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« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2021, 12:13:01 PM »
« edited: September 25, 2021, 01:31:07 PM by Asta »

Are we talking birthplace or where we associate them with?

Birthplace

NJ-2 Mike Trout
NJ-4 Jack Nicholson, Kirsten Dunst, Danny DeVito
NJ-5 Kevin Jonas
NJ-6 Bon Jovi, Michael Douglas, Bruce Springsteen, Halsey
NJ-7 Meryl Streep
NJ-8 Martha Stewart
NJ-9 John Travolta, Zoe Saldana
NJ-10 Whitney Houston, Shaquille O'Neal, Queen Latifah, Joe Rogan, Joe Pesci, Kevin Spacey
NJ-11 Derek Jeter, Peter Dinklage
NJ-12 Dennis Rodman
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« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2021, 12:13:20 PM »
« Edited: September 25, 2021, 12:18:07 PM by Fetterman Opposer »

RI-01: Viola Davis
RI-02: James Woods

NH-01: Adam Sandler (if only counting natives, Sarah Silverman)
NH-02: Mandy Moore
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« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2021, 12:35:58 PM »
« Edited: September 25, 2021, 01:04:13 PM by thebeloitmoderate »

AL-04 Mathew Knowles (Beyonce's father and manager of Destiny's child)
MO-01 Jon Hamm, Andy Cohen, Nelly (Texas born but more associated with St Louis), Akon, John Goodman
NY-07 Rosie Perez, Emmy Rossum, Eddie Murphy,
GA-11 Julia Roberts (possibly)
WI-02 my home district Chris Farley
PA-03 Will Smith, Kevin Hart, Kevin Bacon, Meek Mill, Freeway, Beanie Siegel Rappers in case if you don't know
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« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2021, 12:37:16 PM »

VA-11: I'd love to claim Christina Hendricks, but she just spent 4 years of high school in Fairfax. Wasn't really from here. So I'll pick Grant Hill, who grew up in Reston.

VA-08: Gotta go with Sandra Bullock, who largely grew up in Arlington.
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« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2021, 12:50:43 PM »
« Edited: September 26, 2021, 01:05:41 PM by pbrower2a »

VA-11: I'd love to claim Christina Hendricks, but she just spent 4 years of high school in Fairfax. Wasn't really from here. So I'll pick Grant Hill, who grew up in Reston.

VA-08: Gotta go with Sandra Bullock, who largely grew up in Arlington.

Justin "Darth" Verlander is from a rural area just west of Richmond.

San Diego is the home of the late great baseball stars Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, who were born back when San Diego was a small town compared to what it is now. Catchers Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola (the latter better known as a broadcaster) were from the same neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. Al Kaline and the Babe (Ruth) were both from Baltimore. 
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« Reply #30 on: September 26, 2021, 12:02:32 AM »

Some are pretty obvious like MS-1 (Elvis Presley), NC-7 (Michael Jordan), or MN-8 (Bob Dylan). But it would get messy if you don't select by where they were born and/or grew up since many celebrities own multiple residences. Not to mention the difficulty in judging LA districts where many celebrities live/are from.

Well if we're going by birthplace, Clooney was actually born in Lexington (KY-06), basically down the street from where I was born. But for the most part he grew up (and attended college) in Northern Kentucky (i.e. KY-04).

Also while the districts you listed for Elvis and Jordan are correct in terms of where they were born and initially grew up, they are arguably more famously associated with Memphis (TN-09) and Highland Park/Chicago (IL-10), respectively.

Didn't George Clooney's brother run for congress in KY-04?
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« Reply #31 on: September 26, 2021, 07:54:23 AM »

For WI-2, perhaps Bradley Whitford.  Historically there’s Chris Farley and Georgia O’Keeffe.
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« Reply #32 on: September 26, 2021, 08:53:34 AM »

For this list I'll be going by birthplace unless I state otherwise
NY-22: L. Frank Baum
NY-23: Lucille Ball
NY-24: Post Malone (lived here until he was 9) or Tom Cruise
NY-25: Al from Beach Boys
NY-26: Your pick of Chad Michael Murray, John Roberts (lived here until he turned 10), Tim Russert, and Rob Gronkowski (lived here until his junior year of high school)
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« Reply #33 on: September 26, 2021, 09:25:01 AM »

Some are pretty obvious like MS-1 (Elvis Presley), NC-7 (Michael Jordan), or MN-8 (Bob Dylan). But it would get messy if you don't select by where they were born and/or grew up since many celebrities own multiple residences. Not to mention the difficulty in judging LA districts where many celebrities live/are from.

Well if we're going by birthplace, Clooney was actually born in Lexington (KY-06), basically down the street from where I was born. But for the most part he grew up (and attended college) in Northern Kentucky (i.e. KY-04).

Also while the districts you listed for Elvis and Jordan are correct in terms of where they were born and initially grew up, they are arguably more famously associated with Memphis (TN-09) and Highland Park/Chicago (IL-10), respectively.

Came here to say this; Memphis has a number of others as well.
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« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2021, 11:18:19 AM »


For TN-09 Justin Timberlake, Juicy J, Moneybagg yo, Kathy Bates, Lori Harvey, Young Dolph, Pooh Shiesty, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin more associated with Detroit though.
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« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2021, 12:37:27 PM »
« Edited: September 26, 2021, 01:09:49 PM by pbrower2a »

My district (MI-07) Indy car racer Scott Brayton.

MI-06? Kate Upton. Derek Jeter lived there for a while.
MI-01? That district has expanded to encompass Ernest Hemingway's boyhood home.
MI-05? Madonna.

IN-01? Michael Jackson, of course.
NE-02? Gerald R. Ford

Maryland has three great baseball players in Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, Jr., and Al Kaline, but I am not sure of which districts I would put them in. It is inappropriate to put sports stars in the districts in which they  play the game.

Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio were both from San Diego, and Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola  (better known as a sports announcer than as a player, although he was a good catcher but too modest to admit it) were from St. Louis.
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« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2021, 08:55:50 PM »

NY-02 Alec Baldwin
NY-01 Kevin Connolly
MO-07 Brad Pitt, Kathleen Turner
AL-07 Gucci Mane (more associated with GA-05)
PA-18 Mac Miller, Zachary Quinto, Jeff Goldblum, Wiz Khalifa (ND born), Fred Rogers
IL-04 Walt Disney, Gina Rodriguez,
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« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2021, 09:23:37 PM »

PA-11 - Jonathan Groff

Also Brad Rutter, one of the all-time greats on Jeopardy, who graduated from my high school.
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« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2021, 11:32:59 PM »

CA:17:

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Aaron Eckhart
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« Reply #39 on: September 28, 2021, 06:59:38 AM »

MN-08 Chris Pratt, Jessica Biel
OH-01 George Clooney more associated with the city than in KY and Steven Spielberg
OH-11 Halie Berry, Lebron (the king) James, Stephen Curry 
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« Reply #40 on: December 10, 2021, 09:52:09 PM »

This forum has been quiet for 2 months but there are some
NY-11- Pete Davidson, Jimmy Fallon, Marisa Tomei
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