Notable Newtonians: Celebrities from Newton
![Newton native Matt LeBlanc recently realized that he graduated Newton North High School with comedian Louis C.K. “We weren’t best buddies, but we were in the same class of ’85,” said LeBlanc. “I had never even heard of him doing stand up. And then he got this show and I’m like ‘Hmmm, Louis C.K. that guy looks familiar.’ Then I saw him at the Emmys [last year] because we were both nominated and I finally bump into him and I was like ‘[expletive]!’ And he was like ‘I know!’ And we caught up, it was great.”](http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2012/08/01/lelouis__1343850741_5142.jpg "Newton native Matt LeBlanc recently realized that he graduated Newton North High School with comedian Louis C.K. “We weren’t best buddies, but we were in the same class of ’85,” said LeBlanc. “I had never even heard of him doing stand up. And then he got this show and I’m like ‘Hmmm, Louis C.K. that guy looks familiar.’ Then I saw him at the Emmys [last year] because we were both nominated and I finally bump into him and I was like ‘[expletive]!’ And he was like ‘I know!’ And we caught up, it was great.”")
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Celebs from other towns
- Milton
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- Lexington
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- South Boston
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- Concord
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- Quincy
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- Somerville
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- Brookline
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- Beacon Hill
- Newton
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- Wellesley
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- Roxbury
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- Cambridge
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- Belmont
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- Burlington
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- Dorchester
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- Medford
Newton native Matt LeBlanc recently realized that he graduated Newton North High School with comedian Louis C.K.
“We weren’t best buddies, but we were in the same class of ’85,” said LeBlanc. “I had never even heard of him doing stand up. And then he got this show and I’m like ‘Hmmm, Louis C.K. that guy looks familiar.’ Then I saw him at the Emmys [last year] because we were both nominated and I finally bump into him and I was like ‘[expletive]!’ And he was like ‘I know!’ And we caught up, it was great.”