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* Anthony van Diemen (1593–1645), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
* Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677), colonial administrator
* Rudi Martinus van Dijk (1932-2003), classical composer
* Elly van Hulst (born 1959), middle distance runner
* Arjan Vermeulen (born 1969), footballer
* Patrick Pothuizen (born 1972), footballer
* Jelka van Houten (born 1978), actress
* Michiel Elijzen (born 1982), bicycle racer

and that's the entire list besides me offcorse :)
Then again this city has 27000 people most of which the last 17000 came within the last 30 years.



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I was born and live in Genoa, Italy 

Most famous genoese of all times:

Christopher Columbus

Most famous netizen:

Beppe Grillo (comedian, blogger and wannabe populist leader)

 

 



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Probably Peyton Manning.



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I'm from Santa Cruz, CA and these famous/well-known people are from here:

 

  • The Expendables (a Reggae, Punk Band) - all the members grew up in Santa Cruz. good band, worth checking out
  • Glenallen Hill - an outfielder who played Baseball for the Blue Jays, Cubs, Giants, and a few other teams
  • Marisa Miller - model. she was the cover model for the 2008 Sports Illustrated swim-suit issue
  • Scott Weiland - vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots & Velvet Revolver
Though i now live in Sacramento for college, too lazy to look up famous people from here

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TWRoO said:

Try this guy for size.

 

Considering I live in a rather small town (about 10,000 now, but it used to be much smaller) it's quite impressive)

 

Other than Patrick Stewart, all we have is the grave of Robin Hood.


If I could choose which celebrity lived close to me, it would be Patrick Stewart.



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A kid by the name of Macay McBride was picked to play baseball for the Atlanta Braves. He's from my town of Sylvania, Georgia.  Now, he sucks for the Detroit Tigers.  A couple of months back, I unlocked his mom's car. True story.



Fernando González: Tennis player
Nicolás Massu: Tennis player
Iván Zamorano: ex-football player, he played on Real Madrid, Inter de Milan, etc... he was active until 2003.
Marcelo Rios: ex-tennis player, was n1 of the world, first latin american to reach that place in history.

May be more, but those come to my mind.



d21lewis said:
A kid by the name of Macay McBride was picked to play baseball for the Atlanta Braves. He's from my town of Sylvania, Georgia.  Now, he sucks for the Detroit Tigers.  A couple of months back, I unlocked his mom's car. True story.

Thats probbly the greatest story EVAR.

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The most famous person from Newport News, Virginia, USA is Michael Vick. He used to be an American Football player although he is mostly known for running a dog-fighting ring and I believe he's still in prison.

Ella Fitzgerald, the excellent and wonderful jazz singer, is also from here.