this is all i got..

http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Willoughby,%20Ohio,%20USA

rigo tovar

but for the sake of this thread, i'll go by brownsville, in which case, kris kristofferson

I don't know but Anna Nicole Smith made it famous.

* Raymond Benson, author
* Jim J. Bullock, actor
* Hayden Fry, college football coach
* Larry Gatlin, Country singer
* Britt Harley Hager, professional football player
* Daniel Ray Herrera, professional baseball pitcher
* Daryl Hunt, professional football player
* Virgil Johnson, founder of The Velvets, singing group
* Gene Mayfield, college and high school football coach
* J. L. "Dusty" Rhoades, one of the founders of the American Quarter Horse Association
* Bill Myrick, Country singer
* Kelly Schmedes, professional soccer player
* John Ben Shepperd, Texas attorney general (1953–1957)
* Kim Smith, Fashion model and actress
* Stephnie Weir, actress and comedienne
* Roy Williams, professional football player
* Alfred Mac Wilson, United States Marine CorpsMedal of Honor recipient
* Marvin Rex Young, U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient

Me

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Your town gets three blue stars of fale.

I'm from Henderson, TX.

* Sandy Duncan - Actress
* Rickey Dudley - former Pro Bowl Tight End w/ the Raiders
* former Texas governor Mark White
* Drew Coleman, current CB for the Jets
* Apparently, a gay porn star named "Dick Masters" who starred in such classics as "Fox Hole", "Heat of the Night", and "Manrammer".

On another note, Texas A&M's first president Thomas Gathright (president from 1876-1879) and A&M's 12th president Robert Milner (president from 1908-1913) are both buried in the same cemetary in Henderson.

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I don't know but Anna Nicole Smith made it famous.

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You're from Mexia!?! I'm from next door.

Actually, that's not true. I don't really claim that town. It's just where I live my junior/senior year of HS and a little bit after that, between college semesters.

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i was born where jfk died. does that count?

terry bradshaw
kix brooks
johnnie cochran
hank jr

It's true - born in Mexia.

GET ON APPLES!!!!

And I graduated from Fairfield.

Kenny Rogers FTMFW!

Nat 'King' Cole

Bart Starr

Brett Butler

Julia Bond-porn star
Leah Luv-porn star(these are in Wikipedia-I have no personal knowledge of these people
Nicolas Cage
Bo Derek
Snoop Dogg
Sally Kellerman
Billie Jean King
Michelle Phillips
Jeff Burroughs
Spike Jones
DeSean Jackson....

I was born in Long Beach, CA....my Dad was in the Navy in WWII. My Mom moved back to Texas within a year, and I have been here ever since. But, alas, I am a Californian by birth. But I have always believed what the late, great George Carlin said, "California is like a bowl of granola, what ain't fruits and flakes, is nuts".

"ROGER - OUT"

wheelsoff, I grew up about 40 min away from where you're from, until I moved to Laredo.

R. Lee Ermey

Gene Roddenberry
that dumbass from wings and movie sideways
that guy from Serenity (I'm a leaf on the wind, watch how i..ACKKKKKKK)
Sam donaldson

I was born in Dallas, the list is too large to post.

Charles Babbage 1791-1871 Pioneer of the computer
Francis Bacon 1562-1626 Philosopher
Robert Baden-Powell 1857-1941 Founder of boy scouts
David Beckham 1975- Footballer
Thomas Beckett 1118-70 Archbishop of Canterbury
David Bowie 1947- Singer
Robert Browning 1812-1889 Poet
Simon Callow 1949- Actor
Charles Chaplin 1889-1977 Comedian
Geoffrey Chaucer c1340-1400 Writer
Joan Collins 1933- Actress
Peter Cushing 1913-1994 Actor
Daniel Defoe 1661-1731 Writer
John Donne 1572-1631 Poet
Benjamin Disraeli 1804-81 Prime minister
Daphne du Maurier 1907-1989 Writer
Ian Fleming 1908-1964 Creator of James Bond
Alec Guinness 1914-2000 Actor
Edmund Halley 1656-1742 Astronomer
John Keats 1795-1821 Poet
Roger Moore 1927- Actor
Beatrix Potter 1866-1943 Writer
Keifer Sutherland 1966- Actor
Elizabeth Taylor 1932- Actress
Emma Thompson 1959- Actor
Pete Townshend 1945- Musician

I shortened the list.... it was 12 pages long.


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for em. The list is indeed long and distinguished. So's my johnson.

**It would appear that is not an accurate list. But I assure that indeed my johnson is long and distinguished.

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Tramain Thomas - DB, Arkansas - won Def Player of the Week after the A&M game

(edit)Not true since it says born in the same city. The list for Beaumont is long. Tramain is the only "famous" person from the town I graduated in.

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Cody Ross (2010 NLCS MVP)

He wasn't born in my hometown, but eventually moved here and played baseball for our high school. I'm sure plenty of you don't like him about now.

John Denver

Again, not born in my hometown, but was born about 70 miles down the highway. Close enough.

Any famous people from Bryan, TX?

other than a few pro athletes nobody

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Vince Vaughn (Actor, Wedding Crashers)
Mark Webber (Actor, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
Rachel Leigh Cook (Actress, She's All That)
Kimberly Elise (Actress, John Q)
Joel Coen (Writer, No Country for Old Men)
Terry Gilliam (Writer, Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Sofia Vassilieva (Actress, My Sister's Keeper)
Jason Behr (Actor, The Grudge)
Vincent Kartheiser (Actor, Mad Men)
Ethan Coen (Writer, No Country for Old Men)
Nick Swardson (Actor, You Don't Mess with the Zohan)
Chris Massoglia (Actor, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant)
Richard Dean Anderson (Actor, General Hospital)
Breckin Meyer (Actor, Road Trip)
T.R. Knight (Actor, The Last Request)
Kelly Carlson (Actress, The Marine)
James Hong (Actor, Blade Runner)
Benjamin Salisbury (Actor, S1m0ne)
Ann Morgan Guilbert (Actress, Grumpier Old Men)
Jesse Ventura (Actor, Predator)
Maris Coughlan (Actress, Freddy Got Fingered)
James Arness (Actor, Them!)
Peter Graves (Actor, Airplane!)
Prince (Soundtrack, Batman)
James LeGros (Actor, Point Break)
Ethan Erickson (Actor, Guiding Light)
Tim Bagley (Actor, The Mask)
Molly Hagan (Actress, Election)
Mo Collins (Actress, The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Melissa Peterman (Actress, Fargo)
Carl Lumbly (Actor, Men of Honor)
Lew Ayres (Actor, All Quiet on the Western Front)
Erik Stolhanske (Actor, Super Troopers)
Jay Underwood (Actor, The Boy Who Could Fly)
Kelli Maroney (Actress, One Life to Live)
Analeigh Tipton (Self, America's Next Top Model)
Miriam Shor (Actress, Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Freddie Moore (Soundtrack, Screwballs II)
George Roy Hill (Director, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
John James (Actor, Search for Tomorrow)
Arlene Dahl (Actress, One Life to Live)
Lee Ving (Actor, Flashdance)
Lindsay Frost (Actress, The Ring)
Dorothy Lyman (Actress, The Departed)
Ralph Meeker (Actor, Paths of Glory)
Tony Denman (Actor, Fargo)
Michael McManus (Actor, Poltergeist)
Katrina Begin (Actress, Remember the Daze)
Joan Staley (Actress, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken)
Rob LaBelle (Actor, Watchmen)

that's 1-50 of 600 names.

I'll pick out some good ones that weren't on page 1:

Louie Anderson (Self, Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman)
Noel Neill (Actress, Superman Returns)
Jean Paul Getty (Uncategorized)
Tay Zonday (Self, I Want My Three Minutes Back)
The Scary Guy (Self, Scary)
Larry Fitzgerald (Self, Pardon the Interruption)
Briana Scurry (Self, Air Bud 3)

I was born in Austin.

What emgee said. My last residence was .5 miles from where me and old roommate were born (and my office was next door to where my father wen to HS). Now I live within a mile of where my wife was born. Small world.

foul play, what city?

Red Adair (born 1915, died 2004); legendary oil well firefighter
Reagan High

Yolanda Adams (born 1962); gospel singer
Sterling High; graduated 1979

Debbie Allen (born 1950); dancer/actress: "Fame"
Yates High; graduated 1967

Wes Anderson (born 1969); film director: "The Royal Tennenbuams", "Rushmore"
St.John's High

Corky Ballas (born 1961); international ballroom champion, featured on "Dancing With The Stars"

Son of George Ballas, who once owned the world's largest dance studio in Houston. George also invented the weed eater.

Don "Red" Barry (born 1912, died 1980); actor: star of westerns, "The Adventures of Red Ryder", "Surfside 6"

Texas Battle (born 1980); actor: "The Bold & Beautiful", "Dagonball", "Final Destination 3"

Frank Bielec (Sealy); designer; TV personality: "Trading Spaces"

Lisa Hartman Black (born 1956); singer/actress: "Knots Landing"
Long Middle High, Sharpstown High and High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; graduated 1974
Married to Houston-raised Clint Black

Alexis Bledel (born 1981); actress: "Gilmore Girls", "Tuck Everlasting", "Sin City", "The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants"
St. Agnes Academy

Matthew Bomer (born 1977) (Spring); actor: "Chuck", "White Collar"

Klein High; graduated 1996
Started his acting career at Houston's Alley Theater

Jonathan Breck (Spring) (born 1965); actor: the creeper in "Jeepers Creepers" and "Jeepers Creepers 2"

Lauren Bush (born 1984); model
attended the Kincaid School

Mark Calaway (born 1962); professional wrestler; WWF's "The Undertaker"
Waltrip High

Kimberly Caldwell (Katy) (born 1982); "American Idol" finalist, TV Guide Channel host

Chamillionaire; real name Hakeem Seriki (born 1979); rapper

Denton A. Cooley (born 1920); world-renowned heart surgeon, founder of the Texas Heart Institute

Kathryn Grant Crosby (born 1933); actress: "Anatomy of a Murder", "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" Wife of Bing Crosby

Rodney Crowell (born 1950); singer/songwriter

Brett Cullen (born 1956); actor: "Falcon Crest", "Apollo 13", "LOST", "Make it or Break It" Madison High; graduated 1974

Támar Davis R&B/pop/soul singer
As a child was a member of Girl's Tyme which later became Destiny's Child.

Michael Dell (born 1965) founder of Dell Computers. Memorial High

Loretta Devine (born 1949); actress: "Waiting To Exhale", "I Am Sam", "Boston Public"
Aldine-Carver High; graduated 1967

Haylie Duff (born 1985); actress: "Napoleon Dynamite", "7th Heaven" (raised in Houston, San Antonio & L.A.)

Hilary Duff (born 1987); pop singer/actress: "Lizzie McGuire", "Agent Cody Banks", "A Cinderella Story" (raised in Houston, San Antonio & L.A.)

Shelly Duvall (born 1949); actress: "The Shining", "3 Women", "Popeye"
Waltrip High; graduated 1967

Terri Ellis; R&B/pop singer; former member of the '90s R&B group EnVogue
Worthing High; graduated 1982

Sean Faris (born 1982): actor; "Life As We Know It", "Reunion", "Yours, Mine and Ours" (raised in Houston until age 12, then moved to Ohio)

Andy Fickman; Director: "The Game Plan", "She's The Man", "Race to Witch Mountain"

A.J. Foyt (born 1935); auto racing legend; Four-time Indy 500 Winner

Robert Foxworth (born 1941); actor: "Falcon Crest", "Six Feet Under" Lamar High; graduated 1960

Billy Gibbons (born 1949); musician; ZZ Top

Teresa Graves (born 1948, died 2002); actress: "Get Christie Love!", "Laugh-In"

Joanne King Herring; former Houston talk show host, socialite; helped inspire the book and film "Charlie Wilson's War".

Jennifer Holliday (born 1960); Broadway star
Washington High; graduated 1978

Howard Hughes (born 1905, died 1977); film producer/director, aviator(Hughes' grave site located at Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Ave. near downtown Houston)

Jack Ingram (born 1970); country singer
Woodlands High School

Mike Jones; rapper

Barbara Jordan (born 1936, died 1996); U.S. Congresswoman. Wheatly High; graduated 1952

Robert Earl Keen (born 1957); country singer

Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981); singer/actress: Destiny's Child, "Austin Powers in Goldmember", "The Pink Panther", "Dreamgirls"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; graduated 2000

Solange Knowles (born 1986); singer/actress: "Johnson Family Vacation", "Bring It On 3"

Lil' Flip; real name Wesley Weston (born 1981); rapper
Worthing High; graduated 1999

Richard Linklater (Bellaire) (born 1960); director; "The School of Rock", "Dazed & Confused"
Bellaire High

Lyle Lovett (Klein) (born 1957); country singer
Klein High

LeToya Luckett (born 1981); R&B singer

Tanisha Lynn (born 1978); actress: "All My Children"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Adam Mayfield (born 1976); actor: "All My Children"

Natalie (Clear Lake) (born 1979); R&B singer
A former Houston Rockets Power Dancer

John Norris (born 1959); MTV News correspondent

Renée O'Connor (Katy) (born 1971); actress: "Xena: Warrior Princess"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; graduated 1989

Barbara Olsen (born 1955, died 2001, victim of Sept. 11); author/TV commentator; "Politically Incorrect" panelist
Waltrip High

Renee Olstead (born 1989); actress/singer: "Still Standing", "13 Going On 30", "Space Cowboys"

Annette O'Toole (born 1954); actress: "Smallville", "48 Hrs.", "Superman III" (raised in Houston until age 13, then moved to CA)

Damon Pampolina (Clear Lake) (born 1975); former "Mousekeeter" and member of the '90s pop group The Party

Jim Parsons (born 1973); actor: "The Big Bang Theory"

Dennis Quaid (Bellaire) (born 1954); actor: "The Right Stuff", "Any Given Sunday", "Frequency", "Yours, Mine and Ours"
Bellaire High; graduated 1972

Randy Quaid (Bellaire) (born 1950); actor: "National Lampoon's Vacation, "Independence Day"
Bellaire High; graduated 1967

Leven Rambin (born 1990); actress: "All My Children", "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", "Grey's Anatomy", "Scoundrels"
Attended St. Francis Episcopal Day School.
Granddaughter of J. Howard Rambin, Jr., former president and CEO of Texaco.
Her father is founder of Keep Houston Beautiful as well as owner of Moody Rambin Interests, the largest commercial real estate firm in Houston.

Lexie Randall (Galena Park) (born 1980); Child actress of the '80s and '90s: "Sarah, Plain and Tall", "Designing Women", "The War"

Dan Rather (born 1931); journalist, former CBS news anchorman
Reagan High; graduated 1950

Phylicia Rashad (born 1948); actress; "The Cosby Show"
Yates High; graduated 1966

Kenny Rogers(born 1938); country singer
Davis High; graduated 1956

Tommy Schlamme (born 1950); director/producer: "The West Wing", "Ally McBeal", "Spin City", "Invasion", "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"

Joan Severance (born 1958); actress: "The Love Boat: The Next Wave", "Bird On A Wire", "Wiseguy"
Westbury High; graduated 1977

Slim Thug (born 1982); rapper

Anna Nicole Smith (born 1967, died 2007); model/actress/TV personality (born in Houston, raised in Mexia, TX, but returned to Houston)
Married Houston oilman J. Howard Marshall

Jaclyn Smith (born 1947); actress: "Charlie's Angels", host of Bravo's "Sheer Genius"
Lamar High; graduated 1964

Brent Spiner (Bellaire) (born 1949); actor: "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Bellaire High; graduated 1962

Patrick Swayze (born 1952, died 2009); actor: "Dirty Dancing", "Ghost"
Waltrip High; graduated 1971

Mark L. Taylor (Garden Villas) (born 1954); actor: "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids", "Arachnophobia"; appearances on "Melrose Place", "Summerland" and "Desperate Housewives"; well known character actor

Steve Tyrell ;music producer/composer/singer

Brooke Valentine (born 1986); R&B singer

Paul Wall (born 1980); rapper
Jersey Village High School; graduated 1998

Isaiah Washington (born 1963); actor: "Grey's Anatomy", "Romeo Must Die", "Hollywood Homicide"
Willowridge High; graduated 1981

JoBeth Williams (born 1948); actress: "Poltergiest", "The Big Chill"
Jones High; graduated 1966

Chandra Wilson (born 1969); actress: "Grey's Anatomy"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Lynn Wyatt international socialite
San Jacinto High

Vince Young (born 1983) Football player; quarterback for NFL's Tennessee Titans

Renée Zellweger (Katy) (born 1969); actress: "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Nurse Betty", "Chicago"
Katy High; graduated 1987

Marvin Zindler (born 1921, died 2007); flamboyant and iconic television reporter for Houston's KTRK, notorious for helping to close illegal brothel known as "The Chicken Ranch" in La Grange, Texas. His story inspired the musical "The Best Little *****house in Texas" in which Dom DeLuise portrayed a character based on Zindler.


BORN IN HOUSTON, RAISED ELSEWHERE:


Mark Ballas (born 1986); dancer: "Dancing With The Stars" regular (raised in London, England)
Son of Corky Ballas

David Cook (born 1982); singer (raised in Missouri)

Shannon Elizabeth (born 1973); actress: "American Pie", Scary Movie" (raised in Waco, TX)

Jennifer Garner (born 1972); actress; "Alias", "13 Going On 30", "Daredevil" (raised in Charleston, WV)

Greg Germann (born 1962); actor; "Ally McBeal" (raised in Colorado)

Melora Hardin (born 1967); actress: "The Office", "Monk" (raised in Los Angeles, CA)

Meredith MacRea (born 1944, died 2000); singer/actress; "Petticoat Junction" (raised in CA)

Barbara Mandrell (born 1948) Country singer/actress (at age 7 her family relocated to CA)

Shane McDermott (born 1976); former '90s teen actor from "All My Children", the film "Airborne" and the teen soap "Swans Crossing" (raised in N.Y.)
Shane quit acting as an adult, moved to Galveston Island and became a realtor. He's also Chairman of the Galveston Landmark Commission and is on the board for Galveston Historical Foundation.

Meredith Monroe (born 1970); actress; "Dawson's Creek" (raised in Hinsdale, Illinois)

Michael Nesmith (born 1942); musician/actor; "The Monkees" (raised in Dallas, TX)

Billy Preston (born 1946, died 2006); singer/songwriter, often credited as "the 5th Beatle" (raised mostly in L.A.)

Missi Pyle (born 1972); actress: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), "Bringing Down The House" (raised in Tennessee)

Selena Quintanilla (Lake Jackson area) (born 1971, died 1995); tejana/pop singer (raised in Corpus Christi, TX)

Kim Smith (born 1983); model/actress (raised in Odessa, TX)

Matt Stone (born 1971); actor/co-creator of "South Park" (raised in Littleton, CO)

Paola Turbay (born 1970); actress: "Cane", former Miss Columbia (moved to Bogota, Columbia at age 10)

Natalie Zea (Pasadena) (born 1975): actress: "Dirty Sexy Money", "Passions" (raised in Monahans, TX)

Nobody important was ever born in Welsh, LA.

Most people's moms loved them enough to drive to Lake Charles instead of using the hospital/nursing home in Welsh

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We have Rico Rodriguez (Manny from Modern Family) and his sister. That's all I've got.