Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 15 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Marion Keisker
1917 – 1989
record producermilitary officer
Russell Smith
1949 – 2019
singer-songwritersinger
John A. Wharton
1828 – 1865
military officer
Charles Alexander Shaw
1944 – 2020
lawyerjudge
John C. Vaughn
1824 – 1875
military officerpolitician
Thomas Jennings Bailey
1867 – 1963
lawyerjudge
Rufus King Polk
1866 – 1902
politician
Claude Humphrey
1944 – 2021
American football player
George Balch
1821 – 1908
soldiermap drawercompiler
John Baptist Morris
1866 – 1946
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Keyes Beech
1913 – 1990
journalist
John May Taylor
1838 – 1911
politicianlawyerjudge
Russ Craft
1919 – 2009
American football player
Elizabeth Avery Meriwether
1824 – 1916
suffragistwriter
Edward Cross
1798 – 1887
politicianlawyerjudge
Benjamin Lewis Hodge
1824 – 1864
politicianlawyer
Carl Fallberg
1915 – 1996
story artistcomics artist
William H. Sproul
1867 – 1932
politicianlawyer
William Armstrong Percy III
1933 – 2022
medievalistuniversity teacherhistorian
Alexander William Campbell
1828 – 1893
military leadermilitary personnel
William Charles Salmon
1868 – 1925
politicianlawyerjudge
William Claiborne Dunlap
1798 – 1872
politicianlawyerjudge
Joseph H. Defrees
1812 – 1885
politician
Abraham Ellison Garrett
1830 – 1907
politicianlawyer
John Q. Tilson
1866 – 1958
politicianlawyer
Charles Edward Snodgrass
1866 – 1936
politicianlawyerjudge
Lloyd Branson
1861 – 1925
painter
Robert L. Caruthers
1800 – 1882
university teacherpoliticianlawyer
John Daniel Clardy
1828 – 1918
politician
Lizzie Crozier French
1851 – 1926
activistsuffragisthead teacher
Horace Harrison
1829 – 1885
politicianlawyerjudge
Opie Read
1852 – 1939
journalistwriter
Paul Fitts
1912 – 1965
university teacherpsychologistmilitary officer
Red Saunders
1912 – 1981
jazz musician
George Washington Bridges
1825 – 1873
politicianlawyerjudge
Josiah M. Anderson
1807 – 1861
politicianlawyer
George W. Whitmore
1824 – 1876
politicianlawyer
William Northcott
1854 – 1917
politicianlawyer
George Gibbs Dibrell
1822 – 1888
politicianlawyer
James Mullins
1807 – 1873
politician
Thetus Willrette Sims
1852 – 1939
politicianlawyer
Lemuel P. Padgett
1855 – 1922
politicianlawyer
West Hughes Humphreys
1806 – 1882
politicianlawyerjudge
Edward White Robertson
1823 – 1887
politicianlawyer
Reese C. De Graffenreid
1859 – 1902
politicianlawyer
Edmund Cooper
1821 – 1911
politicianlawyer
A. Jeff McLemore
1857 – 1929
publisherjournalistpolitician
John Goff Ballentine
1825 – 1915
politicianlawyer
Leon Wagner
1934 – 2004
baseball player
Sempronius H. Boyd
1828 – 1894
explorerdiplomatpolitician