Biographical Records
Notable People from Tennessee
1,705 notable figures born in Tennessee, showing page 8 of 35, ranked by historical prominence.
Ray Blanton
1930 – 1996
governorpoliticianteacher
Charles B. Mitchel
1815 – 1864
politician
John Martin
1833 – 1913
politicianlawyerjudge
Frank G. Clement
1920 – 1969
juristgovernorpolitician
Phil Garner
1949 – 2026
baseball player
John N. Heiskell
1872 – 1972
publisherjournalisteditor
Elias Nelson Conway
1812 – 1892
governorpolitician
Edward W. Carmack
1858 – 1908
journalistjuristpolitician
Prentice Cooper
1895 – 1969
prosecutorjuristdiplomat
Horace Lawson Hunley
1823 – 1863
civil engineerbusinessperson
Alice Nielsen
1872 – 1943
stage actoropera singeractor
William Clark Falkner
1825 – 1879
novelistpoet
Howard Caine
1926 – 1993
television actorstage actoractor
James B. Pearson
1920 – 2009
military officerpoliticianlawyer
John Tipton
1786 – 1839
politicianwriter
Tom Stewart
1892 – 1972
district attorneypoliticianlawyer
George Morgan
1924 – 1975
songwritersinger
Clyde Stubblefield
1943 – 2017
musiciandrummer
Millard F. Caldwell
1897 – 1984
juristgovernorpolitician
William B. Ross
1873 – 1924
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Clarence Ashley
1895 – 1967
banjoistmusiciansinger
Roddie Edmonds
1919 – 1985
soldiersalesperson
Mary R. Calvert
1884 – 1974
astronomer
Helen Wood
1917 – 1988
actor
W. S. Holland
1935 – 2020
musiciandrummer
Edward H. East
1830 – 1904
politicianlawyerjudge
Owen Bradley
1915 – 1998
bandleadersongwritermusician
Johnnie Wright
1914 – 2011
singer
Wesley Bennett
1913 – 2002
basketball playermilitary officer
David Barton
1783 – 1837
politicianjudge
Jimmy Quillen
1916 – 2003
business executivepublisherjournalist
J. Don Ferguson
1933 – 2008
television actoractor
Homesick James
1910 – 2006
street artistguitaristmusician
Charles F. Wheeler
1915 – 2004
camera operatorcinematographer
Murray Bowen
1913 – 1990
systemic therapistfamily therapistpsychiatrist
John White
1802 – 1845
politicianlawyerjudge
Warner Mack
1938 – 2022
guitaristmusiciansinger-songwriter
Robert Russell Newton
1918 – 1991
historianphysicistastronomer
Austin Augustus King
1802 – 1870
juristgovernorpolitician
Cecil Gant
1913 – 1951
pianistmusician
Jim Nance McCord
1879 – 1968
politician
Thomas B. Turley
1845 – 1910
politicianlawyer
Joseph W. Folk
1869 – 1923
juristgovernorpolitician
John E. Miles
1884 – 1971
assessoreditorpostmaster
Carolyn Franklin
1944 – 1988
songwritermissionarysinger
Alfred A. Taylor
1848 – 1931
juristgovernorpolitician
Dorsey Burnette
1932 – 1979
guitaristsongwritermusician
Daniel Brand
1935 – 2015
amateur wrestler
Eric Jerome Dickey
1961 – 2021
novelistcomedianwriter
David West
1964 – 2022
baseball player