List of people from Tennessee

A

• Roy Acuff (1903–1992), musician; born in Maynardville
• Charlie Adams; drummer, percussionist, and drum engineer
• Mary Hampton Adaams (1914-1998) Seven Flavor Poundcake Queen
• James Agee (1909–1955); Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film critic; born in Knoxville
• The Aldridge Sisters, singing duo that appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1977 to 1982
• Lamar Alexander (b. 1940), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Tennessee; born and raised in Maryville
• Duane Allman (1946–1971); guitarist; born in Nashville
• Gregg Allman (b. 1947); singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter; born in Nashville
• William R. Anderson (1921-2007); naval officer and member of Congress; born in Humphreys County
• Lil Hardin Armstrong
• Victor Ashe
• Chet Atkins (1924–2001); guitarist and record producer; born in Luttrell

B

• DeFord Bailey
• Howard Baker
• George Franklin Barber
• William M. Bass
• Kathy Bates
• Kate Batts (a.k.a. The Bell Witch)
• Robin Beard
• John Bell
• Bill Belichick, New England Patriots Head Coach, born in Nashville
• Aaron Benward
• Polly Bergen
• William Blount
• Willie Blount
• Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.
• Arna W. Bontemps
• Pat Boone
• Rachel Boston
• Rod Brasfield
• Clarence Brown
• William Gannaway Brownlow
• James M. Buchanan, economist, Nobel laureate
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Kenneth C. Burns, "Jethro" of Homer and Jethro
• Charles Burson
• Jake Butcher
• Joseph W. Byrns

C

• Archie Campbell
• Guy Carawan
• Hattie Caraway
• Dixie Carter
• Kellye Cash
• Johnny Cash
• June Carter Cash
• Rosanne Cash
• David Catching
• John Catron
• Tracy Caulkins
• Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
• Doc Cheatham
• Kitty Cheatham
• Richard Boone Cheatham
• Richard Cheatham
• Kenny Chesney
• Philander P. Claxton
• Jim Clayton
• Frank G. Clement
• Fred Coe
• Lynnette Cole - Miss USA 2000
• Mark Collie
• Darby Conley
• David "Davy" Crockett
• Dixie Lee Crosby
• Edward Hull "Boss" Crump
• John Cullum
• Lowell Cunningham
• Billy Ray Cyrus
• Miley Cyrus, star of Hannah Montana

D

• Beauford Delaney
• George Roby Dempster
• Jamie Denton
• Bobby Dodd
• Shannen Doherty
• Andrew Jackson Donelson
• Aaron Douglas

E

• William Edmondson
• Ralph Emery
• Sleepy John Estes

F

• David Farragut
• Lester Flatt
• Ric Flair
• Shelby Foote
• Harold Ford, Jr.
• Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Nathan Bedford Forrest
• Abe Fortas
• Megan Fox
• Aretha Franklin
• Morgan Freeman
• Bill Frist
• Phillip Fulmer

G

• Nikki Giovanni
• Guilford Glazer
• Dr. Ernest W. Goodpasture
• Albert Gore, Jr., 45th Vice President of the United States, 1993-2001
• Albert Gore, Sr.
• Yo Gotti
• Lou Graham
• Red Grooms

H

• Alex Haley
• George Hamilton
• W.C. Handy
• George "Two Ton" Harris
• James Haslam Jr.
• Isaac Hayes
• Henry D. Haynes, "Homer" of Homer and Jethro
• Todd Helton
• Will Hoge
• Charles O. (Chad) Holliday
• John Jay Hooker
• Ed Hooper
• Myles Horton
• Sam Houston
• Thomas Hughes
• Cordell Hull
• Con Hunley
• Alberta Hunter
• Dennis Hwang

J

• Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the United States, 1829-1837
• Howell Edmunds Jackson
• Quinton Jackson, The Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, (Born in Memphis)
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Claude Jarman Jr.
• William L. Jenkins, U.S. House of Representatives (R-TN-01), 1997-2007
• Michael Jeter
• Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States, 1865-1869
• Cave Johnson
• Cherry Jones
• Jesse Holman Jones

K

• Estes Kefauver
• David Keith
• Adm. Frank B. Kelso
• Johnny Knoxville
• Joseph Wood Krutch

L

• Dan Landrum - Hammer dulcimer player
• Jerry "The King" Lawler
• Arthur Lee
• Michael Levine
• Sondra Locke
• Z. Alexander Looby
• Horace Lurton
• Andrew Lytle

M

• Jean (Faircloth) MacArthur
• "Uncle Dave" Macon
• Johnny Majors
• Delbert Mann
• Sterling Marlin - Two-time Daytona 500 winner
• Wink Martindale
• Matthew Fontaine Maury
• Cormac McCarthy
• Tim McCarver
• Michael McDonald
• Brownie McGhee
• Stick McGhee
• Kenneth McKellar
• Jon Meacham
• Helen Monday (aka Munday) (c. 1910 - 1987) - silent film actress ("Stark Love" 1927), Knoxville
• Chris Moneymaker - poker player from Knoxville

• Grace Moore
• Shelly Moore - Miss Teen USA 1997
• Mary Noailles Murfree

N

• Patricia Neal
• Lindsey Nelson
• Robert Neyland, UT Vols football coach and namesake for Neyland Stadium
• Alfred O. P. Nicholson
• Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses

O

• Oconostota
• Joe O'Donnell

P

• Bettie Page
• John Palmer, former NBC News correspondent
• Hermes Pan
• Cindy Parlow
• Hope Partlow
• Dolly Parton
• Minnie Pearl
• Carl Perkins
• James K. Polk, Eleventh President of the United States, 1845-1849
• Bishop Leonidas Polk
• Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States, wife of President James K. Polk
• Annie Potts
• Elvis Presley

Q

• Jimmy Quillen

R

• John Crow Ransom
• Sam Rayburn
• J.J. Redick
• B. Carroll Reece
• Florence Patton Reece (folk singer)
• Brad Renfro
• Grantland Rice
• Lee Roberson
• James Robertson
• Oscar Robertson
• John Ross
• Mason Rudolph
• Wilma Rudolph

S

• Christine Sadler
• Clarence Saunders
• John T. Scopes
• Josey Scott (lead singer of Saliva)
• Rhea Seddon
• Sequoyah
• John Sevier
• Cybill Shepherd
• William Shepherd
• Dinah Shore
• John Seigenthaler, Jr.
• John Seigenthaler, Sr.
• Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
• Bessie Smith
• Daniel Smith
• Rachel Smith - Miss USA 2007
• Bobby Sowell
• Steve Spurrier
• John M. Stone
• Thomas S. Stribling
• Pat Summitt
• Frank Sutton

T

• Roscoe Tanner
• Quentin Tarantino; movie director, actor, and screenwriter; born in Knoxville.
• Allen Tate
• Peter Taylor
• Three 6 Mafia
• Fred Dalton Thompson
• Justin Timberlake
• Tina Turner

U

• Usher

W

• Barbara Walker- Miss America 1947
• William Walker
• Darrell Waltrip
• Taylor Ware
• Cameron Watson, actor and director
• Robert Penn Warren
• Ida B. Wells
• Tina Wesson
• Hugh Lawson White
• Reggie White
• John S. Wilder
• Hayley Williams, (singer) lead vocals for Paramore (originally from Meridian, MS)
• Oprah Winfrey (originally from Mississippi)
• Reese Witherspoon

Y

• Alvin York, World War I soldier who captured 132 Germans almost single-handedly

Z

• Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer