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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 1870s Clear ×
Lucille La Verne
1872 - 1945
Mary Engle Pennington
1872 - 1952
Hill McAlister
1875 - 1959
Sara Cahier
1875 - 1951
Noodles Hahn
1879 - 1960
Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879)
1879 - 1945
Alice Nielsen
1872 - 1943
John Wesley Work Jr.
1871 - 1925
Jesse E. James
1875 - 1951
Charley Moran
1878 - 1949
Anne Dallas Dudley
1876 - 1955
George E. Coghill
1872 - 1941
Campbell Bonner
1876 - 1954
Lefty Davis
1875 - 1919
Lucius E. Burch
1874 - 1959
Hamilton Love
1875 - 1922
Phil Connell
1874 - 1932
Nellie Griswold Francis
1874 - 1969
Shirley W. Smith
1875 - 1959
Whitefoord Russell Cole
1874 - 1934
Thomas Setzer Hutchison
1875 - 1936
Harrison Hunter
1870 - 1923
Dan Leahy (baseball)
1870 - 1903
Newt Fisher
1871 - 1947
Lytle Brown
1872 - 1951
Henry D. Lindsley
1872 - 1938
Estella Louise Mann
1871 - 1947
Haywood Rose
1870 - 1947
Frank Butler (Negro leagues)
1872 - 1899