Famous people you have met

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Frances Mcdormand, David Hyde-Pierce, Kristen Chenoweth, Bobby Cannavale, Kevin Richardson, Bebe Neworth, Jeffrey Dean, Chris Elliot, Steve Guttenberg. I'll add more if I remember.

[pinkstarbursts]

Dick Butkus, Elias Soriano, all the members of The 69 Eyes, Chester Bennington, and Martina McBride. That's all I can think of.

[Deleted]

I thought of another! But.. I'll just post the wiki link..

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Kathrada

[kendy20]

I helped Sam Elliot while I was at work one day. But had no idea who he was until the guys I was working with got all excited and then made me feel dumb that I didn't know him.

[jennybeans]

We were on a flight with Bethany from the real housewives from CLE to Denver. It was a tiny plane with one bathroom and she was behind me in line. It was our very first flight with DS and he had an ear infection and I was trying to figure out how to change him in the tiny bathroom with no table. I was annoyed that everyone was in the aisles and had to weave my way around her and didn't even actually figure out who she was until I was back in my seat and asked my brothers girlfriend.

[mary97]

Don't recall meeting anyone famous but of all those names listed, the only person I'm jealous of was the one who met Patrick Stewart.

I am such a geek

[mamarazziof3]

Not met, but Jeff Daniels did come and speak to one of my high school classes, and I stood behind Katie Holmes in line at Barnes and Noble when I was buying my wedding planner.  I have met and played an audition for Franklin Cohen, but if you aren't a classical musician or very familiar with them, that probably means absolutely nothing.  ;-)  

If you live in Michigan I have met our Attorney General (Bill Schuette- nicest guy!) and our Lieutenant Governor, Brian Calley (also super nice). That's about as famous as it gets for me. :-)

DH played basketball against Ben Roethlisberger in high school.

[ricola0522]

Taylor Swift and Doug from TLC's Trading Spaces. Does anyone even remember that show?

[lecky11]

Jon B., Jagged Edge, John Singleton (the movie director), WNBA player Michelle Snow, & Frankie Faison (the slumlord in Coming to America. He lives around the corner from my grandma)

[lissiehoya]

Oh, and I didn't meet him per se, but Curt Schilling came into the Ann Taylor back in MA where I was working one Christmas.

[haykay13]

Don't laugh at my braces and crazy smile... I had some major hardware in my mouth haha I'm sure this is just as embarrassing for Taylor Swift, she would never be caught dead in a hoodie these days!!

[jennyinheaven]

I met Mark Walburg I served him a beer at the fancy Rittenhouse Square restaurant I worked at in Center City Philadelphia while he was filming Invincible

[flockofmoosen]

Jan 30, 2015 19:21:52 GMT -5 athn64 said:

Jan 30, 2015 19:19:44 GMT -5 becole said:

athn64 are you in geology? I took a few classes in college. It seemed like the easier of the sciences to me, until I had to recognize rocks from sight and the draw tree models of the evolution of species...

Yes. Geophysics to be more accurate. The rock thing I have down. But phylogeny (the tree thing) sucks

I didn't do geology in college but I'm all about the phylogeny. I love being able to tell a whole story with a really good tree.

My famous list:

-Ben Stein (on an airplane)
-Kevin Spacey (on the UT Austin campus and got his autograph)
-the USA men's Olympic volleyball team back in...1996? On a plane, and they were freaking tall.
-one of our local news anchors (at a bar and she told me my hair smelled nice and then we both learned the Cupid shuffle from some cool ladies)
I think someone else but I can't think of who now.

[jsquaree]

Jan 31, 2015 3:48:01 GMT -5 @northface said:

Jan 30, 2015 17:48:42 GMT -5 jsquaree said:

I've met quite a few people though my parents...Benjamin Bratt, Patrick Stewart, Angela Bassett, Sir Ian McKellan, Josh Hartnett...I can't think of any others right now.
I went to daycare with Chelsea Houska. Her dad was my dentist.

How do your parents know/have contact with all these people? I wish mine knew famous people!

My parents work in theatre. They're definitely not personal contacts. I spent my summers at the Utah Shakespearean Festival growing up, and my dad spent a long time working at the Guthrie. I always got opening night tickets and was able to go back stage and attend the cast and crew dinners.

[krl52014]

Jan 30, 2015 21:39:43 GMT -5 mamarazziof3 said:

Not met, but Jeff Daniels did come and speak to one of my high school classes, and I stood behind Katie Holmes in line at Barnes and Noble when I was buying my wedding planner.  I have met and played an audition for Franklin Cohen, but if you aren't a classical musician or very familiar with them, that probably means absolutely nothing.  ;-)  

If you live in Michigan I have met our Attorney General (Bill Schuette- nicest guy!) and our Lieutenant Governor, Brian Calley (also super nice). That's about as famous as it gets for me. :-)

DH played basketball against Ben Roethlisberger in high school.

Where in michigan are you?

[kc83]

I met celebrity chef, Wolf Gang Puck at his restaurant in MGM casino. He was really nice and super short! I think that counts

[sisterjanet]

I called one of the Vikings players once when I worked at a dry cleaner and he had left his stuff there for more than six months, and waited on a few others. I don't think I ever waited on or called Prince, but he came into the video store where I worked in high school a few times when I was working the closing shift. He's so short we couldn't see him over the racks, and for the longest time nobody working the counter would tell him he had some serious late fees.

[sexypumpkin]

I met Obama & his wife when he was running for senate.

[Susan0utLoud]

Conan O'Brien and Brendan Fraser at work. And Dave Matthews on a few occasions since he lives in our neighborhood.

[lulu]

Sean Connery - could not stand him until I met him and he is SUCH a nice guy. Has lots of time for us mere mortals and wasn't at all "up himself" which I thought he would be. He was a nice surprise.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

through an old job I met most of the supreme court justices and a few senators.

Penn & Teller after their show in Vegas

I thought there was another but I can't think of it now...

[krl52014]

Jan 31, 2015 15:22:46 GMT -5 Susan0utLoud said:

Conan O'Brien and Brendan Fraser at work. And Dave Matthews on a few occasions since he lives in our neighborhood.

Very cool! I know Kid Rock lives not too far from me

[haykay13]

DH has played basketball with Roy Jones Jr. before!

[IseeyouRN]

I met Aretha Franklin and eminem when I was their nurse...both pretty cool experiences

[mamarazziof3]

Jan 31, 2015 7:45:11 GMT -5 krl52014 said:

Jan 30, 2015 21:39:43 GMT -5 mamarazziof3 said:

Not met, but Jeff Daniels did come and speak to one of my high school classes, and I stood behind Katie Holmes in line at Barnes and Noble when I was buying my wedding planner.  I have met and played an audition for Franklin Cohen, but if you aren't a classical musician or very familiar with them, that probably means absolutely nothing.  ;-)  

If you live in Michigan I have met our Attorney General (Bill Schuette- nicest guy!) and our Lieutenant Governor, Brian Calley (also super nice). That's about as famous as it gets for me. :-)

DH played basketball against Ben Roethlisberger in high school.

Where in michigan are you?

A little ways out from Ann Arbor. 

[adventurebarbie]

Jayson and Laynce Nix (baseball players) were my next door neighbors growing up. I've also met Jesse Ventura, Billy Bob Thornton, Steven Tyler, and Bill Cosby.

ETA I also grew up with Jackson Rathbone (Jasper in Twilight) and I have some pretty ridiculous pictures of him from church trips lol

[becole]

Feb 1, 2015 23:58:12 GMT -5 adventurebarbie said:

Jayson and Laynce Nix (baseball players) were my next door neighbors growing up. I've also met Jesse Ventura, Billy Bob Thornton, Steven Tyler, and Bill Cosby.

ETA I also grew up with Jackson Rathbone (Jasper in Twilight) and I have some pretty ridiculous pictures of him from church trips lol

Omg!! When Laynce Nix played for the Reds he was my ultimate baseball crush and I would buy tickets next to where he played and yell at him and look at his butt. My H was so excited when he was traded.

[emmygirl]

Jan 31, 2015 6:07:28 GMT -5 jsquaree said:

Jan 31, 2015 3:48:01 GMT -5 @northface said:

How do your parents know/have contact with all these people? I wish mine knew famous people!

My parents work in theatre. They're definitely not personal contacts. I spent my summers at the Utah Shakespearean Festival growing up, and my dad spent a long time working at the Guthrie. I always got opening night tickets and was able to go back stage and attend the cast and crew dinners.

Do you live in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area?

[jsquaree]

Feb 2, 2015 11:46:44 GMT -5 emmygirl said:

Jan 31, 2015 6:07:28 GMT -5 jsquaree said:

My parents work in theatre. They're definitely not personal contacts. I spent my summers at the Utah Shakespearean Festival growing up, and my dad spent a long time working at the Guthrie. I always got opening night tickets and was able to go back stage and attend the cast and crew dinners.

Do you live in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area?

Not anymore. Portland currently.

[emmygirl]

Feb 2, 2015 11:51:30 GMT -5 jsquaree said:

Feb 2, 2015 11:46:44 GMT -5 emmygirl said:

Do you live in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area?

Not anymore. Portland currently.

Oh okay. I'm from the MSP area so I noticed the Guthrie and had to ask