Who is a local celebrity in your city? What are they known for?

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Richard Nixon. He's known for once being the president of the United States.

[deleted]

This ''Nixon" guy was president you say?

shadowmonk10

do you guys just kind of overlook the whole watergate thing?

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water..what?

mental_fingers

Darren Sproles went to my rival high school. Good times

mpv81 [OP]

In Atlanta we have Ponce de le Dong. He's famous for standing on the side of Ponce De Leon Ave in midtown, sporting spandex bike shorts and the biggest dick known to man. He just waves and smiles knowingly. He's a local legend.

logicblocks

Ibn Battuta from Tangier, Morocco

World-class traveler and explorer

thatguyfromnewyork

Bald Vinny. He's the guy who leads the Bleacher Creatures at Yankee games.

Freddy Sez was another big fan who would walk around with a pan with a shamrock on it just banging it everywhere for good luck. I actually got a picture with him at what ended up being his last game, in 2010. He had a heart attack like a couple days later and died.

Grimmcartel

Bryan Adams. For, well, being Bryan Adams.

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oh...you're in heaven

Grimmcartel

Oh - once in your life you find someone..

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Michael Jordan, he was good at sports.

JoshuaHawken

That guy from Blazing Saddles that says "Want some more beans Mr Taggert?" He lives like 30 minutes away from me and does all the advertising for a local car dealership. He dresses the same way he did in the movie.

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We got a bunch of them. Unfortunately they are actually famous for doing some important things which make the easy to Google and for some reason I don't want to share my location publicly on reddit.