| | Famous actors and actresses from the Midwest include [[Orson Welles]] (considered the most brilliant actor/director) [[Marlon Brando]] (dubbed the greatest movie actor ever),<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/?ref_=nmls_hd</ref> [[Clark Gable]], [[Judy Garland]], <ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls058785257/</ref> [[Charlton Heston]] (Illinois), Dean Martin (Steubenville, Ohio), Florence Henderson (Indiana, the matriarch Carol on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''), and Harrison Ford (Illinois). | | Famous actors and actresses from the Midwest include [[Orson Welles]] (considered the most brilliant actor/director) [[Marlon Brando]] (dubbed the greatest movie actor ever),<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/?ref_=nmls_hd</ref> [[Clark Gable]], [[Judy Garland]], <ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls058785257/</ref> [[Charlton Heston]] (Illinois), Dean Martin (Steubenville, Ohio), Florence Henderson (Indiana, the matriarch Carol on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''), and Harrison Ford (Illinois). |
| − | Star athletes from the Midwest are too numerous to list, but include Gale Sayers (football, from Kansas), Roger Staubach (football, Ohio), Larry Bird (basketball, Indiana), [[LeBron James]] (basketball, Ohio), and Jimmy Connors (tennis, from southern Illinois). | + | Star athletes from the Midwest are too numerous to list, but include Gale Sayers (football, from Kansas), Roger Staubach (football, Ohio), Larry Bird (basketball, Indiana), [[LeBron James]] (basketball, Ohio), [[Roger Maris]] ([[Minnesota]]), and Jimmy Connors (tennis, from southern Illinois). |