Most Famous Person by State 2026
State | Most Famous Person 2024↓ | 2nd Most Famous Person 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Delaware | Valerie Bertinelli | Elisabeth Shue |
 | Oregon | Tonya Harding | Sally Struthers |
 | South Dakota | Tom Brokaw | January Jones |
 | Colorado | Tim Allen | John Kerry |
 | Pennsylvania | Taylor Swift | Will Smith |
 | Michigan | Stevie Wonder | Kid Rock |
 | Maine | Stephen King | Partick Dempsey |
 | New Hampshire | Sarah Silverman | Mandy Moore |
 | Idaho | Sarah Palin | Aaron Paul |
 | Ohio | Sarah Jessica Parker | Steven Spielberg |
 | Virginia | Sandra Bullock | Rob Lowe |
 | Montana | Patrick Duffy | Dana Carvey |
 | Mississippi | Oprah Winfrey | Britney Spears |
 | California | Nicolas Cage | Will Ferrell |
 | New Mexico | Neil Patrick Harris | Demi Moore |
 | Maryland | Nancy Pelosi | Jada Pinkett Smith |
 | Illinois | Michelle Obama | Hillary Clinton |
 | Rhode Island | Meredith Vieira | Elisabeth Hasselbeck |
 | Massachusetts | Matt Damon | Conan O'Brien |
 | Wisconsin | Mark Ruffalo | Colin Kaepernick |
 | Alabama | Lionel Richie | Courteney Cox |
 | Nebraska | Larry the Cable Guy | Dick Cheney |
 | Kansas | Kirstie Alley | Bob Dole |
 | Tennessee | Justin Timberlake | Morgan Freeman |
 | Georgia | Julia Roberts | Kanye West |
 | Kentucky | Johnny Depp | George Clooney |
 | New York | Jennifer Lopez | Tom Cruise |
 | Indiana | Janet Jackson | David Letterman |
 | New Jersey | Jack Nicholson | Martha Stewart |
 | Connecticut | George W. Bush | Meg Ryan |
 | Arizona | Emma Stone | Linda Ronstadt |
 | Louisiana | Ellen DeGeneres | Reese Witherspoon |
 | Utah | Donny Osmond | Marie Osmond |
 | Missouri | Dick Van Dyke | Eminem |
 | Wyoming | Dana Perino | Tom Coburn |
 | North Carolina | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Julianne Moore |
 | South Carolina | Chris Rock | Vanna White |
 | Alaska | Bristol Palin | Lisa Murkowski |
 | Oklahoma | Brad Pitt | Chuck Norris |
 | West Virginia | Brad Paisley | Joe Manchin |
 | Minnesota | Bob Dylan | Chris Pratt |
 | Washington | Bill Gates | Kenny G |
 | Arkansas | Bill Clinton | Chelsea Clinton |
 | Texas | Beyoncé | Matthew McConaughey |
 | Hawaii | Barack Obama | Nicole Kidman |
 | Iowa | Ashton Kutcher | Tom Arnold |
 | Florida | Ariana Grande | Wesley Snipes |
 | Nevada | Andre Agassi | Harry Reid |
- Listings were determined in Q2 2024 via public surveys in which respondents were given a list of potentially famous people and asked to indicate the ones with whom they were familiar.
- Alternate methodologies or surveys taken during a different period could yield different results.
