List of famous people from Memphis
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{This is a list of famous people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area, including
- Crittenden County, Arkansas,
- DeSoto County, Mississippi,
- Marshall County, Mississippi,
- Tate County, Mississippi,
- Tunica County, Mississippi,
- Fayette County, Tennessee,
- Shelby County, Tennessee, and
- Tipton County, Tennessee.
- Johnny Ace – musician
- Stephen Adams – United States Congressman and United States Senator[1]
- Estelle Axton – co-founder of Stax Records
- The Bar-Kays – musicians
- Kathy Bates – actress
- Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin – poet
- Chris Bell – musician
- Bobby "Blue" Bland – musician
- Elizabeth Bolden – oldest person in the world during most of 2006
- Craig Brewer – film director
- Judge Joe Brown – politician
- Isaac Bruce – NFL player for the St. Louis Rams
- John Calipari – coach of the University of Memphis men's basketball team
- Dixie Carter – actress
- Bob Caruthers – major league baseball player[2]
- Johnny Cash – country music legend
- Kellye Cash – Miss America 1986
- David Catching – actor
- Alex Chilton – musician
- Robert R. Church Jr. – political activist, civil rights leader, and businessman.
- Robert R. Church Sr. – businessman, philanthropist, community activist, & political leader.
- Lashundra Trenyce Cobbin – American Idol Contestant
- George Coleman – musician
- Barron Collier – businessman
- Hank Crawford – musician
- Steve Cropper – musician
- Edward H. Crump – political boss and U.S. Representative
- John Daly – professional golfer
- Rick Dees – former disc jockey
- Shannen Doherty – actress
- Johnny Dowd – musician
- Johanna Edwards – author
- William Eggleston – author
- Eightball & MJG – musicians
- Kallen Esperian – opera singer
- Ben Ferguson – nationally- syndicated talk radio host
- Ric Flair – professional wrestler (adopted at six weeks; raised in Minnesota)
- Rey Flemings – music commissioner
- Shelby Foote – author
- Harold Ford, Jr. – politician
- Nathan Bedford Forrest – Confederate war hero
- Abe Fortas – politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Aretha Franklin – singer
- Morgan Freeman – actor
- David Gest – event and concert producer
- Ginnifer Goodwin; actress
- Al Green – musician
- Richard Halliburton – explorer and author
- George Hamilton – actor
- W.C. Handy – musician
- Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway – professional basketball player
- E. Hunter Harrison (CEO)
- Jimmy Hart – singer, pro wrestling personality
- Jon Hassell – musician
- Isaac Hayes – Academy Award-winning musician
- John Lee Hooker – blues musician
- Howlin' Wolf – blues musician
- Dr. Henry P. Hurt – started Bellevue Baptist Church; founded Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital and a Memphis Housing Authority Commissioner
- Michael Jeter – actor
- Booker T. Jones – musician
- B.B. King – musician
- Jerry Lawler – professional wrestler
- Jerry Lee Lewis – musician
- Booker Little – musician
- Charles Lloyd – musician
- Carson Looney, AIA – architect (architectural firm designed Harbor Town, AutoZone Park, etc.)
- The Mar-Keys – musicians
- Wink Martindale – disc jockey and television personality
- Tim McCarver – professional baseball player and broadcaster
- Hilton McConnico – designer & artist
- Kenneth D. McKellar – long-serving U.S. Senator
- The Memphis Horns – Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love, musicians
- Memphis Minnie – blues musician
- Memphis Slim – musician
- Dr. Cary Middlecoff – professional golfer
- Willie Mitchell – musician
- Chips Moman – music producer
- Sputnik Monroe – professional wrestler
- Allen B. Morgan, Jr. – businessman
- Nights Like These – Victory Records metalcore band
- Cindy Parlow – athlete
- Chris Parnell – actor
- Gilbert E. Patterson – bishop of the Church of God in Christ
- Dewey Phillips – early rock 'n' roll disc jockey
- Sam Phillips – founder of Sun Records
- Abe Plough – businessman
- David Porter – musician
- Elvis Presley – musician and actor
- Tommy Prothro – former football coach at UCLA
- Michael Ramirez – Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
- Otis Redding – musician
- Charlie Rich – musician
- Eldon Roark – Memphis Press-Scimitar columnist ("Strolling"), Mid South Fair exhibit curator and author
- Loren Roberts Professional Golfer
- Freddy Robinson – actor
- Adrian Rogers – former pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church and president of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Steve Ross – actor
- Saliva – musical group
- Sam and Dave – Sam Moore and David Prater, musicians
- Sam the Sham – musician, leader of Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
- William Sanderson – actor
- Clarence Saunders – inventor and businessman, founder of the world's first self-service supermarket, Piggly Wiggly
- Josey Scott – musician
- Dan Schneider – actor
- Will Shade – musician
- Paul Shanklin – voiceover artist and creator of song parodies heard on the Rush Limbaugh radio program
- Cybill Shepherd – actress & model
- Fred Smith – Founder and Chairman FedEx
- Andrew Stevens – actor
- Stella Stevens – actress
- Jim Stewart – record producer and co-founder of Stax Records
- Bobby Sowell – musician
- Carla Thomas – musician and daughter of Rufus Thomas
- Danny Thomas – entertainer and founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Rufus Thomas – musician
- Fred D. Thompson – actor and former U.S. Senator (alumnus of the University of Memphis)
- Justin Timberlake – musician and actor
- Ike Turner – musician
- Junior Wells – musician
- Kirk Whalum – musician
- Basil White – comedian
- Maurice White – musician
- Kemmons Wilson – businessman, founder of Holiday Inn
- Roy Yeager – musician
- Shawn Lane – musician
- Three 6 Mafia – Academy Award-winning rap musicians
- Garrett Wang – actor
- Louis Williams – NBA player
