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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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Thomas C. Hindman
1828 - 1868
Bill Haslam
Born 1958
Jefferson F. Long
1836 - 1901
Millard Caldwell
1897 - 1984
Tom Kindness
1929 - 2004
Lucius F. C. Garvin
1841 - 1922
Robin Beard
1939 - 2007
Tim Burchett
Born 1964
Lee McClung
1870 - 1914
Pryor Lea
1794 - 1879
Andrew Humphreys
1821 - 1904
John K. Luttrell
1831 - 1893
Gale Schisler
1933 - 2020
Joseph Brown Heiskell
1823 - 1913
Daniel Brown (politician)
Born 1945
Julia Hurley
Born 1981
Jack Whitver
Born 1980
Herbert Slatery
Born 1952
Becky Duncan Massey
Born 1955
Kyle Testerman
1934 - 2015
Herbert H. McMillan
Born 1958
James C. Luttrell
1813 - 1878
Richard Briggs
Born 1952
Andy Holt (Tennessee politician)
Born 1981
John McCormick Lea
1818 - 1903
Edwin M. Capps
1860 - 1938
Henry G. Marsh
1921 - 2011
George Roby Dempster
1887 - 1964
Ben Atchley
1930 - 2018
Jonathan Howes
1937 - 2015
Robert L. Burns
1876 - 1955
Park M. Strader
1945 - 2009
Lincoln Henry Jelliff
1865 - 1948
Elmer W. Cart
1891 - 1980
Sion Harris
1811 - 1854
John T. Bearden
1826 - 1900
T. W. Edwards Jr.
1929 - 2015
Bass Van Gilst
1911 - 1996