List of people from Tennessee
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The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee, live in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is a significant part of their identity:
| Contents: | Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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[edit] A
- Roy Acuff (1903–1992), musician; born in Maynardville
- Charlie Adams; drummer, percussionist, and drum engineer
- James Agee (1909–1955); Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film critic; born in Knoxville
- Lamar Alexander (b. 1940), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Tennessee; born and raised in Maryville
- Duane Allman (1946–1971); guitarist; born in Nashville
- Gregg Allman (b. 1947); singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter; born in Nashville
- William R. Anderson (1921-2007); naval officer and member of Congress; born in Humphreys County
- Chet Atkins (1924–2001); guitarist and record producer; born in Luttrell
[edit] B
- DeFord Bailey
- Howard Baker
- Ida Wells-Barnett
- Kathy Bates
- Kate Batts (a.k.a. The Bell Witch)
- John Bell
- Polly Bergen
- Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.
- Arna W. Bontemps
- Pat Boone
- Richard H. Boyd
- Nathan Brandon
- Rod Brasfield
- Clarence Brown
- James M. Buchanan, economist, Nobel laureate
- Charles Burson
- Joseph W. Byrns
[edit] C
- Guy Carawan
- Hattie Caraway
- Dixie Carter
- David Catching
- John Catron
- Tracy Caulkins
- Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
- Doc Cheatham
- Richard Cheatham
- Kenny Chesney
- Philander P. Claxton
- Fred Coe
- Mark Collie
- David Crockett
- Dixie Lee Crosby
- Edward Hull "Boss" Crump
- John Cullum
- Miley Cyrus
- William Louis Chisholm Jr.
[edit] D
- Jamie Denton
- Bobby Dodd
- Shannen Doherty
- Andrew Jackson Donelson
- Daniel S. Donelson
- Aaron Douglas
- Anne Dallas Dudley
[edit] E
[edit] F
- David Farragut
- Lester Flatt
- Ric Flair
- Shelby Foote
- Harold Ford, Jr.
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Nathan Bedford Forrest
- Abe Fortas
- Aretha Franklin
- Morgan Freeman
- Bill Frist
- Phillip Fulmer
- Megan Fox
[edit] G
- Dr. Ernest W. Goodpasture
- Albert Gore, Jr., 45th Vice President of the United States, 1993-2001
- Albert Gore, Sr.
- Yo Gotti
- Lou Graham
- Red Grooms
[edit] H
- Dalton Raisen Hale
- Dr. William J. Hale
- Alex Haley
- George Hamilton
- Nancy Handy
- W.C. Handy
- Isaac Hayes
- Will Hoge
- Charles O. (Chad) Holliday
- Ed Hooper
- Myles Horton
- Sam Houston
- Thomas Hughes
- Cordell Hull
- Con Hunley
- Dennis Hwang
[edit] J
- Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the United States, 1829-1837
- Howell Edmunds Jackson
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Claude Jarman Jr.
- William L. Jenkins, U.S. House of Representatives (R-TN-01), 1997-2007
- Michael Jeter
- Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States, 1865-1869
- Cave Johnson
- Cherry Jones
- Jesse Holman Jones
[edit] K
[edit] L
- Dan Landrum - Hammer dulcimer player
- Jerry "The King" Lawler
- Sondra Locke
- Z. Alexander Looby
- Gen. Bryan Douglas Long, Confederate General, 1800-1875
- Horace Lurton
- Andrew Lytle
[edit] M
- Jean (Faircloth) MacArthur
- "Uncle Dave" Macon
- Johnny Majors
- Delbert Mann
- Sterling Marlin
- Wink Martindale
- Matthew Fontaine Maury
- Tim McCarver
- Brownie McGhee
- Stick McGhee
- Kenneth McKellar
- Jon Meacham
- Chris Moneymaker - poker player from Knoxville
- Mary Noailles Murfree
[edit] N
[edit] O
[edit] P
- Bettie Page
- John Palmer, former NBC News correspondent
- Hermes Pan
- Hope Partlow - singer
- Dolly Parton - singer
- Minnie Pearl
- Carl Perkins
- James K. Polk, Eleventh President of the United States, 1845-1849
- Bishop Leonidas Polk
- Annie Potts
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- John Crow Ransom
- Sam Rayburn
- Brad Renfro
- Grantland Rice
- Brianna Rieffel
- James Robertson
- Oscar Robertson
- John Ross
- Wilma Rudolph
- Thomas Charles Ryan Jr.
[edit] S
- Clarence Saunders
- John T. Scopes
- Rhea Seddon
- Sequoyah
- John Sevier
- Cybill Shepherd
- William Shepherd
- Dinah Shore
- Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
- Bessie Smith
- Daniel Smith
- Bobby Sowell
- Duncan Stewart
- John M. Stone
- Thomas S. Stribling
- Pat Summitt
- Frank Sutton
[edit] T
- Roscoe Tanner
- Quentin Tarantino
- James M. Tate
- Peter Taylor
- Three 6 Mafia
- Fred Dalton Thompson
- Justin Timberlake
- Nathan Townsend
- Tina Turner
[edit] U
[edit] W
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
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