Believe it or not, there are many celebrities from the world of sports, entertainment, and news who were born or have lived in Fall River

It may be a surprise to some, but many from the world of news, sports, and entertainment were either born in Fall River or lived here.

How many names do you know from this list?

Chris Herren: former NBA player and current speaker, advocate

Yorgan DeCastro: MMA fighter

George Stephanopoulos: Senior Advisor to President Clinton, current anchor

Ernest Moniz: former Secretary of Energy

Jerry Remy: former Boston Red Sox infielder and announcer

Emeril Lagasse: chef, tv personality

Mitch Raposo: MMA fighter

Morton Dean: former tv newscaster, anchor

Kurt Long: actor with many tv credits

Jason Roy: reality tv star

Mindy Robinson: actress with many credits, model, and reality tv star

Spike Feresten: former show host, Screenwriter (Simpsons/SNL/Seinfeld)

Chris Santos: chef, judge on the Food Network reality series Chopped.

Tecia (Torres) Pennington: Top UFC fighter

Abby Parece: model

E.J. Dionne: columnist for The Washington Post

Joe Raposo: song writer for Sesame Street and Three’s Company

Russ Gibson: catcher for the Boston Red Sox

Greg Gagne: former MLB baseball player

Johnny Diesel: musician

Courtney Silva Rezendes: chef, Food Network

Brandon Gomes: former MLB pitcher, Executive Vice President and General Manager with the Los Angeles Dodgers

Nancy Sorel: Award winning actress

Ethan Banville: Creator, producer, writer

Henry Nasiff (aka Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf): Howard Stern, movies, won “People” magazine poll for most beautiful person

Thomas J. Hudner: War hero, played in new movie Devotion

Jennifer Holmes: Actress

Tenea Intriago: Actress

Glen Vernon: Actor

Paul Geary: Actor

Wally Feresten: Actor/writer

Michael DeMello: Actor

Connor Matthews: MMA

Wendy Moniz: Actress

Are there any we missed that should be added?