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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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Pug Vaughan
1911 - 1964
William F. Yardley
1844 - 1924
Stephen Bassett
Born 1995
Jami Rogers-Anderson
Born 1970
Park M. Strader
1945 - 2009
Lincoln Henry Jelliff
1865 - 1948
Devin Sibley
Born 1996
John Butler (running back)
1918 - 1963
Thomas Henry Morgan
1857 - 1940
Kid Mohler
1870 - 1961
Frances Reed Elliot
1892 - 1965
Cartha Doyle
Born 1929
Sophia Schubert
Born 1996
Elmer W. Cart
1891 - 1980
Daisha McBride
Born 1996
William Corwin Stuart
1920 - 2010
Charles R. Ware
1911 - 1942
Buddy Cruze
1933 - 2018
Henry Fonde
1924 - 2009
William T. Snyder
Born 1931
Leland Clure Morton
1916 - 1998
Buddy Gilbert
Born 1935
Sion Harris
1811 - 1854
Pleasant M. Armstrong
1810 - 1853
Jykine Bradley
Born 1980
Roy Smith (Canadian football)
Born 1928
Lauren Strawn
Born 1992
Elvin Butcher
1907 - 1957
Ambrose I. Lane Sr.
1935 - 2010
Scott Fox (American football)
Born 1963
William Truslow Newman
1843 - 1920
Kathleen Malach
1926 - 2011
Harry Clay Hale
1861 - 1946
John T. Bearden
1826 - 1900
William E. Bickley
1914 - 2010
Joseph P. Graw
1915 - 2018
T. W. Edwards Jr.
1929 - 2015
Harry Brown Bainbridge III
1939 - 2010
Bass Van Gilst
1911 - 1996