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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 1900s Clear ×
Harry Blackmun
1908 - 1999
Chuck Taylor (salesman)
1901 - 1969
Leroy Carr
1905 - 1935
Hermes Pan
1909 - 1990
Trevor Bardette
1902 - 1977
Doc Cheatham
1905 - 1997
Ben Chapman (baseball)
1908 - 1993
William Harding Jackson
1901 - 1971
Harry P. Cain
1906 - 1979
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
1903 - 1977
Fred Hynes
1908 - 1992
Horace Mann Bond
1904 - 1972
Alfred Steele
1901 - 1959
Turkey Stearnes
1901 - 1979
John H. DeWitt Jr.
1906 - 1999
Elmo Tanner
1904 - 1990
Joseph W. Byrns Jr.
1903 - 1973
Guilford Dudley (ambassador)
1907 - 2002
Frank Peak Akers
1901 - 1988
Robert Turney
1900 - 1972
Johnny Gill (baseball)
1905 - 1984
Alf Sharpe
1902 - 1981
Thomas Kain
1907 - 1971
David B. Eskind
1909 - 1992
Jimmy Armistead
1905 - 1984
Herb Hake
1903 - 1980
Vernon Sharp
1906 - 1991
Buddy Hackman
1906 - 1987
John Sloan (businessman)
1906 - 1988