Notable entries on the Wikipedia page “List of people from Huntsville, Alabama” include: “Gone Girl” star Kim Dickens, pro wrestling legend Bobby Eaton, “The Wire” actor Reg E. Cathey, NFL Hall of Famer John Stallworth, Hollywood legend Tallulah Bankhead and “Bed Intruder Song” internet personality Antoine Dodson. Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales, as many locals know, is a Huntsville native too.

In addition to well-known people from here, there are some interesting connections between the Huntsville area and celebrities who aren’t from here. Below are five such connections.

Dolly Parton

Country music legend Dolly Parton’s sister Cassie Ann Parton is a former Huntsville resident. In a 2018 interview with AL.com reporter Greg Garrison, Parton said, “I’ve always liked Alabama. My sister married a guy, Larry Seaver, that was on the police force in Huntsville, Alabama. So they lived there, and they had two children, and one of them was born there. My sister, they lived there for years before they moved back to Nashville. But we still go. We still go back and forth. My husband and I love it there.”

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons