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Goodheart

(5,760 posts) Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:46 PM Apr 2021

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The most famous person from each state.

Guess they didn't include politicians.

https://littlethings.com/lifestyle/famous-person-by-state/3410896-2

Some of these I'm having a hard time swallowing, particularly:

Florida - Sidney Poitier (Burt Reynolds, easily)
Maryland - John Waters (Babe Ruth, easily)
Minnesota - Judy Garland (tough one, but I think Prince beats her out)
Oregon - Beverly Cleary (how about River Phoenix, instead?)
South Carolina - Eartha Kitt (no, it's Dizzy Gillespie)
Virginia - Patsy Cline (nope, that would be Ella Fitzgerald or Edgar Allen Poe)

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The most famous person from each state. (Original Post) Goodheart Apr 2021 OP

I would agree with Kentucky's Bayard Apr 2021 #1

Kentucky has the most famous person of all time! Goodheart Apr 2021 #3

G.O.A.T. Bayard Apr 2021 #27

Garland was 4 when she moved to Lancaster, CA ColinC Apr 2021 #2

Illinois not Abe Lincoln? 🙄 LakeArenal Apr 2021 #4

I think they excluded politicians. Goodheart Apr 2021 #9

For Alabama, House of Roberts Apr 2021 #5

I thought of that as well, but Hank Williams certainly was huge. Goodheart Apr 2021 #8

Bob Dylan beats both Judy Garland and Prince easily. Sneederbunk Apr 2021 #6

Gonna have to agree. Goodheart Apr 2021 #12

Can't argue with my home state, Linda Ronstadt 🙂 MLAA Apr 2021 #7

proud to have Ray Charles as our guy. 'Sing the song, children...' CurtEastPoint Apr 2021 #10

You also have Julia Roberts, I think. Goodheart Apr 2021 #11

OMG I am embarrassed to have forgotten Julia! CurtEastPoint Apr 2021 #13

Cher for California? Over, say, Jack London, John Steinbeck... First Speaker Apr 2021 #14

yeah - that was a real reach and a half rurallib Apr 2021 #20

That's not Stephen King on Maine. Lol GPV Apr 2021 #15

I'll take Ohio's Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #16

Neil Armstrong wins. Goodheart Apr 2021 #18

Ohio - I would have thought Neil Armstrong over Paul Neuman. n/t CincyDem Apr 2021 #17

Or a tie for the Wright Brothers, maybe. nt Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #24

Or Thomas Edison! nt Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #25

AARP survey? Picks by people older than me(68)?? IA8IT Apr 2021 #19

Kurt Cobain Evergreen Emerald Apr 2021 #21

Sir Mix-A-Lot!! Coventina Apr 2021 #30

Contemporary movie famous people. Fla Dem Apr 2021 #22

Aren't all of those "list" sites just for click bait? Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Fla Dem Apr 2021 #23

I'd have given Montana to... skypilot Apr 2021 #26

I'd have said Madonna for Michigan. Coventina Apr 2021 #29

Bayard

(29,693 posts)

1. I would agree with Kentucky's

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:51 PM

Apr 2021

Muhammad Ali. Much better than Colonel Sanders or Mitch (ugh) McConnell.

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)

3. Kentucky has the most famous person of all time!

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:53 PM

Apr 2021

Bayard

(29,693 posts)

27. G.O.A.T.

Reply to Goodheart (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 12:32 AM

Apr 2021

ColinC

(11,098 posts)

2. Garland was 4 when she moved to Lancaster, CA

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:52 PM

Apr 2021

Is it really fair to say she is from Minnesota when she grew up in California?

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

4. Illinois not Abe Lincoln? 🙄

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:55 PM

Apr 2021

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)

9. I think they excluded politicians.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:03 PM

Apr 2021

House of Roberts

(6,527 posts)

5. For Alabama,

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 03:57 PM

Apr 2021

I'll go with Hank Aaron over Hank Williams.

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)

8. I thought of that as well, but Hank Williams certainly was huge.

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:02 PM

Apr 2021

Sneederbunk

(17,495 posts)

6. Bob Dylan beats both Judy Garland and Prince easily.

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:01 PM

Apr 2021

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)

12. Gonna have to agree.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:11 PM

Apr 2021

MLAA

(19,745 posts)

7. Can't argue with my home state, Linda Ronstadt 🙂

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:01 PM

Apr 2021

CurtEastPoint

(20,024 posts)

10. proud to have Ray Charles as our guy. 'Sing the song, children...'

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:08 PM

Apr 2021

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)

11. You also have Julia Roberts, I think.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:11 PM

Apr 2021

Ray Charles was the BEST singer ever.

CurtEastPoint

(20,024 posts)

13. OMG I am embarrassed to have forgotten Julia!

Reply to Goodheart (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:17 PM

Apr 2021

One of my favorite scenes: (language)

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

14. Cher for California? Over, say, Jack London, John Steinbeck...

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:29 PM

Apr 2021

...a whole galaxy of movie stars--if this is *residents*, and not people born there--Hearst, Tom Brady, Bing Crosby, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, and God knows who else?

rurallib

(64,688 posts)

20. yeah - that was a real reach and a half

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #14)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:56 PM

Apr 2021

GPV

(73,393 posts)

15. That's not Stephen King on Maine. Lol

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:29 PM

Apr 2021

Diamond_Dog

(40,578 posts)

16. I'll take Ohio's

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:38 PM

Apr 2021

Paul Newman ....

Although we also have Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, LeBron James .....

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)

18. Neil Armstrong wins.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #16)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:45 PM

Apr 2021

CincyDem

(7,392 posts)

17. Ohio - I would have thought Neil Armstrong over Paul Neuman. n/t

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:41 PM

Apr 2021

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)

24. Or a tie for the Wright Brothers, maybe. nt

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #17)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:51 PM

Apr 2021

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)

25. Or Thomas Edison! nt

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #17)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:54 PM

Apr 2021

IA8IT

(6,424 posts)

19. AARP survey? Picks by people older than me(68)??

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 04:54 PM

Apr 2021

Evergreen Emerald

(13,096 posts)

21. Kurt Cobain

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:47 PM

Apr 2021

Washington State.

Coventina

(29,733 posts)

30. Sir Mix-A-Lot!!

Reply to Evergreen Emerald (Reply #21)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 10:05 AM

Apr 2021

Fla Dem

(27,633 posts)

22. Contemporary movie famous people.

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:49 PM

Apr 2021

Lot more famous people than movie and tv stars.

Obviously a click bait site.

Wounded Bear

(64,328 posts)

28. Aren't all of those "list" sites just for click bait?

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #22)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 09:56 AM

Apr 2021

Response to Goodheart (Original post)

Fla Dem This message was self-deleted by its author.

skypilot

(9,128 posts)

26. I'd have given Montana to...

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 09:00 PM

Apr 2021

...David Lynch.

Coventina

(29,733 posts)

29. I'd have said Madonna for Michigan.

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 10:05 AM

Apr 2021

But all this stuff is subjective anyway....

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