I don't think I know who Billy Connolly is? I'll have to see a picture....
BUT, believe it or not, there are soem famous people from my hometown!

First, Tom Cruise was born here and lived some of his childhood here before moving to Long Island I think.

Richard Gere lived here all through high school and his mother still lives in North Syracuse! When he was married to Cindy Crawford, they came home every Christmas and went to midnight mass at a local church. Needless to say, that church membership increased tenfold!

All the Baldwin(Alec,Billy, Steven) brothers are from here too and their mother still lives here also. They are all actually very active in the community. They participate in lots of local events and do tons of fundraising for breast cancer research. I've spotted them at the mall a few times myself!!!

And of course, there are also the athletes that attend Syracuse University and make it to the pros....And sportscasters like Bob Costas, that attended SU or Al Roker, who went to Oswego ( ~ 30 minutes from here)

So for a city of ~180,000 we have quite a few "claims to fame"