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Quiz: Which Celebrity Is From Your Home State?

That’s right — Mr. Magic Mike himself was born and raised in Cullman, Alabama until he was six years old.  
Other famous Alabamans: Laverne Cox, Charles Barkley, Courteney Cox, tWitch, _American Idol’s_ Bo Bice, Cynthia Bailey, and Emmylou Harris, who wrote a song called “Boulder to Birmingham.

Channing Tatum

The man who brought us hours of serene painting moments and “happy little accidents” spent years living in Alaska while in the Air Force. He first began painting Alaskan landscapes and sunsets on gold pans and eventually retired from the air force because of how wildly popular they were.  
Other famous Alaskans: Dan Mintz, Darby Stanchfield, and the entire Palin family.

Bob Ross

Emma Stone was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona until she and her mother moved to Los Angeles in 2004.  
Other famous Arizonans: David Spade, Amber Valetta, Nate Reuss, Chelsea Kane, Dierks Bentley, Mary-Louise Parker, Jim Adkins, Michelle Branch, Samaire Armstrong, Jenny Mollen, Brooke Burke, Lynda Carter, and David Henrie.

Emma Stone

Mary Steenburgen (_Back to the Future Part III, Time After Time, Step Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Last Man On Earth_) was born and raised in Newport, Arkansas until she enrolled in college in 1971.  
Other famous people from Arkansas: Billy Bob Thornton, Clark Duke, Wes Bentley, John Grisham, Sheryl Underwood, Al Green, Jon Daly, Scottie Pippen, and Bill Clinton.

Mary Steenburgen

Leo was born and raised in Los Angeles, lived in the Echo Park and Loz Feliz neighborhoods and attended John Marshall High School.  
Other famous Californians: The Rock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Zac Efron, Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Snoop Dogg, Angelina Jolie, Laura Dern, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Pine, Zendaya, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Meghan Markle, Andy Samberg, Chelsea Peretti, and all of the Kardashian/Jenner tribe.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Amy Adams was raised in Castle Rock and graduated from Douglas County High School.  
Other famous people from Colorado: Kristin Davis, Zachary Ty Bryan, David Fincher, T.J. Miller, Trey Parker, and Beth and Dog Chapman.

Amy Adams

The Beek grew up in Cheshire, Connecticut.  
Other famous people from Connecticut: John Mayer, Glenn Close, Jenna Dewan, Michael J Fox, Paul Giamatti, Katharine Hepburn, Evan Ross, Seth McFarlane, Lauren Ambrose, Justin Long, Michael Ian Black, and Meg Ryan.

James Van Der Beek

Ryan Phillippe was born and raised in New Castle, Delaware.  
Other famous people from Delaware: Valerie Bertinelli, Judge Reinhold, Doug Hutchinson, and Andrew and Elisabeth Shue.

Ryan Phillippe

Mandy Moore grew up in Longwood, Florida and attended Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando, Florida.  

Other famous Floridians: Maya Rudolph, Johnny Depp, Megan Fox, Josh Gad, Diplo, Angela Bassett, Cheryl Hines, Jason Derulo, Victoria Justice, Leighton Meester, Wilmer Valderrama, and Daniel Tosh.

Mandy Moore

Lil Yachty — aka Miles Parks McCollum — was born in Mableton, Georgia and lived in Georgia until 2015 when he launched his music career.  
Other famous Georgians: Julia Roberts, Kelly Rowland, Ed Helms, Spike Lee, Chloe Grace Moretz, T.I., Ryan Seacrest, Luke Bryan, 2 Chainz, and Kanye West (who you know from Chicago, but was actually born in Atlanta).

Lil Yachty

Bruno Mars — aka Peter Gene Hernandez — was born and raised in the Waikiki area of Honolulu.  
Other famous Hawaiians: Bruno Mars, Nicole Kidman, Lauren Graham, Bette Midler, Josh Holloway, Jonah Ray, and Tahj Mowry.

Bruno Mars

Aaron Paul was born in Emmett, Idaho, and attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho.  
Other famous people from Idaho: Peter Cetera, Patty Duke, and Picabo Street.

Aaron Paul

Bill Murray was born in Evanston, Illinois and was raised in Wilmette.  
Other famous people from Illinois: Cindy Crawford, Ludacris, Jennifer Hudson, Harrison Ford, Dwayne Wade, John and Joan Cusack, Terrence Howard, Kathy Griffin, Keke Palmer, Gina Rodriguez, Jane Lynch, and Robin Williams.

Bill Murray

Jim Gaffigan was born and raised in Chesterton, Indiana.  

Other famous Hoosiers: Adam Lambert, Marc Summers, John Mellencamp, Mike Epps, David Letterman, John Green, and the entire Jackson family.

Jim Gaffigan

Ashton Kutcher was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa until his family moved to Homestead, Iowa, during his high school years. He attended the University of Iowa for a bit in 1996 until he was kicked out for being ~too wild.~  
Other famous Iowans: Elijah Wood, Cloris Leachman, Michael Emerson, Kate Mulgrew, Brandon Routh, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Lolo Jones.

Ashton Kutcher

Colton Haynes was born in Andale, Kansas and grew up on a farm there.  
Other famous people from Kansas: Dennis Hopper, Grace VanderWaal, Kirstie Alley, Don Johnson, and Max Showalter.

Colton Haynes

Jennifer Lawrence was born and raised in Indian Hills, Kentucky.  
Other famous people from Kentucky: George Clooney, Josh Hutcherson, Nick Lachey, Brian Littrell, Chris Harwick, and Diane Sawyer.

Jennifer Lawrence

Ellen Degeneres was born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana.  
Other famous people from Louisiana: Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Zachary Levi, Shane West, Richard Simmons, and Tyler Perry.

Ellen Degeneres

Anna Kendrick was born and raised in Portland, Maine. She attended Deering High School until she left to pursue acting.  
Other famous people from Maine: Patrick Dempsey, Judd Nelson, and David E. Kelley.

Anna Kendrick

Ms. Cookie Lyon IRL was born and raised in Southeast Washington D.C. and attended Howard University’s drama school.  
Other famous people from Maryland: Edward Norton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Julie Bowen, JC Chasez, Adam Duritz, Nicole Ari Parker, Patricia Richardson, Benji and Joel Madden, and Ben Feldman.

Taraji P. Henson

Chris Evans was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in the town of Sudbury.  
Other famous people from Massachusetts: Mark Wahlberg, Connie Britton, John Cena, Ellen Pompeo, Matt LeBlanc, Joe Keery, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Denis Leary, Conan O’Brien, Uma Thurman, and John Krasinski.

Chris Evans

Kristen Bell was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan.  
Other famous people from Michigan: Diana Ross, Kate Upton, Serena Williams, Taylor Lautner, Lily Tomlin, Judy Greer, and Kid Rock.

Kristen Bell

Yara Shahidi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lived until she was 4 years old.  
Other famous Minnesotans: Chris Pratt, Winona Ryder, Prince, Jessica Biel, Vince Vaughn, Bob Dylan, Sean William Scott, Josh Hartnett, and Rachael Leigh Cook.

Yara Shahidi

Oprah was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi and lived there until her family traveled north to Milwaukee.  
Other famous people from Mississippi include: Elvis Presley, Lacey Chabert, James Earl Jones, Hayley Williams, Brandy Norwood, LeAnn Rimes, and Rick Ross.

Oprah

Jon Hamm was born in St. Louis, grew up in Clayton, and attended the University of Missouri.  
Other famous people from Missouri: Andy Cohen, Ellie Kemper, Matt Bomer, Evan Peters, John Goodman, Jenna Fischer, Kevin Kline, Taylor Momsen, and Kevin Nealon.

Jon Hamm

Dana Carvey was born and raised in Missoula, Montana.  
Other famous Montanans include: Michelle Williams, Dennis Quaid, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Patrick Duffy, J.K. Simmons, and David Lynch.

Dana Carvey

_The Walking Dead_’s Emily Kinney was born in Wayne, Nebraska and she attended Nebraska Wesleyan University.  
Other famous Nebraskans: Adam DeVine, Hillary Swank, Larry the Cable Guy, Marlon Brando, Jaime King, Elliott Smith, and David Yost.

Emily Kinney

Matthew Gray Gubler was born and raised in Las Vegas and graduated from the Last Vegas Academyof International Studies, Visual and Performing Arts.  
Other famous Nevadans: Jena Malone, Charisma Carpenter, and Thomas Ian Nicholas.

Matthew Gray Gubler

Sarah Silverman was born in Beford, New Hampshire and raised in Manchester.  
Other famous people from New Hampshire: Seth Meyers, Adam Sandler, Dan Brown, Sam Huntington.

Sarah Silverman

Danny Devito was born in Neptune Township and was raised in Asbury Park.  
Other famous people from New Jersey include Bruce Springsteen, Peter Dinklage, Cristin Milioti, Queen Latifah, Michael Douglas, Kirsten Dunst, Charlie Puth, John Travolta, Zoe Saldana, Ice-T, and Meryl freakin’ Streep.

Danny Devito

NPH was born in Albuquerque and raised in Ruidoso, New Mexico.  
Other famous people from New Mexico: Demi Moore, Demi Lovato, Adrian Grenier, Willow Shields, and Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Neil Patrick Harris

J.Lo was born and raised in the Bronx, which anyone who’s listened to “Jenny From The Block” will tell you.  
Other famous New Yorkers: Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Scarlett Johansson, Jane Fonda, Kerry Washington, Christopher Walken, Claire Danes, Cynthia Nixon, Whoopi Goldberg, Lucy Liu, Alicia Keys, Robert Downey, Jr, Christian Slater, A$AP Rocky, Larry David, Josh Peck, Ben Stiller, and Lenny Kravitz.

Jennifer Lopez

Julianne Moore was born at Fort Bragg and lived there as a child.  
Other famous North Carolinians: Jaime Pressly, Jerrod Carmichael, Jermaine Dupri, Nash Grier, Fred Durst, and Chyler Leigh.

Julianne Moore

Josh Duhamel was born and raised in Minot, North Dakota and attended Minot State University (where he was the quarterback for the football team).  
Other famous people from North Dakota: Wiz Khalifa, Leslie Bibb, CariDee English, and Kellan Lutz.

Josh Duhamel

Sarah Jessica Parker was born in Nelsonville and grew up in Cincinnati.  
Other famous people from Ohio: Molly Shannon, Kid Cudi, Alyson Stoner, Katt Williams, Monica Potter, Luke Perry, Drew Carey, Steph Curry, and Guy Fieri.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Bill Hader was born and raised in Oklahoma.  
Other famous people from Oklahoma: Brad Pitt, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Blake Griffin, James Marsden, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, and Olivia Munn.

Bill Hader

_Modern Family’s_ Ty Burrell was born in Grants Pass and grew up in Applegate, Oregon.  
Other famous people from Oregon: Kaitlin Olson, Holly Madison, Jon Heder, Sara Jean Underwood, Sam Elliott, Justin Kirk, and Matt Braunger.

Ty Burrell

Kevin Hart was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA.  
Other famous Pennsylvanians: Taylor Swift, Kobe Bryant, Pink, Meek Mill, Amber Rose, Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Uzi Vert, and Maddie Ziegler.

Kevin Hart

Viola Davis and her family moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island at two months old and she attended Central Falls High School.  
Other famous people from Rhode Island: Meredith Viera, Olivia Culpo, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Viola Davis

Mr. Black Panther himself was born and raised in Anderson, South Carolina.  
Other famous people from South Carolina: Chris Rock, Andie MacDowell, Aziz Ansari, and Darius Rucker.

Chadwick Boseman

_Mad Men’s_ Betty Draper was born in Sioux Falls and raised in Hecla, South Dakota.  
Other famous people from South Dakota: Tom Brokaw and Pat O’Brien.

January Jones

Miley Cyrus was born and raised in Franklin, Tennessee, where she bought a home last year.  
Other famous people from Tennessee: Natalia Dyer, Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Megan Fox, Lucy Hale, Kathy Bates, Ginnifer Goodwin, Johnny Knoxville, and Morgan Freeman.

Miley Cyrus

Selena Gomez was born and raised in Grande Prairie, Texas, before moving to Hollywood and launching her career.  
Other famous Texans: Beyoncé, Matthew McConaughey, Robin Wright, Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, Woody Harrelson, Owen and Luke Wilson, Travis Scott, Hilary Duff, Jensen Ackles, Jennifer Garner, and Usher.

Selena Gomez

Julianne Hough was born in Orem, Utah, where she began her dance training at a very young age.  
Other famous people from Utah: Derek Hough, Donny and Marie Osmond, Chrissy Teigen, Lucky Blue Smith, and Jewel.

Julianne Hough

JoJo was born in Brattleboro, Vermont.  
Other famous people from Vermont: Miranda July, Luiz Guzman, Grace Potter, Elizabeth Perkins, and Tim Daly.

JoJo

Pharrell was born in Virginia Beach and attended Princess Anne High School.  
Other famous Virginians: Grant Gustin, Sandra Bullock, Chip Epstein, Christopher Meloni, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham, Skeet Ulrich, Rob Lowe, Trey Songz, Casey Wilson, and Gabby Douglas.

Pharrell Williams

Joel McHale grew up in Seattle and attended the University of Washington, where he played football and trained as an actor.  
Other famous people from Washington include Chris Pratt, Anna Faris, Joshua Jackson, Kyle MacLachlan, Dove Cameron, Joel McHale, Craig T. Nelson, Blair Underwood, Garret Dillahunt, Megan Hilty, Chris Kattan, Dan Savage, and Carol Channing.

Joel McHale

John Corbett was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virgina.  
Other famous people from West Virginia include Joyce DeWitt, Don Knotts, Michael W, Smith, and Sam Tremmell.

John Corbett

Gene Wilder was born and raised in Milwaukee and got his start acting there at the Tower Ranch Tenthouse Theater in Eagle River.  
Other famous people from Wisconsin include Jessica Szohr, Tony Shaloub, Kristen Johnston, Frank Caliendo, and Jane Kaczmarek.

Gene Wilder

While Harrison Ford wasn’t born there, he’s made Jackson, Wyoming his home and owns 800 acres of land (half of which he donated as a nature reserve).  
Other famous people from Wyoming include Matthew Fox and Jesse Garcia.

Harrison Ford

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