Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 16 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Sempronius H. Boyd
1828 – 1894
explorerdiplomatpolitician
Felix Grundy McConnell
1809 – 1846
politicianlawyer
James P. Walker
1851 – 1890
politician
Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.
1851 – 1928
politicianlawyer
Bob Hogsett
1941 – 1984
basketball player
John C. Floyd
1858 – 1930
politicianlawyer
Charles K. Bell
1853 – 1913
politicianlawyerjudge
John Blair
1790 – 1863
politicianlawyer
Dwight Waller
1945 – 2021
basketball player
William O. Steele
1917 – 1979
children's writerwriter
Ferdinand Lee Barnett
1852 – 1936
state's attorneyjournalistlawyer
Daniel Smith Donelson
1801 – 1863
Brigadegeneralpolitician
Archie Campbell
1914 – 1987
television actorsongwriteractor
Carl Fallberg
1915 – 1996
story artistcomics artist
Ernest Schmidt
1911 – 1986
basketball player
Lois Johnson
1942 – 2014
songwritersinger
Hugh C. Anderson
1851 – 1915
politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
Asbury Bascom Davidson
1855 – 1920
politicianlawyer
Issachar Jacox Roberts
1802 – 1871
missionary
Billy Meyer
1893 – 1957
baseball player
Bill Hopper
1891 – 1965
baseball player
Melville Shyer
1895 – 1968
film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
Sam D. McReynolds
1872 – 1939
politicianlawyerjudge
Marion Keisker
1917 – 1989
record producermilitary officer
Sam Davis
1842 – 1863
spy
Brookins Campbell
1808 – 1853
politicianlawyer
Don Bryant
1942 – 2025
songwritersingercomposer
Rice Alexander Pierce
1848 – 1936
prosecutorjuristpolitician
Russell Smith
1949 – 2019
singer-songwritersinger
Nathaniel D. Wallace
1845 – 1894
politician
Charles Alexander Shaw
1944 – 2020
lawyerjudge
George Lewis Gillespie, Jr.
1841 – 1913
military personnel
Claude Humphrey
1944 – 2021
American football player
Keyes Beech
1913 – 1990
journalist
Maecenas Eason Benton
1848 – 1924
politicianlawyer
George Jordan
1847 – 1904
soldier
Joe Hill Louis
1921 – 1957
musiciansinger
John Frank Wilson
1846 – 1911
politicianlawyerjudge
Jonathan Browning
1805 – 1879
gunsmith
Johnny Maddox
1927 – 2018
musicianpianistcomposer
Tom Fox
1951 – 2006
peace activist
Frederick G. Barry
1845 – 1909
politicianlawyer
William Armstrong Percy III
1933 – 2022
medievalistuniversity teacherhistorian
Paul Fitts
1912 – 1965
university teacherpsychologistmilitary officer
Frazier Reams
1897 – 1971
politicianlawyer
Frances Reed Elliot
1892 – 1965
nurse
Arthur St. Clair Colyar
1818 – 1907
politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
Benjamin A. Enloe
1848 – 1922
politicianlawyer
Red Saunders
1912 – 1981
jazz musician
Russ Craft
1919 – 2009
American football player