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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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David Keith
Born 1954
Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Born 1953
Bill Haslam
Born 1958
Cylk Cozart
Born 1957
Candy Reynolds
Born 1955
Rebecca Brandewyne
Born 1955
Elston Turner
Born 1959
Holly Warlick
Born 1958
Peter Oppegard
Born 1959
Morgan Stevens
Born 1951
Craig Colquitt
Born 1954
Jimmy Haslam
Born 1954
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Born 1953
Leslie Thornton (filmmaker)
Born 1951
Robert L. Cook
Born 1952
James Vann Johnston Jr.
Born 1959
Rick Byrd
Born 1953
Ava Barber
Born 1954
Andy Coan
1958 - 2017
Billy Ray Irick
1958 - 2018
James M. Holmes
Born 1957
Ron Fuller (wrestler)
Born 1950
Tim Irwin
Born 1958
Herbert Slatery
Born 1952
Jackie Walker (American football, born 1950)
1950 - 2002
Jerry Riggs
Born 1956
Becky Duncan Massey
Born 1955
Dee Haslam
Born 1955
Sharon G. Lee
Born 1953
Herbert H. McMillan
Born 1958
Mitchell W. Stout
1950 - 1970
Mary Ruth Ray
1956 - 2013
Richard Briggs
Born 1952
Chip Mellor
Born 1950
Pat Douglass
Born 1950
Rick Altizer
Born 1959
Ed Smith (linebacker)
Born 1957