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Mark Wahlberg is being credited as the most famous celebrity from the state of Massachusetts.
FamilyMinded.com put together a list of the most famous celebrities from every state, which included the Dorchester actor as Massachusetts' top choice.
"With his brother’s help (Donnie [Wahlberg] was a member of New Kids on the Block), Walhberg started a new career as a popular bad-boy rapper and model," Family Minded's Liz Sinclair wrote. "He switched to acting and began to take on a range of roles, from comedy to thrillers, in movies such as Three Kings, The Perfect Storm (for which he could use his native Boston accent), Planet of the Apes and I Heart Huckabees.'
"Wahlberg also has produced popular TV series such as Boardwalk Empire and Entourage."
Here is FamilyMinded's full list of the most famous celebrities from every state:
- Alabama- Octavia Spencer
- Alaska- Jewel
- Arizona- Emma Stone
- Arkansas- Billy Bob Thornton
- California- Kim Kardashian
- Colorado- Tim Allen
- Connecticut- Seth MacFarlane
- Delaware- Ryan Phillippe
- Florida- Ariana Grande
- Georgia- Dakota Fanning
- Hawaii- Jason Momoa
- Idaho- Aaron Paul
- Illinois- Melissa McCarthy
- Indiana- Brendan Fraser
- Iowa- Ashton Kutcher
- Kansas- Janelle Monáe
- Kentucky- Jennifer Lawrence
- Louisiana- Reese Witherspoon
- Maine- Patrick Dempsey
- Maryland- Anna Faris
- Massachusetts- Mark Wahlberg
- Michigan- Michael Moore
- Minnesota- Garrison Keilor
- Mississippi- Oprah Winfrey
- Missouri- Jon Hamm
- Montana- Michelle Williams
- Nebraska- Hilary Swank
- Nevada- Matthew Gray Gubler
- New Hampshire- John Irving
- New Jersey- Bruce Springsteen
- New Mexico- Neil Patrick Harris
- New York- Jerry Seinfeld
- North Carolina- Evan Rachel Wood
- North Dakota- Josh Duhamel
- Ohio- Halle Berry
- Oklahoma- Ron Howard
- Oregon- Ty Burrell
- Pennsylvania- Will Smith
- Rhode Island- Cormac McCarthy
- South Carolina- Viola Davis
- South Dakota- Tom Brokaw
- Tennessee- Dolly Parton
- Texas- Beyoncé Knowles
- Utah- Robert Redford
- Vermont- Zosia Mamet
- Virginia- Sandra Bullock
- Washington- Rainn Wilson
- West Virginia- Chris Sarandon
- Wisconsin- Mark Ruffalo
- Wyoming- Matthew Fox