Here are the Most Famous Celebrities from Every State in America

West Virginia: Brad Paisley

Paisley was born into a poor family in glen Dale, West Virginia. His father worked as a desk clerk for the Department of Transportation, and his mother was a teacher at an elementary school. Paisley got his career rolling when he was very young, and he is the youngest person to be inducted into the Jamboree USA Hall of Fame. 

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