Famous people from your home town.

[Dave from Michigan]

I live in a city of only 9,500 people so there are not many famous people.


retired Candian NHL player Chris Osgood who played for the Red Wings lives in my city.

My small town has sent two people to the U.S. house of Representatives. Although neither was famous or well know even when they were in Congress. Not bad for a city of 9,500.

Ebenezer Penniman (Whig) 1851-1853
Carl Pursell (R) 1977-1993

[morgieb]

I grew up in the biggest city in Australia. There's far too many to mention.

[Hatman 🍁]

Only Quebec celebrities.

Perhaps some know Dany Sabourin, which was goalkeeper for Pittsburgh Pinguins.

I resisted mentioning any hockey players from Ottawa, mostly because despite the large amount of them, not many of them would be famous enough to be a highly recognizable name in the US. I suppose the most famous hockey player from Ottawa would be Dennis Potvin.

Oh, briefly Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher owned a house in exurban Ottawa. But he plays for Nashville now, and they finally sold their house last week. I don't think that counts though.

[bore]

Edinburgh

The most famous are

Sean Connery- Actor famous for James Bond
Arthur Conan Doyle- Sherlock Holmes author
William Topaz Mcgonagall - the world's worst poet
JK Rowling- Harry Potter
Robert Louis Stevenson- Treasure Island,
Alexander Graham Bell- telephone,
Joseph Lister- antiseptic surgery
James Simpson- First use of chloroform
John Napier- Logarithms
David Hume- philosopher
James Clerk Maxwell-Physicist
Field Martial Douglas Haig
Tony Blair

There are countless others who spent large amounts of time in Edinburgh like Darwin

And for my parents

Kirkcaldy

Gordon Brown- PM
Adam Smith- economist

Radcliffe
Danny Boyle

[afleitch]

William Topaz Mcgonagall - the world's worst poet

Or one of the best depending on how you look at it

[opebo]

I'm probably the most famous person from my hometown.  That is, 'opebo' is..

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I'm probably the most famous person from my hometown.  That is, 'opebo' is..

That's because most of the rest of your rube town looks like this:

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

The only person from my hometown who even has a Wikipedia article (so far as I know) is this guy.

[opebo]

I'm probably the most famous person from my hometown.  That is, 'opebo' is..

That's because most of the rest of your rube town looks like this:

Haha, actually the majority of them do look a lot more 'acceptable' than that.  But yes, their lives are hopeless.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Without a doubt, the biggest person to hail from where I live is:

[Јas]

Patrick Kavanagh - poet and novelist
James Cecil Parke - tennis player. Australian Men's singles and doubles tennis Champion (1912); Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion (1912 and 1914). Olympic Silver medal in Men's Doubles (1908).
Barry McGuigan - WBA Featherweight Champion, 1985-86; BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, 1985
Pat McCabe - writer, twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Charles Gavan Duffy - nationalist activist, land rights reformer, Premier of Victoria.
Ardal O'Hanlon - comedian and actor
John McKenna - first manager of Liverpool FC, later Liverpool chairman and President of the Football League
Richard Pockrich - inventor of the glass harp/musical glasses
Juan MacKenna - Brigadier of Chilean Army, hero of the Chilean War of Independence
John Robert Gregg - inventor of 'Gregg Shorthand', the predominant form in use in the US
Tommy Bowe - rugby player for Ulster, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions; Player of the Championship for the 2010 6 Nations
Charles Davis Lucas - Rear-admiral in the Royal Navy; first recipient of the Victoria Cross

[Torie]

None.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Robin Stjernberg - Singer, represented Sweden in Eurovision this year
Gustav Fridolin - Party leader for the Swedish Greens
Familjen - Another band

Think that's basicly it.

EDIT: Football player Fredrik Ljungberg was born here, but his family moved before he turned five, so I'm not sure he count, as he didn't really grow up here.