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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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- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1810s Clear ×
Newman Haynes Clanton
1816 - 1881
William Henry Sneed
1812 - 1869
Adelicia Acklen
1817 - 1887
Andrew Ewing
1813 - 1864
Jermain Wesley Loguen
1813 - 1872
William Henry Carroll
1810 - 1868
Thomas Fletcher (American politician, born 1817)
1817 - 1880
Andrew Jackson Sowell
1815 - 1883
Richard Owen Currey
1816 - 1865
Thomas K. Gibson
1811 - 1900
Joel Allen Battle
1811 - 1872