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Was talking to a couple of friends recently about living near famous people.

My best friend, who live along the road from me, lived next door to Willie Miller, the best defender in the world at the time. On the same road, but opposite was Sir Alex Fergusson, after he had won the European Super Cup, Cup Winner's Cup, Scottish league etc. Annie Lennox lived in an adjoining street. 

Peter Mullan lived nearby. He was 'Swanny' in Trainspotting, Braveheart, Ozark etc. I was scared of him and maybe the most famous person to punch me on the nose ???? as well as the lead singer of The Exploited, who drank in the same Edinburgh pub.

The most famous guy at my was school was Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, but he was a few years above me!

 

Any famous people in your childhood neighbourhood?

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, DaLa said:

I had Vinnie Jones as a neighbour opposite for a couple of years.  Didn't live up to his hard man image when we went for a drink together. Even when confronted by total strangers coming up to him and posing crazy footballing scenarios he was cool.   Altogether decent guy.

That's cool! i heard he was a nice bloke.

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5 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

 

........................... or just get punched less........................ Swanny AND the lead singer of The Exploited,

Nearly got one from Willie Miller too after throwing a bucket of water over his kids, who were making a noise in the garden. He came to my mate's front door very upset. 

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in the 60's we lived 4 in a block ( 4 x 3 bedroom houses) on Dickens Ave Clydebank, above us were the Bannantynes, one of them went on to become famous ( Duncan). While waiting for my highschool to be rebuilt we had to attend a catholic high school, across the road (douglass st) was the Douglas Hotel, this had a public bar, the bar was turned into the Port Sunshine and features in Trainspotting 1.

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We have a few from my High School in N.Y.

   with thanks to the Alumni Association for the list........

 

Burt Bacharach ('46), Songwriter

Ina Balin ('53), (Ina Rosenberg), Actress

Jules Bass ('52) see link for all his credits to many to list - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060072/

Art Buchwald, Writer (did not graduate)

Robert Chartoff ('51), Movie Producer ("Rocky" films, They Shoot Horses, Don't They .. )

Ron Chernow ('66), Author

John Cummings ('67) The Ramones

Ray Danton ('49?), Real name is Ray Kaplan, Actor

Tom Eryderli ('67) The Ramones

Alan Feinstein ('59), Actor

Geraldine Ferraro ('53?), Vice Presidential nominee

David J. Forman ('66), Singer, songwriter, actor. Appeared in documentary "Man on wire".

Steve Franken ('49) Actor, "Chatsworth Osborn Jr" in Dobie Gillis.

Peter Freundlich ('63), Three time Emmy Award winning producer. Currently working with Anderson Cooper from CNN

Art Garfunkel ('58), Entertainer (Simon and Garfunkel)

Paul Harris, Producer/arranger for Joni Mitchell & others

Daniel Hevesi ('88), Senator

Houston, Clinton ('64) Jazz Musician, (Double Bassist) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DinYRzvWO3g

Jeff Hyman ('69), a.k.a. Joey Ramone, Lead singer of the rock group, The Ramones

Marty Ingels ('54), Real name is Martin Ingerman, Comedian, Producer

Susan Isaacs ('61) Author of 13 novels. www.susanisaacs.com

Vic "The Brick" Jacobs ('70?) Sportscaster

Bob Keeshan ('45?), TV's Captain Kangaroo and the first Clarabelle the Clown on Howdy Doody

Ruby Jackson (Carol Mervis) Artist

Julian Krainin ('58), Academy Award and Emmy winning motion picture and television producer/director

Gary Kurfirst ('64), Founder/Owner of Radioactive Records

Michael Landon ('54) Real name is Eugene Orowitz, went to FHHS, but did not graduate here. Actor

R. Allen Leider (Richard Leider '62), Screenwriter, actor, author, film critic

Michael Lembeck (PS 206), Director, actor

Jack Lew, (Jacob Lew '72), President Obama's Chief of Staff

Francisco "Frank" Lorenzo ('57), former owner of Continental Airlines, Eastern Airlines, People Express, and Texas Air

Susan Mayer Bauman ('61), Mayor of Madison, WI.

Carol Mendelson, TV Producer

Ronn Owens (Ronny Lowenstein) ('62) Talk Radio Personality on KGO AM810 San Francisco www.ronn.com

Peter Praeger (66) Nationally renowned Heart Surgeon & Owner of Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods

Emily Perl Kingsley ('56), Emmy winning writer, Author

Ron Scott Stevens ('64), Real name is Ronald (Ronnie) Rabinowitz, NY State Athletic Commission Chairman.

Ron Rifkin ('55), Real name is Saul Rifkin stage, film and television actor. Known for Alias.

Dennis Rinsler ('64), TV Producer (FULL HOUSE, Even Stevens etc.)

Telly Savalas, Actor. He was a teacher at FHHS in the early 50s

Donald Scalzo ('69), rock band musician (Marshall Crenshaw Band)

Benny Schiller (attended in 1961) musician/band leader/ agent/and artist currently working in NYC.

Fred Silverman ('54?), Movie and TV Producer

Connie Simmons (40s?), Athlete, NY. Knicks

Paul Simon ('58), Entertainer (Simon and Garfunkel)

Gary Smith ('52), TV Producer - Produced Hullabaloo a variety program in the late 60's also was Jack Paar's stage manager.

Jerry Springer ('61), Talk show host

Dick Stockton, ('60), Real name is Richard Stokvis, Sportscaster

Steve Susskind ('60), TV and Movie Actor

Dennis Tito ('58), Paid Russia $20 million to ride the spaceship to the Space Station

Danny Troob ('66), Hollywood and Broadway music arranger and orchestrator

Tatiana Troyanos, ('56), World renowned mezzo soprano

 

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