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Old 01-19-2009, 04:20 PM
 
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List the people that you're proud to say are from your state.
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:22 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Calvin Coolidge
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:25 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX.
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George Bush!
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:31 PM
 
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WI:
-Chris Gardner (the guy who inspired the movie The Pursuit of Happyness!)
-Georgia O'Keeffe
-Chris Farley
-Gene Wilder
-Frank Caliendo

NV:
-Andre Agassi
-Steve Wynn
-The Killers (the band)
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:32 PM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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George Bush!
Since he was born in Connecticut, maybe someone in New Haven will claim him.
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:35 PM
 
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Chuck Taylor
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Old 01-19-2009, 04:42 PM
 
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From my native Washington State:

Bill Gates
Bing Crosby
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix (above two for talent, not their deaths)
Hillary Swank
Bob Barker

How's that for an odd combination?

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Old 01-19-2009, 04:58 PM
 
Location: Southeast Missouri
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Harry S. Truman
Brad Pitt
Ryan Howard
T. S. Eliot
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Old 01-19-2009, 05:09 PM
 
Location: Providence, RI
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Mass: John F. Kennedy

Maine: Stephen King

RI: The Farelly Brothers (Me Myself and Irene, Dumb and Dumber, There's Something about Mary, etc)
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Old 01-19-2009, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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There are countless people from NY, so I'll say my town. We have Joe Murena from American Idol (made it into the top 6 or so from a few years ago), who my sister went to school with and was friends with. Then there's Melissa Joan Heart (from Clarissa Explains it all and Sabrina the teenage witch), Chris Higgins (in the NHL, I was his teammate in HS), Craig Biggio, Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky from Full house), Rosie O'Donnell, Jai Rodriguez (from ***** eye for the straight guy, my sister went to HS with him too), Kevin James, Mick Foley (wrestler), Frank Catalanatto (another MLB player my sister went to school with), Bob Costas. And that's just my town, which is a mere 5 miles or so. What can I say, Long Island is a breeding ground for the famous
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