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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 1850s Clear ×
Edward Emerson Barnard
1857 - 1923
Nat Love
1854 - 1921
Albert Gleaves
1858 - 1937
Robert T. Hill
1858 - 1941
Joseph H. Acklen
1850 - 1938
William Hayes Ackland
1855 - 1940
Edgar C. Ellis
1854 - 1947
William Harding Carter
1851 - 1925
Everett J. Murphy
1852 - 1922
Jere Baxter
1852 - 1904
Virginia E. Walker Broughton
1856 - 1934
Isaac S. Taylor
1850 - 1917
Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago)
1859 - 1936
Georgia Gordon Taylor
1855 - 1913
Newell Houston Ensley
1852 - 1888