Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 12 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
King Pleasure
1922 – 1981
jazz musicianmusiciansinger
Larry Riley
1952 – 1992
television actorvoice actorstage actor
Don Ray
1921 – 1998
basketball player
John Kahn
1947 – 1996
musicianaudio engineer
Memphis Pal Moore
1894 – 1953
boxer
Dewey Phillips
1926 – 1968
radio personalitydisc jockey
James Jefferson Britt
1861 – 1939
politicianlawyer
Pryor Lea
1794 – 1879
politicianlawyer
Henry Helm Clayton
1861 – 1946
meteorologist
Harry T. Hays
1820 – 1876
military personnel
James W. Pardew
1944 – 2021
diplomatambassador
William B. Jordan
1940 – 2018
art historian
Daniel E. Garrett
1869 – 1932
politicianlawyer
Clarence W. Turner
1866 – 1939
politicianlawyerjudge
James Henry Randolph
1825 – 1900
politicianlawyerjudge
Betty Jaynes
1921 – 2018
film actoractor
Riley Darnell
1940 – 2020
politicianlawyer
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
1947 – 2004
writer
William Coleman Anderson
1853 – 1902
politicianlawyer
Dave Loggins
1947 – 2024
songwritermusiciansinger
Landon Carter Haynes
1816 – 1875
journalisteditorpolitician
Joseph H. Acklen
1850 – 1938
ornithologistzoologistpolitician
William Gay
1941 – 2012
music journalistnovelistwriter
Joseph E. Washington
1851 – 1915
politician
John Calhoun Bell
1851 – 1933
politicianlawyerjudge
John E. McCall
1859 – 1920
politicianlawyerjudge
Foster V. Brown
1852 – 1937
politicianlawyer
Sophie Spitz
1910 – 1956
pathologistphysician
William C. Houston
1852 – 1931
politicianlawyerjudge
Kiffin Yates Rockwell
1892 – 1916
journalistaircraft pilot
Bobby Russell
1940 – 1992
songwritermusiciansinger-songwriter
Jennie Jackson
1852 – 1910
singer
David W. Dickinson
1808 – 1845
politicianlawyer
Earl Webb
1897 – 1965
baseball player
Delma Byron
1913 – 2006
dancerfilm actoractor
Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
1890 – 1973
film producerfilm editordirector
William R. Dickinson
1931 – 2015
archaeologistgeologist
Adelia Armstrong Lutz
1859 – 1931
painterartist
Otis Wingo
1877 – 1930
politicianlawyer
Thomas Huston Macbride
1848 – 1934
mycologistbotanistgeologist
Samuel Escue Tillman
1847 – 1942
military officerengineerastronomer
Balie Peyton
1803 – 1878
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Johnny Majors
1935 – 2020
American football coachAmerican football player
Ainslie Pryor
1921 – 1958
television actorfilm actorstage actor
James Alexander Daugherty
1847 – 1920
politicianjudge
Samuel D. Woods
1845 – 1915
politicianlawyer
Speros Vryonis
1928 – 2019
Byzantinistuniversity teacherhistorian
Sid Hudson
1915 – 2008
baseball playerbaseball coach
Lucius F. C. Garvin
1841 – 1922
governorpolitician