# Who is the most famous person BORN in your state?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 11, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-born-in-your-state/560341 "2010-11-11T18:41:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-born-in-your-state/560341/201 "2010-11-24T23:43:53Z")

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> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#):
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> Georgia / Martin Luther King or James Earl “Jimmy” Carter

I made the original GA post that named these two candidates. I vote for MLK.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-born-in-your-state/560341/202 "2010-11-25T04:40:45Z")

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Illinois - Probably Walt Disney or Ronald Reagan.

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-born-in-your-state/560341/203 "2010-11-25T07:48:52Z")

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New York. Probably the Roosevelt boys.

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