Mr. Silly Posted February 17, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 17, 2020 Tim Allen went to the same high school as I did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 17, 2020 ...the Donner Party. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 17, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 17, 2020 Also actress Mary Lynn Rajskub lived in Trenton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lynn_Rajskub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: Tim Allen went to the same high school as I did. What HS? Royal Oak? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted February 17, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: Tim Allen went to the same high school as I did. Did he try to sell you cocaine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #7 Posted February 17, 2020 Early life I was in Lincoln Park, Michigan. One member of the MC5, Rob Derminer who went by Rob Tyner grew up across street from my mom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted February 17, 2020 Share #8 Posted February 17, 2020 Willie O'Ree is from home, first black person to play in the NHL. Back in the early 50's, he and my mom use to enter and win dance competitions. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted February 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: What HS? Royal Oak? Birmingham Seaholm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted February 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Zephyr said: Did he try to sell you cocaine? He had long graduated by the time I went there. I went to school with Dan Miller who played Luther Perkins in 'Walk the Line' (the Johnny Cash movie). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted February 17, 2020 Share #11 Posted February 17, 2020 OJ Simpson lived here for a while. Sent his kids to my High School, but I didn't know them as they were different ages, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted February 17, 2020 Share #12 Posted February 17, 2020 Henry Fonda was probably the most famous overall. Tom Rathman was the most famous sports star. Grace Abbott had the biggest impact on our society. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #13 Posted February 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: Birmingham Seaholm. Didn't Home Improvement take place in RO? Don't recall ever hearing the house's city mentioned on the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted February 17, 2020 Share #14 Posted February 17, 2020 According to Wikipedia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted February 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said: Didn't Home Improvement take place in RO? Don't recall ever hearing the house's city mentioned on the show. For some reason that sounds right. WIKI only says that they lived in suburban Detroit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far Posted February 17, 2020 Share #16 Posted February 17, 2020 Foster Brooks. My bus used to go by his house once a day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #17 Posted February 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mr. Silly said: For some reason that sounds right. WIKI only says that they lived in suburban Detroit. Not sure where I heard it. I found this statement on the interweb "It was totally Royal Oak. It is mentioned several times in reference to the kids' schools." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 17, 2020 Share #18 Posted February 17, 2020 Too many famous people to mention come from the Paris of Ohio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 17, 2020 Share #19 Posted February 17, 2020 Just now, Randomguy said: Too many famous people to mention come from the Paris of Ohio. Hollywood of the midwest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 17, 2020 Share #20 Posted February 17, 2020 Just now, bikeman564™ said: Hollywood of the midwest Just about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Cleveland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 17, 2020 Share #21 Posted February 17, 2020 I grew up in the country. From the place I call my hometown (school and address) probably nobody. There was a small crossing just down the road that was the home of the original radio personality that played Tonto, Fred McCarthy - back in the 30's. From my current town, Derek Jeter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2020 Share #22 Posted February 17, 2020 I grew up in a tiny town that I refer to as Hooverville. Maybe 400 people in the entire town. None famous, probably some infamous. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted February 17, 2020 Share #23 Posted February 17, 2020 Boz Skaggs, Rex Burkhead, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD Posted February 17, 2020 Share #24 Posted February 17, 2020 From my suburb community, which has 15.000 people and was all farmland until after WW2, and where 12 of us from my high school class of 278 went on to college, we've had some very successful people, but few if any I can think of as "famous." A lot of us became teachers or religious ministers, probably because those careers where the only white collar ones we were familiar with in our blue-collar environment. We do have a private Facebook site called "I Grew Up In Brooklyn Park, Maryland" and I don't remember anyone celebrating particularly famous local people. We do have a great candidate for most famous resident, a gay guy with the real name Dale but called Madonna Girl Dale or Britney Girl Dale, who, until moving to North Carolina last August, dressed in a woman's long, curly blonde wig, often with short skirts, dark hose, and high heels and regularly walked up and down the main drag, Ritchie Hwy, shaking his butt, teasing toward the traffic while almost causing accidents, and where EVERYBODY waved or honked in friendly fashion at him. Even the cops posed for pictures with him. There have been articles about Dale in The Baltimore Sun and web blogs, one of which is called: What Makes Madonna Girl Dale Tick; A Look Inside One of Brooklyn Park’s Most Famous Residents. He/She looks sexiest in a white outfit worn with the white cowboy hat at the beginning of the video at the bottom of this post, but I couldn't find a picture of it. He was great entertainment - I hope he moves back to the area. Long before people forget Dale, they'll probably forget my late acquaintance, former Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral William Kime; my friend, former softball teammate, and recently retired judge Ron Silkworth; my late, close high school friend Mike Meros - the local Donny Osmond (before the Osmonds were famous) in a band called The Meros Brothers as a kid - who was a backup musician for the Beach Boys for decades; and my friend and retired State Senator Phil Jimeno, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted February 17, 2020 Share #25 Posted February 17, 2020 No one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 17, 2020 Share #26 Posted February 17, 2020 Pamela Anderson, Bryan Adams, Joshua Jackson, Seth Rogen, Cobie Smulders, Ryan Reynolds, Michael J Fox, Michael Buble. Carly Rae Jepsen, Jason Priestly, Carrie Anne Moss, the Scotts (Property Brothers).. a bunch more.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted February 17, 2020 Share #27 Posted February 17, 2020 Trent Reznor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 17, 2020 Share #28 Posted February 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Trent Reznor He is also in the Paris of Ohio listing. I remember seeing him when he was with a local band called "The Exotic Birds". He started playing around in an industrial fun band called Collapse or somesuch, the whole band came out in Godzilla costumes (really good ones). That was cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted February 17, 2020 Share #29 Posted February 17, 2020 Dan Quayle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 17, 2020 Share #30 Posted February 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Indy said: Dan Quayl. FIFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 17, 2020 Share #31 Posted February 17, 2020 Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 17, 2020 Share #32 Posted February 17, 2020 A few professional athletes that I’m aware of. Benny Ricardo was our back fence neighbor and ran with my oldest brother. He was a kicker in the NFL in the 70’s. MLB players Dan Quisenbury and Brent Mayne are from my city. Brent stayed in the community and his son played ball with my son. Really nice guy if you weren’t trying to get free coaching from him. We’d sit in the stands and talk fly fishing and he’d blow off all the dads trying to pump him for advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted February 17, 2020 Share #33 Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: No one. Same. Seven Georgia governors were from here but I don’t know anyone who can name even one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 17, 2020 Share #34 Posted February 17, 2020 I'd really have to think, it's not a big town. I think somebody hit the big time for something but I don't remember the name. That's our claim to fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 17, 2020 Share #35 Posted February 17, 2020 Hmmmm, the original co-founder of Uber, Garrett Camp is from Calgary. I don't know others ...with international fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 17, 2020 Share #36 Posted February 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, 12string said: I'd really have to think, it's not a big town. I think somebody hit the big time for something but I don't remember the name. That's our claim to fame. Probably that 6string dude.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 17, 2020 Share #37 Posted February 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Hmmmm, the original co-founder of Uber, Garrett Camp is from Calgary. I don't know others ...with international fame. Ted Cruz, Jann Arden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 17, 2020 Share #38 Posted February 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, Allen said: Same. Seven Georgia governors were from here but I don’t know anyone who can name even one. Oh..... Oh.......... Jimmy Carter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 17, 2020 Share #39 Posted February 17, 2020 Troy Vincent who was a 5x NFL Pro-Bowl selection and now Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the NFL went to my high school, a year ahead of me. Zach Woods from The Office did, too, several years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted February 17, 2020 Share #40 Posted February 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Oh..... Oh.......... Jimmy Carter? Nope. I’m in Monroe. Jimmy is from Plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted February 17, 2020 Share #41 Posted February 17, 2020 Birth town - Jacksonville, FL - Ronnie VanZant, founding member of the Southern rock band, Leonard Skynyrd Adolescents - Winter Haven, FL - Dick Pope - Founder of Cypress Gardens - Later owner living in Dick Pope's mansion - Tom Stafford, Country/Pop singer, songwriter, comedian - Jim Allchin - Both of us played trumpet in HS band, but he has impacted everyone on this forum - that it even exists - before returning to music. He was executive VP at Microsoft (Part of the leadership team and direct report to Bill Gates) and essentially got the business server network systems operating systems off the ground and continues as a major profit center today, and lead on the consumer side development of operating systems through Windows 7. After recovery from Cancer, he retired, returning to music (rock/Blues), writer, singer, lead guitar. https://www.jimallchin.com/videos Last few decades - Winter Park/Orlando, FL - Well there is always the mouse - Don't know if want to claim it since has gotten really weird, Carrot Top. An avid cyclist and have ridden with him when in town. He grew up in Winter Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 17, 2020 Share #42 Posted February 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Probably that 6string dude.. psshhht. No. He's half the man I am! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 17, 2020 Share #43 Posted February 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Allen said: Nope. I’m in Monroe. Jimmy is from Plains. It was my best guess. It was my only guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 17, 2020 Share #44 Posted February 17, 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton,_Oneida_County,_New_York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Posted February 17, 2020 Share #45 Posted February 17, 2020 There were several big league hockey players who went to my high school, including Darryl Sittler, but Malcolm Gladwell is probably more famous around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 17, 2020 Share #46 Posted February 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: There were several big league hockey players who went to my high school, including Darryl Sittler, but Malcolm Gladwell is probably more famous around the world. Yea, forgot that Malcolm Gladwell was from K-W. Interesting his mother was black Jamaican.. I don't think it means much to Americans about famous Canadian authors....Margaret Atwood is from Toronto... (Handmaid's Tale, Edible Woman, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Posted February 17, 2020 Share #47 Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, shootingstar said: Yea, forgot that Malcolm Gladwell was from K-W Actually, he was born in England but they moved to Elmira when he was very young. He went through high school ten years after I did, so I never knew him, but my younger brother did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted February 17, 2020 Share #48 Posted February 17, 2020 Hillary_2016. Mudkipz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge Posted February 17, 2020 Share #49 Posted February 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Mr. Silly said: Tim Allen went to the same high school as I did. Kobe has been in the news (obviously), but what about JOAN FUCKING JETT!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack Posted February 18, 2020 Share #50 Posted February 18, 2020 Katie Couric went to the neighboring high school. She is two years older than I but she was there when we used Yorktown’s swimming pool in 74-75. Sandra Bullock went to Washington and Lee HS but she is five years younger than me and like a sister, so I couldn’t bang her then. Mama Cass and Jim Morrison lived here before they moved west. They had moved before I arrived in the area so I had no influence in their lives. Dave Grohl also grew up nearby but he moved away too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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