List of people from Tennessee

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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:

A[edit]

Doug Atkins

B[edit]

Kathy Bates
Kelsea Ballerini
Mookie Betts
Pat Boone
Corey Brewer

C[edit]

Tracy Caulkins
Kenny Chesney
Morgan Cox
Davy Crockett
Miley Cyrus

D[edit]

Natalia Dyer

E[edit]

F[edit]

Ric Flair
Aretha Franklin
Morgan Freeman

G[edit]

Ginnifer Goodwin
Sonny Gray

H[edit]

Carla Hall
Thelma Harper
Christina Hendricks
Todd Helton
Dont'a Hightower
Bailey Howell

J[edit]

Samuel L. Jackson
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
*Juicy J, rapper and producer

K[edit]

Johnny Knoxville

L[edit]

Jerry Lawler
William P. Lawrence

M[edit]

Mike Massey
Chris Moneymaker
Mary Noailles Murfree

N[edit]

Robert Neyland

O[edit]

P[edit]

Dolly Parton
Chad Pennington
Annie Potts
Elvis Presley
David Price

Q[edit]

R[edit]

Dave Ramsey
Jalen Ramsey
Wilma Rudolph

S[edit]

Sequoyah
Frederick W. Smith
Harrison Smith
Steve Spurrier
Pat Summitt

T[edit]

Justin Timberlake
Tina Turner

U[edit]

V[edit]

W[edit]

Kitty Wells
Nera White
Patrick Willis
Jason Witten

Y[edit]

Alvin York
Chris Young

Z[edit]


See also[edit]

By educational institution affiliation
By governmental office
By location

References[edit]

  1. ^ Staff (October 26, 1976). "Death Takes H. E. Bailey H.E. Bailey Dead at 77".The Daily Coloradoan. pp. 1, 20. Retrieved April 7, 2021. "A native Tennessean, he first worked keeping the timebook on a Santa Fe railroad construction gang in Texas..."
  2. ^ "Nikki Caldwell Accepts UCLA Head Coaching Job". WATE-TV. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  3. ^ "Nikki Caldwell Bio- LSUsports.net". Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Rapper Pooh Shiesty Pleads Guilty to Federal Conspiracy Charge". United States Department of Justice. January 4, 2022.
  5. ^ Bliss, Jessica (June 24, 2016). "Nashville swimmer youngest Olympic Trials qualifier". The Tennessean. Retrieved November 24, 2021.