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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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Edward Terry Sanford
1865 - 1930
Edwin H. Conger
1843 - 1907
William H. Hastie
1904 - 1976
Harvey Broome
1902 - 1968
John E. Raker
1863 - 1926
Pamela Ann Rymer
1941 - 2011
Joseph Lanier Williams
1810 - 1865
Donald Richberg
1881 - 1960
William Claiborne Dunlap
1798 - 1872
Consuelo Bland Marshall
Born 1936
James Howard Jarvis II
1937 - 2007
Patrick N. Millsaps
Born 1973
Jesse Corcoran Adkins
1879 - 1955
Charles B. Bellinger
1839 - 1905
Sharon G. Lee
Born 1953
James Alexander Fowler
1863 - 1955
Frank Wiley Wilson
1917 - 1982
Victor B. Walker
Born 1864
William Moschella
Born 1968
William F. Yardley
1844 - 1924
Leland Clure Morton
1916 - 1998
William Truslow Newman
1843 - 1920