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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 1890s Clear ×
Cullen Landis
1895 - 1975
Jean MacArthur
1898 - 2000
Ed Allen (musician)
1897 - 1974
Harold D. Cooley
1897 - 1974
Joseph W. Frazer
1892 - 1971
Joseph Carlton Loser
1892 - 1984
Richard Merrill Atkinson
1894 - 1947
William R. Wilkerson
1890 - 1962
David Crosthwait
1898 - 1976
Oliver Kuhn
1898 - 1968
Tom Moran (blocking back)
1899 - 1933
William K. Warren Sr.
1897 - 1990
John W. Overton
1894 - 1918
Belle Kinney Scholz
1890 - 1959
Jenks Gillem
1890 - 1951
Bum Day
1898 - 1988
James G. Stahlman
1893 - 1976
Leonora Ainsworth
1894 - 1985
Catherine Allen Latimer
1896 - 1948
Garland Morrow
1899 - 1987
Ellery Huntington Jr.
1893 - 1987
Cecil Grigg
1891 - 1968
Charlie Harding
1891 - 1971
Claude Jonnard
1897 - 1959
Bill McTigue
1891 - 1920
Collins Denny Jr.
1899 - 1964
Rogers Caldwell
1890 - 1968
Hord Boensch
1893 - 1924
Byrd Douglas
1894 - 1965
Tiny Graham
1892 - 1962
William B. Robertson
1893 - 1943
Bubber Jonnard
1897 - 1977
Alexander Green Fite
1892 - 1962
Alfred T. Adams
1898 - 1982
Hugh Jackson Morgan
1893 - 1961
Dan Albert
1891 - 1919
Victor Herbert Strahm
1895 - 1957
Will Metzger
1890 - 1951
Alonzo Carroll
1894 - 1962
Mizell Wilson
1897 - 1968
James Cowdon Bradford Sr.
1892 - 1981