Famous people from your area.

[twocompulsive]

Napoleon [ the one here : and not that other one ]
and Black Sabbath : not much in terms of quantity man
but sure as Hell makes up for it in terms of quality though as
those four arguably invented the genre though I myself prefer the
others : as for the blond geezer well give him a namecheck : no harm
in that though you know him quite well by now so there it is then everyone
There are others but thought to restrict it to the really famous know what I mean
Generals gathered in their masses : just like witches at black masses : Oh Lord yeah

[Chuff]

too embarassed to mention.

haha that won't stop me although I'm not sure how 'famous' these are internationally - They all live within about 5 miles of here

Bobby Davro
Peter Crouch
Cliff Richard
Brian Blessed
Mick Hucknell

Brian Blessed is the nicest bloke you'll ever meet - Always happy to talk to people

[Erinome]

I live in Nashville, so we definitely have a ton of famous people living here. Even people you might not expect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peo..._Tennessee

My favorite Nashvillians-

The Black Keys
Kings of Leon
Paramore
Johnny Cash

To name just a few.

[leo-rcc]

Desiderius Erasmus (Philosopher and Humanist)
Baruch Spinoza (Philosopher and rationalist)
Johan van Oldebarnevelt (Statesman during and after the Dutch Revolution)
Ferry Corsten (DJ)
Johannes Vermeer (painter)
Christian Huygens (Inventor of the pendulum clock)
Joseph Luns (former head of NATO)
Pim Fortuyn (Politician, assasinated 10 years ago)