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NASHVILLE
Most Famous People Born in Nashville, United States
- Notable people
- 804
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1941
- Most distinctive
- Songwriter 8.7×
Nashville's Songwriter bench is Music Row in one line of the file — the Bradley and RCA studios that built modern country and then absorbed Americana, gospel and contemporary Christian writing on top. The heavier-than-expected Baseball count is older, a holdover from the Nashville Vols of the Southern Association, while the Music and Singer lines run from the Grand Ole Opry's founding generation through the outlaw country and contemporary Americana eras.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Nashville during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Nashville Is Known For
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Football is Nashville's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (80).
Nashville over-indexes on songwriter — 8.7× the global rate.
Nashville under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Nashville's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
Peter Hardeman Burnett
1807 - 1895
James C. Jones
1809 - 1859
Linn Boyd
1800 - 1859
Alexander Barrow
1801 - 1846
George Childress
1804 - 1841
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
1809 - 1892
Edwin Hickman Ewing
1809 - 1902
Archibald Hunter Arrington
1809 - 1872
Felix Grundy McConnell
1809 - 1846
Washington Barrow
1807 - 1866
William Giles Harding
1808 - 1886
James Collinsworth
1806 - 1838
Joseph P. Sneed
1804 - 1881
John Austin Wharton (1806–38)
1806 - 1838
Thomas Jefferson Foster
1809 - 1887
Alfred E. Jackson
1807 - 1889
James McBride (politician)
1802 - 1875
John Meredith Bass
1804 - 1878
Powhatan Gordon
1802 - 1879