totally random garbage: The 50 States’ Least Likely Natives

Last week, we did Alabama through Montana. This week, it’s all the rest …

Nebraska

Marlon Brando

Claim to Fame: actor
Birthplace: Omaha
Left: at age 6

Nevada

Andre Agassi

Claim to Fame: tennis player
Birthplace: Las Vegas
Left: at age 13
Reason: to attend tennis academy (in Florida)

New Hampshire

Sarah Silverman

Claim to Fame: comedian
Birthplace: Concord (family ran the clothing store Crazy Sophie's Outlet)
Stayed: thru high school
Reason for leaving: college (NYU)

New Jersey

Buzz Aldrin

Claim to Fame: astronaut
Birthplace: Glen Ridge
Stayed: thru high school
Reason for leaving: college (West Point)

New Mexico

Jeff Bezos (born Jeff Jorgensen)

Claim to Fame: businessman
Birthplace: Albuquerque
Left: at age 4
Reason: dad’s first job out of grad school

New York

Michael Jordan

Claim to Fame: basketball player
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Left: at age 5

North Carolina

Zach Galifianakis

Claim to Fame: actor
Birthplace: North Wilkesboro
Left: after college (NC State)

North Dakota

Phil Jackson

Claim to Fame: basketball coach
Birthplace: Deer Lodge
Stayed: thru college (Univ. of North Dakota)
Reason for leaving: drafted by the New York Knicks

Ohio

Stephen Spielberg

Claim to Fame: director
Birthplace: Cincinnati
Left: at age 6
Reason: dad’s new job

Oklahoma

Tony Randall

Claim to Fame: actor
Birthplace: Tulsa
Stayed: thru high school
Reason for leaving: college (Northwestern)

Oregon

Linus Pauling

Claim to Fame: medical researcher
Birthplace: Portland
Stayed: thru undergrad (Oregon State)
Reason for leaving: grad school (Cal Tech)

Pennsylvania

Kobe Bryant

Claim to Fame: basketball player
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Stayed: thru high school
Reason for leaving: to play in the NBA

Rhode Island

Cormac McCarthy

Claim to Fame: author
Birthplace: Providence
Left: at age 4
Reason: dad’s new job (lawyer for the TVA)

South Carolina

Aziz Ansari

Claim to Fame: comedian
Birthplace: Columbia
Stayed: thru high school
Reason for leaving: college (NYU)

South Dakota

Adam Vinatieri

Claim to Fame: football player
Birthplace: Yankton
Stayed: thru college (South Dakota State)
Reason for leaving: to play for the Amsterdam Admirals (European Football League)

Tennessee

Quentin Tarantino

Claim to Fame: director
Birthplace: Knoxville
Left: at age 3

Texas

Wes Anderson

Claim to Fame: director
Birthplace: Houston
Stayed: thru college (Univ. of Texas)

Utah

Roseanne Barr

Claim to Fame: comedian / actress
Birthplace: Salt Lake City
Left: at age 18

Vermont

Ted Bundy

Claim to Fame: serial killer
Birthplace: Burlington (at Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers)
Left: “shortly after birth”
Reason: to live with maternal grandparents (who pretended they were his parents)