Can you name -- fictional characters born in US states?

[Lisa]

For example -- Irene Adler (one of the few people to outsmart Sherlock Holmes) was supposedly born in New Jersey.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Huckleberry Finn.

:D

[Lisa]

2. which state? (hoping to build up a list of all 50 ...)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. I believe Missouri.

That's where the book takes place, anyway. And I doubt Huck was out of MO before then.

:D

[fishwax]

42. at one point huck says he was born in Missouri, but ...

he was spinning a yarn at the time trying to get out of some kind of trouble, so it's hard to know if he was telling the truth. It was probably Missouri, but it could have been Illinois, too, since that's where Pap took him when he kidnapped him at teh beginning :)

How ya been, WIMR? :hi:

[LiberalEsto]

4. Batman, Robin, Superman

Paul Bunyan, Kinsey Milhone, the Bobbsey Twins.....

[WCGreen]

19. Superman was born on Krypton...

Last time I looked, Bush hadn't invaded them yet....

[LiberalEsto]

55. Holy kryptonite, you're right!

What was I thinking?

[Deja Q]

5. Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown

State not specified, but born as American.

It is inferred that Captain jack Harkness is also American.

[Arkham House]

6. Lessee...Gatsby was born in Minnesota, I think...

...the Snopes' are from Mississippi...Ahab was from Massachusetts...Studs Terkel was from Chicago, Illinois...Eugene Gant was from North Carolina...zillions of guys and gals were from NY...that's off the top of my head...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

7. I just read THE GREAT GATSBY.

He was MN, yes.

:D

[Arkham House]

47. Thanks--

--I envy you, rwading it for the first time... Since you're from Maine, we can add Steven King's motley crew, both the human and the non-human...my favorite Maine character is IT...LOL...

[Lisa]

16. also Minnesota -- Donna Moss ("The West Wing")

This actually provided a minor plot development in an episode a few years back.

[Arkham House]

46. Oops--make that Studs LONIGAN...

...not Studs Terkel...:blush:

[hedgehog]

50. Studs Terkel is a real person

[Deja Q]

8. James T Kirk - Iowa

:D

[BikeWriter]

9. Pecos Bill- Texas

[azmouse]

10. The March sisters from Little Women

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
According to the novel they were born in Massachusetts

[Lisa]

21. also Massachusetts -- Fox Mulder ("The X-Files")

[azmouse]

24. I didn't know that.

Cool. :thumbsup:

[Lisa]

26. and thanks for your tip as well!

One reason I wanted to do this collection was to see the range of different characters from literary and popular culture which people came up with ... and we're sure getting them! I suppose many of the characters from Lehane's "Mystic River" would also be in the MA category ...

[xmas74]

27. Concord, to be precise.

It was my favorite book growing up.

[trof]

11. Atticus Finch - Alabama

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

[Lisa]

12. New York -- Hank Hill ("King of the Hill")

[fishwax]

32. hehe ... that was a good episode

:rofl:

[FuzzySlippers]

13. Owen Meany -- New Hampshire

[YankeyMCC]

14. Paul Bunyan - Maine

[FuzzySlippers]

15. Newland Archer -- New York

[FuzzySlippers]

17. Tom Joad -- Oklahoma

[vikegirl]

18. Quincey Morris (Dracula) - Texas

[FuzzySlippers]

20. Scarlett O'Hara -- Georgia

[deadparrot]

22. Hawkeye Pierce--Maine.

:hi:

[Droopy]

23. We could all be works of fiction here

You just never know. I've got some people who can vouch for me and I as well for them. But you just never know.

[Lisa]

25. Tennessee -- Sam McGee (possibly)

Robert Service claims McGee is "from" the state, but he might only have been raised there.

[NewJeffCT]

28. The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

[NewJeffCT]

29. Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) in Cheers

She was from CT, and even went to Univ. of Connecticut in the show.

[Lisa]

31. does Twain ever give a surname for him?

The book's in the first person -- I think he refers to himself as "Hank"?

[Lisa]

30. Kansas -- Dorothy Gale (possibly)

She identifies herself as being from the state, but she might not have been born there. (It's interesting how many characters do not have specific birthplaces ... even before the late 20th century, when people supposedly became more mobile.)

[fishwax]

33. Officer John Baker from CHiPs was from Wyoming

Rawlins, iirc, but I'm certain it was Wyoming.

[XemaSab]

34. Ignatius Reilly-- Louisiana

[XemaSab]

35. Ramona Quimby-- Oregon

[XemaSab]

36. Henry Winter-- Missouri

(The Secret History)

[vikegirl]

37. Rose Nylund (Golden Girls) - Minnesota

[XemaSab]

38. Mother Abigail-- Nebraska

(The Stand)

[XemaSab]

39. Anna Pigeon-- California

(The Nevada Barr mysteries)

[Lisa]

40. Washington State -- Ishmael Chamber ("Snow Falling on Cedars")

... and presumably the Japanese-American (Nisei) characters, too.

[fishwax]

41. New Mexico: Antonio Marez from Bless Me Ultima

[fishwax]

43. Indiana: Woodrow Tiberius Boyd from Cheers n/t

[Jara sang]

44. Seymour Butts - Springfield, USA

[bertha katzenengel]

45. Francie Nolan - New York (_A Tree Grows In Brooklyn_) eom

[XemaSab]

48. Ed Chigliak-- Alaska

[Arkham House]

49. A few more--

Missouri--Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long...NY--Ellery Queen...California: Philip Marlowe...Colorado--Elwood P Dowd...(and Harvey? Doubt he was born there...)...Oklahoma: Tom Joad...also NY--Rick Blaine...VA--John Carter of Mars...

[mykpart]

51. Shelby from Steel Magnolias

Louisiana

Forest Gump - Alabama
Zorro - California

[mykpart]

52. William T. Riker - Alaska

[mykpart]

53. Prof. Harold Hill - Indiana

Marian the Librarian - Iowa

[mykpart]

54. From South Pacific:

Lt. Joe Cable - Pennsylvania
Nurse Nellie Forbush - Arkansas
Spuds McKenzie - Wisconsin

[Arugula Latte]

56. Flicka of "My Friend Flicka" -- Wyoming.

Well, you didn't say it had to be a human.