State rankings
Most Famous Person by State
Most Famous Person by State: compare 48 US states on 5 metrics.
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48 states
 Alabama | Lionel Richie | Courteney Cox |
 Alaska | Bristol Palin | Lisa Murkowski |
 Arizona | Emma Stone | Linda Ronstadt |
 Arkansas | Bill Clinton | Chelsea Clinton |
 California | Nicolas Cage | Will Ferrell |
 Colorado | Tim Allen | John Kerry |
 Connecticut | George W. Bush | Meg Ryan |
 Delaware | Valerie Bertinelli | Elisabeth Shue |
 Florida | Ariana Grande | Wesley Snipes |
 Georgia | Julia Roberts | Kanye West |
 Hawaii | Barack Obama | Nicole Kidman |
 Idaho | Sarah Palin | Aaron Paul |
 Illinois | Michelle Obama | Hillary Clinton |
 Indiana | Janet Jackson | David Letterman |
 Iowa | Ashton Kutcher | Tom Arnold |
 Kansas | Kirstie Alley | Bob Dole |
 Kentucky | Johnny Depp | George Clooney |
 Louisiana | Ellen DeGeneres | Reese Witherspoon |
 Maine | Stephen King | Partick Dempsey |
 Maryland | Nancy Pelosi | Jada Pinkett Smith |
 Massachusetts | Matt Damon | Conan O'Brien |
 Michigan | Stevie Wonder | Kid Rock |
 Minnesota | Bob Dylan | Chris Pratt |
 Mississippi | Oprah Winfrey | Britney Spears |
 Missouri | Dick Van Dyke | Eminem |
 Montana | Patrick Duffy | Dana Carvey |
 Nebraska | Larry the Cable Guy | Dick Cheney |
 Nevada | Andre Agassi | Harry Reid |
 New Hampshire | Sarah Silverman | Mandy Moore |
 New Jersey | Jack Nicholson | Martha Stewart |
 New Mexico | Neil Patrick Harris | Demi Moore |
 New York | Jennifer Lopez | Tom Cruise |
 North Carolina | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Julianne Moore |
 Ohio | Sarah Jessica Parker | Steven Spielberg |
 Oklahoma | Brad Pitt | Chuck Norris |
 Oregon | Tonya Harding | Sally Struthers |
 Pennsylvania | Taylor Swift | Will Smith |
 Rhode Island | Meredith Vieira | Elisabeth Hasselbeck |
 South Carolina | Chris Rock | Vanna White |
 South Dakota | Tom Brokaw | January Jones |
 Tennessee | Justin Timberlake | Morgan Freeman |
 Texas | Beyoncé | Matthew McConaughey |
 Utah | Donny Osmond | Marie Osmond |
 Virginia | Sandra Bullock | Rob Lowe |
 Washington | Bill Gates | Kenny G |
 West Virginia | Brad Paisley | Joe Manchin |
 Wisconsin | Mark Ruffalo | Colin Kaepernick |
 Wyoming | Dana Perino | Tom Coburn |
Quick answers
- Where does this most famous person by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Most Famous Person by State - Famous People.