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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 1940s Clear ×
Nikki Giovanni
Born 1943
Randall Collins
Born 1941
Karl Edward Wagner
1945 - 1994
Walt Simonson
Born 1946
Bruce Hampton
1947 - 2017
Victor Ashe
Born 1945
Ron Widby
Born 1945
Jack Hanna
Born 1947
Paul Hogue
1940 - 2009
Linda Carlson
Born 1945
Pamela Ann Rymer
1941 - 2011
Carl Abbott (urban historian)
Born 1944
Ken Sparks
1944 - 2017
Armin Ganz
1948 - 1995
Daniel Brown (politician)
Born 1945
Herman Saatkamp
Born 1942
Bob Baird
1940 - 1974
Con Hunley
Born 1945
D. D. Lewis (linebacker, born 1945)
Born 1945
Tom Dukes
Born 1942
Chris Zachary
1944 - 2003
Tom Goss (American football)
Born 1946
G. Turner Howard III
Born 1947
Park M. Strader
1945 - 2009