* July 20 – Chris Cornell, American singer

Notable athletes to come out of Fairport include Tim Soudan in lacrosse ( UMass, Rochester Knighthawks ), Shawn Johnson in football ( Duke University, Tennessee Titans ), Steve Soja ( Coastal Carolina University, River City Rascals, Mid-Missouri Mavericks, Gateway Grizzlies and Yuma Scorpions ) and Ryan Szwejbka in baseball ( University of South Carolina, Aberdeen Pheasants ), Dave Cerny in lacrosse ( SUNY Albany Hall of Fame ), Dan Predmore in track and field ( Cornell University Hall of Fame ), Chris Collins in hockey ( Boston College Providence Bruins ), professional tennis player Marcus Fugate, Dhruv Tyagi in diving ( Stanford University ), Ryan Kavanaugh in Rowing ( Columbia University )

It has been covered by other artists including Sting, Bobby Darin, Jose Feliciano, The Fall, Neil Young, Jeff Beck, The Bee Gees, Robyn Hitchcock, Chris Cornell, Phish and since 2008, by McCartney in his live performances.

At the time, Gossard and Ament were working on the Temple of the Dog project founded by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell as a musical tribute to Mother Love Bone's frontman Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24.

In the months following Wood's death, Gossard and Ament, and Eddie Vedder would be approached by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell ( who had been Wood's roommate ), and asked if they would be interested in recording a single containing two songs he had written in tribute to Wood.

Pretender Chrissie Hynde, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and The Edge from U2 were among the attendees of these early shows.

The album was produced by Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell and included the single " Bed of Roses ", which gained considerable airtime on alternative rock radio stations and peaked at # 23 on the modern rock tracks.

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden stated that it was one of his favorite records.

Chris Cornell, lead singer of the 37th Grammy Awards | 1995 award-winning band Soundgarden, performing in 2005

An informal memorial was held for Staley on the night of April 20 at the Seattle Center which was attended by at least 1000 fans and friends, including Cantrell, Starr, Inez, Kinney and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.

#" Hunted Down " ( Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil ) – 2: 42

* Chris Cornell – vocals

Category: Albums produced by Chris Cornell

Though not officially released onto CD, an hour-long acoustic concert Cornell performed on September 7, 2006 at O-Baren in Stockholm, is widely available for download under the title Chris Cornell: Unplugged in Sweden.

In mid / late September 2011 Chris Cornell stopped by Rolling Stone to perform a few acoustic songs & conducted an interview where he spoke about what it's like being back with Soundgarden and revealed that in early 2012 a new Soundgarden album consisting of new material would be released.

Chris Cornell made a cameo in the 1992 movie Singles.

In a 2011 interview, Chris Cornell said the major change with the reformed Soundgarden is a lack of alcohol: " The biggest difference I noticed .. and we haven't even really talked about it: There are no bottles of Jack Daniels around or beers.

Chris Cornell has released four solo albums.

* 2009: Chris Cornell and Prophet – Scream: The Mixtape – presented by DJ Skee

It was conceived by vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone.

Temple of the Dog was started by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who had been a roommate of Andrew Wood, the lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone.

Also known as a Mouth-brow, worn by John Waters, Sean Penn and Chris Cornell.

* Chris Cornell ( born 1964 ), musician, born Christopher Boyle

* Chris Carter ( left-handed hitter ) ( born 1982 ), American baseball player nicknamed " The Animal "

* Chris Duncan ( born 1981 ), American baseball player

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.

Chris Sarandon ( born July 24, 1942 ) is an American actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Sarandon was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of restaurateurs Cliffie ( née Cardullias ) and Chris Sarandon, Sr. His mother is of Greek descent and his father, whose surname was originally " Sarondonethes ", was a Greek immigrant.

* Chris Mole ( Christopher David Mole, born 1958 ), UK Labour Member of Parliament

* 1851 – Chris von der Ahe, German born entrepreneur ( d. 1913 )

* Chris Orion ( born 1976 ), American radio personality

* Chris Martin ( cricketer ) ( born 1974 ), New Zealand cricketer dubbed " The Phantom " in jest for his inability to remain not-out for long while batting

They had two sons: Chris, born in 1956, and Theodore, born in 1958.

* Rachel Jones, the current live producer of BBC Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show, was born in the town.

* Chris Cuthbert ( born 1957 ), Canadian sportscaster

* Chris von Rohr ( born 1951 ), rock star

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 .).

* Abyss ( wrestler ) ( born 1973 ), ring name of TNA wrestler Chris Park

* Chris Lowell ( born 1984 ), actor

* Chris Jasper ( born 1951 ), an American musician and former member of the Isley Brothers

* Chris Weber ( born 1966 ), American musician

* Chris Singleton ( musician ) ( born 1977 ), Irish musician

* Chris Singleton ( American football ) ( born 1967 ), American football player