Famous People from Tennessee

• Acuff, Roy (Maynardville)

  "The King of Country Music"

• Agee, James (Knoxville)

  The author of 'A Death in the Family'

• Alexander, Lamar (Maryville)

  The plaid-shirt candidate

• Atkins, Chet (Luttrell)

  Creator of the "Nashville Sound"

• Cain, Herman (Memphis)

  Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and 2012 presidential candidate

• Chesney, Kenny (Knoxville)

  Singer of "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem"

• Crockett, Davy (Greene County)

  Tennessee frontiersman and defender of the Alamo

• Cyrus, Miley (Franklin)

  Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and Pop Singer

• Farragut, David Glasgow (Campbell's Station)

  The Civil War admiral who said, "Damn the torpedoes..."

• Fossett, Steve (Jackson)

  The record-breaking aviator who disappeared in Nevada

• Fox, Megan (Rockwood)

  The sultry love interest in the Transformers movies

• Franklin, Aretha (Memphis)

  The Queen of Soul who sang "Respect"

• Freeman, Morgan (Memphis)

  The Oscar-winning co-star of Million Dollar Baby

• Giovanni, Nikki (Knoxville)

  The poet who wrote "Ego-Tripping"

• Hamilton, George (Memphis)

  Super-tanned actor and star of Dancing With the Stars 2

• Hanna, Jack (Knoxville)

  Zoologist host of TV's Animal Adventures

• Harris, Thomas (Jackson)

  The author of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

• Hayes, Isaac (Covington)

  The singer of "Theme from Shaft"

• Hendricks, Christina (Knoxville)

  Joan the office manager on the TV series Mad Men

• Johnson, Eliza McCardle (Greeneville)

  President Andrew Johnson's wife

• Keane, Margaret (Nashville)

  The painter of big-eyed waifs from the 1960s

• Kerr, Anita (Memphis)

  Creator and leader of country music's The Anita Kerr Singers

• Knoxville, Johnny (Knoxville)

  The guy from MTV's Jackass

• Lady Antebellum (Nashville)

  The country music trio who did "I Run to You" and "Need You Now"

• Page, Bettie (Nashville)

  1950s pinup model with black hair and bangs

• Parton, Dolly (Locust Ridge)

  Singer of the hit tune I Will Always Love You

• Polk, Sarah Childress (Murfreesboro)

  President James K. Polk's wife

• Rascal Flatts (Nashville)

  Country vocal trio that did "I'm Movin' On"

• Rudolph, Wilma (Clarksville)

  The first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics

• Smith, Bessie (Chattanooga)

  Classic blues singer dubbed "Empress of the Blues"

• Summitt, Pat (Henriette)

  Head coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee, 1974-2012

• Tarantino, Quentin (Knoxville)

  Writer and director of Pulp Fiction

• Timberlake, Justin (Memphis)

  The pop music superstar who starred in Friends With Benefits

• Turner, Tina (Nutbush)

  The singer of "What's Love Got to Do With It?"

• Walker, William (Nashville)

  19th century filibuster who set up his own republic in Lower California

• Wells, Kitty (Nashville)

  The Queen of Country Music

• Wright, Charles (Pickwick Dam)

  The U.S. Poet Laureate, 2014-2015

See also: Index of all US States