Godsmack is from Salem, MA hur;
Will Smith, bitch. Beat that! hurr;
Godsmack. thumbup;
Uh...
I live in a small town with only 1000 people. I'm pretty sure there's not a single notable person in the town.
Quote from: Captain Planet on May 07, 2007, 08:54:42 PM
Will Smith, bitch. Beat that! hurr;
WE GUTZ SALEM WITCH TRIALS. argh;
Nobody.
[edit]Notable Clarksvillians
James E. Bailey (United States Senator from Tennessee)
David Bibb (Current Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA))
Dr. Robert Burt (Well Known Surgeon)
Ben Clark (2nd youngest American to climb Mount Everest)
Philander Claxton (Professor, United States Commissioner of Education, and APSU President)
Gretchen Cordy (Reality television cast member on "Survivor: Borneo" and local radio DJ)
Riley Darnell (Secretary of State of Tennessee)
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer also know by the pen name of Dorothy Dix (a journalist who was famous for authoring a newspaper column that gave advice to people.)
Harry Galbreath (American football player with Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers, and New York Jets)
Dr. Ernest William Goodpasture (American pathologist and physician)
Caroline Gordon (Novelist and wife of Allen Tate)
Phila Hach (Chef and Cookbook Author)
Trenton Hassell (Basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls)
Roland Hayes (Musician)
Tommy Head (Member of Tennessee House of Representatives)
Dorothy Jordan (Drama actor)
Joseph Buckner Killebrew (Educator, Lawyer, Innovator, originator of the liberal public school law of Tennessee)
Rosalind Kurita (Member of Tennessee State Senate)
Horace Lisenbee (MLB Player)
Ferdinand Lust (Musician)
John Hartwell Marable (Member of United States House of Representatives)
Shawn Marion (Basketball player with Phoenix Suns)
Robert Loftin Newman (Renowned oil painter)
Asahel Huntington Patch, or A. H. Patch (Inventor of the Blackhawk corn sheller)
Austin Peay IV (Tennessee governor from 1922 to 1927 and namesake to university)
Jeff Purvis (Busch Series race car driver)
James B. Reynolds (Member of United States House of Representatives)
Mason Rudolph (Professional golfer) (no relation to Wilma Rudolph)
Wilma Rudolph (First female athlete to win three Olympic Gold Medals in a single games)
Brenda Vineyard Runyon (Founder and Director of a historic bank 1919-1926, First Womans Bank of Tennessee)
Clarence Saunders (Founder of the present day supermarket, Piggly Wiggly)
Evelyn Scott (Poet and novelist)
Valentine Sevier, Revolutionary War soldier, and brother of John Sevier, Tennessee's first governor. (Built Sevier Station in Clarksville, a small fort for settlers to take refuge during attacks by the Native American Indians, this structure still stands today as a historic site.)
Ryan Shoulders (Reality television cast member and second to get voted off on "Survivor: Pearl Islands")
Rachel Smith (Crowned Miss USA 2007)
Travis Stephens (American football player with Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Pat Summitt (UT Women's Basketball coach)
Frank Sutton (Actor who played Sgt. Carter in television series "Gomer Pyle, USMC")
Allen Tate (Poet)
Lewis Charles Tatham II (Professor, Actor)
Sloan Thomas (Current Wide Receiver for the Tennessee Titans)
Robert Penn Warren (Poet)
Charles Bollin Watts (Drama)
Clarence Cameron White (Musician)
Helen Wood (Drama)
Buck Young (Actor whoplayed Sergeant Whipple in the "Gomer Pyle" TV series)
Cindy Marsh (Album art on first Go Go's album)
Mike Fink (Album art on first Go Go's album)
Ethan McGinnis (Country music star)
Brian Andrade (Ethan McGinnis guitarist)
[edit]Other Notables who have called Clarksville Home
Roy Acuff (Country music star)
Willie Blount Governor of Tennessee 1809-1815
Jimi Hendrix (Rock guitarist)
Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. (1804-1880) (Whig/Kentucky and Democrat/Tennessee, known as the "Eagle Orator of Tennessee")
Cave Johnson (Democrat, U.S. Congressman from Tennessee United States Postmaster General under James K. Polk from 1845-1849)
Horace Harmon Lurton (Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States)
Isaac Murphy (First Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas.)
Wayne Pace (CFO of AOL Time Warner)
Key Pittman (United States Senator from Nevada)
Charles Schulz (Creator of "Peanuts")
Gen. William Westmoreland
Percy Howard (wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys)
George Sherrill (baseball player for the Seattle Mariners)
Jamie Walker (relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers)
Bubba Wells (basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks)
James "Fly" Williams (legendary 1970s basketball player; later in the original American Basketball Association)
Howie Wright (1970s basketball player for the New York Knicks)
ummm 2 kids from some crappy spanish band r from salem
hey u kno how to use wikipedia !!!
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:00:15 PM
hey u kno how to use wikipedia !!!
Hey, I know how to speak English!
you Do ???? i wish i knew how to speak english !!!!!
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:01:31 PM
you Do ???? i wish i knew how to speak english !!!!!
If only...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morristown%2C_Minnesota (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morristown%2C_Minnesota)
... sweat;
Quote from: Lawlz on May 07, 2007, 09:02:29 PM
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:01:31 PM
you Do ???? i wish i knew how to speak english !!!!!
If only...
If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
"The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer."
"While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
He cries to the moo-oo-oon,
"If only, if only."
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
Lawlz is special.
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
I am nice. flower;
[edit] Musicians
Jim Boyd, musician, cultural critic, and two-time â,"Album of the Yearâ, winner at the Native American Music Awards
Mike Clarke, member of the band The Byrds
Bing Crosby, singer and actor
Paul D'Amour, former member of the band Tool
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Myles Kennedy, lead singer of the band Alter Bridge
George Lynch, former member of the rock band Dokken and current member of Lynch Mob
Craig Montoya, former member of the band Everclear
Billy Tipton, transgender jazz musician
[edit] Artists
Sherman Alexie, author (born in Wellpinit, Washington)
Kenneth Callahan, painter from the "Northwest School"
David Eddings, author of the Belgariad and many other books
Jess Walter, author of award-winning novel Citizen Vince and non-fiction Every Knee Shall Bow
Sarah Hoffman, Photographer, Her work appeared in a few movies and she has won numerous awards for her unusual photos.
[edit] Sports
Neil Everett, ESPN SportsCenter anchor
Jan-Michael Gambill, professional tennis player
Jason Hanson, kicker with the Detroit Lions of the NFL
Chad Little, former NASCAR driver
Adam Morrison, Mead High School graduate (2003), former Gonzaga basketball player, current Charlotte Bobcats rookie, and former 2005-2006 preseason and postseason first team All-American.
John Roskelley, mountaineer considered one of the worldâ,,,s top Himalayan climbers.
Mark Rypien, former World Champion Quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the NFL MVP of the 1991 Super Bowl
Ryne Sandberg, 2005 Inductee into the Baseball Hall Of Fame, former second baseman for the Chicago Cubs
Tom Sneva, Indianapolis 500 winner
John Stockton, former professional basketball player, point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA and Gonzaga Bulldogs
[edit] Actors
Darren McGavin (by some accounts), actor best known for starring in Kolchak: the Night Stalker and A Christmas Story.
Craig T. Nelson, actor who has played lead roles in Coach, The District, and The Incredibles.
Julia Sweeney, actor and comedian â,” well known as Pat on Saturday Night Live.
Tongolele, film and television actor known throughout Spain and Latin America.
Trevor St. John, actor, joined daytime drama One Life To Live in 2003 as Todd Manning.
[edit] Politicians
Ryan Crocker, U.S. diplomat, currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
Tom Foley, U.S. Congressman, former Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives
Samuel G. Havermale, early Spokane pioneer, minister and politician
Eric Johnston, former head of the United States Chamber of Commerce, former President of the Motion Picture Association of America
George Nethercutt, U.S. Congressman, Former Judge/attorney United States Republican Party
[edit] Other
David Lynch (Although born in Missoula, Montana), Surrealist Director- Most notable for "Twin Peaks," "Eraserhead," "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive (film)"
Walter Houser Brattain (Although born in China), Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
Madonna Buder, 75-year-old Catholic nun and oldest Hawaii Ironman Triathlete competitor
Kirtland Cutter, architect, best known for his work in Spokane, including the Davenport Hotel
Rick Rydell - Famous radio talk show host worked at local radio stations KJRB, KZZU, and KKZX.
Cyan Worlds, Inc.(Created by brothers Robyn and Rand Miller), the company that produced the computer game Myst
Sonora Smart Dodd, successfully campaigned for the establishment of Father's Day
Chief Garry, one of the Spokane tribes' most prominent and influential leaders during the shift from indigenous to European-American control of their land
Col. David P. Jenkins Civil War Colonel, Spokane homesteader and philanthropist
Wilder Graves Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon who mapped out the functional areas of the cerebral cortex and pioneered groundbreaking research into epilepsy treatment
Irwin Rose, American biologist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004
UFO Phil, comedy/novelty songwriter and regular guest on many national radio programs such as Coast to Coast AM and Dr. Demento
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
NO ONE TELLS THE GREAT LAWLZ WHAT TO DO.
But I'm sure tits would resolve everything.
Quote from: Lawlz on May 07, 2007, 09:05:33 PM
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
NO ONE TELLS THE GREAT LAWLZ WHAT TO DO.
But I'm sure tits would resolve everything.
She's gonna stab you. argh;
Holy fuck Lawlz, Jimi Hendrix? Kick ass.
Everybody from Creed.
That was in Florida though. Maurice Jones Drew lives in my neighborhood though. And E-40 lives a mile away.
bobby browns mother ex-wife and kids live in beverly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Pennsylvania
HOLY SHIT, MY HOMETOWN HAS 666 HOUSEHOLDS.
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
Oh God, James is the name of this guy I like...O_O
aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncannon,_Pennsylvania
And the nearest town has 667 households. WTF? gonk;
Quote from: Princess Hime on May 07, 2007, 09:13:59 PM
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
James you told me they wouldnt be mean to me ... you lied
Oh God, James is the name of this guy I like...O_O
His name is Bassir. argh;
Quote from: Lawlz on May 07, 2007, 09:14:41 PM
aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncannon,_Pennsylvania
And the nearest town has 667 households. WTF? gonk;
ROUND UP TO THE NEAREST 9
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:01:31 PM
you Do ???? i wish i knew how to speak english !!!!!
Who the hell is this new guy
All important people are in bold
* Jenifer Alcorn - Retired female professional boxer
* Phil Austin - Writer; actor; The Firesign Theatrecomedy troupe
* Alan Autry - Actor; mayor of Fresno
* Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. - Actor; singer; musician
* Robert Beltran - Actor, Star Trek Voyager
* Laura Berg - Olympic gold medalist softball player
* Deborah Blum - Fresno Bee Pulitzer Prize winner
* Frenchy Bordagaray - Baseball player
* Bruce Bowen - NBA player, San Antonio Spurs
* Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - WWII ace, retired to Fresno
* Ernie C. - Guitarist for Body Count
* David Carr - Carolina Panthers quarterback
* Ron Catalano - Saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist
* Frank Chance - Baseball Hall of Famer
* Cher, aka Cherilyn Sarkisian - Singer; actress; Fresno High School alumna
* Mike Connors, aka Krekor Ohanian - Actor, Mannix
* Victor Conte - BALCO founder
* Young Corbett III - Professional boxer
* Jim Costa - U.S. House of Representatives
* Tyrone Culver - NFL player
* Trent Dilfer - San Francisco 49ers quarterback
* Henry Ellard - Former NFL wide receiver
* Johnny Estrada - MLB player
* William Everson - Poet
* Kevin Federline - Dancer; singer
* Andy Finch - US Olympic snowboarding team
* Tom Flores - first Hispanic-American quarterback in professional football; Oakland Raiders head coach
* Lamb and Lynx Gaede - Members of white nationalist band Prussian Blue
* Mark Gardner - MLB pitcher
* Matt Garza - MLB pitcher
* Matt Giordano - NFL safety
* Bill Glasson - PGA Tour golfer
* Tom Goodwin - MLB player
* Kenny Guinn - Governor of Nevada
* Sid Haig - actor
* Brandon Hancock - USC fullback; fitness expert
* Victor Davis Hanson - Scholar; historian; author
* David Harris - Vietnam War draft resistance leader
* Pat Howell - Football player
* Rex Hudler - Former MLB player
* Jean Janzen - Award winning poet
* Adam Jennings - NFL player
* Bill Jones - Former California secretary of state
* Bobby Jones - Former MLB pitcher
* Gary Jules - Singer
* Kirk Kerkorian - Billionaire businessman
* Joanna Kerns - Actress from Growing Pains, McLane High School alumna
* Richard Kiel - Actor
* Daryle Lamonica - Football player
* Claude "Pop" Laval - Photographer; historian
* Steven Anthony Lawrence - Actor
* Philip Levine - Poet
* Larry Levis - Poet
* Hector Lizarraga - former IBF boxer
* Ricky Manning, Jr. - NFL player
* Steve Hosey - Former MLB player
* J. P. Manoux - Actor
* Richard Marshall - NFL player
* Bob Mathias - Olympic Gold Medal Decathlete; U.S. congressman
* Kevin F. McCready - Psychologist; contributor to anti-psychiatry movement
* Audra McDonald - Actress; singer
* Tim McDonald - Former Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers NFL Player
* Barry McGuire - Rock/folk singer; songwriter
* Nathan Mechikoff - Professional Drummer
* Lorenzo Neal - NFL fullback
* Sam Peckinpah - Writer; director
* Chuck Poochigian - California state senator
* James Porteous - Inventor
* Les Richter - NFL player
* Vic Roznovsky - 1966 World Series winner
* Johnny Russell - Singer; songwriter
* William Saroyan - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright; novelist
* Gary Scelzi - Four-time NHRA champion
* Tom Seaver - Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
* Juan Serrano - Flamenco guitarist
* David Seville, aka Ross Bagdasarian - songwriter; recording artist
* Dennis Springer - Former MLB pitcher
* "Boogaloo" Sam Solomon - Dancer; creator of Popping dance style
* Gary Soto - Author; poet
* DeShawn Stevenson - NBA player
* Jerry Tarkanian - Former NCAA basketball head coach
* Benjamin Tosi - US Bocce champion
* Brian Turner - Poet
* Bill Vukovich - Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner
* Nick Watney - PGA Tour golfer
* Marcus Wesson - Convicted of filicide
* Del Webb - Real estate developer
* Ickey Woods - Former Cincinnati Bengals fullback
* Brook Lopez-Basketball player
Also my uncle has seen Ron Jeremy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy) in my town before and met him, turns out he loves Fresno. No idea why psyduck;
# [name of town] was the birthplace and long-time home of the late Tony-ward winning actor Sidney Blackmer (1895-1973), whose screen credits included Rosemary's Baby and at least a dozen portrayals of President Theodore Roosevelt.
# [name of town] is home to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole.
sweat;
Quote from: Reaper on May 07, 2007, 11:42:14 PM
All important people are in bold
Also my uncle has seen Ron Jeremy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy) in my town before and met him, turns out he loves Fresno. No idea why psyduck;
ARE YOU SAYING DEL WEBB IS NOT IMPORTANT?
And I think I read an article on Wikipedia about how Fresno is the most popular area for picking up women to be in porn. psyduck;
Famous Residents
Pat Metheny
Cole Younger
Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka
I only know of Cole Younger. psyduck;
Pat Methd00d is a member of some jazz group, and Richard Kankersore...OMFG.
He's the creator of Something Awful. woop;
Quote from: Lawlz on May 07, 2007, 08:59:03 PM
[edit]Notable Clarksvillians
James E. Bailey (United States Senator from Tennessee)
David Bibb (Current Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA))
Dr. Robert Burt (Well Known Surgeon)
Ben Clark (2nd youngest American to climb Mount Everest)
Philander Claxton (Professor, United States Commissioner of Education, and APSU President)
Gretchen Cordy (Reality television cast member on "Survivor: Borneo" and local radio DJ)
Riley Darnell (Secretary of State of Tennessee)
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer also know by the pen name of Dorothy Dix (a journalist who was famous for authoring a newspaper column that gave advice to people.)
Harry Galbreath (American football player with Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers, and New York Jets)
Dr. Ernest William Goodpasture (American pathologist and physician)
Caroline Gordon (Novelist and wife of Allen Tate)
Phila Hach (Chef and Cookbook Author)
Trenton Hassell (Basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls)
Roland Hayes (Musician)
Tommy Head (Member of Tennessee House of Representatives)
Dorothy Jordan (Drama actor)
Joseph Buckner Killebrew (Educator, Lawyer, Innovator, originator of the liberal public school law of Tennessee)
Rosalind Kurita (Member of Tennessee State Senate)
Horace Lisenbee (MLB Player)
Ferdinand Lust (Musician)
John Hartwell Marable (Member of United States House of Representatives)
Shawn Marion (Basketball player with Phoenix Suns)
Robert Loftin Newman (Renowned oil painter)
Asahel Huntington Patch, or A. H. Patch (Inventor of the Blackhawk corn sheller)
Austin Peay IV (Tennessee governor from 1922 to 1927 and namesake to university)
Jeff Purvis (Busch Series race car driver)
James B. Reynolds (Member of United States House of Representatives)
Mason Rudolph (Professional golfer) (no relation to Wilma Rudolph)
Wilma Rudolph (First female athlete to win three Olympic Gold Medals in a single games)
Brenda Vineyard Runyon (Founder and Director of a historic bank 1919-1926, First Womans Bank of Tennessee)
Clarence Saunders (Founder of the present day supermarket, Piggly Wiggly)
Evelyn Scott (Poet and novelist)
Valentine Sevier, Revolutionary War soldier, and brother of John Sevier, Tennessee's first governor. (Built Sevier Station in Clarksville, a small fort for settlers to take refuge during attacks by the Native American Indians, this structure still stands today as a historic site.)
Ryan Shoulders (Reality television cast member and second to get voted off on "Survivor: Pearl Islands")
Rachel Smith (Crowned Miss USA 2007)
Travis Stephens (American football player with Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Pat Summitt (UT Women's Basketball coach)
Frank Sutton (Actor who played Sgt. Carter in television series "Gomer Pyle, USMC")
Allen Tate (Poet)
Lewis Charles Tatham II (Professor, Actor)
Sloan Thomas (Current Wide Receiver for the Tennessee Titans)
Robert Penn Warren (Poet)
Charles Bollin Watts (Drama)
Clarence Cameron White (Musician)
Helen Wood (Drama)
Buck Young (Actor whoplayed Sergeant Whipple in the "Gomer Pyle" TV series)
Cindy Marsh (Album art on first Go Go's album)
Mike Fink (Album art on first Go Go's album)
Ethan McGinnis (Country music star)
Brian Andrade (Ethan McGinnis guitarist)
[edit]Other Notables who have called Clarksville Home
Roy Acuff (Country music star)
Willie Blount Governor of Tennessee 1809-1815
Jimi Hendrix (Rock guitarist)
Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. (1804-1880) (Whig/Kentucky and Democrat/Tennessee, known as the "Eagle Orator of Tennessee")
Cave Johnson (Democrat, U.S. Congressman from Tennessee United States Postmaster General under James K. Polk from 1845-1849)
Horace Harmon Lurton (Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States)
Isaac Murphy (First Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas.)
Wayne Pace (CFO of AOL Time Warner)
Key Pittman (United States Senator from Nevada)
Charles Schulz (Creator of "Peanuts")
Gen. William Westmoreland
Percy Howard (wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys)
George Sherrill (baseball player for the Seattle Mariners)
Jamie Walker (relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers)
Bubba Wells (basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks)
James "Fly" Williams (legendary 1970s basketball player; later in the original American Basketball Association)
Howie Wright (1970s basketball player for the New York Knicks)
OMG... YOU ARE FROM CLARKSVILLE, TENNESEE ? psyduck;
Quote from: Reaper on May 07, 2007, 11:34:36 PM
Quote from: peepeesryucky on May 07, 2007, 09:01:31 PM
you Do ???? i wish i knew how to speak english !!!!!
Who the hell is this new guy
New girl that JMV invited. toot;
All I need to say is New York City. caterpie;
Bernie Kosar is from Boardman, Ohio. Too bad we fucking moved last year. kratos;
Now that I think of it.
William McKinley is from Poland, Ohio. flower;