I am PROUD to say that..........is from my state (live, money)

[Future Trooper]

Ron Artez although he now plays for California!!

[Future Trooper]

Florence Henderson

[JoshB]

Originally Posted by NowInWI

Is this a new thread? There was one like this very recently. A few from Wisconsin would be Frank Lloyd Wright, Georgia O'Keefe, Golda Meier (not born here but raised here), Al Jarreau, Tony Romo, Spencer Tracy, Bob Uecker, Orson Welles and Gene Wilder.

Also from Wisconsin are: Chris Farley, Zona Gale, John Muir-spent part of his life here, Gaylord Nelson-Founder of Earth Day, Aldo Leopold-Naturalist, August Derleth-Author, Harry Houdini-magician, Laura Ingalls Wilder-author

[Golden-mind-State]

Originally Posted by gdude

thought I would do a little something different Radjara


Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon is actually from Vallejo in the Bay Area

Here's some of SF's from Wiki

• Gracie Allen (1895-1964), comedian
• Bill Bixby (1934-1993), actor
• Joan Blackman (b. 1938), actress
• Mel Blanc (1908-1989), voiceover actor
• Lisa Bonet (b. 1967), actress
• Benjamin Bratt (b. 1963) actor
• Margaret Cho (b. 1968), comedian
• Barbara Eden (b. 1934), actress
• Danny Glover (b. 1946), actor
• Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
• Leslie Mann (b. 1972), actress
• Melissa Ng (b. 1972), actress
• Rob Schneider (b. 1963), actor
• Liev Schreiber (b. 1967), actor
• Alicia Silverstone (b. 1976), actress
• David Strathairn (b. 1949), actor
• Phillip Terry (1909-1993), actor
• Aisha Tyler (b. 1970), actress
• Stuart Whitman (b. 1928), actor
• B.D. Wong (b. 1960), actor
• Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress
• Kari Byron (b. 1974), television personality
• China Kantner
• Mike Holmgren (b. 1948), former NFL head coach for the Green Bay Packers and the current head coach of the Seattle Seahawks
• O. J. Simpson (b. 1947)
• Tedy Bruschi (b. 1973)
• Ping Bodie (1887-1961)
• Barry Bonds (b. 1964), holds the all-time Major League home run record
• Bobby Bonds (1946-2003), right fielder
• Dolph Camilli (1907-1997)
• Gino Cimoli (b. 1929), outfielder[1]
• Joe Corbett (1875-1945)
• Joe Cronin (1906-1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
• Frankie Crosetti, (1910-2002), shortstop and coach[1]
• Tim Cullen, (b. 1942), infielder[1]
• Babe Dahlgren, (1912-1996), 1st baseman[1]
• Joe DeMaestri (b. 1928)
• Dom DiMaggio (b. 1917)
• Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), (Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Bob Elliott (1916-1966), [1]
• Jim Fregosi (b. 1942), player and manager[1]
• Herb Gorman (1924-1953)
• Harry Heilmann (1894-1951), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
• Keith Hernandez (b. 1953), [1]
• Jackie Jensen (1927-1982), (also in the College Football Hall of Fame)[1]
• Eddie Joost (b. 1916)
• Willie Kamm (1900-1988)
• George Kelly (1895-1984), (Baseball Hall of Fame)[1]
• Tony Lazzeri (1903-1946) (Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Greg Downs (b. 1971), short-story writer
• Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet
• Daniel Handler (b. 1970), better known as Lemony Snicket
• Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
• Gus Lee (b. 1946), Asian-American author
• Jack London (1876-1916), American writer

and for the hell of it here is a Long Beach list

• Lisa Fernandez: Three-time Olympic softball gold medalist
• Greta Andersen: 1948 Olympic swimming gold medalist, and long distance swimmer, originally from Denmark
• Bad Azz: rapper
• Fatty Arbuckle: actor
• Richard Bach: author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Theda Bara: actress
• Frank Black (aka Black Francis): leader of the Pixies rock group
• Milton Bradley: baseball player (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Julia Bond: pornographic actress
• Jan Burke: Mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel (for "Bones")
• George Chakiris: Academy Award-winning actor
• Dorothy Buffum Chandler: Los Angeles philanthropist (wife of Norman Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times) and namesake for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
• Nat King Cole: singer and jazz piano player
• Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: flew unauthorized "wrong way" flight from New York to Ireland
• Lynne Cox: long-distance open-water swimmer and writer
• Jonathan Davis: lead singer for KoЯn
• Tray Deee: rapper
• George Deukmejian: Governor of California
• Cameron Diaz: actress (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Don Dixon: astronomical artist
• Melissa Etheridge: rock singer
• Bobby Grich: baseball player (Wilson High School)
• Chris Gwynn: baseball player, (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Tony Gwynn: baseball player (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Donna Hilbert: poet
• James Hilton: author, wrote the 1937 novel "Lost Horizon"
• John Lee Hooker: Blues singer
• Marilyn Horne: opera singer (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Thelma Houston: R&B singer
• Jesse G. James: West Coast Choppers & Monster Garage, custom motorcycle and car builder
• Long Gone John: entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Sympathy for the Record Industry
• Paula Jones
• DeForest Kelley: Star Trek actor
• Terry Kennedy: skateboarder
• Vicki Lawrence: comedian
• Bob Lemon: baseball player and baseball manager, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
• Camryn Manheim: actress
• Bill Maher: comedian, talk show host
• Misty May: professional beach volleyball player
• Mike McCready: Pearl Jam's guitarist
• Willie McGinest: 3 Time Super Bowl Champion
• Robert Mitchum: actor
• Ericson Alexander Molano: Gospel singer
• Ikey Owens: Keyboardist of The Mars Volta
• Miros Ozark: Artist, Painter
• Marquez Pope: National Football League Sports Figure
• Nick Pugh: artist and designer
• Rodney Allen Rippy:actor
• Elizabeth Short (aka "The Black Dahlia"): famous murder victim
• Upton Sinclair: author
• Dylan and Cole Sprouse: teen actors Suite Life of Zack and Cody
• Chase Utley: baseball player (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• John Wayne: actor, (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Carl Weathers: football player & actor (Long Beach Polytechnic High School)
• Wheely Willy: celebrity dog, featured in children's books, etc.
• Dave Hansen: Major League Baseball player
• DeSean Jackson: NFL player
• Spike Jones: bandleader and comedian
• Jason Kapono: NBA player
• Sally Kellerman: actress
• Terry Kennedy: Pro Skateboarder
• Billie Jean King: tennis player
• Vania King: tennis player
• Jason Leffler: NASCAR driver
• Andrea Lowell: model
• Leah Luv, porn star
• Zack de la Rocha rapper/rocker/founder of the band Rage Against the Machine
• Bo Derek: actress
• Daz Dillinger: rapper
• Nate Dogg: rapper
• Snoop Dogg: rapper
• John Dykstra: 1978 Visual Effects Oscar Winner (for Star Wars)
• Floyd "Bud" Gaugh: drummer for bands Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Eyes Adrift
• Warren G.: rapper
• Renee Griffin, actress

[thedudewiththeplan]

Jimmy Carter-may not have had the best luck as president, but he has done a great bit of humanitarian work since then.

Former State of NH-David Souter, Daniel Webster, and Robert Frost

[Trimac20]

Not American, but I'll say Heath Ledger.

[Golden-mind-State]

Gdude I couldn't return the visitor message because your profile is private but Jeff Gordon doesn't live in the bay he lives in North Carolina but he was born in Vallejo,Ca and raised in Indiana.I'm not at all trying to to take away the fact he was raised in Indiana but he is FROM Vallejo.

[TexasTheKid]

John Lee Hooker's from Long Beach? No Kidding.

Anyhow, the Houston homer would like to point out George Foreman's from my beloved city. Where would the world be without his grills?

And Paul Wall's from Houston too. Where would the world be without his grills?

[Future Trooper]

Originally Posted by Golden-mind-State

Gdude I couldn't return the visitor message because your profile is private but Jeff Gordon doesn't live in the bay he lives in North Carolina but he was born in Vallejo,Ca and raised in Indiana.I'm not at all trying to to take away the fact he was raised in Indiana but he is FROM Vallejo.

got ya





Benjamin Harrison

[treedonkey]

GOOSE
(One of MLB's newest Hall of Famers)