
4. Where would Scientology be...
...without Tom Cruise and John Travolta? Cruise bounced around as a teen, but lived in Wayne, N.J., and graduated in 1980 from Glen Ridge High School. Travolta was born in Englewood, N.J., but dropped out of Dwight Morrow High School to become a slow student in "Welcome Back, Kotter'' and rise to fame with his portrayal of a bridge-and-tunnel disco dance phenomenon in "Saturday Night Fever.''
(Text by David Beard, Boston.com staff; Hugo Philpott/AFP photo (r)Marcus Brandt/AFP Photo)

