Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 17 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Frazier Reams
1897 – 1971
politicianlawyer
Bob Hogsett
1941 – 1984
basketball player
Frances Reed Elliot
1892 – 1965
nurse
Arthur St. Clair Colyar
1818 – 1907
politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
Benjamin A. Enloe
1848 – 1922
politicianlawyer
Johnny Dunn
1897 – 1937
jazz musiciantrumpeterbandleader
John K. Giles
1895 – 1979
criminal
Zachary Taylor
1849 – 1921
politicianlawyer
William O. Steele
1917 – 1979
children's writerwriter
Ed Allen
1897 – 1974
jazz musician
Dwight Waller
1945 – 2021
basketball player
Ernest Schmidt
1911 – 1986
basketball player
William Michael Cocke
1815 – 1896
politicianlawyer
Sumner Archibald Cunningham
1843 – 1913
editorbusinesspersonwriter
William Blount Carter
1792 – 1848
politician
Lois Johnson
1942 – 2014
songwritersinger
William Henry Carroll
1810 – 1868
military personnel
Carl Fallberg
1915 – 1996
story artistcomics artist
George Childress
1804 – 1841
politicianlawyer
Marion Keisker
1917 – 1989
record producermilitary officer
John W. Gaines
1860 – 1926
politicianlawyer
Abraham McClellan
1789 – 1866
politician
Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick
1868 – 1908
politicianlawyer
Russell Smith
1949 – 2019
singer-songwritersinger
Don Bryant
1942 – 2025
songwritersingercomposer
Russ Craft
1919 – 2009
American football player
Charles Alexander Shaw
1944 – 2020
lawyerjudge
Red Saunders
1912 – 1981
jazz musician
Paul Fitts
1912 – 1965
university teacherpsychologistmilitary officer
Harold von Braunhut
1926 – 2003
inventor
Claude Humphrey
1944 – 2021
American football player
Malcolm Yelvington
1918 – 2001
guitaristsinger-songwritermusician
Samuel St. George Rogers
1832 – 1880
politicianlawyerjudge
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb
1807 – 1864
politician
Tilly Walker
1887 – 1959
baseball player
Isaac Franklin
1789 – 1846
slave tradermilitary personnel
William Armstrong Percy III
1933 – 2022
medievalistuniversity teacherhistorian
James Edwards Rains
1833 – 1862
military officerjurist
Leon Wagner
1934 – 2004
baseball player
John Clyde Bowen
1888 – 1978
politicianlawyerjudge
John Coffee Hays
1817 – 1883
military personnel
William Edmondson
1882 – 1951
sculptor
Wynne F. Clouse
1883 – 1944
politicianlawyer
Rezin Bowie
1793 – 1841
slave traderpolitician
W. Wirt Courtney
1889 – 1961
politicianlawyerjudge
Henry Thomas Harrison
1832 – 1923
spystage actoractor
William Wirt Vaughan
1831 – 1878
politicianlawyer
Jimmy Van Eaton
1937 – 2024
songwritermusiciansinger
Samuel P. Carter
1819 – 1891
military officer
Clarence Cameron White
1880 – 1960
musicologistviolinistconductor