US Celeb Birthplaces Trivia Quiz

Politician Tulsi Gabbard was born in 1981 in the village of Leloaloa on the main island of American Samoa, the most southerly US territory and some 3,500 km (2,200 mi) southwest of Hawaii where Gabbard moved to at the age of two and was raised. It was in Hawaii that she started her political career, elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives at the age of 21.

Her political career has seen a 2020 presidential campaign as well as a year as Director of National Intelligence (2025-26). She has also had a military career.

Actress Nicole Kidman has dual Australian and US citizenship, being horn in Hawaii in 1967 to Australian parents. Her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawai'i at the time. After Hawaii, the family had three years in Washington D.C. before moving back to Australia, where Kidman was schooled in Sydney.

She was inspired to become an actress after watching such films as "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and Margaret Hamilton's performance in it.

Professional wrestler-turned-actor, Dwayne Johnson was born in Hayward, California, in 1972. Johnson's family had been involved in the wrestling business for generations and so it was perhaps not surprising that he ended up following this path. Known as the Rock, his first few acting roles involved wrestling.

His debut film role was in "The Mummy Returns" (2001). The 2002 sequel "The Scorpion King" put him in the "Guinness World Records" as receiving the 'highest salary for debut starring role'.

Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1903. The 'Bing' nickname was derived from one a neighbour gave him in 1910. This was connected to "The Bingville Bugle" comic strip in the local paper that the young Crosby enjoyed. Crosby achieved his fame primarily as a singer. Between 1934 and 1960 he sang 14 songs nominated for Academy Awards of which four won Oscars.

Irene Bedard is an actress best known for her lead roles as Native American women such as Suzie Song in the 1998 film "Smoke Signals". She has appeared in both film and TV since 1994. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1967.

Singer-songwriter Prince was born to a jazz singer mother and songwriting pianist father in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1958. He was named Prince Rogers after his father's most popular stage name, although Prince did not like the name and preferred 'Skipper' when he was young. Camille, the Artist Formerly Known as Prince (or TAFKA) and a symbol sometimes called the 'Love Symbol' were other names used.

He died in Minnesota at the age of 57.

Author Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, in 1947. His father left when King was two, leaving his mother to raise him and his brother. After some moves around the country to be supported by relatives, they ended back in Maine when he was aged 11. According to King, his writing started at around the age of six or seven with influences such as the 'horror' film "Bambi" (1942), the 'horror' bit being the forest fire sequence.

Singer, songwriter and actress Ariana Grande-Butera (professionally known as Ariana Grande) was born in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1993. Although she initially came to prominence through the TV series "Victorious" on Nickelodeon (2010-13), singing on stage in musicals like "13" as a teenager was the start of her career.

Best known for his psychiatrist character Dr Frasier Crane in the TV sitcoms "Cheers" (1984-1993) and "Frasier" (1993-2004), Allen Kelsey Grammer was born in 1955 in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands. He moved to New Jersey with his mother and younger sister following his parents' divorce.

He attended a private prep school in Florida and won a scholarship to study drama at the Julliard School in New York.

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Enrique Martin Morales, better known as Ricky Martin, was born in 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His accountant mother and psychologist father divorced when he was aged two, with his mother having custody. His public performances started with various TV commercials where he gained some fame.

The musical start came the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, although he had to audition three times before being accepted.