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Don’t think they have any celebrities from the city I was born.
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Not many. Somehow my city underpreforms when it comes to famous Croatians, despite being third biggest in population size.
Perhaps I will be one in the future
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Hopefully not a reality TV star, lol.Originally Posted by Stearsolina
Not many. Somehow my city underpreforms when it comes to famous Croatians, despite being third biggest in population size.
Perhaps I will be one in the future
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what is that ?
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Watching a local this week made me think of all the people through this county at least born or brought up in Scotland best county. Capaldi and Boyle, dream team.
West Lothian Pop.181,300
Lewis Capaldi, Singer
Susan Boyle, Singer
Dario Franchitti, Indy Car Champion
David Tennant, Actor
Nina Nesbitt, Singer
Paul Di Resta, former F1 racer
Peter Wright, World Darts Champion
Isla Fisher, actress
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Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress. Russell T Davies, scriptwriter. Iris Gower, author. Joanna Page, actress. Badfinger, band. John Charles, Leighton James and Ben Davies, footballers. Geoff Wheel, Mervyn Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Biggar, Leigh Halfpenny, rugby players. Martyn Lewis, newsreader.
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Just me.
Anglo Saxon + Frank (4.336)
Viking Danish + Frank (4.338)
Gael + Frank (4.39)
Anglo Saxon (4.393)
Viking Danish + Anglo Saxon (4.568)
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Not going to list all the celebrities from my home city, but some of the ones from my side of the city:
Chris & Liam Hemsworth
Ben Mendelssohn (went to the same primary school as me)
Kylie Minogue
Barry Humphries
Cate Blanchett
Nellie Melba
Shane Warne
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Peter Šťastný
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