Can you name 5 to 10 famous/ important people from your home town or State? I'm going to post mine in an answer.

1. Taylor Swift (town next to me)
   
2. John Oates of Hall and Oates (hometown)
   
3. Will Smith (Philly)
4. Pink (next county)
5. Bret Michaels (state)
6. Amanda Seyfried (state)
   
7. Jerry Orbach (state)
8. Patti LaBelle (Philly)
9. Frankie Avalon (Philly)
10. Imogene Coca (Philly)
    

From Georgia:

1-  Otis Redding

2- Jimmy Carter

3- Martin Luther King

4- Ty Cobb

5- Sidney Lanier

6-Joel Chandler Harris

7- Julia Roberts

8- Juliette Gordon Low

9- Clarence Thomas

10- Jackie Robinson

The first 5 are from my hometown.

1. Noble "Thin Man" Watts -blues saxophone player

2. Terrance Trent D'arby- Musician/singer Though when I went to school with him he was just Terry Darby. 

3. Mike Gillislee- the top NFL running back last year that just signed with the New England Patriots a couple of weeks ago.

4. Chipper Jones- Former Atlanta Brave baseball player

5. Burling Hull- magician and author also known as "Volta the Great"

From Florida

6. Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen-actress Her most famous line was on Gone With the Wind. - "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!" Tampa

7. Carl Hiassen- Journalist, author Born and raised in Plantation, lives in Miami

8. Ronnie Van Zant- lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd Jacksonville

9. Tim Tebow - Football and now baseball- raised in Jacksonville

10. Bob Ross- painter of happy trees and clouds- Daytona Beach

very local, (township)  and I only know one~~~Bill Lishman

province~~~Neil Crone

Martin Short

Wayne Gretzky

Howie Mandel

Phil Hartman

Ryan Gosling

Jim Carrey

Dan  Aykroyd

Donald Sutherland

The closest one that I know of for sure is a country singer names Gary Allan.

1. Astronaut Clayton Anderson - born in Omaha
2. Dancer Fred Astaire - born in Omaha
3. Pro Baseball player Wade Boggs - born in Omaha
4. Actor Marlon Brando - born in Omaha
5. Gazillionaire Warren Buffett - born in Omaha
6. TV host Johnny Carson - raised in Norfolk
7. Frontier Author Willa Cather - raised in Nebraska
8. TV host Dick Cavett - born in Gibbon
9. Former Vice President Dick Cheney - born in Lincoln
10. Musician Chip Davis - moved to Omaha in the 1970's
    

Patrick Swayze... My neighborhood

Debbie and Felicia Allen ...my city

Jim Parsons...metro plex

Barry White.... Nearby city

Beyonce... My city

From Orange County:

1. Richard Nixon

2. Will Ferrell

3. Gwen Stefani

4. Tiger Woods

From California:

5. Jessica Alba

6. Tom Brady

7. Kevin Costner

8. Marilyn Monroe

9. Clint Eastwood

10. Steve Jobs

From Pennsylvania

1.    Kevin Bacon

2.    Charles Bronson

3.    Tina Fey

4.    Richard Gere

5.    Michael Keaton

6.    James Stewart

7.      Todd Rundgren

8.      Jim Croce

9.      Arnold Palmer

10.      Andy Warhol