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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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Brownie McGhee
1915 - 1996
Sticks McGhee
1917 - 1961
Bruce K. Holloway
1912 - 1999
Ray Graves
1918 - 2015
Maurice F. Weisner
1917 - 2006
Roddie Edmonds
1919 - 1985
Larz Bourne
1916 - 1993
Ken Burkhart
1916 - 2004
Francis Raymond Shea
1913 - 1994
Eben Alexander Jr
1913 - 2004
Bob Foxx
1917 - 1975
Troy A. McGill
1914 - 1944
Frank Wiley Wilson
1917 - 1982
Carl Doyle
1912 - 1951
Bert Hodges
1917 - 2001
Talmadge Maples
1910 - 1975
Pug Vaughan
1911 - 1964
John Butler (running back)
1918 - 1963
Charles R. Ware
1911 - 1942
Leland Clure Morton
1916 - 1998
William E. Bickley
1914 - 2010
Joseph P. Graw
1915 - 2018
Bass Van Gilst
1911 - 1996