Consider Virginia and North Carolina as residence. Here are a few that may surprise some here - not only does VA have Hams and Peanuts.
Hunter "Patch" Adams – doctor, author, and social activist
Stephen F. Austin - first Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas.
Nathaniel Bacon - led "Bacon's Rebellion" against British authority in 1676
Pearl Bailey – Tony Award-winning actress and singer
Pat Benatar – singer and songwriter
Sandra Bullock – actress
June Carter Cash – singer, songwriter
George Rogers Clark – Revolutionary War military leader
William Clark– explorer (Lewis and Clark Expedition); brother of George Rogers Clark
Henry Clay – 19th-century American statesman
Clarence Clemons (1942–2011) – saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
Patsy Cline (1932–1963) – singer
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) – legendary jazz singer
Clifton Garvin – CEO of Exxon from 1975 to 1986
Samuel Gravely – broke many racial barriers while serving in the U.S. Navy
Fawn Hall (born 1959) – notable figure in the Iran–Contra affair
Benjamin Harrison V – signer of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Harrison – President of US, grandson of William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) – 9th President of the United States
Patrick Henry (1736–1799) – American Revolution figure and first Governor of Virginia after American independence
Bruce Hornsby (born 1954) – musician
Sam Houston (1793–1863) born in Rockbridge County; Governor of Tennessee (1827–1829); first and third President of Republic of Texas; Governor of Texas; U.S. Senator from Texas
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863) – Confederate military leader
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) – 3rd President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence
Wayne LaPierre – Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association
Light Horse Harry Lee (1756–1818) Prince William County; Revolutionary War hero
Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) Westmoreland County; presented the proposal for independence to Continental Congress in 1776
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) – Confederate States of America military leader
Douglas MacArthur § (1880–1964) – military leader, born in Arkansas, but always considered Norfolk his home town; buried in Norfolk
Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) – Oscar-winning actress and author
James Madison (1751–1836) – 4th President of the United States, co-author of The Federalist Papers, "Father of the United States Constitution"
William Mahone (1826–1895) – Confederate States of America general, founder of Norfolk and Western Railroad, now Norfolk Southern
George Marshall § (1880–1959) – U.S. Army officer, World War II military leader, Secretary of Defense, author of the Marshall Plan and winner of Nobel Peace Prize(graduate of Virginia Military Institute)
John Marshall – lawyer, statesman, and third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
George Mason (1725–1792) – politician, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Dave Matthews § (born 1967) – musician, frontman of Dave Matthews Band (has lived most of his adult life in Charlottesville)
James Monroe (1758–1831) – fifth President of the United States, namesake of Monroe Doctrine
Jim Morrison § (1943–1971) – singer and songwriter for The Doors, born in Florida; attended and graduated from high school in Alexandria
Thomas Nelson, Jr. – Governor of Virginia, signer of Declaration of Independence
George Patton § (1885–1945) – World War II military leader, family was from Fredericksburg, attended Virginia Military Institute
Pocahontas (1595–1617) – princess of Powhatan tribe
Edgar Allan Poe – author
Chief Powhatan (1547–1618) – ruler of Eastern Virginia at the time of the founding of Jamestown
Peyton Randolph – 1775 President of the Continental Congress
Pat Robertson (born 1930) – Christian televangelist and political leader
John Rolfe § (c. 1585–1622) – settler at Jamestown Settlement, first developer of cultivated tobacco for the European market
George C. Scott (1927–1999) – actor, won an Oscar for portraying George Patton
J.E.B. Stuart (1833–1864) – Confederate cavalry officer
Nat Turner (1800–1831) – leader of famous slave rebellion
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) – educator, activist, founder of Tuskegee Institute
George Washington (1732–1799) – first President of the United States, commander-in-chief of Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
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