- Great athletes have been born all across America.
- Serena Williams may have gotten her start on tennis courts in Compton, but she was born in Michigan.
- Take a look below and see the most famous athlete born in your home state.
While everyone remembers Michael Jordan’s college days in Chapel Hill and his championship wins in Chicago, fans might forget that the NBA legend was actually born in Brooklyn, New York.
Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has a similar story; though she was raised on the tennis courts of Compton, California, she was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1981.
Now, after rising to the top of their games, both athletes have impressive business and real-estate portfolios across the US, from Williams’ co-ownership of the NWSL’s Angel City FC and venture capital firm Serena Ventures, to Jordan’s $14.9 million personalized Chicago mansion, contributing to their respective estimated net worths of $340 million and $3.5 billion, per Forbes.
We’ll leave it to each of these states to battle over who gets to claim these iconic athletes as their own. In the meantime, we’ve listed of the greatest athlete from every state based on where they were born.
Take a look below and see if you can guess the most iconic athlete from your home state.
