Friday, July 2, 2010

Famous in Baltimore

I'm going to throw it out there that Billings, MT is not exactly home to anyone particularly exciting.  I would say the most famous person is probably Dave McNally, who ironically became famous for playing baseball, here in Baltimore.  But, I am a little shocked at the lack (though not quality) of the famous people that have come out of Baltimore.  This was spurred on by the dentist office down that street that erected this:

That's right, it's a crab...painted with the faces and names of the most famous Baltimoreans, or as it would be said here, Balmerns.  We walked by on the way to the O's game the other night and Buck started to talk about some of the people on there (Edgar Allen Poe? Check.  Frank Zappa? Check.  John Waters? Check), but if you start to put in people like a senator, it seems you are scraping.  I mean, senators?  Everyone has congress members.  Now, if they do something special, like Jeanette Rankin being the first woman elected to represent a state in a time when she couldn't even vote for herself, I consider that a famous person.  So I did some investigating to see who has come from this place.  Here are the people I consider crab-worthy (in a somewhat particular order):

  • Babe Ruth (Made the crab)
  • Edgar Allen Poe  (Made the crab)
  • Billie Holiday (Made the crab)
  • Thurgood Marshall (Made the crab)
  • Francis Scott Key
  • Jim Henson
  • Spiro Agnew (Made the crab)
  • David Hasselhoff!
  • Frank Zappa (Made the crab)
  • Upton Sinclair
  • John Waters (Made the crab)
  • Barry Levinson
  • Tom Clancy
  • Jada Pinkett Smith
  • Mo'Nique
  • Montel Williams
  • John Astin
  • Mama Cass
  • Parker Posey
  • Rick Ocasek
  • Charles Dutton
  • Robin Quivers
You can make your own commentary about who may or may not have made the crab.  Anyone got someone I am missing?  Leave it is the comments and I will continue my research and possible vie for a crab spot if you are convincing enough.

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