Question:
the place you live what is it famous for?
2006-08-02 15:21:09 UTC
i live near nottingham so we have got robin hood and lace
156 answers:
synchronicity915
2006-08-02 15:33:32 UTC
Please don't judge me too harshly but I live in Corsicana, Texas which is known as the fruitcake capitol of the world. Collins Street Bakery makes fruitcakes which are shipped all over the world. Corsicana is in Navarro County as well, which is the first place in Texas where oil was discovered. There was an old time country and western singer from here as well...Lefty Frizell (sp?). Other than that it's a pretty crappy little town of about 20,000 souls. There's not much to do here. My Sweetheart is from England and she has come here twice to spend some time with me and we always had a difficult time finding things to do other than the obvious, but you can't do that 24/7...we went bowling a couple of times, ate at nearly every restaurant in town, shared bottles of wine, watched baseball on the telly, spent time with my folks so everyone could get to know her, and we saw a wide screen documentary in the planetarium over at the Jr. College. We stayed at a little motel here in town where a young man killed himself. We were too late to save him but we faced it together as a team. I guess it's not just about where you are and what it's famous for but who you are with. I am looking forward to visiting her in Northamtonshire by the first part of September, and even though the town she lives in is pretty small it'll be a really big deal for me because I get to spend time with her and I have never ben outside of the United States. We don't get nearly as much vacation time as people do in the UK so I have just stayed in the continental US. Well, I think I've answered quite a bit and it's not very impressive but I am excited about coming to England for a while. Take care and thanks for listening.
mairimac158
2006-08-08 16:38:27 UTC
I now live in Motherwell, Lanarkshire and it had a population of 30,311 at the 2001 census. About 8 miles to Glasgow and 35 to Edinburgh and with good access to the motorways for commuters. It is home to Ravenscraig, the decommissioned steelworks. The steel plant closed in 1992 and caused massive unemployment in the town.



The town is the home of Strathclyde Park which has the biggest Fun Park in Scotland and is infamous for gay encounters which the police are trying to stop.



Motherwell Football Club has its home at Fir Park and Terry Butcher, the ex-England captain became manager during the 2002/03 season - the team are now managed by Maurice Malpas.



James Keir Hardie (1856 - 1915) one of the founders of the modern Labour Party is a Motherwell man. Home Secretary, The Right Honourable Dr. John Reid was formerly the Member of Parliament for Motherwell North but now represents a neighbouring constituency.



The town and its surrounding villages have a large Catholic population and Carfin Grotto was built in the 1920's. It hoped for a visit from Pope John Paul II in 1982 but received a helicopter flypast. The local Roman Catholic high school Our Lady's High was the biggest school in Britain in the early 1970's.



The Motherwell station is the penultimate station on the West Coast Main Line before Glasgow.



I moved over here only three years ago and I am already talking like I have lived here for a good couple of years. The folk who stay in 'The Well' are decent, with a good sense of humour and willing to have a chat about anything mundane enough to moan about. Good place to live and they still keep building houses. Don't know if it is as cool as Big John and Maid Marian and all that.
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2014-06-29 05:18:50 UTC
Fry's Chocolate - Joseph Fry opened a sweet shop in Small Street, Bristol in 1756. The business was so successful that chocolate factories were built in Broadmead (now the city's main shopping centre) and the company eventually moved to Keynsham. The factory is now owned by Cadbury's, but Fry's chocolates live on.
Vicki D
2006-08-07 17:19:57 UTC
I live in Northfield, Minnesota. You've already heard about the 10,000 lakes and the Mall of America, but Northfield is famous for being the site of the last bank robbery staged by the Jesse James gang. On Sept. 7, 1876, Jesse James rode into town with his gang (including his brother, Frank) to rob the First National Bank. Unfortunately for the James gang, a local recognized them riding into town and ran into the hardware store yelling, "Get your guns, boys! They're robbing the bank!" So the townspeople armed themselves and some of them were on rooftops, some on the streets - several members of the gang were killed, some were captured and sent to prison (including Frank James) - Jesse got away, but it was the end of the infamous James gang and their reign of terror in the Midwest.
lady_in_blue_109
2006-08-06 16:39:07 UTC
Embalse de Negratin, a wonderful lake 26 miles long, also the Griffin Vulture of which there are hundreds flying above our house each morning. What else, well we are famous for sunshine and sultry afternoons, gente bonito, beautiful people, fiestas, parties, flamenco, tapas, hey come to Spain, the real Spain, a wonderful place!!
razr
2006-08-02 15:36:44 UTC
The place I live is famous for the 1964 three civil rights activist slain killings. Also, made it as a movie best known as: The Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman. The place I live is Philadelphia, Mississippi in the Neshoba County.
Sami
2006-08-02 15:33:16 UTC
I live near Notts too! Yay Robin Hood hehe. Every time I'm on holiday abroad and a local asks where I'm from, all I have to say is 'Robin Hood country', and they know exactly what I mean.



Class, isn't it?
southco2001
2006-08-02 15:26:30 UTC
Pensacola, FL best single spot for athletes. Emmitt Smith, Derrick Brooks, Roy Jones, Justin Gatlin, Don Sutton, Derrick Gainer, Buck Showhalter (coach of Texas Rangers).
pooh bear
2006-08-02 15:25:57 UTC
Almost anywhere you go, mention Orlando and the word association will be theme parks. The Orlando area is without a doubt the theme park capital of the world, but the irony is that while theme parks have made Orlando famous, only one of the major parks is even in the city, and the biggie that started it all is in another county! Orlando, the capital of Orange County, always has been, and still is, so much more.
2016-01-27 17:06:34 UTC
I moved over here only three years ago and I am already talking like I have lived here for a good couple of years. The folk who stay in 'The Well' are decent, with a good sense of humour and willing to have a chat about anything mundane enough to moan about. Good place to live and they still keep building houses. Don't know if it is as cool as Big John and Maid Marian and all that.
ike
2006-08-02 15:29:06 UTC
Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires, Great Smokey Mountains,

Rocky Top, Moon Shine, Blue Grass.

Gatlinburg, TN.
mrkymrk64
2006-08-02 15:26:14 UTC
Brevard County, Florida - Kennedy Space Center, Port of Canaveral, Ron Jon Resort, Cocoa Beach Pier, World Surfing Hall of Fame, the list goes on.....
Spook
2006-08-08 08:28:06 UTC
Brighton = Graham Greene (Brighton Rock) Mods and Rockers, George IV (The Royal Pavilion) The West and The Palace Pier, The Lanes....
Girl From Mars
2006-08-09 11:07:43 UTC
I live in Dunfermline :



Famous man Andrew Carnegie



Oh and the Building Society (remember that annoying advert with the American accent)
2006-08-02 15:24:27 UTC
Being burned to the ground

Olympics (96)

Largest Aquarium in the US

Cocoa Cola

Tons of R&B artist come from here

Larry Flint shot here

Movie ATL

Gone with the Wind

Jimmy Carter

Julia Roberts
yumyum
2006-08-02 15:27:52 UTC
The Green River Killer, Mary Kay Letourneau, the Space Needle, Microsoft, Boeing, Ted Bundy, Starbucks, hippies, etc...
GQ_018
2006-08-02 21:13:33 UTC
Salt Lake City



Mormons, Gorgeous Women, Olympics, University of Utah Football



*Amen To Those Gorgeous Mormon Girls
dianafpacker
2006-08-08 02:01:30 UTC
bristol

historic slave trade

clifton suspension bridge

John Cabot, the discoverer of Newfoundland, whose monument, the Cabot Tower

Avon Gorge

The Port

@ bristol

the equestrian bronze by Rysbrack of William III. Dating from the 1730s, it stands in Queen Square.

Neptune statue at the water front
2006-08-07 13:58:03 UTC
Worthing UK famous for having the most seaweed on the beaches in the world. Also that most of the residents are so old and have passed away and no one has told them yet!
Simon K
2006-08-02 15:26:29 UTC
Edinburgh Castle
< Roger That >
2006-08-02 15:26:03 UTC
Superman- I'm originally from Metropolis, IL. It's not Kansas, I know, but the city officially adopted him in 1979 and we have a huge superman statue in front of the city hall, a yearly Superman celebration and the paper is The Metropolis Planet.
gregory_dittman
2006-08-02 15:27:43 UTC
I live in a place that includes several film shoots including Notting Hill and Swordfish (where Travolta blows up everything). Also the Beach Boys got their start here.
vpsinbad50
2006-08-02 15:27:32 UTC
Well I live in the USA and across the hill from me is where Shirley Jones was born. (Mrs Partridge ) And the river that separates our town from the other is called the Monongahela River and it 's the only river besides the Amazon that flows north , plus it was the only inland river to have a oil spill any where in the world .
Vishartan N
2006-08-07 10:42:47 UTC
The second longest beach in the world, one of the oldest universities in India & famous for its south indian food.
lozzielaws
2006-08-02 15:40:53 UTC
Bristol.



cary grant is from here



Cathy Barry (porn star)



Derren Brown,



Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Little Britain)

Sophie Anderton (Model)

Justin Lee Collins (Comedian)

Sean Moore (Manic Street Preachers)



Kate Adie (Broadcaster)



Neneh Cherry (Singer)



John Cleese (Actor)



Damien Hirst (Artist)



Massive attack



portishead



bananarama



big boobed women (ie shes got a nice pair of Bristols)



Tony Robinson (baldrick from blackadder)



Wallace and Gromit



The young ones was filmed here



Casualty is filmed here



The BBC natural history department is world famous for its programmes - david attenborough etc



Only Fools and Horses - Nelson Mandela House exteriors were filmed at a housing estate in Bedminster and the episode 'Heroes and Villains' where Del and Rodney run down the street dressed as Batman and Robin was filmed in Broadmead, central bristol



Blackbeard the Pirate was from bristol



Harveys Bristol Cream



Plimsoll Line - Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol in 1824 at 9 Colston Parade. He fought for a compulsory load line on ships which is known as the Plimsoll line.



Lead Shot - Redcliffe plumber, William Watts, invented the manufacture of lead shot by dropping molten lead from a height into water. He built a shot tower on Redcliffe Hill.



Tarmac - John Loudon McAdam was a Scot appointed to the position of General Surveyor of Bristol Roads. He instructed that stones should be graded and laid in three levels, with the smallest stones crushed and laid as a top surface. These roads were said to be 'macadamised'. Later, tar was laid over the top of the crushed stones, giving an even more durable surface known as tarmacadam, subsequently abbreviated to tarmac. McAdam lived at 23 Berkeley Square from 1805 to 1808. He also live at 6 Sion Hill from 1815.



Concorde - The world's first commercial supersonic jet was designed and built in Filton.



Airbus A380 - The wings of the world's largest double-decker passenger plane are made at Airbus in Bristol.



Bristol Cars - Luxury car manuafacturer that began in Bristol in 1910, famous worldwide for outstanding quality. Now the only luxury car manufacturers still under British ownership.



Motorcycle and Deatchable Sidecar - P.J. Kerswell was the inventor of the motorcycle (1901) and detachable sidecar (1904). In 1887 he began his riding school in Cheltenham Road making cycles to special orders.



Ribena - the much-loved blackcurrant drink was invented in Bristol at the National Fruit and Cider Institute as a vitamin C supplement when scientists turned blackcurrants into a concentrated syrup which could easily be mixed up into a healthy drink. Ribena was then produced in Bristol for many years.



Harvey's Bristol Cream - this world famous sherry was created by John Harvey and Sons in Bristol in 1796.



Fry's Chocolate - Joseph Fry opened a sweet shop in Small Street, Bristol in 1756. The business was so successful that chocolate factories were built in Broadmead (now the city's main shopping centre) and the company eventually moved to Keynsham. The factory is now owned by Cadbury's, but Fry's chocolates live on.



Schweppes -Jacob Schweppe set up shop in Dowry Square selling his discovery soda water in 1812.
wildwind
2006-08-02 15:24:27 UTC
The biggest white fishing port in Europe.. The Bloo Toon Scotland, and not a lot else except for seagull droppings.
Plasmapuppy
2006-08-02 15:23:23 UTC
Santa Clara (California, USA) is home to Intel, Sun Microsystems, Advanced Micro Devices, Applied Materials, nVidia and many other companies.

Great America amusement park is also here.

Mission Santa Clara was built in 1777 and rebuilt in 1928.
durhotimitoyea
2006-08-08 12:56:49 UTC
On the positive side, Nigeria is famous for Oil, being the largest and most populous black race, intelligent and enterprising people.



On the downside, financial scams and forgery.
mrs_sims_baby
2006-08-02 15:25:34 UTC
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. We were the last state in the union to make Martin Luther King Day an observed holiday.
2006-08-02 15:25:31 UTC
I live in a small town, between the corn fields and cows. Not very famous at all. Population: less than 200
OLLIE_WOLLIE
2006-08-02 15:26:23 UTC
The famous Epsom Derby!
2006-08-04 12:15:04 UTC
The Mall of America, also Minnesota is a Native American word meaning "Land of Sky Blue Waters", and it is known for having 10, 000 lakes.
2006-08-07 09:26:45 UTC
i am from a little town in Missouri called Morley and it is famous for haveing a tree in the middle of the road in two different places. i am not kidding or joking i am serious. it is the truth. well Morley is not know for much more than that. my state is know for lots of things though as most of you may know.
joe_on_drums
2006-08-02 15:32:13 UTC
Chicago, Illinois - USA



We have the best Deep Dish Pizza, best Chicago Style HotDogs, First and Last place baseball teams.
jimbo_thedude
2006-08-02 15:30:22 UTC
I live in Burton on Trent which is the home of good old John Marston, Brewer of Marston's Pedigree, also Branston is a suburb of Burton, home of Branston Pickle.
Justin
2006-08-02 15:26:39 UTC
Hmm, the town I live in is Tarentum.



We have some indian heritage here, but, thats about it.



Pennsylvania had the first capitol of the U.S. in Philedalphia.



Liberty bell, Quaker Oats and thats about it.



Pennsylvania is pretty dull.
SxyDeViL
2006-08-02 15:24:56 UTC
Malaysia- well known for its multi racial, multi cultural, multi cuisine country. Its a great place, do come for a visit.



P/s:But... if u are one malaysian, u will know what i mean. Looks can be deceiving. Anywayz, im happy. So long as i still have my right to type here and talk about malaysia.
Ellen N
2006-08-02 15:24:55 UTC
Indianapolis... the Greatest Spectacle in Racing
stormyblythe
2006-08-02 15:23:51 UTC
Cris Rock
CC...x
2006-08-06 07:27:23 UTC
Manchester, famous for turning criminals into rock and pop stars and for it's gay quarter.

Oooh, and it has rather infamous weather fronts according to the weather forecasters (who I think are plotting to keep folks away from this broad minded town!).
hamada
2006-08-02 15:42:03 UTC
every thing you want .

the weather , sunny and nice in the summer and not very cold in winter .

people are very kind .

civilisation is the most famous in the world , there are a lot of tourists come here every year and there were old civilisation and new civilisation .

there are a lot of beaches and it overlooks two seas , you can swim .

i think you know this country . if you know it contact me and you will know more . adhm_said2@yahoo
walkingcontradiction
2006-08-02 15:26:50 UTC
University of Notre Dame, College Football Hall of Fame, and where they used to make Studebakers.
Sissy
2006-08-02 15:24:56 UTC
Texas~ Boots and Country Music
2006-08-02 16:03:36 UTC
The biggest bank in England, The Halifax.
momma dog
2006-08-02 15:26:11 UTC
Cajun music, French-Acadian Culture & Crawfish. Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, USA



This is a great question!!!! I am loving reading all the answers!
Cecile K
2006-08-02 15:25:06 UTC
Tara Hill , Ireland. That's where St. Patrick ordered all the snakes out of Ireland
2006-08-02 15:25:19 UTC
MANCHESTER - famous for football, Coronation Street, The Smiths, The Hacienda, Madchester, Boddingtons (at one time), and a good healthy crime level. Oh, and we had a bomb once too. Happy days.
KP
2006-08-02 15:24:23 UTC
Liberty Bell - Philadelphia
Anthony S
2006-08-02 15:24:25 UTC
Minnesota...and Paul Bunyun?
2006-08-02 15:25:25 UTC
Texas, the Alamo and cowboys and stuff. Also some of the most beautiful women I have seen outside of Florida.
Jeanette
2006-08-02 15:28:11 UTC
I went through all the answers, and no-one mentioned Sheffield. Famous for worldwide Stainless Steel. And proud of it.
freedomnow1950
2006-08-02 15:25:40 UTC
Retirees (lol). I live in a desert community near Palm Springs!
Little Minx
2006-08-08 12:11:38 UTC
I live in Bangor, North Wales-not sure what history the place has got, not really looked into it.
Martin G
2006-08-02 15:26:45 UTC
I was born in Farnborough - Famous for it's Airshow.

I live in Aldershot - 'Home of the British Army'.
2006-08-07 08:29:11 UTC
Scarborough - Home of "Britain's Worst Paedophile". And surely Nottingham is as (in)famous for gun crime as anything else.
2006-08-02 15:27:14 UTC
i live in the willamette valley in oregon. oregon is known for its grass seed (oh yay, lol) and also known by world travelers as the closest to paradise they have ever seen. oregon is very diverse. we have the coast, dessert areas, snowy areas, dry areas, rainy areas, big cities, really tiny towns, mountains, valleys, plains, pretty much everything except the unpleasant extremes like earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes and such.
2006-08-02 15:24:53 UTC
Los Angeles - Hollywood, Arnold, Riots, Eathquakes, etc...
2006-08-03 07:48:12 UTC
Okinawa Japan- Hattori Hanzo and Mr. Miyagi! Not to mention its beautiful reefs...
Spaceman spiff
2006-08-02 15:34:29 UTC
Wisconsin Rapids, its a rapids on the Wisconsin River in WI, USA
flyingbumblebee
2006-08-02 15:25:33 UTC
There one of a kind found only here five miles away and any one is allowed to di.... wait a minute, if I told you then you'd know where to find me! No way am I falling for this gag!
MaryBeth
2006-08-02 15:23:08 UTC
Cleveland Ohio--Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
2014-06-29 08:32:26 UTC
Home of "Britain's Worst Paedophile". And surely Nottingham is as (in)famous for gun crime as anything else.
NoBoysAllowed!
2006-08-02 15:25:02 UTC
Potatoes, Idaho.
demon_card99
2006-08-02 15:24:57 UTC
Baldwin Park- the home of In-N-Out and I think the first drive through in America.
2006-08-02 15:24:38 UTC
San Francisco...gay marriage
Aussie Chick
2006-08-02 15:25:00 UTC
Brisbane, the place where we rejected a referendum to have daylight saving due to the fact curtains might fade and cows won't sleep.... how embarrassing!
sunistao
2006-08-02 15:28:14 UTC
I live in Pomona,ca it's famous for drugs,death,crime,rape,and the Pomona fair.
2006-08-02 15:27:40 UTC
Calender Girls...(naked)...Emmerdale,,,,Rita Sue and Bob Too,,,Where the Heart is,,,,Heart Beat......Bronte Faires...Cathedreals...(churches) cant spr=ell cathredreals...
2006-08-02 15:26:04 UTC
The Jacksons.

-Iman J.
2006-08-02 15:25:17 UTC
Wright Brothers,among others.
onlyme
2006-08-02 17:36:44 UTC
Glasgow Celtic of course and that other bunch Glasgow Rangers and er,Partick Thistle!!
2006-08-02 15:30:32 UTC
I live in the central valley in California...unfortunately our fame is for people like Scott Peterson who murdered his wife and Chandra Levy who was murdered, by whom it is unclear.
Luis
2006-08-02 15:28:26 UTC
i live in masaya, nicaragua, and this place is famous for its culture, it´s a mix of modern life with the past, it has a market where all the artesans from nicaragua come to show their work to the tourists who come to masaya.
2006-08-02 15:24:04 UTC
Memphis, the birthplace of Rock 'n Roll.
St Guido
2006-08-02 15:23:48 UTC
Faggots

and an earth quake





San Fran
plebes02
2006-08-02 15:26:13 UTC
Battle Creek, MI - cereal/Kelloggs
Moi
2006-08-02 15:24:29 UTC
Ummm, Wymondham - Robert Kett (and morris dancing from what I saw the other night!!! Yikes!!)
charmedainjul
2006-08-02 15:23:51 UTC
Huskers football
Kiki Joy
2006-08-02 15:23:30 UTC
I live in sunny Florida, famous for oranges, palm trees and humidity !
2006-08-02 15:23:24 UTC
Poole- the (now) largest natural beach in the world



it is in the UK and it used to be Sydney until they added man made beach to it... I like the beach
Coop
2006-08-04 07:59:59 UTC
Roswell, NM--Home of the most useless museum in the world--The UFO Museum!
Brummie Geeza
2006-08-02 15:34:44 UTC
Birmingham - probably most famous for its murders, teenage pregnancies, drug addicts, drug dealers, graffiti, vandalism, crime rates, fights, mouthy people, offensive people, common people and its horrible accent. Oh and the Bull Ring!



Aww, despite all that, I still love me city.
ツ Andrea*♥
2006-08-02 15:24:46 UTC
Muskegon - beer tent capital of the world
2006-08-02 15:25:41 UTC
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS..."REMEMBER THE ALAMO"...we have the Riverwalk...The Menger Hotel...the 3 time NBA champion Spurs...'nuff said!
2006-08-02 15:25:08 UTC
First McDonald's with a drive through baby!
Dawny
2006-08-02 15:22:49 UTC
White cliffs of Dover
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2006-08-02 15:28:13 UTC
Thick smogs in the 60's...and again soon if the weather carries on as it does.
F.Y.I I rock
2006-08-07 16:25:09 UTC
i live in the capital of a state
keeperlast
2006-08-02 15:25:40 UTC
Good Barbecue....our state learned a trick or two from the South on this....
JJP
2006-08-04 08:56:02 UTC
Minnesota: The Mall of America and all our lakes!!
India 55
2006-08-02 15:23:41 UTC
We have a kiss named after our town,,

oh btw, I live in Glasgow
mrsx2u
2006-08-04 14:37:39 UTC
we are famous for seafood and the pony swim on Chincoteague , virginia
*only~wishful~thinking*
2006-08-02 15:25:25 UTC
Dearborn......Henry Ford & Greenfield Village and cars.
ore2nc
2006-08-02 15:24:17 UTC
North carolina- tobbaco and NASCAR, baby. We also have a large potato crop but nobody knows about that...
southernfriedwhore
2006-08-02 15:24:16 UTC
Drunks and whores...and Robert Urich!
2006-08-02 15:32:26 UTC
This is just a list of famous, fellow Ohioans.... only 300 characters allowed though.



Neil Armstrong (1930- )

Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was an astronaut on Apollo 11 and was the first person to to set foot on the moon. This occurred on July 20, 1969





Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio. He was the son of former slaves and was one of the most popular American poets of the 1890s. His best known work is 'The Sport of Fools'.





Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. He was always asking questions as a child. He invented motion pictures, the phonograph and the mimeograph machine.





Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868-1938)

Firestone was born on a farm in Ohio.He was president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. He worked with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison on coming up with a substitute for natural rubber.





James Abram Garfield (1831-1881)

Garfield was born in Orange, Ohio. He was the last President to be born in a log cabin. He was the 20th President. He was assassinated on July 2, 1881.





John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921- )

Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio. He was the first American to orbit the earth. We watched him go up again in 1998 as the oldest man in space.





Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)

Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was called Lyss by his family. He was the 18th President. Grant Elementary School is named after him.





Mark Hanna (1837-1904)

Hanna was born in Lisbon, Ohio. He made his money in groceries, coal and iron. He went into politics and helped William McKinley become President of the United States.





Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923)

Harding was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio. He was a doctor, teacher and journalist. He was elected President in 1921.





Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)

Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio. He was 23rd President. He once worked as a court crier for $2.50 per day. His grandfather was also President of the United States.





Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)

Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio. He was the governor of Ohio for three terms. He was a champion speller. He was a lawyer and the 19th President of the United States.





Charles Kettering (1876-1958)

Kettering was born in Loudonville, Ohio. He was the inventor of the automobile self starter and ethyl gasoline.





William McKinley (1843-1901)

McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio. He taught school, served in the Civil War and was a lawyer. He was the 25th President of the United States.





Jack Nicklaus (1940-)

Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio. He was one of the world's leading golfers. He won the U.S. Open in 1962 and 1967.





Annie Oakley (1860-1926)

World famous markswoman from Ohio.





George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889)

Pendleton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio State Senate. He was also a U.S. Representative from Ohio, candidate for Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator from Ohio and the U.S. Minister to Germany.





Pontiac (1720?-1769)

Pontiac was chief of the Ottowa tribe.He fought alongside the French during the French and Indian War. He was probably born in northern Ohio.





Gloria Steinem (1934- )

Steinem was born in Toledo, Ohio. She is a supporter of women's rights and founded Ms. magazine. She is also the author of three books.





Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896 )

Stowe is best remembered for her book Uncle Tom's Cabin. She spent 18 years of her life in Cincinnati.





William Howard Taft (1857-1930)

Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 27th President of the United States. Many people called him a failure as President. After his presidency he was a professor at Yale University.





Tecumseh (1765?-1813)

Tecumseh was born in the Scioto River Valley. His name means "shooting star" or "meteor". He was the leader of the eastern American Indian tribes.





Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull (1838-1927)

Woodhull was born in Homer, Ohio. She was the first woman to run for President (in 1872). She and her sister founded a newspaper.





Orville Wright (1871-1948)

Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio. He invented and built the first successful airplane.



Right now, it's known for Cedar Point Amusement Park.
2006-08-02 15:26:28 UTC
2002 winter olympics and the greatest snow on earth. UTAH!!!
2006-08-02 15:24:45 UTC
Washington. Lots of trees. rain.
Mariaell
2006-08-06 14:26:50 UTC
For the Parthenon.
OHIO STATE IS THAT DEAL!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-02 15:24:27 UTC
columbus ohio is one of the top 10 places to live if you are black
2006-08-02 15:24:05 UTC
Celebrities. I like live in Beverly Hills, Calfiornia you know, and um... there's like lots and lots of celebrities you know.
2006-08-02 15:25:22 UTC
legions of bumbling idiots who earn 6 figure salaries by working out how to spend our money effectively........when they're not voting on how much their raises should be
2006-08-02 17:21:18 UTC
Bolton - peter kay
~RockandRollChica~
2006-08-02 15:25:21 UTC
we are famous for starting jazz basically and the great depression happened.
Jude
2006-08-02 15:29:52 UTC
Absolutely nothing.
Beardog
2006-08-02 15:27:03 UTC
Hollywood is known for it's Fake Boobs! I win!
Indigo
2006-08-02 15:27:13 UTC
First state of the U.S. and "tax free shopping."
clair
2006-08-02 15:25:57 UTC
Oktoberfest

beer

and women with cleavage ( German women are built )
shirley e
2006-08-02 15:25:03 UTC
OVC basketball champs.
thehutch86
2006-08-02 15:24:19 UTC
slate, Narrow Guage Train, and uhh...the appalachian trail are right up there
2006-08-02 15:30:44 UTC
i live at Giza (Egypt) it is famous for the pyramids and the sphinx
srevels2005
2006-08-02 15:24:37 UTC
i live in ponca city, oklahoma. it's in north central and it's famous for oil.
2006-08-02 15:23:44 UTC
Indiana is known for CORN.
2006-08-06 14:25:17 UTC
blackpool, its famous for ripping you off.
concerened
2006-08-02 15:24:56 UTC
i live in scottsburg, ind

it is known for the biggest drug bust in indiana (twice)
whispernikki
2006-08-02 15:24:41 UTC
little britain filmed where i lived, and tennis happens here each year
Mr.No-It-All
2006-08-02 15:23:44 UTC
corpus christi, tx - famous for lo-lifes and bums
2006-08-02 15:24:15 UTC
low country boil
monkeyballs
2006-08-02 15:23:49 UTC
Silk, how very exciting huh.
Meagan M
2006-08-02 15:23:15 UTC
Seattle - rain, Starbucks, and grunge.
2006-08-09 08:27:02 UTC
night clubs
2006-08-02 15:36:41 UTC
Smog. Can you quess what city I'm in?!
mammysue
2006-08-02 15:27:28 UTC
seat of bishop of durham
mf mf mf mf mf fmf mf mfmfmfmfmf
2006-08-02 15:25:29 UTC
Chicago dirty politics and gangsters
Chikky D
2006-08-09 09:07:03 UTC
my place is famour because of me.
2006-08-02 15:35:55 UTC
chivas regal whisky
lowkey616
2006-08-02 15:25:12 UTC
everything i live in new york city
jennycamuk
2006-08-06 21:13:32 UTC
well essex, probably its essex girls lol, with white stelletos, but as i was born in kent lol, that lets me off the hook he he.
Ethernaut
2006-08-02 15:28:13 UTC
the watermelon festival







wooo so exiting
2006-08-02 15:24:43 UTC
nations oldest city ( we also have all the oldest people too)
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2006-08-09 03:46:45 UTC
*Sigh* Leeds Uni.
2006-08-02 15:24:14 UTC
NYC- and you know what its famous for
Steve[n]
2006-08-02 15:23:39 UTC
anaheim: disneyland xDDD fireworks almost everynight
oogenfloogen
2006-08-02 15:42:18 UTC
bergenfield....four kids who commited suicide together in their garage...and we recently had extreme home makeover in our town
Ivy N
2006-08-02 15:23:37 UTC
Maryland and its known for crabs
iloveda4eva
2006-08-03 05:09:43 UTC
biggleswade- brussel sprouts
togasah
2006-08-02 15:25:22 UTC
cherry blossoms and pokémon
kelliekareen
2006-08-02 15:25:17 UTC
JFK was shot and killed here, and the ALAMO
lobis3
2006-08-02 15:23:44 UTC
antique furniture
2006-08-02 15:24:31 UTC
the sunshine
Rain S
2006-08-02 15:24:47 UTC
depession...i hate it even the state
2006-08-03 06:00:37 UTC
In thailand for the bitches there!!
escapegrl1
2006-08-02 15:34:45 UTC
Motown - Cars and crime.
babygirl_mandy82
2006-08-02 15:25:26 UTC
middle of nowhere
maxxx_power2002
2006-08-02 15:23:36 UTC
me of course !
2006-08-02 15:23:30 UTC
Crime & shootings now.
2006-08-02 15:24:54 UTC
pot maryjane ganja
Lisa R
2006-08-02 15:24:11 UTC
kansas here i guess crime
2006-08-04 10:11:10 UTC
load of crap
Britney♥
2006-08-02 15:25:52 UTC
it's mexican food
lonely as a cloud
2006-08-02 15:25:41 UTC
i dont know.
jdjbs
2006-08-02 15:35:36 UTC
grimsby - FISH !!!!
DaOgs
2006-08-02 15:24:53 UTC
crimes: murders, homicide, suicide and psycho-killers
Chri R
2006-08-02 15:24:52 UTC
me.
2006-08-02 15:23:59 UTC
crime
crystlizm
2006-08-02 15:23:31 UTC
Budd LAKE, duh


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