Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 10 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Charles Bartliff
1886 – 1962
association football player
Jimmy Jones
1918 – 1982
jazz musicianbandleaderpianist
Jamil Nasser
1932 – 2010
jazz musicianmusician
Bill Bain
1937 – 2018
consultant
John Randolph Neal
1836 – 1889
politicianlawyer
John Bright
1908 – 1995
Hebrew Bible scholarbiblical scholartheologian
Bill Wade
1930 – 2016
American football player
Andrew Boone
1831 – 1886
politicianlawyerjudge
David Galloway
1937 – 2019
Americanistnovelistart collector
James Henry Mays
1868 – 1926
politicianlawyer
George Huddleston
1869 – 1960
politician
Elmer Samuel Imes
1883 – 1941
university teacherphysicist
Spencer Jarnagin
1792 – 1851
politicianlawyer
Arthur Gunter
1926 – 1976
songwritersingercomposer
Dillard Crocker
1925 – 2014
basketball player
John H. DeWitt, Jr.
1906 – 1999
engineerastronomer
Macon McCalman
1932 – 2005
television actorstage actoractor
Beverly McClellan
1969 – 2018
singer
Loyd Jowers
1926 – 2000
restaurateur
Attakullakulla
1700 – 1778
traditional leader or chief
Robert R. Butler
1881 – 1933
politicianlawyerjudge
John Painter
1888 – 2001
farmermilitary personnel
Jim Gilliam
1928 – 1978
baseball player
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1887 – 1957
pianistsingercomposer
David Cole
1962 – 1995
songwriterrecord producercomposer
William Howard Arnold
1901 – 1976
military personnel
John Jennings Jr.
1880 – 1956
politicianlawyerjudge
Major Ridge
1771 – 1839
traditional leader or chief
Hill McAlister
1875 – 1959
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Richard Fulton
1927 – 2018
politician
Randall Stout
1958 – 2014
university teacherarchitect
Tony Reedus
1959 – 2008
jazz musiciandrummermusician
Robert B. Hawley
1849 – 1921
politician
William Garrison
1924 – 2015
civil engineertransportation engineeruniversity teacher
Abdul Jeelani
1954 – 2016
basketball player
Jax Dane
1981 – 2024
professional wrestler
George Taliaferro
1927 – 2018
American football player
Harold Bradley
1926 – 2019
guitaristbusinessperson
Paul Hogue
1940 – 2009
basketball player
P. Dempsey Tabler
1876 – 1956
film actoractor
Buddy Harman
1928 – 2008
musician
Charles H. Gerhardt
1895 – 1976
military personnel
Isaac Cline
1861 – 1955
meteorologist
Charles Henry Coolidge
1921 – 2021
military personnel
Carl Mann
1942 – 2020
guitaristmusicianpianist
Thomas Clarke Rye
1863 – 1953
juristgovernorpolitician
Lucy Morgan
1940 – 2023
journalist
Roark Bradford
1896 – 1948
novelistshort story writerjournalist
Willa McCord Blake Eslick
1878 – 1961
politician
Ron Widby
1945 – 2020
American football playerbasketball player