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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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- Music
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Other
Seth Worley
Born 1984
Barry Mazor
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Charlie Petty
1866 - 1928
Jack E. Dixon
Born 1943
JT Southern
Born 1964
Bruce Petway
1885 - 1941
Seth Walker Norman
Born 1934
John Owsley Manier
1887 - 1956
William M. Bennett
1869 - 1930
Lucius E. Burch Jr.
1912 - 1996
Kay George Roberts
Born 1950
Claude Jonnard
1897 - 1959
Cooper Wallace
Born 1982
Alfred E. Jackson
1807 - 1889
Charles Hadley
Born 1846
Jessica Phillips (actress)
Born 1971
Nellie Griswold Francis
1874 - 1969
Shirley W. Smith
1875 - 1959
Barbara McConnell
1936 - 2016
Andrew Jackson Sowell
1815 - 1883
Whitefoord Russell Cole
1874 - 1934
David Hennings
Born 1957
Jo Ann Sprague
Born 1931
James McBride (politician)
1802 - 1875
Steven Womack
Born 1952
Ferdinand E. Kuhn
1861 - 1930
James Wiseman (basketball)
Born 2001
Robert Turney
1900 - 1972
David Malloy
-
Alan LeQuire
Born 1955
Frank Pillow
Born 1965
James Young (Arizona pioneer)
1844 - 1935
Woody Paul
Born 1949
Reggie Grimes
Born 1976
Desmond Cambridge
Born 1979
Olan Rogers
Born 1987
Forrest O'Connor
Born 1988
Lefty Sullivan
1916 - 1988
Robert Ewing (mayor)
1849 - 1932
Devin Wilson
Born 1990
Matt Marquess
Born 1986
Kelleigh Bannen
Born 1981
Nate Simpson
Born 1954
Barry Turner (American football)
Born 1987
William R. Frist
-
Felix Zollicoffer Wilson
1866 - 1950
Ben Achtenberg
Born 1943
Jimmy Sweeney
1922 - 1992
Bubba Miller
Born 1973
Sarah Webb (painter)
Born 1948
Richard Owen Currey
1816 - 1865
Sarah Young (Schriftstellerin)
Born 1946
M. Norvel Young
1916 - 1998
Saul Weingeroff
1916 - 1988
Mike Gerber (baseball)
Born 1992
Jim Wood (fiddler)
Born 1964
Johnny Martin (American football)
1916 - 1968
Bill McTigue
1891 - 1920
Collins Denny Jr.
1899 - 1964
Charles A. Elcan
Born 1965
Edward M. Yerger
Died 1875
Todd Cooley
Born 1975
Thomas Setzer Hutchison
1875 - 1936
Harrison Hunter
1870 - 1923
Chuck Meriwether
1956 - 2019
Jim Kirby (baseball)
1923 - 2009
Brian Collins (basketball)
Born 1984
Georgia Gordon Taylor
1855 - 1913
Charles Winter Wood
1869 - 1953
Michael Knox (record producer)
-
Johnny Gill (baseball)
1905 - 1984
Andree Layton Roaf
1941 - 2009
Bernard Wilson (American football)
Born 1970
Steve Liddle
Born 1959
James Reese (American football)
Born 1968
Lillian Jackson
1919 - 2003
Tommy Haynes
Born 1952
Rogers Caldwell
1890 - 1968
Jim Pruett
1917 - 2003
Mary Frances Isom
1865 - 1920
Jane Davis Doggett
Born 1929
Raleigh Morgan, Jr.
1916 - 1998
Barbara Olschner
-
Hord Boensch
1893 - 1924
Byrd Douglas
1894 - 1965
Kelli Williams (musician)
Born 1978
Marion James
1934 - 2015
Suzi Ragsdale
Born 1964
S. Fitzgerald Haney
Born 1969
Houston Oldham
Born 1990
Alf Sharpe
1902 - 1981
Earl Swensson
Born 1930
Tiny Graham
1892 - 1962
Thomas K. Gibson
1811 - 1900
Antoinette Polk
1847 - 1919
Ray Hamrick
1921 - 2009
Jeff Wyatt Wilson
-
Dan Leahy (baseball)
1870 - 1903
Billy Crain
Born 1954
Marc Thorpe
Born 1978
Marshall Orme Wilson
1860 - 1926
Ann McCrary
Born 1950
Samuel R. Lowery
1832 - 1900
Marcus Buggs
Born 1985
Newt Fisher
1871 - 1947
Henry Kimbro
1912 - 1999
William B. Robertson
1893 - 1943
Thomas Kain
1907 - 1971
David B. Eskind
1909 - 1992
Paul Sikes
Born 1982
Stephen Dillard
Born 1969
Lytle Brown
1872 - 1951
Roman Dent
Born 1988
Jimmy Armistead
1905 - 1984
Irish Graham
1883 - 1940
Barbara Tsakirgis
1950 - 2019
DeAndre Kpana-Quamoh
1998 - 2016
Bubber Jonnard
1897 - 1977
Emily J. Reynolds
Born 1956
Nina Gamble Kennedy
Born 1960
Louis Hasslock
1888 - 1974
Santonio Beard
-
George D. Waller
1883 - 1969
Charles P. Fahey
1862 - 1915
Alexander Green Fite
1892 - 1962
Dean Alexander
-
Sidney Mttron Hirsch
1884 - 1962
Don Wayne (songwriter)
1933 - 2011
Herb Hake
1903 - 1980
John Meredith Bass
1804 - 1878
Holly Finale' Finley
-
Alfred T. Adams
1898 - 1982
Joel Allen Battle
1811 - 1872
William Meacham
-
Hugh Jackson Morgan
1893 - 1961
Mack Daughtry
Born 1947
Ellen Harley
Born 1946
Dan Albert
1891 - 1919
Hugh Mott
1920 - 2005
Victor Herbert Strahm
1895 - 1957
Brownlee O. Currey Jr.
Died 2020
Nicolás Carvacho
Born 1997
Will Metzger
1890 - 1951
Hal Harper
Born 1948
Alonzo Carroll
1894 - 1962
Cynthia Jenkins
1924 - 2001
Willie Geny
1913 - 1999
Z. Mason
Born 1991
Phil Jones (basketball)
Born 1985
Mary Louise Lester
Born 1921
Larry Hayes (American football)
1935 - 2017
Vernon Sharp
1906 - 1991
Buddy Hackman
1906 - 1987
Pearl Butler
1927 - 1988
Susan Gregg Gilmore
Born 1961
Henry D. Lindsley
1872 - 1938
John Boyd (Texas politician)
1796 - 1873
Scovel Richardson
1912 - 1982
Levi L. Rowland
1831 - 1908
Joshua C.S.
Born 1984
Roscoe Troxler
1883 - 1976
Jane Myron
Died 2020
Mark Warner (guitarist)
-
Thomas B. Walker Jr.
1923 - 2016
Preston Brown (wide receiver)
Born 1958
Donald W. Southgate
1887 - 1953
Andrew S. Herron
1823 - 1882
Margaret Cuninggim
Died 1986
Darrel Waggoner
Born 1966
Melvin Black
Born 1936
Newell Houston Ensley
1852 - 1888
Lucy Knoch
1923 - 1990
Mark Thomas Ketterson
Born 1955
Mizell Wilson
1897 - 1968
Kye Stewart
Born 1985
Savannah Conley
Born 1997
Powhatan Gordon
1802 - 1879
Frances W. Preston
1928 - 2012
Lee Nalley
1925 - 2003
Ray Batts
1925 - 2015
Mickey Kreitner
1922 - 2003
Keith Paskett
Born 1964
Joe Hewitt (baseball)
1885 - 1948
Naomi C. Matusow
Born 1938
James Cowdon Bradford Sr.
1892 - 1981
George Barrett
1927 - 2014
John Sloan (businessman)
1906 - 1988
Josephine E. Keating
1838 - 1908
Jenna Pittman Bracone
Born 1978
Lillian Offitt
1937 - 2020
Ittie Kinney Reno
1862 - 1941
James W. McHenry
1864 - 1931
Eric Joyce (American football)
Born 1978
C. Robb Robinson
1922 - 2006
Estella Louise Mann
1871 - 1947
Butch McCord
1925 - 2011
Ann W. Nally
1926 - 2007
Haywood Rose
1870 - 1947
Harry Hyde (baseball)
Born 1869
Frank Butler (Negro leagues)
1872 - 1899
William Johnson Harahan
1867 - 1937
Clare Woolwine
-
Claiborne Hooper Phillips
1847 - 1886
Alice Oates
1849 - 1881