Notable Natives and Residents
- Michael Abbott, Jr. – Stage and screen actor. Appeared as Cleaman Hayes in the award winning film Shotgun Stories.
- Mark Bell – Award-winning journalist; grew up in Talbott and attended high school in Morristown.
- Davy Crockett – Pioneer; grew up in and around Morristown, born in nearby Greene County, Tennessee.
- Mike Ford – Former NASCAR crew chief for Denny Hamlin
- Elaine Hendrix – Animal rights activist and award-winning TV/movie actress; attended middle and high school in Morristown.
- Tim Horner – Professional wrestler
- Josiah Leming – Contestant in the seventh season of American Idol who was eliminated in the top 50 but subsequently signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records.
- Frankie Randall – Boxing star first to beat Julio César Chávez; has held 3 world titles; was raised in Morristown.
- James "Little Man" Stewart – NFL player from 1995–2003, for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Detroit Lions; was raised in Morristown and played for Morristown Hamblen High School West and the University of Tennessee.
- Uncle Am Stuart – early Country music fiddle player
- Jane Wagner – Playwright and actress who wrote The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
- John A. Willis – Theatre and film book editor, theatre awards producer, actor, and educator. He is best known for editing the long-running annual publications Theatre World and Screen World.
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