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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 1860s Clear ×
Albert Hodges
1861 - 1944
John W. Gaines
1860 - 1926
John Haden Wilson
1867 - 1946
Kitty Cheatham
1864 - 1946
Vaulx Carter
1863 - 1930
Thomas Jennings Bailey
1867 - 1963
Mayna Treanor Avent
1868 - 1959
William Ruthven Smith
1868 - 1941
Effie Anderson Smith
1869 - 1955
R. F. Graf
1863 - 1940
Joe Burke (infielder)
1867 - 1940
Charlie Petty
1866 - 1928
William M. Bennett
1869 - 1930
Ferdinand E. Kuhn
1861 - 1930
Felix Zollicoffer Wilson
1866 - 1950
Charles Winter Wood
1869 - 1953
Mary Frances Isom
1865 - 1920
Marshall Orme Wilson
1860 - 1926
Charles P. Fahey
1862 - 1915
Ittie Kinney Reno
1862 - 1941
James W. McHenry
1864 - 1931
Harry Hyde (baseball)
Born 1869
William Johnson Harahan
1867 - 1937