Notable Natives and Residents
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- Lisa Alther, American author, born and grew up in Kingsport
- Edward L. Ayers, Bancroft Prize-winning historian and ninth president of the University of Richmond, raised in Kingsport
- Barry Bales, Grammy Award winning musician with Alison Krauss and Union Station
- James F. Barker, President of Clemson University (1999-present)
- Harry Coover, The inventor of Super Glue.
- Denny Crawford, professional football player.
- Amy Dalley, country music artist.
- Bobby Dodd, College Football Hall of Fame inductee as both a football player (University of Tennessee) and coach (Georgia Institute of Technology).
- Bobby Eaton, professional wrestler.
- Elle and Blair Fowler, online beauty gurus who spent part of their childhoods in Kingsport.
- John King, drummer for the Steve Miller Band
- Cliff Kresge, a Nationwide Tour player who splits his time between homes in Kingsport and Florida.
- Blake Leeper, Paralympic silver medallist
- Cripple Clarence Lofton, noted boogie-woogie pianist and singer, was born in Kingsport.
- Brownie McGhee and Stick McGhee, brothers and blues musicians, grew up in Kingsport and other East Tennessee towns.
- Ken Mellons, country music artist.
- John Palmer, former NBC News correspondent, born in Kingsport and a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School.
- John Shelton Reed, sociologist and essayist, author or editor of eighteen books, most of them dealing with the contemporary American South.
- Gerald Sensabaugh, defensive back for the NFL team Dallas Cowboys, born and raised in Kingsport.
- LeRoy Sprankle, high school multi-sport coach, author, and general manager of the Canton Independents.
- Cyrus Thomas, entomologist and ethnologist
- Steven Williams, actor who starred in 21 Jump Street and The Blues Brothers.
- Charles Wright, poet who spent part of his childhood and adult life in Kingsport.
- Nick Castle, actor who played Michael Myers in the original Halloween, was born in Kingsport and always makes an appearance at the local haunted houses.
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