Collective Soul, Dave Matthews, Butch Walker, Shawn Mullins, Sevendust and John Mayer got their breaks here.

Others such as department store magnate James Cash Penney, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, actor / martial artist Chuck Norris, wrestlers Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, Ted DiBiase and wrestler Sting, and actors Jesse McCartney, Kirk Cameron, and Mr. T are also mentioned as being born again.

* Shawn Marion ( born 1978 ), aka The Matrix, American basketball player

Wallace Michael Shawn ( born November 12, 1943 ) is an American actor and playwright.

Shawn was born into a prominent Jewish family in New York City, where he continues to reside.

Shawn Fanning ( born November 22, 1980 ) is an American computer programmer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor.

Hip Hop artists are known to use stage names but at times do advertise or bring out their real names such as rappers Jay-Z ( born Shawn Carter ), 50 Cent ( born Curtis Jackson ), Diddy ( born Sean Combs ), Ludacris ( born Chris Bridges ), and Lil ' Wayne ( born Dwayne Carter Jr .).

* Michael Cole ( born Michael Shawn Coulthard ), announcer on WWE Raw and former journalist with CBS Radio.

The two raised one child, a daughter from Norma Ailes ' earlier relationship, Shawn C. Ailes Visco Ferrer ( born July 1968 ), now a television producer.

Shawn Corey Carter ( born December 4, 1969 ), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and occasional actor.

* Shawn Daivari ( born 1984 ), American wrestler who has performed as " Sheik Abdul Bashir "

Shawn Paul Bradley ( born March 22, 1972 ) is a retired American and German ( dual citizen ) basketball player who played center for the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Nets and the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.

* Shawn Bradley ( born 1972 ), retired American basketball player

Shawn David Green ( born November 10, 1972 ) is a former Major League Baseball player.

Shawn Michael Graham, MLA ( born February 22, 1968 ) is a New Brunswick politician, who served as the 31st Premier of New Brunswick.

Shawn Graham was born the year after his father's first election as MLA for Kent County, New Brunswick.

Shawn Colvin ( born January 10, 1956 ) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

MC Shan ( born as Shawn Moltke September 9, 1965 ) is an American rapper from Queens, NYC.

Their marriage was annulled before her son, Shawn, was born.

Timothy Shawn " Tim " Abell ( born July 1, 1958 ) is an American film and television actor.

Shawn Mathis Wayans ( born January 19, 1971 ) is an American actor, DJ, producer, writer and comedian who starred in In Living Color and The Wayans Bros.

* 1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor

Shawn Robert Ashmore ( born October 7, 1979 ) is a Canadian film and television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Jake in the Animorphs television series and Iceman in the X-Men films.

Putnam's, 1979 ) is a diary interspersed with memories of his life, the magazine, and its editor William Shawn -- who Kahn calls " The Iron Mouse.

The two fell in love and married, having two sons: Callum ( born 1979 ) and Shawn ( born 1981 ).

Garvey and Ron Cey passed his Los Angeles club record of 154 home runs in 1979 ; Davis ' record for left-handed hitters was broken by Shawn Green in.

For the new line-up, Love recruited guitarist Micko Larkin, Shawn Dailey ( bass guitar ), and Stu Fisher ( drums, percussion ).

Through 2010, he was first in career home runs and RBIs ( ahead of Shawn Green ) and batting average ( ahead of Ryan Braun ), and fourth in hits ( behind Lou Boudreau ), among all-time Jewish major league baseball players.

* 1981 – Mims ( Shawn Mims ), American rapper

These included Liván Hernández ( 17 – 11, 3. 75 ), Russ Ortiz ( 14 – 12, 5. 01 ), Kirk Rueter ( 11 – 9, 3. 96 ), Shawn Estes ( 15 – 6, 4. 26 ), and Mark Gardner ( 11 – 7, 4. 05 ).

Ross was succeeded as editor by William Shawn ( 1951 – 1987 ), followed by Robert Gottlieb ( 1987 – 1992 ) and Tina Brown ( 1992 – 1998 ).

His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 ), Vizzini in The Princess Bride ( 1987 ), and Rex the toy dinosaur in the Toy Story animated film series.

" SST was followed by a number of other successful artist-run labels — including BYO Records ( started by Shawn and Mark Stern of Youth Brigade ), Epitaph Records ( started by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion ), New Alliance Records ( started by the Minutemen's D. Boon ) — as well as fan-run labels like Frontier Records and Slash Records.

His best friend, Yale ( Michael Murphy ), married to Emily ( Anne Byrne ), is having an affair with Mary Wilkie ( Diane Keaton ); her ex-husband and former teacher, Jeremiah ( Wallace Shawn ), also appears.

( Dick Shawn ), who can barely remember his own name and had mistakenly wandered into their theater during the casting call.

A young hostage, Julie ( Heather Wahlquist ), has a broken arm, and she and her boyfriend Mitch ( Shawn Hatosy ) claim that a car crash caused it, but due to some holes in their story John and another hostage, Lester ( Eddie Griffin ), are able to conclude that the two are lying and that Mitch had actually beat Julie up.

* Shawn Crable, second-team All-American linebacker and defensive team captain at the University of Michigan ; selected in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft by the New England Patriots

* Shawn Bouwens-professional football player for the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, and Jacksonville Jaguars NFL franchises

Shawn Jefferson ( born February 22, 1969 ), is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Houston Oilers in the 9th round of the 1991 NFL Draft.

They then entered into a three-way deal with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers: Randy Johnson was sent to the New York Yankees, for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, and Dioner Navarro who was then dealt to the Dodgers for Shawn Green.

* Iceman is one of the three playable characters in X-Men: The Official Game ( which fills in the gap between X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand ) voiced by Shawn Ashmore ( the same actor who played him in the films ).

In February 2009, Shawn Michaels, who was under the kayfabe employment of John " Bradshaw " Layfield, interfered in a match and super kicked JBL in front of the referee in order to get his employer the win via " outside interference ".

The Chargers had an excellent defensive line, anchored by Pro Bowl lineman Leslie O ' Neal, who led the team with 12. 5 sacks and forced four fumbles, Defensive tackle Chris Mims, who recorded 11 sacks, and Shawn Lee, who added 6. 5 sacks and a fumble recovery.

* In the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre, Heidegger's theory of " experiencing one's being to the fullest is like experiencing the decay of that being towards one's death, as a part of your experience " is quoted by the actor Wallace Shawn, who plays himself.

The film stars Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock, the producer, and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom, the accountant, and features Dick Shawn as L. S. D., the actor who ends up playing the lead in the musical within the movie, and Kenneth Mars as the former Nazi soldier and playwright, Franz Liebkind.

The first season of the show begins with Cory Matthews and his best friend Shawn Hunter, two average sixth-graders who come from different backgrounds.

He moves into an apartment with Jack, who turns out to be Shawn ’ s half-brother.

After his death Shawn receives a letter from Verna, stating that she is not his real birth mother, but the mother who raised him.

Interestingly, Cory and Shawn treat him nicely, but he fights with Topanga over who the valedictorian is.

At some point after that, Shawn Bell, Wayne's deputy fire marshal, said that workers found the body of a woman in the rubble, and that she was a clerical worker for the store in her 50s, who was also from Westland.

The current mayor of Hornell is Democrat Shawn Hogan, who has held the position since January 1986.

Kelly, at first, has trouble fitting in and obeying the orders of the officers above her, especially Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone ( Christy Carlson Romano ), who has a crush on Cadet Major Brad Rigby ( Shawn Ashmore ).

Howard's family ( Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley, Gregory Jbara, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Alice Drummond, Selma Blair ), friends ( Debra Monk, Ernie Sabella, Joseph Maher, William Duell ), students ( Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Lauren Ambrose, Alexandra Holden ), co-workers ( Lewis J. Stadlen, Deborah Rush, Kevin Chamberlin ), and Emily are naturally shocked, but that is nothing compared to Howard's own reaction of disbelief and indignation, and he angrily tries to reassure those who know him that he is heterosexual.

When one student ( Shawn Hatosy ) who got into college with Howard's hard work, learns that he was dismissed for being gay, he and his classmates proclaim themselves, one by one, to be gay as well, to show their support of Howard and to thumb their noses at the school board.

Developed by five US Army soldiers, 2LT Hans Mumm, SSG Shawn Mahoney, SGT Andrei Salter, SGT Scott Boehmler, and SPC Joseph Barrios, who were assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the deck of cards was first announced publicly in Iraq on 11 April 2003, in a press conference by Army Brig.

along with Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, Batista, and JBL who defeated Team Raw ( Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito, and Chris Masters ).

A ragtag group of students decide to resist: Zeke Tyler ( Josh Hartnett ), a loner repeating his senior year, who sells, among other illegal items, a cocaine-like drug of his own creation ; Stan Rosado ( Shawn Hatosy ), a jock who quits the football team during his senior year so he can focus on academics ; Stan's girlfriend Delilah Profitt ( Jordana Brewster ), the vindictive editor in chief of the student paper ; Casey Connor ( Elijah Wood ), a photographer for the paper with a crush on Delilah ; Stokely ' Stokes ' Mitchell ( Clea DuVall ), a gothic outcast and literary buff who, despite rumors she is a lesbian, has feelings for Stan ; and Marybeth Louise Hutchinson ( Laura Harris ), a new girl at school, who just moved from Atlanta to live with relatives because her parents died in a car crash.