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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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- Filtered to 1850s Clear ×
0175 JOURNALIST
Samuel W. Small
1851 - 1931
0180 PHOTOGRAPHER
Lee Moorhouse
1850 - 1926
0181 SCHOLAR
Eben Alexander (educator)
1851 - 1910
0216 SOCIALITE
Mary Boyce Temple
1856 - 1929
0218 SUFFRAGETTE
Lizzie Crozier French
1851 - 1926
0276 PAINTER
Lloyd Branson
1853 - 1925
0309 ARCHITECT
Thomas Henry Morgan
1857 - 1940