Is anyone in here related to any famous people

[melissa]

I am realted to two famous explores and sort well known


melissa


is anyone realted to celebrities, exlpores and etc...

[Luke]

Yeah i'm related to the person who invented an accurate way of measuring time at sea - which invented Greenwich Mean Time, which kinda now is the main time zone that all others measure themselves by. Spooby eh ? :D

[Super Scooter]

Carroll Spinney. (nine times once removed)

I have a friend who's related to Ethan Allen (not the matress company). He's also related to the president on the Twenty dollar bill (whatever his name is).

Er, I have a friend who picks on my sister by telling her he gets his rugged good looks from Harrison Ford! Does tht count?:D

[Fozzie Bear]

I'm kinda almost locally famous. Does that count?

[sarah_yzma]

my great grandpa wrote Touch Me Turn Me On and Burn Me Down. He also wrote Please Release Me...

Sarah

[radionate]

Originally posted by Fozzie Bear
I'm kinda almost locally famous. Does that count? Ditto for me in Memphis. I think. I know I am in Oxford!

I'm also related to Hugh Downs of 20/20 fame. ;)

[crazy ernie]

Daniel Boone

[ryhoyarbie]

my dad tells me i have a cousin somewhere that is a singer..or used to be a well known singer in the 60's...forgot her name though......

hey my uncle went to highschool and played basketball with larry johnson who play for the new york nicks right now...

ryan

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

I'm a descendant of "Mad Anthony Wayne" from the Civil War. :)

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by sarah_yzma
my great grandpa wrote Touch Me Turn Me On and Burn Me Down.

Cool! I just love Marty Stuart's recordin' of that---great song! :)

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by radionate
I'm also related to Hugh Downs of 20/20 fame. ;)

Cool!

:)

Byron: "I'm Byron Summers."

Nate: "And I'm Nate Downs. And this is--"

Both: " 'The Muppet Hour'."

Byron: "Really! It is!"

:D

[Crazy Harry]

I think I might be related to Red Skelton in some way. I never really bothered to bring it up with the folks because it seems like a rather stupid conversation topic to me.

[CraigD]

Well I'm not really related to anybody famous, but my girlfriend is related to Allan Langer.

Who's Allan Langer, you Americans may ask? Well, he's one of the greatest Rugby League footballers to ever play the game, representing the mighty Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and captaining Australia.


Craig

[Thijs]

No, no famous relations. The only one who could become famous in the family is me:D

[SammieRose]

I'm related to William Wallace.... seriously..... that's my dad's name (but I'm also related to the famous one...:cool: ).

[anathema]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
I'm a descendant of "Mad Anthony Wayne" from the Civil War. :)

Many things just became clear to me!

:p

[EmmyMik]

I don't think I'm related to anyone famous, lol.

Although my dad thinks that we *might* be related to that one guy on NBC News (Jim Mikla-whatever. The Pentagon Correspondent).

Perhaps it is my density to be the famous one that future generations of my family will be related to...

[ryhoyarbie]

i'm related to someone from the battle of the alamo..i forgot who but its someone who is famous from that war....

ryan

[radionate]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
Byron: "I'm Byron Summers."

Nate: "And I'm Nate Downs. And this is--"

Both: " 'The Muppet Hour'."

Byron: "Really! It is!"
Dream on mister....:rolleyes:

I'm a descendant of "Mad Anthony Wayne" from the Civil War.
Who? They said famous people.

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by radionate
Dream on mister....:rolleyes:

:mad:


Who? They said famous people.

Well I've read that he should've been more famous. They say that history books skimp on him, when he should get a lot more credit and coverage.

:mad:

[anathema]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
Well I've read that he should've been more famous. They say that history books skimp on him, when he should get a lot more credit and coverage.


Now's your chance to put the record straight! Tell us a story, Mr Summers, pleeease!

:)

[Fozzie Bear]

"My uncle thought he was St. Jerome..."

[anathema]

My father was a nun.



What?



He was too! Every time the judge asked what his occupation was, he'd say 'none'.













I know, I know, I'll get me coat...

[Fozzie Bear]

HAA!! That was FUNNEEE!!!

[anathema]

It's the way I tell 'em... :)

[Fozzie Bear]

Yup. Great timing. Speaking of timing, it's 2:27 pm and I've not had lunch yet. My tummy is reminding me. It's gone from growling to biting.

[anathema]

Originally posted by Fozzie Bear
Yup. Great timing. Speaking of timing, it's 2:27 pm and I've not had lunch yet. My tummy is reminding me. It's gone from growling to biting.

Ooh, it's always nasty when your own body starts ganging up on you! I've just had two teeth out for that reason.

[EmmyMik]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
Well I've read that he should've been more famous. They say that history books skimp on him, when he should get a lot more credit and coverage.


Well you have Wayne High School in Huber Heights, OH (arrrrrrrr! Wayne was a rival school).

Then there's Fort Wayne, IN.

I'm sure there's more, but my brain hurts...

[EmmyMik]

Originally posted by ryhoyarbie
i'm related to someone from the battle of the alamo..i forgot who but its someone who is famous from that war....


Jim Bowie?

William B. Travis?

General Santa Anna?

When I lived in Austin we went to the Alamo for a field trip (it was like my 4th grade Texas History class). I remember the Alamo...

:D

[monkeymuppet]

Originally posted by Fozzie Bear
"My uncle thought he was St. Jerome..."

"Are you habitually using drugs, stimulants, alcohol?"

[sarah_yzma]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
Cool! I just love Marty Stuart's recordin' of that---great song! :)

ok bryon i will now officially not make fun of you!

Sarah

[ryhoyarbie]

Originally posted by EmmyMik
Jim Bowie?

William B. Travis?

General Santa Anna?

When I lived in Austin we went to the Alamo for a field trip (it was like my 4th grade Texas History class). I remember the Alamo...

:D

i hope it wasn't santa anna......the history books aren't to fond of him!

ryan

[ryhoyarbie]

i wish i knew who i was related to in that war...dang it

ryan

[jeremyactor]

My grandfather was best friends with Les Paul, inventor of the Electric Guitar and singing sensation.

Sadly, no Wilcox family members have made it into the history books. Yet. I have an Uncle David, but not the one you're thinking of.

My friends have some famous relatives. One of my best friend's aunts is Debb from Survivor: The Outback. And another friend's cousin is cousins with Winona Ryder. Not exactly related, but still something.

Jeremy

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by EmmyMik
I remember the Alamo...

:D

LOL!!

[sarah_yzma]

Originally posted by ryhoyarbie
i wish i knew who i was related to in that war...dang it

ryan

with my guess it would be on the losing side...


























sorry had to...

Sarah

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

I got these snippets from a site that came up in a Google search (oh, and it was the Revolutionary War, not the Civil War---sorry Alex and Warrick!! LOL!! :p ):

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"If CNN had been around in the 1790s it probably would have assigned "hot spot" reporter Wolf Blitzer to the Northwest Territory, the area that includes present-day Fort Wayne.

And, without a doubt, Gen. Anthony Wayne was the Gen. Schwartzkopf of the day.

Had he not died in 1796 at the age of 51 he might easily have given John Adams or Thomas Jefferson stiff competition in their runs for the presidency in 1796 and 1800."





"Had it not been for Anthony Wayne's victories in Ohio in 1793 and 1794 and the founding of Fort Wayne in October 1794, the western border of the country might never have made it even to the Mississippi River."




"Wayne's most brilliant exploit of the Revolutionary War was the storming of the British fort July 16, 1779, at Stony Point, N.Y. His forces took the strongest British post on the Hudson River with a surprise night attack."





"On Aug. 20, 1794, Wayne's army attacked the Indians at Fallen Timbers, just south of Toledo. The battle lasted less than an hour. Fleeing Indians raced toward Fort Miami, where the British had promised protection. They were turned away because the British did not want to risk war with the United States.

Wayne moved south and built a new fort near the three rivers. Fort Wayne was officially dedicated Oct. 22, 1794. Peace with the Indian tribes was achieved with the Treaty of Greenville on Aug. 3, 1795.

Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers ended for all time the power of the British on American soil. A third American defeat might have led to ceding the area to Great Britain or invasion by Spain or France.

Failure also would have threatened the power of the new government, diminished because of its inability to protect its citizens.

So Wayne's victory in the Northwest campaign had far-reaching implications.

He returned to a hero's welcome in Philadelphia."

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And there was more stuff, but that's the meat of it. :)

Oh, and he was buried somewhere, but his son wanted him buried at home, so they dug him up, boiled the flesh off of his body, "Junior" took the skeleton home to be buried, and the flesh was reburied where it originally was. So he's one of few people to actually have two graves. :)



Oh yes, and to end on a Muppety note:

"The new Col. Wayne's regiment of volunteers first served in the disastrous campaign against Quebec. During the retreat, Wayne found himself in command after St. Clair stubbed his toe on a tree root."

LOL!!

:D

[sarah_yzma]

*pretends to read that*

that was interesting bryon....

Sarah























did that work? ....................no? awwww

[EmmyMik]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
I got these snippets from a site that came up in a Google search (oh, and it was the Revolutionary War, not the Civil War---sorry Alex and Warrick!! LOL!! :p ):


See? I wasn't just making this stuff up...

I actually stayed awake in History class (besides, I love history)

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by EmmyMik
See? I wasn't just making this stuff up...

Yes, I see. :) I learned some'in' from Emmy! :D


I actually stayed awake in History class (besides, I love history)

I did also, and I too love history---especially now that I have a choice whether or not to get into it! ;)