List of people from Nashville, Tennessee explained

The following is a list of notable people who have lived in Nashville, Tennessee.

Native Nashvillians

People born in Tennessee:

Name	Birth year	Notability	Reference
John Adams	1825	Brigadier General during the American Civil War	^[1]
Duane Allman	1946	Guitarist and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band	^[2]
Gregg Allman	1947	Singer, keyboardist and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band	^[3]
Frank Maxwell Andrews	1884	Important figure in U.S. military aviation	^[4]
Casey Atwood	1980	NASCAR driver	^[5]
Alfred Bartles	1930	Composer of jazz/classical crossover music	^[6]
Bill Belichick	1952	Former head coach of six-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots	^[7]
Madison Smartt Bell	1957	Novelist	^[8]
Julian Bond	1940	Civil rights activist	^[9]
Robert Earl Bonney	1882	U.S. Navy Medal of Honor recipient, 1910	^[10]
Linn Boyd	1800	Member of Congress from Kentucky and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives	^[11]
Beverly Briley	1914	Mayor of Nashville, 1963–1975	^[12]
David Briley	1964	Mayor of Nashville, 2018
Marvelyn Brown	1984	HIV/AIDS activist	^[13]
Kitty Cheatham	1864	Singer and actress	^[14]
Sara Ward Conley	1859	Artist	^[15]
James Craig	1912	Actor
Anne Dallas Dudley	1876	Women's suffrage activist	^[16]
Thomas Fletcher	1817	Arkansas politician	^[17]
Colin Ford	1996	Actor	^[18]
Morris Frank	1908	Founder, the Seeing Eye, first guide dog training school
Bill Frist	1952	Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader	^[19]
John Gordy	1935	Tennessee Volunteers and Detroit Lions football player
Dick Griffey	1938	Record executive and promoter
Red Grooms	1937	Artist	^[20]
Noodles Hahn	1879	Major League Baseball player	^[21]
Bobby Hamilton	1957	NASCAR driver
Demonte Harper	1989	American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Bobby Hebb	1938	R&B/soul songwriter, singer, musician known for the hit "Sunny"
Les Hunter	1942	Center of 1963 Loyola Ramblers basketball national championship team
Thomas Setzer Hutchison	1875	Military officer, police commissioner, civil reformer, author, inventor
Lillian Jackson	1919	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League founding member
Marion James	1934	Blues singer	^[22]
Claude Jarman Jr.	1934	Actor
Randall Jarrell	1914	Poet and writer
Jeff Jarrett	1967	Professional wrestler
Claude Jonnard	1897	Professional baseball player for the New York Giants
Caleb Joseph	1986	Major League Baseball player
Lucille La Verne	1872	Actress
Margaret Landis	1890	Silent screen actress	^[23]
Mary Louise Lester	1921	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League founding member
Kathy Liebert	1967	World Series of Poker bracelet winner
Beth Littleford	1968	Comedian and actress
Ellen McLain	1952/1953	Voice actress
Ron Mercer	1976	Professional basketball player
Tom Moran	1899	Football player	^[24]
William Morrison	1860	Dentist, inventor of cotton candy
Alice Oates	1849	Actress and pioneer of musical theatre	^[25]
Chord Overstreet	1989	Singer, songwriter, TV actor
Bettie Page	1923	Pin-up model	^[26]
Keith Paskett	1964	Professional football player for Green Bay Packers	^[27]
James B. Pearson	1920	U.S. Senator	^[28]
Antoinette Van Leer Polk	1847	French baroness
Annie Potts	1952	Actress	^[29] ^[30]
Shelton Quarles	1971	Professional football player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Emily J. Reynolds	1956	Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate	^[31]
Robert Ryman	1930	Visual artist	^[32]
Hillary Scott	1986	Singer-songwriter, member of country music trio Lady Antebellum
John Seigenthaler	1927	Journalist, writer, and political figure
Jackie Shane	1940	Soul and rhythm and blues singer; among first black transgender musicians to chart
Nate Simpson	1954	Football player
Ahmaad Smith	1983	Football player
Edwin Starr	1942	Motown soul and R&B singer/songwriter
Turkey Stearnes	1901	Baseball player	^[33]
Samuel Stritch	1887	First American member of the Roman Curia
Phillip Supernaw	1990	NFL player	^[34]
Andrea True	1943	Pornstar and disco singer
Anthony Van Leer	1783	Prominent iron works owner in Tennessee
Carlos Clark Van Leer	1865	United States Army officer and Chief of Personnel at Department of the Treasury
Eric Volz	1979	Magazine publisher wrongfully convicted of murder in Nicaragua
Lark Voorhies	1974	Television actress
Charlie Wade	1950	Football player
Chuck Wagner	1958	Actor
William Walker	1824	Journalist, adventurer, and briefly the President of Nicaragua	^[35]
Gretchen Walsh	2003	Swimmer	^[36]
Kitty Wells	1919	Musician and singer, commonly referred to as the Queen of Country Music	^[37]
Hank Williams III	1972	Singer and musician	^[38]
Del Wood	1920	Ragtime, gospel, and country music pianist	^[39]
Young Buck	1981	Rapper	^[40]

Musicians and songwriters

With its status as a major hub of music production (especially country and gospel music), Nashville attracts a wide array of musicians, singers, and songwriters.

• Roy Acuff – country singer-songwriter; co-founder (with Fred Rose) of the Acuff-Rose publishing house
• Dean Alexander – country singer-songwriter
• Chet Atkins – country guitarist and record producer
• The Band Perry – country pop band
• Dave Barnes – acoustic singer-songwriter
• Greg Bates – country singer-songwriter
• David Berman – singer-songwriter of Silver Jews
• Beeb Birtles – former member of Little River Band
• Pat Boone (Charles Eugene Boone) – pop singer and actor
• Jordana Bryant – country/pop singer-songwriter, originally from Pennsylvania^[41]
• Bully – rock band
• J. J. Cale – songwriter and musician, known for writing "After Midnight" and "Cocaine"
• Glen Campbell – pop and country musician, TV personality and actor, sang "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Johnny Cash – country singer-songwriter and actor, known to his fans as "The Man in Black"
• June Carter Cash – country singer-songwriter, wife of Johnny Cash, and member of the A.P. Carter Family
• Desmond Child – hit rock/pop songwriter for Cher, Kiss, Aerosmith, Ricky Martin, Bonnie Tyler, Bon Jovi, and others
• Cimorelli – YouTube girl group, originally from El Dorado Hills, California
• The Civil Wars – folk/Americana duo
• Kelly Clarkson – pop singer-songwriter, first winner of American Idol
• Patsy Cline – country singer-songwriter, first woman in Country Music Hall of Fame
• Kyle Cook – singer-songwriter of Matchbox Twenty
• Rita Coolidge – pop recording artist and songwriter
• Billy Cox – bassist, last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Sheryl Crow – singer-songwriter, actress
• Billy Ray Cyrus – country singer-songwriter, and actor; father of Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus
• Miley Cyrus – country/pop singer-songwriter, star of Hannah Montana; daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and older sister of Noah Cyrus
• Noah Cyrus – singer-songwriter, and actress; daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and younger sister of Miley Cyrus
• Steve Earle – country singer-songwriter
• Tommy Emmanuel – guitarist, native to Australia but lives in Nashville
• The Everly Brothers – pop music duo
• Zac Farro – drummer
• Fisk Jubilee Singers – gospel choir
• Lester Flatt – bluegrass pioneer
• Béla Fleck – banjoist, lived in Nashville most of his young adulthood, originally from New York City
• Dan Fogelberg – singer-songwriter of diverse musical styles, top-selling musician of 1970s–80s
• Ben Folds – singer-songwriter, former frontman of Ben Folds Five
• Framing Hanley – alternative rock band
• Peter Frampton – English rock musician, producer, songwriter, lives in Nashville
• Russ Freeman – lead of award-winning jazz band, The Rippingtons
• Kathy Lee Gifford – television host, singer-songwriter, actress, and author
• Josh Gracin – country singer
• Amy Grant – singer-songwriter known for Christian themes
• Emmylou Harris – country singer-songwriter, and musician
• Kerry Harvick – country singer-songwriter, cast member of the hit reality series Bad Girls Club
• Brandon Heath – Christian singer-songwriter
• Bobby Hebb – R&B/soul songwriter, musician, singer known for the song "Sunny"
• John Hiatt – songwriter and musician
• Faith Hill – country music singer
• Robyn Hitchcock – English alternative-rock musician^[42]
• Hot Chelle Rae – popular rock pop band
• Harlan Howard – Music Row songwriter
• David Hungate – bassist for Toto, also recorded with several country artists
• Alan Jackson – country singer-songwriter
• Waylon Jennings – country singer-guitarist
• Naomi Judd – mother-daughter (with Wynonna Judd) country music singer-songwriter
• Wynonna Judd – mother-daughter (with Naomi Judd) country music singer-songwriter
• Donny Kees – musician and songwriter
• Jet Jurgensmeyer – teen actor and musician
• Kesha – pop singer
• Kings of Leon – rock musicians
• Robert Knight – R&B singer best known for the hit "Everlasting Love"
• Kris Kristofferson – country singer-songwriter and actor
• Lady Antebellum – country music trio group
• Brenda Lee – pop singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Little Big Town – country music group
• Little Richard – rock musician
• Kimberley Locke – pop and R&B singer
• Liam Lynch – musician and co-creator of the television show Sifl and Olly
• Loretta Lynn – country singer-songwriter
• Mandisa – Christian music artist
• Barbara Mandrell – country singer-songwriter
• Chris Marion – member of classic rock's Little River Band
• Martina McBride – singer-songwriter
• Tim McGraw – country music singer-songwriter and actor
• Reba McEntire – country music singer and actress
• Roger Miller – country singer-songwriter, known for "King of the Road"
• Neal Morse – singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and progressive rock composer based in Nashville
• Dave Mustaine – lead musician for heavy metal band Megadeth
• Willie Nelson – guitarist and country singer, member of the outlaw country movement
• Aaron Neville – soul singer and member of the Neville Brothers; displaced from his native New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina
• The New Schematics – indie rock band
• John Oates – hit rock and soul recording artist from duo Hall & Oates, has homes in Colorado and Nashville
• St. Louis Jimmy Oden – blues pianist, born here in 1903
• Roy Orbison – singer-songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, known for "Pretty Woman"
• Brad Paisley – country singer-songwriter
• Paramore – rock musicians
• Dolly Parton – country singer-songwriter and actress
• Johnny Paycheck – country singer
• Wayne Perry – country singer-songwriter and producer
• Kellie Pickler – country music singer-songwriter
• Poppy – pop singer-songwriter
• Millard Powers – member of Counting Crows, musician, songwriter, producer, engineer
• Rascal Flatts – country music trio
• Caroline Keating Reed – pianist and music teacher
• Tex Ritter – singing cowboy
• Earl Scruggs – bluegrass banjo player
• Ed Sheeran – English singer, songwriter, producer, actor
• Blake Shelton – country singer, judge on TV series The Voice
• Michael W. Smith – Christian music artist
• Soccer Mommy – indie rock back fronted by Sophie Allison
• Chris Stapleton – country/bluegrass/rock musician
• Starlito – rapper
• Edwin Starr – 1970s funk singer
• Marty Stuart – country/bluegrass musician; host of his own show on RFD-TV
• Donna Summer – disco and R&B singer
• Emma Swift – Australian country/Americana musician^[42]
• Taylor Swift – one of the world's top-selling singer-songwriters
• Thompson Square – country music duo
• Ernest Tubb – singer-songwriter, one of the pioneers of country music
• Shania Twain – Canadian country music singer-songwriter and actress
• Steven Tyler – lead singer-songwriter of rock band Aerosmith
• Keith Urban – country music superstar, married to Nicole Kidman
• Townes Van Zandt – folk music singer-songwriter
• Gillian Welch – contemporary "alt-country" songwriter and singer
• Kitty Wells – singer and musician from country music's early days
• Matt Wertz – acoustic singer-songwriter
• Dottie West – country singer-songwriter
• Jack White – guitarist and lead vocalist of The White Stripes
• Hayley Williams – musician, songwriter, lyricist
• Allen Woody – bassist for the Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule
• Victor Wooten – virtuoso electric bass guitar player
• Emily Wright – songwriter, producer and engineer
• Tammy Wynette – country singer-songwriter, known for "Stand By Your Man"
• Dwight Yoakam – country musician, songwriter and actor
• Taylor York – musician, songwriter, lyricist
• Young Buck – rapper and member of G-Unit

Political figures

National

• Edward Carmack – former U.S. Senator, newspaper editor, and attorney
• Bill Frist – former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
• Al Gore Jr. – former U.S. Vice President and Senator; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Tipper Gore – Second Lady of the United States 1993–2001
• Sam Houston – U.S. Congressman, Governor of both Tennessee and Texas, and President of the Republic of Texas; for whom the city of Houston is named
• Andrew Jackson – former U.S. President
• Andrew Johnson – former U.S. President and Vice President
• John Lewis – civil rights leader, U.S. Congressman (GA 5th Dist.), and former SNCC chairman
• Fred Meyer – treasurer of Aladdin Industries in Nashville, pre-1971; chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, 1988–1994; president of Tyler Corporation in Dallas, 1983–1986; native of suburban Chicago^[43]
• James K. Polk – former U.S. President
• Fred Thompson – former U.S. Senator and actor

Local

• Megan Barry – first female mayor of Nashville; first female mayor of Nashville to resign office
• Phil Bredesen – mayor of Nashville 1991–99, governor of Tennessee 2003–2011
• John Ray Clemmons (born 1977) – member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 55th district, in West Nashville
• Karl Dean – former mayor of Nashville
• John Jay Hooker – attorney, perennial candidate, and political gadfly
• Diane Neighbors – vice mayor of Nashville, 2007–2015

See also: List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee.

Other Nashvillians

Artists and writers

• Emelie C. S. Chilton - writer, editor
• Greg Downs – Flannery O'Connor Award-winning short story writer
• Tony Earley – novelist and short story writer
• Karen Kingsbury – novelist
• Harmony Korine – filmmaker and artist
• Rachel Korine – actress and photographer, married to Harmony Korine
• Alan LeQuire – sculptor
• Jon Meacham - Pulitzer-prize winning writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer
• Ann Patchett – novelist
• T. M. Schleier – early photographer
• Robert Penn Warren – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet
• Tennessee Williams – foremost playwright of 20th-century drama, lived briefly in Nashville

Business leaders

• Mike Curb – founder of Curb Records, former Lieutenant Governor of California
• George A. Dickel – liquor distributor
• Dick Griffey – record producer, music promoter
• Wallace Rasmussen – businessman, philanthropist, CEO of Beatrice Foods
• Preston Taylor – minister, businessperson, philanthropist

Civic leaders

• William N. Bilbo – attorney, lobbyist for passage of the 13th Amendment, ending slavery
• William Driver – nicknamed the U.S. flag "Old Glory"
• Francis Guess – Nashville businessman and member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1983–1989)^[44]
• James Lawson – civil rights leader and Methodist minister
• John Lewis - civil rights leader and Congressman from Georgia's 5th Congressional District
• Z. Alexander Looby – lawyer active in the American Civil Rights Movement
• Dan May – civic leader
• Diane Nash – civil rights leader
• Azariah Southworth – former host of a Christian television show; LGBT rights advocate^{[45] [46]}

Entertainers

• Nate Bargatze – comedian
• Kristin Chenoweth – Tony Award-winning Broadway actress
• Rachel DiPillo – actress, currently stars in NBC's Chicago Med
• Doug the Pug – famous dog
• Natalia Dyer – actress
• Ralph Emery – country music disc jockey and television host
• Eddie Frierson – voice actor, playwright
• Kathie Lee Gifford – television personality and former star of NBC's Today show
• Phil Harris – comedian, actor, singer, and jazz musician
• Melissa Joan Hart – actress
• Ashley Judd – actress and political activist
• Demetria Kalodimos – Emmy Award-winning anchor for WSMV-TV
• Nicole Kidman – actress
• Sondra Locke (1944–2018) – Oscar-nominated actress from Shelbyville, Tennessee lived briefly in Nashville
• Minnie Pearl (Sarah Cannon) – country comedian who appeared frequently on the Grand Ole Opry
• Jason Priestley - actor who starred on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210"
• Dinah Shore – singer, actress, and television personality
• Richard Speight Jr. – actor
• Mary Steenburgen – actress, songwriter wife of Ted Danson
• Frank Sutton – actor, played Sergeant Carter on the hit TV series Gomer Pyle
• Austin Swift – actor, brother of Taylor Swift
• Niki Taylor – supermodel and TV presenter
• Adair Tishler – actress
• Jim Varney – actor, known for his character Ernest P. Worrell
• Dawn Wells – actress, Gilligan's Island
• William Wilkerson – founder of Flamingo Las Vegas hotel, Ciro's nightclub
• Oprah Winfrey – talk show host, movie producer, and entrepreneur
• Reese Witherspoon – Academy Award-winning actress
• Evan Rachel Wood – actress, musician, and star of TV series Westworld
• Patricia Heaton - actress
• Dwayne Johnson - actor, professional wrestler, alumni of both Glencliff High School and McGavock High School.

Journalists and talk show hosts

• Tomi Lahren – political commentator for Fox News
• Jon Meacham – Pulitzer Prize-winning author; former Newsweek editor
• Dave Ramsey – talk radio host and author
• Grantland Rice – sportswriter
• Fred Russell – sportswriter
• Pat Sajak - DJ, TV weather reporter, and game show host for "Wheel of Fortune"
• John Seigenthaler Jr. – MSNBC news anchor; son of John Seigenthaler Sr.

Religious leaders

• Richard Henry Boyd – founder and head of the National Baptist Publishing Board
• Virginia E. Walker Broughton – African American author and Baptist missionary^{[47] [48] [49]}
• James T. Draper Jr. – president of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1982–1984; president of Nashville-based LifeWay Christian Resources, 1991–2006
• W. T. Handy, Jr. – United Methodist bishop, died in Nashville

Sportspeople

• Mookie Betts – baseball player
• Tracy Caulkins – three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
• Eddie George – Heisman Trophy winner, four-time Pro Bowl NFL running back, businessman and professional actor
• Sonny Gray – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Scott Hamilton – world champion and Olympic gold medalist ice skater
• Demonte Harper (born 1989) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Mike Hasenfratz – National Hockey League referee^[50]
• Adam Hooker – 2008 Slamball League MVP and starting stopper for Champion Slashers
• Andy Kirby – NASCAR driver
• Jessica Kresa – professional wrestler, known as ODB
• Herb Rich (1928–2008), 2x All-Pro NFL football player
• Wilma Rudolph – track star and Olympic gold medalist
• Martin Strel – long-distance swimmer, Big River Man and actor from Slovenia

Criminals and victims

• Jesse James – notorious outlaw and bank robber
• Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, fka Carlos Leon Bledsoe – committed the 2009 jihadi Little Rock military recruiting office shooting^{[51] [52]}
• Marcia Trimble – victim of an infamous child murder case

Other

• Mary R. Calvert (1884–1974) – astronomical computer and astrophotographer
• Joseph Fuisz – attorney, inventor, and entrepreneur; founder of Fuisz Pharma LLC
• Richard Fuisz – physician, inventor, and entrepreneur, with connections to the United States military and intelligence community
• Amelia Laskey – ornithologist^[53]
• Nat Love – famous African-American cowboy and hero of the Old West
• Ronal W. Serpas – Chief of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, 2004–2010^[54]

See also

• List of people from Tennessee

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