Notable People from Tennessee

Louis E. Martin

American newspaper founder (1912-1997)

Benjamin Singleton

American activist and businessman (1809–1900)

Virginia E. Walker Broughton

American author and Baptist missionary (1856–1934)

John Bowers

American writer (1928–2025)

Thomas B. Fugate

American politician (1899–1980)

Ewing Young

American fur trapper

Samuel W. Small

American journalist and evangelist (1851–1931)

Clay Evans

musician and reverend (1925-2019)

Allen Woody

American bass guitarist (1955–2000)

Harry Thompson

American football player (1926-2003)

Baby Ray

American football player (1914-1986)

Lloyd Barbee

American politician

Simpson Harris Morgan

American politician

Maxine Smith

American academic and civil rights activist (1929–2013)

Percy Ikerd

production manager and assistant director (1890-1955)

Constance Bannister

American photographer

Randy Scruggs

American musician (1953–2018)

Buford Pusser

American sheriff (1937–1974)

Ronnie Robinson

American basketball player

Taylor Duncan

American baseball player (1953-2004)

Jim Denny

American music executive (1911–1963)

Alexander White

American politician (1816-1893)

Thomas J. Henderson

American politician (1824–1911)

Ray E. Duke

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1923–1951)

Joseph Carlton Loser

American politician (1892-1984)

Dan Evins

The cofounder of Cracker Barrel

Morgan Stevens

American actor (1951–2022)

Red Farmer

American racing driver

Dick Griffey

American music producer (1938–2010)

E. Riley Anderson

American judge (1932–2018)

Edwin Cunningham

American diplomat to China (1868–1953)

Willie Franklin Pruitt

American poet

Joseph Hopkins Peyton

American politician (1808-1845)

John P. Newsome

American politician (1893-1961)

Friday Hassler

American NASCAR driver

Oliver Kuhn

American football player (1898-1968)

Bashful Brother Oswald

American musician (1911–2002)

William Montgomery Churchwell

American politician (1826–1862)

Vera Little

American mezzo-soprano (1928-2012)

William Henry DeWitt

American politician (1827-1896)

John E. Hutton

American politician (1828-1893)

Archie Butler

American actor

Elmo Tanner

American singer, whistler, bandleader and disc jockey

Juno Frankie Pierce

American educator, suffragist

Josh Cody

All-American college football player, college basketball coach, college football coach, College Football Hall of Fame member, college athletic director

Abram Poindexter Maury

American politician (1801-1848)

Sylvia Stahlman

American soprano (1929–1998)

Francis Raymond Shea

Catholic bishop (1913-1994)

Coo Coo Marlin

American racing driver (1932-2005)

William P. Moss

American politician (1897-1985)