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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 1870s Clear ×
0063 BUSINESS
Charles Rudolph Walgreen
1873 - 1939
0104 POLITICIAN
Lee McClung
1870 - 1914
0114 GEOGRAPHER
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
1875 - 1971
0115 PHYSICIAN
Justina Ford
1871 - 1952
0187 MOUNTAINEER
Claude Ewing Rusk
1871 - 1931
0231 LAWYER
Jesse Corcoran Adkins
1879 - 1955
0232 PHILOLOGIST
Duane Reed Stuart
1873 - 1941
0237 BASEBALL
Roy Evans (baseball)
1874 - 1915
0286 POLITICIAN
Robert L. Burns
1876 - 1955
0289 FOOTBALL
David C. Chapman
1876 - 1944
0310 BASEBALL
Kid Mohler
1870 - 1961