actor, Milwaukee Thorstein Veblen, economist, Cato Township Orson Welles, actor and producer, Kenosha Laura Ingalls Wilder, author, Pepin Thornton Wilder, author, Madison Charles Winninger, actor, Athens Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, Richland Center Bob Uecker, baseball player, Milwaukee Les Paul, musician, Waukesha Underground Sunshine, late-1960's "bubblegum" band, Montello The Unchained Mynds, late-1960's "bubblegum" band, La Crosse |
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um... Rihanna here,
but i'm not from the states so i guess i should've not responded... 
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Edited by
Mr_Music
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Fri 11/28/08 08:43 AM
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I did say "particularly", not "exclusively".
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John Dillenger his grave is a mile from my house
Dan Quail(oops) John Mellencamp William Henery Harrison Micheal Jackson |
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Oh, yeah....Tony Romo, current Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Burlington....but we don't count him.
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Josh Blue - he Last Comic Standing a couple of years ago. Very funny
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Edited by
krupa
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Fri 11/28/08 08:47 AM
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Dominic Rhodes. (Football player) is from Abilene.
So was Randall (Tex) Cobb...heavy weight boxer. John Lackey...World Series winning pitcher. Billy Olsen...Olymic pole vaulter and former record holder. Graham Steadman...(Oprah's old man) and the Dude who set the world record by walking backwards around the world...his name is on the tip of my tongue.. Oh crap! From the whole state? Got enough from my home town! |
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7 presidents from ohio
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marylin manson
tom petty jon anderson ray lewis RKISIT |
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Muhamad Ali, Pee Wee Reese, The movie Stripes was filmed here. Louisville, Ky
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john glenn ---ohio
wright brothers --- ohio i think thomas edison too but not sure |
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Yes, Edison was born in Ohio, but grew up in Michigan.
Good enough. |
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Dominic Rhodes. (Football player) is from Abilene. So was Randall (Tex) Cobb...heavy weight boxer. John Lackey...World Series winning pitcher. Billy Olsen...Olymic pole vaulter and former record holder. Graham Steadman...(Oprah's old man) and the Dude who set the world record by walking backwards around the world...his name is on the tip of my tongue.. Oh crap! From the whole state? Got enough from my home town! Jessica Simpson is from Abilene |
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George Bush, Clint Black
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Yes, Edison was born in Ohio, but grew up in Michigan. Good enough. and his lab was in new jersey i believe 
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I really don't know and not even care abt it.
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TEXAS
George W. Bush (1946 - ) 43rd US President; grew up in Midland and Houston. Red Adair fireman oil well fires, Houston Alvin Ailey choreographer, Rogers Mary Kay Ash cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells Steven Fuller Austin founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA Gene Autry singer, actor, Tioga Kathy Baker actress, Midland Clyde Barrow outlaw, Telico Carol Burnett comedienne, San Antonio Cyd Charisse actress, dancer, Amarillo Henry Cisneros politician, San Antonio Denton A. Cooley heart surgeon, Houston Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio Robert Dennard inventor, Terrell Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas George Jones singer, Saratoga Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba Trini Lopez singer, Dallas Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston Willie Nelson singer, Abbot Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso Roy Orbisonsinger, Vernon Buck Owens singer, Sherman Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur Tex Ritter singer, Murval Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio Rip Torn actor, director, Temple Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur H. Ross Perot (1930 - ) Dallas computer billionaire, philanthropist, and independent (Reform Party) candidate for US president in 1992 and 1996; born in Texarkana Nolan Ryan (1947 - ) Baseball pitcher who pitched seven no-hitters; born in Refugio Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur And many more...................... |
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from where I live no one
in the next town over, Roy Orbison and Tanya Tucker |
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Mary Kay Ash (1915 -2001) Cosmetics entrepreneur and founder of Mary Kay cosmetics; born in Hot Wells.
Steven Fuller Austin (1793 - 1836) Founding father of Texas and namesake of the state's capital. Clyde Barrow (1909 - 1934) Outlaw and partner in crime with Bonnie Parker; born in Teleco. Carol Burnett (1933 - ) Comedian and actress of "The Carol Burnett Show"; born in San Antonio. George W. Bush (1946 - ) 43rd US President; grew up in Midland and Houston. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) The 34th US President (1953-1961); born in Denison. Buddy Holly (1936 - 1959) Musician, considered one of the fathers of rock 'n roll; born in Lubbock. Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973) The 36th US President (1963-1969); born in Stonewall. Willie Nelson (1933 - ) Country music singer and songwriter; born in Abbott. Roy Orbison (1936 - 1988) Singer; born in Vernon. Selena Perez (1971 - 1995) Famous Latin singer; born in Texarkana. H. Ross Perot (1930 - ) Dallas computer billionaire, philanthropist, and independent (Reform Party) candidate for US president in 1992 and 1996; born in Texarkana. Dan Rather (1931 - ) TV newscaster and host of CBS Evening News; born in Wharton. Nolan Ryan (1947 - ) Baseball pitcher who pitched seven no-hitters; born in Refugio. Sandra Day O'Connor (1930 - ) US Supreme Court justice; born in El Paso. |
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Lon Cheny-Actor-Colorado Springs
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