Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 5 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Cary Middlecoff
1921 – 1998
golferphysician
Frank Sutton
1923 – 1974
television actoractor
Marjorie Finlay
1928 – 2003
television personalityopera singermaster of ceremonies
Carl Smith
1927 – 2010
guitaristsongwritersinger-songwriter
E. D. Hirsch
1928
literary scholarliterary critichumanist
Sonny West
1938 – 2017
stunt performeractor
Harold Mabern
1936 – 2019
jazz musicianpianist
Hank Crawford
1934 – 2009
recording artistjazz musiciansaxophonist
Jack Greene
1930 – 2013
recording artistcountry musiciansongwriter
Eddie Graham
1930 – 1985
professional wrestleractor
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
1940 – 2021
writer
Chris Bell
1951 – 1978
guitaristsongwritermusician
Michael Turner
1971 – 2008
draftspersonvisual artistcomics artist
Jay Reatard
1980 – 2010
rock musicianguitaristmusician
Edward Douglass White
1795 – 1847
governorpoliticianlawyer
Ambrose H. Sevier
1801 – 1848
politicianlawyer
Alexander O. Anderson
1794 – 1869
politicianlawyerjudge
Henry Johnson
1783 – 1864
governorpoliticianlawyer
James Sevier Conway
1798 – 1855
farmer
William M. Gwin
1805 – 1885
politicianphysician
Simon P. Hughes Jr.
1830 – 1906
juristgovernorpolitician
James Philip Eagle
1837 – 1904
sheriffgovernorcolonel
Neill S. Brown
1810 – 1886
diplomatgovernorambassador
James W. Henderson
1817 – 1880
governorpolitician
Benjamin Davis Wilson
1811 – 1878
politicianbusinesspersonmayor
Benjamin Baker Moeur
1869 – 1937
governorpoliticianphysician
Clay Allison
1840 – 1887
cowboy
John Sharp Williams
1854 – 1932
politician
Harold M. Shaw
1877 – 1926
film directorfilm actorscreenwriter
Nathan L. Bachman
1878 – 1937
prosecutorjuristpolitician
Ephraim Graham
1888 – 1962
event rider
Clifton Bledsoe Cates
1893 – 1970
military officerlawyer
Herbert S. Walters
1891 – 1973
politician
Thomas T. Handy
1892 – 1982
military officer
Valaida Snow
1904 – 1956
jazz musicianmusiciansinger
Buster Bailey
1902 – 1967
saxophonistjazz musicianmusician
Grady Sutton
1906 – 1995
television actoractor
Harry P. Cain
1906 – 1979
journalistbankerpolitician
Brownie McGhee
1915 – 1996
blues musicianguitaristmusician
Ross Bass
1918 – 1993
politician
Minnie Pearl
1912 – 1996
comediansongwritermusician
Lester Flatt
1914 – 1979
guitaristsongwritermusician
David Manker Abshire
1926 – 2014
consultantpolitical scientistuniversity teacher
Sonny Criss
1927 – 1977
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
Jimmy Martin
1927 – 2005
guitaristsongwritermusician
Ed Westcott
1922 – 2019
scientific illustratorphotographer
Puggy Pearson
1929 – 2006
pool playerpoker player
Luther Perkins
1928 – 1968
guitarist
John Shelton Wilder
1921 – 2010
politicianlawyer
Carl Rowan
1925 – 2000
journalistauthordiplomat