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Famous People with US State Names

Name these people who share a first or last name with a US state.
Not including words in states like "North", "South", or "New"
Type their full names.
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Last updated: June 30, 2023
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First submittedJune 30, 2023
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Person
1732–1799
American general and president
George Washington
1783–1859
Wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Washington Irving
1864–1943
Prominent black scientist who promoted methods to prevent soil depletion
George Washington Carver
1882–1941
She wrote Mrs Dalloway and A Room of One's Own.
Virginia Woolf
1887–1986
Painter of flowers known as the "Mother of American modernism"
Georgia O'Keeffe
1911–1983
A Streetcar Named Desire playwright
Tennessee Williams
1954–
Won Oscars for Glory and Training Day
Denzel Washington
Life
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Person
1956–
San Francisco 49ers quarterback from 1979 to 1992
Joe Montana
1979–
Rapper and singer of "Right Round" and "Whistle"
Flo Rida
1989–
Fifty Shades of Grey actress
Dakota Johnson
1994–
War of the Worlds and Coraline actress
Dakota Fanning
Fictional
Miley Stewart's alter ego
Hannah Montana
Fictional
Adventurer and professor of archaeology
Indiana Jones
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Level 85
Jun 30, 2023
Can you think of any others?
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Level 85
Jun 30, 2023
I should have put some famous Yorks here.
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Level 70
Jul 5, 2023
Who is Miley Stewart? Married name?
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Level 85
Jul 5, 2023
That was her name on the show.