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KNOXVILLE
Most Famous People Born in Knoxville, United States
- Notable people
- 339
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1945
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 8.1×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Knoxville during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Knoxville Is Known For
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Football is Knoxville's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (52).
Knoxville over-indexes on baseball — 8.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Knoxville's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Quentin Tarantino
Born 1963
Randy Orton
Born 1980
Christina Hendricks
Born 1975
Johnny Knoxville
Born 1971
Brad Renfro
1982 - 2008
David Farragut
1801 - 1870
David Keith
Born 1954
Kenny Chesney
Born 1968
Polly Bergen
1930 - 2014
James Agee
1909 - 1955
Justin Hartley
Born 1977
Jake Thomas
Born 1990
Dale Dickey
Born 1961
John Cullum
Born 1930
Nikki Giovanni
Born 1943
Mary Costa
Born 1930
Randall Collins
Born 1941
Lillian Randolph
1898 - 1980
Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Born 1953
Brownie McGhee
1915 - 1996
John Pemberton
1831 - 1888
Karl Edward Wagner
1945 - 1994
Walt Simonson
Born 1946
Thomas C. Hindman
1828 - 1868
Ashley Monroe
Born 1986
Jerome Courtland
1926 - 2012
Rodney Atkins
Born 1969
Todd Helton
Born 1973
Jamie Marchi
Born 1977
Bill Haslam
Born 1958
Adam Henley
Born 1994
Jason Witten
Born 1982
Edward C. Stone
Born 1936
Lara Parker
Born 1937
Brent Smith
Born 1978
Joseph Wood Krutch
1893 - 1970
Mitch Rouse
Born 1964
Bianca Belair
Born 1989
Nick Raskulinecz
Born 1970
Beauford Delaney
1901 - 1979
Aaron Schoenfeld
Born 1990
Edward Terry Sanford
1865 - 1930
Chris Woodruff
Born 1973
Edwin H. Conger
1843 - 1907
Jacob Whitesides
Born 1997
Chad Pennington
Born 1976
Bill Bates
Born 1961
Harry McClintock
1882 - 1957
Cylk Cozart
Born 1957
Trevor Bayne
Born 1991
Bruce Hampton
1947 - 2017
William H. Hastie
1904 - 1976
Kristian Bush
Born 1970
Rhyne Williams
Born 1991
Candy Reynolds
Born 1955
Jefferson F. Long
1836 - 1901
Bryce Brentz
Born 1988
Tony Anthony
Born 1960
Victor Ashe
Born 1945
Michael McKenry
Born 1985
Marcia Angell
Born 1939
Rebecca Brandewyne
Born 1955
Charles Rudolph Walgreen
1873 - 1939
Elston Turner
Born 1959
Sticks McGhee
1917 - 1961
Ron Widby
Born 1945
Davis Tarwater
Born 1984
George Kruck Cherrie
1865 - 1948
Dustin Colquitt
Born 1982
Holly Warlick
Born 1958
Dena Head
Born 1970
Toby Dammit
Born 1966
Jack Hanna
Born 1947
Peter Oppegard
Born 1959
Nicky Delmonico
Born 1992
Paul Hogue
1940 - 2009
Millard Caldwell
1897 - 1984
Josh Smith (artist)
Born 1976
Matt Reynolds (pitcher)
Born 1984
Morgan Stevens
Born 1951
Carol Mayo Jenkins
Born 1938
Chad Bell
Born 1989
Mark Sherrod
Born 1990
Tom Kindness
1929 - 2004
Bruce K. Holloway
1912 - 1999
Ray Graves
1918 - 2015
Ben Testerman
Born 1962
Lucius F. C. Garvin
1841 - 1922
Matt Wilson (jazz drummer)
Born 1964
Robin Beard
1939 - 2007
Bubba Trammell
Born 1971
David Young (wrestler)
Born 1972
Linda Carlson
Born 1945
Kyle Waldrop
Born 1985
Tim Burchett
Born 1964
Craig Colquitt
Born 1954
Brett Carroll
Born 1982
Harvey Broome
1902 - 1968
Logan Brill
-
Richard Aaker Trythall
Born 1939
Dennis Hwang
Born 1978
Carl Butler
1927 - 1992
William Montgomery Churchwell
1826 - 1862
Lee McClung
1870 - 1914
Jimmy Haslam
Born 1954
John E. Raker
1863 - 1926
Pryor Lea
1794 - 1879
Pamela Ann Rymer
1941 - 2011
Reggie McKenzie (linebacker)
Born 1963
Britton Colquitt
Born 1985
Chris Kirk
Born 1985
Doug Roth
Born 1967
Carl Abbott (urban historian)
Born 1944
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
1875 - 1971
Justina Ford
1871 - 1952
John Hervey Crozier
1812 - 1889
Andrew Humphreys
1821 - 1904
Ken Sparks
1944 - 2017
Joseph Lanier Williams
1810 - 1865
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Born 1953
John K. Luttrell
1831 - 1893
Leslie Thornton (filmmaker)
Born 1951
Marilou Awiakta
Born 1936
Maurice F. Weisner
1917 - 2006
Roddie Edmonds
1919 - 1985
Gale Schisler
1933 - 2020
Henry Cho
Born 1961
Charles Arthur Moser
1935 - 2006
Armin Ganz
1948 - 1995
Robert L. Cook
Born 1952
Greg McMichael
Born 1966
Jordan Hill (singer)
Born 1978
Luke Mishu
Born 1991
Scott Holtzman
Born 1983
Donald Richberg
1881 - 1960
J. G. M. Ramsey
1797 - 1884
Jackie Parker
1932 - 2006
Billy Meyer
1893 - 1957
Raleigh McKenzie
Born 1963
Garrett Reynolds
Born 1987
William Claiborne Dunlap
1798 - 1872
Joseph Brown Heiskell
1823 - 1913
Buddy Landel
1961 - 2015
Emily Ann Roberts
Born 1998
Erick Baker
Born 1978
Daniel Brown (politician)
Born 1945
Julia Stowers
Born 1982
Charles Kohlhase
Born 1935
Alan Gratz
Born 1972
John Reinhardt
1920 - 2016
Tyson Clabo
Born 1981
Mike Cofer (linebacker)
1960 - 2019
Joseph Delaney (artist)
1904 - 1991
David Madden (novelist)
Born 1933
Christopher Douglas (American actor)
Born 1969
Herman Saatkamp
Born 1942
James Vann Johnston Jr.
Born 1959
Josh Walker (American football)
Born 1991
Doris Sams
1927 - 2012
J. Don Ferguson
1933 - 2008
Bob Baird
1940 - 1974
Rick Byrd
Born 1953
Tyler Gibson
Born 1991
Con Hunley
Born 1945
Clifford Curry
1936 - 2016
Joe Fishback
Born 1967
D. D. Lewis (linebacker, born 1945)
Born 1945
Steve Searcy
Born 1964
Sam Beall
1977 - 2016
Ava Barber
Born 1954
James Herman Robinson
1907 - 1972
Andy Coan
1958 - 2017
Thomas William Humes
1815 - 1892
Derek Trent
Born 1980
Samuel W. Small
1851 - 1931
Consuelo Bland Marshall
Born 1936
Larz Bourne
1916 - 1993
Matthew McClung
1868 - 1908
Gina May
Born 1974
Lee Moorhouse
1850 - 1926
Eben Alexander (educator)
1851 - 1910
James Howard Jarvis II
1937 - 2007
Elizabeth Mynatt
Born 1966
Mark Davidson
Born 1961
Natalie Bible'
Born 1983
Kevin O'Connell (American football)
Born 1985
Claude Ewing Rusk
1871 - 1931
Ken Burkhart
1916 - 2004
Ty Greene
Born 1992
Ronald Siler
Born 1980
Reggie Cobb
1968 - 2019
Billy Ray Irick
1958 - 2018
Daryle Smith
1964 - 2010
Wardell Milan
Born 1978
James M. Holmes
Born 1957
Ron Fuller (wrestler)
Born 1950
Tina Wesson
Born 1960
William Galbraith (gymnast)
1906 - 1994
Joseph Patrick Moore
Born 1969
Gilbert Harry Trythall
Born 1930
Patrick N. Millsaps
Born 1973
Julia Hurley
Born 1981
Tim Irwin
Born 1958
Mike Milchin
Born 1968
John Bruhin
Born 1964
Francis Raymond Shea
1913 - 1994
Trae Crowder
-
Jack Whitver
Born 1980
Phil Leadbetter
Born 1962
Truth Thomas
-
Davis Tull
Born 1991
Herbert Slatery
Born 1952
Jackie Walker (American football, born 1950)
1950 - 2002
Leroy Thompson (running back)
Born 1968
Kevin Burdette
-
Mary Boyce Temple
1856 - 1929
Jimmy Colquitt
Born 1963
Lizzie Crozier French
1851 - 1926
Jerry Riggs
Born 1956
Mary Ramsey Wood
1787 - 1908
Tom Dukes
Born 1942
Becky Duncan Massey
Born 1955
Nick Hill (baseball)
Born 1985
Wes Roach
Born 1988
Renee Lawless
Born 1960
Kyle Testerman
1934 - 2015
Eben Alexander Jr
1913 - 2004
Chris Zachary
1944 - 2003
Dee Haslam
Born 1955
Bob Foxx
1917 - 1975
Jesse Corcoran Adkins
1879 - 1955
Duane Reed Stuart
1873 - 1941
Harley Jones Van Cleave
1886 - 1953
Charles B. Bellinger
1839 - 1905
Sharon G. Lee
Born 1953
John Bland (American football)
Born 1960
Roy Evans (baseball)
1874 - 1915
Herbert H. McMillan
Born 1958
Trevor Lawrence (American football)
Born 1999
Mitchell W. Stout
1950 - 1970
Penny Jay
1925 - 2006
Tony Cosey
Born 1974
James C. Luttrell
1813 - 1878
Mary Ruth Ray
1956 - 2013
Chad Finchum
Born 1994
Richard Briggs
Born 1952
Sax Crawford
1881 - 1964
Tyler Summitt
Born 1990
James Alexander Fowler
1863 - 1955
Troy A. McGill
1914 - 1944
Andy Holt (Tennessee politician)
Born 1981
Chip Mellor
Born 1950
Frank Wiley Wilson
1917 - 1982
Jess Doyle
1898 - 1961
Joseph Alexander Mabry II
1826 - 1882
John McCormick Lea
1818 - 1903
William Rule (editor)
1839 - 1928
Zaevion Dobson
2000 - 2015
Edwin M. Capps
1860 - 1938
Henry G. Marsh
1921 - 2011
Polly Wolfe
1888 - 1938
J. J. McCleskey
Born 1970
Tom Goss (American football)
Born 1946
Victor B. Walker
Born 1864
Bud Sherrod
1927 - 1980
A. J. Simcox
Born 1994
George Roby Dempster
1887 - 1964
Peter Kreis
1900 - 1934
Guilford Glazer
1921 - 2014
Rus Lindsay
1891 - 1977
Ben Atchley
1930 - 2018
Jonathan Howes
1937 - 2015
Susan M. Gordon
-
Jim Turner (singer)
-
Martha Tabor
1939 - 2004
Lloyd Branson
1853 - 1925
Carl Doyle
1912 - 1951
Bert Hodges
1917 - 2001
Robert Tatum
1891 - 1964
Dwight Nichols
1934 - 2009
James G. Sterchi
1867 - 1932
Pat Douglass
Born 1950
Frankie Housley
1926 - 1951
George F. Regas
Born 1930
Dixie Cornell Gebhardt
1866 - 1955
Robert L. Burns
1876 - 1955
Cal Johnson (businessman)
1844 - 1925
Talmadge Maples
1910 - 1975
David C. Chapman
1876 - 1944
Thomas Sperry
1864 - 1913
Rick Altizer
Born 1959
Chelle Rose
Born 1968
Christopher Downs
Born 1974
G. Turner Howard III
Born 1947
Josh Lovelace
-
William Moschella
Born 1968
Ed Smith (linebacker)
Born 1957
Joe Cofer
Born 1963
Art Ruble
1903 - 1983
Zhubin Parang
Born 1981