Who is the most famous person you ever knew?

[MagicRat]

Shameless name dropping time!! Tell us who is the most famous person you know or ever knew? Even if you had a chance encounter with someone famous, tell us about it!.

For example, maybe you went to to elementary school with Mark Zuckerberg?

Maybe you are on President Obama's christmas card list?

Maybe you crashed into someone's car only to discover the other driver was Jack Nicholson?

Maybe you were in a restaurant and were seated next to Governor Schwarzenegger?

Maybe your parents invited an "old friend" over to dinner and it turned out to be Mick Jagger?

Maybe you had to solve a customer problem at work, and that customer turned out to be Beyonce?

So, you get the idea. Tell us what happened.

Real examples? One female friend of mine made out with Billy Idol a few years ago.
Another friend shared a joint with Eminem back stage at one of his concerts.

[jon@af]

Hmmm...

Well, one of my professors in college used to write for my local paper as a music columnist, which happened to be the time that U2 was getting their start. Anyway, they came through the area and trying to land a place to play and said professor was able to talk with them and get their name out there. He and Bono have been good friends to this day! Now he's a nationally syndicated columnist for Scripps-Howard.

That's probably the best example I have.

[speediva]

I once took figure skating lessons with Gordy Roberts' (Pittsburgh Penguin in the early 90s) daughter.

[-Josh-]

when i worked in customer service one of my customers was current uofi head coach Bruce Weber. i guess that counts...i've been acquainted with...strangely enough a lot of semi famous people but nothing to really tell about

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by speediva

I once took figure skating lessons with Gordy Roberts' (Pittsburgh Penguin in the early 90s) daughter.

I always knew you had to have the gracefulness of a cat


Question is can you still skate?

[oldblu65]

My answer is really going to date me as I was 19 yrs. old at the time ! Back in the mid 60's , I met Jimmy Durante . We were in Hollywood , driving through the Beverly Hills area , and happened to run into him ( not literally ) .He was very cordial and seemed to be a very nice genuine person .Some here are likely to say " Who " ! Not really a well known individual today . But he was a huge star then and for many years before ( 30's , 40's , and 50's )!

[speediva]

Originally Posted by -Josh-

I always knew you had to have the gracefulness of a cat


Question is can you still skate?

Graceful is SELDOM a word to describe me.

I can still skate, but I never did master an axel, let alone doubles or triples. $h!t happens when you're a foot taller than the rest of the figure skaters... you fall a foot farther!

[Taters190]

I played Pop Warner football against Tim Tebow back in '98. i guess that counts

[jamesslcx]

I was working at wal-mart in Hendersonville Tn. and met Johnny Cash one day...very nice man.

[Muscletang]

I saw Steven Tyler at a gun show in Tulsa.

I'm distantly related to Will Rogers.

[carmen223]

In my grade nine home room also sat
Jill Hennessy


who went on to a cool career and is best know for her parts in "law and order" and "crossing jordan"

her twin sister was there as well, Jackie. yep, Jackie and Jill.

Also the lead singer of a local band called Helix lived nearby, used to see him walking around in leather pants in the middle of summer. His name was Brian Vollmer (or something like that) and that band had some good hits and opened for a ton of great metal bands back in the day.

[Hungrycat7]

Mine probably does not really count but. . . I once ate in the same Max & Erma's while Lebron James was eating there! Amazing, I know! Growing up around Cleveland made me an instant fan while he was with the Cavs. Naturally, I now despise the man and may have just realized I am ashamed to have eaten close to him!