List of people from Tennessee
List of prominent people from the state of Tennessee
State flag of Tennessee Location of Tennessee on the U.S. map The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee , live (or lived) in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is significant part of their identity:
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Doug Atkins
Roy Acuff (1903–1992), musician; born in Maynardville Charlie Adams , drummerCalpernia Addams (born 1971), transgender actress; born in Nashville James Agee (1909–1955); Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter, poet, critic; born in Knoxville The Aldridge Sisters , singing duo on The Lawrence Welk Show Jessi Alexander (born 1976), singer-songwriter; born in Jackson Lamar Alexander (born 1940), lawyer and U.S. Senator; born in Maryville Mo Alexander (born 1970), comedian; born in Memphis Duane Allman (1946–1971), guitarist; born in Nashville Gregg Allman (1947–2017), singer-songwriter, musician; born in Nashville Jarrod Alonge (born 1993), comedian and musician; lives in Chattanooga Monroe Dunaway Anderson , banker, cotton trader; from Jackson William R. Anderson (1921–2007), naval officer, politician; born in Humphreys County Lona Andre (1915–1992), actress, golfer; born in Nashville Jessica Andrews (born 1983), singerJill Andrews , singer-songwriter, musician, born in Johnson City Lil Hardin Armstrong , jazz musician, wife of Louis Armstrong ; from Memphis Eddy Arnold (1918–2008), singer; born in Henderson Victor Ashe , Knoxville mayor, Ambassador to Poland ; born in Knoxville Chet Atkins (1924–2001), guitarist and record producer; born in Luttrell Doug Atkins (1930–2015), Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end primarily with Chicago Bears Rodney Atkins (born 1969), singer; born in Knoxville Estelle Axton (1918-2004), co-founder of Stax Records
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Kathy Bates Kelsea Ballerini Mookie Betts Pat Boone Corey Brewer
Nathan L. Bachman (1878–1937), U.S. SenatorDeFord Bailey (1897–1982), musician, Grand Ole Opry Smith County Ed Bailey (1931–2007), baseball playerH. E. Bailey (1898 or 1899–1976)[ 1] Howard Baker (1925–2014), politician, U.S. Senator and White House Chief of Staff ; born in Huntsville Julien Baker (born 1995), singer-songwriter; born in Germantown, Tennessee Robert Baker (born 1979), actor; born in MemphisKelsea Ballerini (born 1993), singer; born in Mascot , grew up in Knoxville Adrian Banks (born 1986), basketball player, 2011-12 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League Ava Barber (born 1954), singer; born in KnoxvilleGeorge Franklin Barber (1854–1915), architect; lived in KnoxvilleRonnie Barrett (born 1954), firearms manufacturer; born in Murfreesboro Ross Bass (1918–1993), U.S. SenatorWilliam M. Bass (born 1928), forensic anthropologistWilliam B. Bate (1826–1905), governor and U.S. SenatorDaren Bates (born 1990), football player; born in MemphisKathy Bates (born 1948), Academy Award -winning actress; born in MemphisKate Batts (also known as The Bell Witch ), mythic poltergeist Robin Beard (1939–2007), politician; born in Knoxville Casey Beathard , songwriter; from Spring Hill Bianca Belair (born 1989), WWE wrestler; born in KnoxvilleBill Belichick (born 1952), head coach of New England Patriots ; born in Nashville Brian Bell (born 1968), guitarist; from KnoxvilleJohn Bell (1796–1869), politician, Secretary of War under William Henry Harrison ; from Mill CreekWilliam Bell (born 1939), singerJeff Bennett (born 1980), baseball pitcher; born in Donelson Aaron Benward (born 1973), singerPolly Bergen (1930–2014), actress, singer, entrepreneur; born in KnoxvilleGeorge L. Berry (1882–1948), U.S. SenatorMookie Betts (born 1992), baseball player; born in Brentwood Greg Bird (born 1992), baseball player; born in MemphisTarik Black , basketball playerJoe Blanton (born 1980), baseball pitcher; born in NashvilleJerry Blevins (born 1983), baseball pitcher; born in Johnson City William Blount (1749–1800), statesman, governor and senatorWillie Blount (1768–1835), early governor of TennesseeJulian Bond (1940–2015), activist, politician; born in NashvilleAlexander Bonnyman Jr. (1910–1943), decorated U.S. Marine; raised in KnoxvilleArna W. Bontemps (1902–1973), poet and novelistMaci Bookout , reality TV personalityPat Boone (born 1934), singer and actor; raised in NashvilleRachel Boston (born 1982), actress; born in Chattanooga Charles Boyce , syndicated cartoonistCraig Wayne Boyd (born 1978), singer, winner of NBC 's The Voice season 7 ; resides in Nashville Richard Henry Boyd (1843–1922), founder, National Baptist Publishing BoardJarrett Boykin (born 1989), football player; born in ChattanoogaVirginia Frazer Boyle (1863-1938), author, poetRod Brasfield (1910–1958), comedianCorey Brewer (born 1986), basketball player; from Portland Bill Brock (1930–2021), U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of LaborCary Brothers , indie rock singer-songwriter; from NashvilleRex Brothers (born 1987), baseball player; born in Murfreesboro Clarence Brown (1890–1987), film director; attended school in KnoxvilleJohn C. Brown (1827–1889), governorMarlon Brown (born 1991), football player; born in MemphisNeill S. Brown (1810–1896), governorGordon Browning (1889–1976), governorJonathan Browning (1805–1879), maker of firearms; born in Sumner County William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877), editor and governorJames M. Buchanan , economist, Nobel laureateJohn P. Buchanan (1847–1930), governorYoung Buck (born 1981), rapperJosh Bullocks (born 1983), football player; born in ChattanoogaFrances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), English-born author; settled near KnoxvilleMorgan Burnett , football player; born in MemphisKenneth C. Burns (1920–1989), musician, "Jethro" of Homer and Jethro Charles Burson (born 1944), chief of staff for Al Gore ; grew up in Shelby County Kristian Bush (born 1970), singer; born in KnoxvilleJake Butcher (1936–2017), banker and politicianCarl Butler (1927–1992), singer-songwriter; born in KnoxvilleDerrick Byars (born 1984), basketball player; born in MemphisBill Byrge (born 1932), actor, comedian; born in NashvilleJoseph W. Byrns (1869–1936), 14-term congressman; born in Cedar Hill • Bill Lee (born 1959), Governor of Tennessee;born in Franklin
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Tracy Caulkins Kenny Chesney Morgan Cox Davy Crockett Miley Cyrus
Matt Cain , baseball pitcherHoward Caine , actorMike Caldwell , football playerDuke Calhoun , football playerMickey Callaway , baseball pitcher, coachArchie Campbell , entertainer, Hee Haw William B. Campbell , governorGuy Carawan , folk musicianHattie Caraway , politicianDeana Carter , singerDixie Carter , actressKellye Cash , 1987 Miss America June Carter Cash , singerRosanne Cash , singerDavid Catching , singerJohn Catron , Supreme Court justiceTracy Caulkins , Olympic gold-medalist swimmer (born in Minnesota)Benjamin F. Cheatham , Confederate generalDoc Cheatham , musicianKitty Cheatham , singerRichard Boone Cheatham , 19th-century mayor of NashvilleRichard Cheatham , 19th-century congressmanJohn R. Cherry III , film directorKenny Chesney , singerHenry Cho , comedianTyson Clabo , football playerAlysha Clark (born 1987), American-Israeli basketball player for the Israeli team Elitzur Ramla and the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)Philander P. Claxton , educatorJim Clayton , housing developerFrank G. Clement , governor of TennesseeJohn Ray Clemmons (born 1977), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives Antonius Cleveland (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Chad Clifton , football playerRandall Cobb , football playerFred Coe , television producer and directorMichael Coe , football playerLynnette Cole , Miss USA 2000Mark Collie , singerTodd Collins , football playerBritton Colquitt , football playerDustin Colquitt , punter for NFL's Kansas City Chiefs Darby Conley , cartoonistLester Conner , basketball player and coachBarry Cook , film directorJohn Cooper , musician, lead singer of Christian rock band Skillet Prentice Cooper , governorMary Costa , opera singer, actressJerome Courtland , actor, directorJohn I. Cox , governorMorgan Cox , football playerCylk Cozart , actorZack Cozart , baseball playerJames Craig , actorDavid "Davy" Crockett , frontiersman, politician, hero of the Alamo Dixie Lee Crosby , early 20th-century entertainerEdward Hull "Boss" Crump , politician, former mayor of MemphisJohn Cullum , actorBenny Cunningham , football playerLowell Cunningham , comic-book writerElizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham , missionary and church workerBrandi Cyrus , singerMiley Cyrus , singerNoah Cyrus , singer
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Natalia Dyer
Rod Daniel , directorOrleans Darkwa , football playerJeremy Davis , musician (originally from Arkansas)Bill Dedman , journalistBeauford Delaney , painterTony Delk , basketball playerRick Dempsey , baseball playerGeorge Roby Dempster , inventorJamie Denton , actorCleavant Derricks , actor, singer-songwriterClinton Derricks-Carroll , actor, musicianDale Dickey , actressR. A. Dickey , baseball pitcherBobby Dodd , football coachShannen Doherty , actressAndrew Jackson Donelson , diplomatAaron Douglas , painterChristopher Douglas , actorJosh Drake, music educator
Johnny Duncan , singerKing Dunlap , football playerDonald "Duck" Dunn (1941-2012), bassistNatalia Dyer , actress
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Ric Flair Aretha Franklin Morgan Freeman
Nikki Fargas , basketball coach; grew up in Oak Ridge [ 2] [ 3] David Farragut , admiralJosh Farro , musicianZac Farro , musicianJerome Felton , football playerLarry Finch , basketball playerChad Finchum , NASCAR driverFinesse2tymes , rapperRic Flair , professional wrestlerLester Flatt , musicianBruce Fleisher , golferShelby Foote , authorColin Ford , actorHarold Ford Jr. , politicianTennessee Ernie Ford , entertainerNathan Bedford Forrest , American Civil War officerLogan Forsythe , baseball playerAbe Fortas , U.S. Supreme Court justiceRamon Foster , football playerMegan Fox , actressAretha Franklin , singerAubrayo Franklin James B. Frazier , governorMorgan Freeman , Academy Award -winning actorBill Frist , physician and politicianPhillip Fulmer , football coach
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Ginnifer Goodwin Sonny Gray
A. H. Garland (1832–1899), politician; born in Tipton County Phil Garner , baseball player and managerMarc Gasol , basketball playerJacob Gentry , film directorAnnie Somers Gilchrist , writerJim Gilliam , baseball playerNikki Giovanni , educatorGuilford Glazer , land developerKey Glock , rapperGloRilla , rapperErnest William Goodpasture , physicianGinnifer Goodwin , actressAl Gore , former Tennessee Senator , 45th Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (1993–2001), and 2000 Democratic nominee for presidentAlbert Gore, Sr. , politician, senator, father of Al Gore Yo Gotti , rapperLou Graham , golfer, 1975 U.S. Open championAaron Grant , football playerSonny Gray , baseball playerJack Greene , musicianJustin Grimm , baseball playerRed Grooms , artist
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Carla Hall Thelma Harper Christina Hendricks Todd Helton Dont'a Hightower Bailey Howell
Keith Habersberger , Youtuber, musicianWayne Haddix , football playerLucy Hale , actress and singer; Pretty Little Liars Alex Haley , authorCarla Hall , chefGeorge Hamilton , actorKen Hamlin , football playerW.C. Handy , composerAnne Haney , actressJack Hanna , zookeeperWilliam Happer , physicistPenny Hardaway , basketball playerChris Hardwick , comedian, actor, television personality, and host of At Midnight with Chris Hardwick Kentucky but raised in MemphisGreg Hardy , football playerBill Harlow , freestyle and folkstyle wrestlerBob Harper , personal trainerDemonte Harper (born 1989), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Thelma Harper , U.S. SenatorGeorge "Two Ton" Harris , professional wrestlerIsham G. Harris , governor and U.S. SenatorMary Styles Harris , biologist, geneticistPhil Harris , actor, singer, bandleaderLori Harvey , modelDennis Haskins , actorJames Haslam Jr. , businessman, owner of NFL's Cleveland Browns Trenton Hassell , basketball playerDonald Hawkins , football playerWhit Haydn , magicianIsaac Hayes , musician and actorHenry D. Haynes , "Homer" of Homer and Jethro Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns , boxerTodd Helton , baseball playerChristina Hendricks , actressElaine Hendrix , actressDwight Henry , actor, bakerJim Hickman , baseball playerDont'a Hightower , football playerHunter Hillenmeyer , football playerThomas C. Hindman , Confederate generalWill Hoge , musicianCharles O. (Chad) Holliday , chief executive officer of Bank of America Austin Hollins (born 1991), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Rick Honeycutt , baseball pitcher and coachThe Honky Tonk Man , professional wrestlerJohn Jay Hooker , attorneyBenjamin Hooks , minister, NAACP directorBen W. Hooper , governorEd Hooper , authorMyles Horton , educatorSam Houston , soldier and politicianBailey Howell , basketball playerAllan B. Hubbard , National Economic Council DirectorDakota Hudson , baseball playerDick Hudson , football playerThomas Hughes , English author of Tom Brown's School Days ; founded Rugby, Tennessee Yolanda Hughes-Heying , IFBB professional bodybuilderCordell Hull , U.S. Secretary of State; recipient, Nobel Peace Prize Claude Humphrey , football playerCon Hunley , singerCourtney Hunt , screenwriter and directorAlberta Hunter , blues singerLes Hunter , basketball playerDennis Hwang , graphic artist
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Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Juicy J , rapper and producerAl Jackson Jr. (1935-1975), drummerAndrew Jackson , seventh President of the United States (1829–1837)Howell Edmunds Jackson , Supreme Court JusticeQuinton Jackson , former UFC light heavyweight champion; born in MemphisMark Jacoby , performerClaude Jarman Jr. , actorJeff Jarrett , professional wrestlerJosh Jasper (born 1987), All-American college football player (placekicker )Carol Mayo Jenkins , actressChad Jenkins , baseball playerJohn Jenkins , basketball playerWilliam L. Jenkins , U.S. House of Representatives (R-TN-01) (1997–2007)John Jerry , football playerPeria Jerry , football playerMichael Jeter , actorAndrew Johnson , 17th President of the United States (1865–1869)Thomas Johnson , football playerCave Johnson , politician and U.S. Postmaster General (1865–1869)Allan Jones , businessman and founder of Check Into Cash Booker T. Jones (born 1944), multi-instrumentalist and songwriterCherry Jones , actressChristopher Jones , actorEd "Too Tall" Jones , football playerJesse Holman Jones , politicianMary Jane Richardson Jones , abolitionist and activistPopeye Jones , basketball playerVan Jones , environmental advocateCaleb Joseph , baseball player
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Johnny Knoxville
Huda Kattan , CEO Huda Beauty Margaret Keane , artistJosh Kear , songwriterJosephine E. Keating , musician, music teacher, criticEstes Kefauver , U.S. SenatorDavid Keith , actorFrank B. Kelso II , admiralK.Michelle , singerKem , singerTony Kemp , baseball playerKesha , singerDaniel Kilgore , football playerJohnny Knoxville , actorRachel Korine , actressBill Kovach , journalistJoseph Wood Krutch , naturalist
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Jerry Lawler William P. Lawrence
"Nature Boy" Buddy Landel , professional wrestlerDan Landrum , hammered-dulcimer playerWalter Lang , film director Lucille La Verne , actressJerry "The King" Lawler , professional wrestlerRenee Lawless , actress, singerWilliam P. Lawrence , U.S. Navy Vice admiral (United States) Arthur Lee , musicianClyde Lee , basketball playerKai-Fu Lee , Google executiveAdriane Lenox , actressD. D. Lewis , football playerSteve Liddle , baseball coachBeth Littleford , actress, comedianSondra Locke , actressZ. Alexander Looby , lawyerHorace Harmon Lurton , Supreme Court justiceDustin Lynch , singerAndrew Nelson Lytle , novelist
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Mike Massey Chris Moneymaker Mary Noailles Murfree
Jean (Faircloth) MacArthur , heiress, wife of General Douglas MacArthur "Uncle Dave" Macon , musician and comedianBill Madlock , baseball playerMatt Mahaffey , musicianJohnny Majors , football coachDelbert Mann , screenwriter and directorNick Marable , freestyle and folkstyle wrestlerJamie Marchi , voice actressShawn Marion , basketball playerSterling Marlin , two-time Daytona 500 winnerWink Martindale , television personalityShaq Mason , football playerChristopher Massey , actor, rapperMike Massey , professional pool playerMatthew Fontaine Maury , oceanographer, astronomerWilliam Gibbs McAdoo , politicianHill McAlister , governorMacon McCalman , actorCormac McCarthy , novelistTim McCarver , baseball player and broadcasterByron McKeeby , artist and educatorTed McClain , basketball playerJacques McClendon , football playerMichael McDonald , singerBrownie McGhee , musicianStick McGhee , musicianRalph McGill , journalistKenneth McKellar , politicianReggie McKenzie , football player and executiveBill McKinney , actorEllen McLain , opera singer, voice actressJon Meacham , publishing executiveJodie Meeks , basketball playerRon Mercer , basketball playerCary Middlecoff , golferJerry Minor , actorMike Minor , baseball pitcherJohn Mitchell , baseball pitcherChris Moneymaker , poker player; from KnoxvilleAshley Monroe , singerGrace Moore , opera sopranoShelly Moore , Miss Teen USA 1997Craig Morgan , singerLorrie Morgan , singerBryan Morris , baseball playerGideon Morris , trans-Appalachian pioneer and founder of Morristown Ricky Morton , professional wrestlerAnson Mount , writerJames Cole Mountflorence , 19th-century diplomatMary Noailles Murfree , authorRobert Myers , football player
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Robert Neyland
Elise Neal , actressPatricia Neal , Academy Award -winning actressLindsey Nelson , sportscasterJohnny Neumann , basketball playerJosef Newgarden , Indy Car driverRobert Neyland , UT Vols football coach, namesake for Neyland Stadium Alfred O. P. Nicholson , politicianBishop James Daniel Niedergeses , clergyman
Kenneth Nixon , musician
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Adolph Ochs , publisherOconostota Joe O'Donnell , photojournalistMichael Oher , football playerJoe Oliver , baseball playerFrank Omiyale , football playerRandall Keith Orton , professional wrestlerClaude Osteen , baseball pitcherJimmy Outlaw , baseball playerPark Overall , actressChord Overstreet , actor, singerMajor Owens , politician
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Dolly Parton Chad Pennington Annie Potts Elvis Presley David Price
Bettie Page , modelJohn Palmer , television journalistMatt Palmer , baseball pitcherHermes Pan , choreographerParamore , four members from Franklin Lara Parker , actressCindy Parlow , soccer player and coachChris Parnell , comedianWes Parsons , baseball pitcherHope Partlow , singerDolly Parton , singer and actressRandy Parton , singerStella Parton , actressElizabeth Patterson , actressQuinton Patton , NFL playerCameron Payne , NBA playerWaylon Payne , singerMinnie Pearl , comedian and Grand Ole Opry Puggy Pearson , professional poker playerChad Pennington , NFL playerSydney Penny , actressCarl Perkins , musicianMichael Peterson , novelist, criminalJohn J. Pettus , 23rd Governor of Mississippi (1859–1863)John M. Pickard , actorLandon Pigg , singerVada Pinson , baseball playerDontari Poe , NFL playerAntoinette Van Leer Polk , southern belle and Baroness de CharetteJames K. Polk , 11th President of the United States (1845–1849)Leonidas Polk , bishopVanLeer Polk , politicianSarah Childress Polk , First Lady of the United States , wife of President James K. Polk Drew Pomeranz , baseball pitcherJames D. Porter , governorAnnie Potts , actressCasey Prather (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Elvis Presley , "king of rock and roll", actorDavid Price , baseball pitcherTommy Prothro , football coachWill Provine , historian of scienceMissi Pyle , actress and singer
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Dave Ramsey Jalen Ramsey Wilma Rudolph
Dave Ramsey , author, motivational speakerJalen Ramsey , football playerJohn Rankin , abolitionistJohn Crow Ransom , educator and criticIsaiah Rashad , rapper and songwriterWallace Rasmussen , businessman and philanthropistWendell Rawls Jr. , journalistRobbie Ray , baseball playerSam Rayburn , politicianJ. J. Redick , basketball playerB. Carroll Reece Florence Patton Reece , folk singerKennedy J. Reed , theoretical atomic physicistJerry Reese , football executiveBrad Renfro , actorGarrett Reynolds , football playerCynthia Rhodes , actress, singerGrantland Rice , sportswriterHerb Rich (1928–2008), 2x All-Pro NFL football playerJohn S. Roane , 4th Governor of Arkansas (1849–1852)Lee Roberson , educatorRick Roberson , basketball playerAlbert H. Roberts , governorJames Robertson , explorerOscar Robertson , basketball playerPat Robertson , televangelistOlan Rogers , comedian, actorJohn Ross , Cherokee chiefMitch Rouse , actor and directorVic Rouse , basketball playerMason Rudolph , golferWilma Rudolph , athlete, Olympic gold medalistCampy Russell , basketball playerFred Russell , sportswriterThomas Clarke Rye , governor
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Sequoyah Frederick W. Smith Harrison Smith Steve Spurrier Pat Summitt
Christine Sadler , journalistShane Salerno , screenwriterChip Saltsman , politicianWilliam Sanderson , actor, Newhart Deadwood True Blood Paul Satterfield , actorClarence Saunders , grocerDan Schneider , television producerAaron Schoenfeld (born 1990), Major League Soccer playerTom Schulman , screenwriterJohn T. Scopes , schoolteacherAlvin Scott , basketball playerHillary Scott , lead singer of Lady Antebellum Josey Scott , lead singer of Saliva Rhea Seddon , astronautJohn Seigenthaler , television journalistJohn Michael Seigenthaler , television journalistGerald Sensabaugh , football playerDewitt Clinton Senter , governorSequoyah , polymath of the Cherokee NationJohn Sevier , one of Tennessee's founding fathersPaul Shanklin , satiristVicellous Reon Shannon , actor, The Hurricane 24 Season 1Cybill Shepherd , actressWilliam Shepherd , astronautT. G. Sheppard , singerGeorge Sherrill , baseball pitcherJohn K. Shields , U.S. SenatorPooh Shiesty , rapper[ 4] Dinah Shore , singer, actress and television personalityDaniel Simberloff , biologistWalt Simonson , comic book writer/artistBenjamin "Pap" Singleton , activistJonathan Singleton , singer-songwriterBessie Smith , singerBingo Smith , basketball playerBrent Smith , lead singer of Shinedown Carl Smith , singerDaniel Smith , surveyorFrederick W. Smith , businessmanHarrison Smith , football playerLane Smith , actorLee Smith , football playerRachel Smith , Miss USA 2007Bobby Sowell (born 1947), musician, songwriterRichard Speight Jr. , actorSteve Spurrier , football coachBethany Stahl , authorEdwin Starr , singerAlfred Steele , CEO of PepsiCo Lewie Steinberg (1933-2016), bassistRicky Stenhouse Jr. , NASCAR driverAndrew Stevens , actor and producerMorgan Stevens , actorJim Stewart (born 1930), record producer and co-founder of Stax Records Tom Stewart , U.S. SenatorJames Stone , football playerJohn M. Stone , politicianTyler Stone (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Harry Stonecipher , aviation executiveThomas S. Stribling , writerSamuel Stritch , archbishopPat Summitt , basketball coachFrank Sutton , actorGrady Sutton , actorLynn Swann , football playerAustin Swift , actor, brother of Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift , singer-songwriter and record producer
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Justin Timberlake Tina Turner
George Taliaferro , football playerEdward Talley , soldier; Medal of Honor recipientRoscoe Tanner , tennis playerJames Tappan (1825–1906), politician, lawyer, and Confederate general; born in Franklin Quentin Tarantino , film director, actor, and screenwriter; born in Knoxville Allen Tate , poetGolden Tate , football playerAlfred A. Taylor , governorJordan Taylor , YouTuberPeter Taylor , authorRobert Love Taylor , governor and U.S. SenatorAdonis Thomas (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Carla Thomas (born 1942), singer, dubbed "the Queen of Memphis Soul"J. Karen Thomas , actress, singerJake Thomas , actorLane Thomas , baseball playerHugh F. Thomason (1826–1893), politician; born in Smith County Fred Dalton Thompson , politician and actorThree 6 Mafia Faye Throneberry , baseball playerMarv Throneberry , baseball playerIsaac Tigrett , businessman, founder of Hard Rock Cafe Justin Timberlake , singer and actorMageina Tovah , actress; Joan of Arcadia Spider-Man filmsAndrew Triggs , baseball playerCal Turner , co-founder of Dollar General Elston Turner , basketball playerJames Luther Turner , co-founder of Dollar GeneralTina Turner , singerPeter Turney , governor
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Kitty Wells Nera White Patrick Willis Jason Witten
Bill Wade , football playerChuck Wagner , actorLeon Wagner , baseball playerBarbara Jo Walker , Miss America 1947William Walker , lawyer, journalistRandall Wallace , screenwriter and directorGretchen Walsh , swimmer[ 5] Herbert S. Walters , U.S. SenatorDarrell Waltrip , auto racer, winner of 1989 Daytona 500 Calvin Ward , soldier; Medal of Honor recipientKoko B. Ware , professional wrestlerMary Ware , poet and writerTaylor Ware , singerWilliam W. Watkins (1826–1898), politician; born in Jefferson County Cameron Watson , actor and directorRobert Penn Warren , authorDavid Weathers , baseball pitcherLucy Webb , comedianIda B. Wells , journalist (originally from Mississippi )Kitty Wells , singerScott Wells , football playerDavid West , baseball pitcherRed West , stuntman, actor, associate of Elvis Presley James Westerfield , actorKent Whitaker , culinary writer, chef (born in Kentucky , raised in Nashville)Hugh Lawson White , politicianNera White , basketball playerReggie White , football player, Hall of FamerEd Whitson , baseball pitcherJohn S. Wilder , politicianSnootie Wild , rapperDan Williams , football playerElliot Williams , basketball playerHank Williams III , singerHayley Williams , singer for Paramore (originally from Mississippi )Louis Williams , basketball playerShawne Williams , basketball playerSonny Boy Williamson , blues musicianPatrick Willis , football playerCedrick Wilson , football playerE. Bright Wilson , chemistOprah Winfrey , talk show host, actress, producer (originally from Mississippi )Don Wise , saxophonist, music producer, songwriterTim Wise , activistReese Witherspoon , Academy Award -winning actressJason Witten , football player, Dallas Cowboys Brandan Wright , basketball playerClyde Wright , baseball pitcherK. J. Wright , football player
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Alvin York Chris Young
Susan Yeagley , actressMoneybagg Yo , rapperAlvin York , World War I soldier who captured 132 Germans almost single-handedly, Sergeant York Taylor York , guitaristBob Young , TV producerYoung Buck , rapperChris Young , singer, winner of Nashville Star Thaddeus Young , basketball player
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