Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 13 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Bobby Russell
1940 – 1992
songwritermusiciansinger-songwriter
Adelicia Acklen
1817 – 1887
plantation owner
Newman Haynes Clanton
1816 – 1881
cattle rancher
Hammie Nixon
1908 – 1984
musician
Dicky Wells
1907 – 1985
jazz musicianbandleadermusician
John Neely Bryan
1810 – 1877
shopkeeperfarmerlawyer
Albert Galiton Watkins
1818 – 1895
politicianlawyer
King Pleasure
1922 – 1981
jazz musicianmusiciansinger
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
1947 – 2004
writer
William Hawkins Polk
1815 – 1862
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
William S. Harney
1800 – 1889
military officer
John C. Houk
1860 – 1923
politicianlawyer
Reuben Davis
1813 – 1890
politicianlawyerjudge
Riley Darnell
1940 – 2020
politicianlawyer
Dewey Phillips
1926 – 1968
radio personalitydisc jockey
Don Ray
1921 – 1998
basketball player
Evelyn Scott
1893 – 1963
novelistplaywrightpoet
Dave Loggins
1947 – 2024
songwritermusiciansinger
Memphis Pal Moore
1894 – 1953
boxer
Speros Vryonis
1928 – 2019
Byzantinistuniversity teacherhistorian
Betty Jaynes
1921 – 2018
film actoractor
Marcus Joseph Wright
1831 – 1922
army officerbiographerhistorian
John Alexander Greer
1802 – 1855
politician
John P. McCown
1815 – 1879
military personnel
William R. Dickinson
1931 – 2015
archaeologistgeologist
Sophie Spitz
1910 – 1956
pathologistphysician
Vincent Boreing
1839 – 1903
politicianjudge
J. Will Taylor
1880 – 1939
politicianlawyer
B. Carroll Reece
1889 – 1961
juristbankerpolitician
Nicholas N. Cox
1837 – 1912
politicianlawyer
Kiffin Yates Rockwell
1892 – 1916
journalistaircraft pilot
Johnny Majors
1935 – 2020
American football coachAmerican football player
Ingram Stainback
1883 – 1961
juristgovernorpolitician
John Hailey
1835 – 1921
politician
Delma Byron
1913 – 2006
dancerfilm actoractor
Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
1890 – 1973
film producerfilm editordirector
Haywood Yancey Riddle
1834 – 1879
politicianlawyer
Earl Webb
1897 – 1965
baseball player
Garnett Brown
1936 – 2021
jazz musicianfilm score composermusician
Dudley M. Du Bose
1834 – 1883
politicianlawyer
Sid Hudson
1915 – 2008
baseball playerbaseball coach
Sydenham Moore
1817 – 1862
politicianlawyerjudge
David Alexander Nunn
1833 – 1918
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Jim Poole
1932 – 2021
non-fiction writerbadminton playerbasketball player
Charles Stewart
1836 – 1895
politicianlawyer
Wilburn Cartwright
1892 – 1979
teacherpoliticianlawyer
Calvin Newborn
1933 – 2018
jazz musicianjazz guitaristguitarist
Thomas Jefferson Murray
1894 – 1971
district attorneypoliticianlawyer
Richard Merrill Atkinson
1894 – 1947
politicianlawyer