Notable People from Tennessee

Garnet Carter

American inventor, father of minigolf (1883–1954)

Rip King

American football player (1895-1950)

Bob Baird

American baseball player (1940-1974)

James Edward Ruffin

American politician (1893-1977)

Patricia DuBose Duncan

American artist

James Alexander Fowler

American attorney

Betty Ann Carr

American actress

Felix Ives Batson

American judge

William Mecklenburg Polk

American physician (1844–1918)

William Tecumsah Avery

American politician (1819–1880)

Samuel McClary Fite

American politician (1816–1875)

Richardson A. Scurry

American and Texian politician (1811-1862)

R. F. Graf

American architect

Juno Frankie Pierce

American educator, suffragist

Oliver Kuhn

American football player (1898-1968)

Buster Jones

American actor (1943-2014)

Joe Jenkins

American baseball player (1890-1974)

Peter Ellis Bean

Mexican revolutionary (1783-1846)

Robert Leon Jordan

United States federal judge (1934–2024)

Roscoe Shelton

American electric blues and R&B singer (1931-2002)

Ruby Wright

American country singer (1939-2009)

John L. Head

American basketball coach (1915–1980)

Harold Earthman

American politician (1900-1987)

D'Army Bailey

American judge and actor (1941-2015)

Sam Gooden

American musician

Thomas C. Latimore

American naval officer

James Sanders Holman

American politician (1804–1867)

David Edward Byrd

American graphic designer

Lorine Livingston Pruette

American psychologist

John Bowers

American writer (1928–2025)

Lovie Lee

American blues pianist (1909-1997)

Josh Cody

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

Susanna Dickinson

Alamo survivor (1814–1883)

George Caldwell Taylor

United States federal judge

Ruth Welting

American operatic soprano

John Overton Williams

American Swing Era clarinettist and alto saxophonist (1905-1996)

Fred Toney

Major League Baseball pitcher

Troy Melton

American actor (1921-1995)

Paul Henderson

American photojournalist

Tiny Davis

American trumpeter

William P. Moss

American politician (1897-1985)

Bennie Tate

American baseball player (1901-1973)

Thomas B. Fugate

American politician (1899–1980)

Tom Ford

American baseball player

Charles Arthur Moser

American literary critic and political activist

Bill Mallory

American football player (1901–1945)

Bill Spears

American football player (1906-1992)

Charles L. McGaha

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1914-1984)

Washington Barrow

American politician (1807–1866)

Carlos Moore

American baseball player