Celebrities you might not have known lived in the Bay Area

Did you know these celebrities once lived in the Bay Area?

Click ahead to see some unexpected names. Did you know these celebrities once lived in the Bay Area?

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Everyone knows Tom Hanks grew up in the Bay Area, but did you know that Ben Affleck, Robert Frost and Teri Hatcher were all born here too?

Actors, musicians and writers all made the region home on their way to fame. The most surprising spot for celebrity? Alameda.

Although the sleepy town doesn't enter the national consciousness often, its status as a naval base made it a short-term residence for many military families. One of those families were the Morrisons, who moved to Alameda in 1957 with their teenage son Jim.

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Comedian Phyllis Diller also lived in Alameda in the 1950s with her first husband, Sherwood Diller. While there, Diller practiced her routines at PTA meetings. She soon made the jump to The Purple Onion in San Francisco, and the rest is history.

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