Here are the Most Famous Celebrities from Every State in America

Arkansas: Billy Bob Thornton

Thornton spent a lot of his childhood moving around, but he was born and (basically) raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was raised by his grandmother, in her tiny two-bedroom cabin that had no electricity or indoor plumbing whatsoever.

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