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Something Mings typed in another thread made me think of this....

Who is the most famous person you went to High School or College with (if any)?
Any other famous alumni?


My High School:
Nobody from when I was there
Most famous....Tony Romo, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys

My College:
Nobody from when I was there
Most famous....Casey FitzRandolph, Gold Medal speedskater

High School (Saint Joseph's Prep - Philadelphia, PA):
from when I was there - Victor Hobson (OLB #54 NY Jets) , Rob McElhenney (creator/'actor of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
other famous alumni - Rich Gannon (Former Raiders QB), Alexander Haig, 1/4 of Philadelphia City Council, Mike Cippolone (US Gold Medalist - Rowing 2004), Phil Martelli, The Phillie Phanatic (Tom Burgyone)

College (Fordham University - Bronx, NY):
from when I was there - Smush Parker (NBA - LA Lakers), Tom Welsh - National Team Rower - 3 time World Champ
other alumni - G. Gordon Liddy, the Late Wellington Mara, Denzel Washington, David Copperfield (did not graduate), Chevy Chase, Donald Trump (transferred to Wharton), Pete Harnisch, Mary Higgins Clark, ...

High school:
Mary Jane Rose
http://www.maryjanejohnson.com/bio.htm
We graduated the same year.

A few years earlier
Randy Matson
http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/matsonrandy.shtml

College?
I'm sure there are others, but Sheryl Swoopes
http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sheryl_s ... l?nav=page

He didn't go to HS there (I don't think) but Woody Guthrie lived in Pampa, too

No one ...... our school was not exciting ...

As I left school at 15 (I was a quick learner ) ... no college .....

Anyhoo .... at 15, I replaced at work, the mother of singer Daniel Johns from the band Silverchair (now married to Natalie Imbruglia) - so she used to bring him in as a baby to show him around .... (I feel old!)

I went to high school with Kurt Bestor......he's certainly better known in Utah than anywhere else, but he's composed a lot of music for different shows......we didn't run in the same social circle
http://kurtbestor.s404.sureserver.com/flash/

nothing here

does it count if I made it on Buffett calendar?

I didn't go to school with anyone really famous that I know of. But Clemson has some famous alums--the late Sen. Strom Thurmond; Nancy O'Dell of "Access Hollywood;" actor James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on "Friends;" William "Refrigerator" Perry; tennis player Gigi Fernandez.

Also, the guy who was the "Bachelor" in the second season of that reality show was a Clemson alum. And George Ross, The Donald's right-hand man on "The Apprentice," went to Clemson as well.

mings wrote:High School (Saint Joseph's Prep - Philadelphia, PA):
from when I was there - Victor Hobson (OLB #54 NY Jets) , Rob McElhenney (creator/'actor of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
other famous alumni - Rich Gannon (Former Raiders QB), Alexander Haig, 1/4 of Philadelphia City Council, Mike Cippolone (US Gold Medalist - Rowing 2004), Phil Martelli, The Phillie Phanatic (Tom Burgyone)

College (Fordham University - Bronx, NY):
from when I was there - no one super famous, but some rising stars
other alumni - G. Gordon Liddy, the Late Wellington Mara, Denzel Washington, David Copperfield (did not graduate), Chevy Chase, Donald Trump (transferred to Wharton), Pete Harnisch,

When were you at Fordham? I spent allot of time there like 5-6 years ago.....

high school:

Nobody that Iknow of

Colleges:

Not when I was there but Billy Crystal and Eddie Murphy way before me.

high shool - one of my football teammates was a guy named Phil LaPorta, he was one of the starting offensive linemen for Penn State the year John Cappaletti (sp) won the Heisman Trophy and he went on to play for the New Orleans Saints
other graduates (after me) - Stephen Boyd, former middle linebacker for the Detroit Lions; actor Steve Buscemi

college - nobody famous that I know of when I was there but the yo-yo known as Baba Booey (Howard Stern's producer, I forget his real name) is a graduate of Adelphi

grad school (St. John's) - nobody when I was there but Hugh Carey and Mario Coumo, both former governors of NY; baseball players John Franco and Frank Viola; a ton of NBA players (Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson & Bill Wennington, among others; if I was a basketball fan I could probably come up with about another 20)

2 more: I forget her name, but my senior year in high school a girl in my class was Miss New York State 1970. My freshman year in college a girl in my science class, Susan something, was Miss New York State 1971. Trust me on this one, 1971 was a much better vintage.

Nobody from my high school but Katie Holmes and Jamie Farr are from Toledo.

The Coogan brothers. For those who are into running will remember both of them. One of them missed making it into the Olympics in 1988 by about 20 seconds (I think it was that amount). He came one place short.

oh, the stories we could tell.....

and I live 20 minutes away from


and finally, (& this is a stretch…. Maybe only famous here in the Pacific Northwest…) I went to school with and live across the street from the founding franchise owner of

job41475 wrote:

mings wrote:High School (Saint Joseph's Prep - Philadelphia, PA):
from when I was there - Victor Hobson (OLB #54 NY Jets) , Rob McElhenney (creator/'actor of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
other famous alumni - Rich Gannon (Former Raiders QB), Alexander Haig, 1/4 of Philadelphia City Council, Mike Cippolone (US Gold Medalist - Rowing 2004), Phil Martelli, The Phillie Phanatic (Tom Burgyone)

College (Fordham University - Bronx, NY):
from when I was there - no one super famous, but some rising stars
other alumni - G. Gordon Liddy, the Late Wellington Mara, Denzel Washington, David Copperfield (did not graduate), Chevy Chase, Donald Trump (transferred to Wharton), Pete Harnisch,

When were you at Fordham? I spent allot of time there like 5-6 years ago.....

so did I. I graduated in 2000. Loved Clarks (still have some of he bar - Gene let us take whatever when he closed) and Howl. Mmmmm. free shots. DId you go there or know someone there?

I used to live near Andre Tippet (the linebacker for the Patriots). My parents live near Gov. Whitman and Steve Forbes.

High School - Reggie Miller (Basketball - Indiana Pacers)

College - Nobody I know of while I was there, but IU is a big school so I am sure someone famous was there when I was.

aeroparrot wrote:My parents live near Gov. Whitman and Steve Forbes.

wow.. air ... your folks must be RICH!!!!!

Went to school with Greg Adams who played in the NHL 1980-1990 for various teams

Played on the same slow pitch team (and we still go in the same live fantasy draft every year and drink beer) as Doug Bodger....I think he played 15-16 years in the NHL

A couple guys who played in the CFL (Canadian Football eh?)

Todd McFarlane used to come in the hockey card store I owned ........(McFarlane is kind of a goof...but a rich goof)