Native Nashvillians
People born in Nashville:
Name | Birth year | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
John Adams | 1825 | Brigadier General during the American Civil War | |
Duane Allman | 1946 | Guitarist and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band | |
Gregg Allman | 1947 | Singer, keyboardist and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band | |
Casey Atwood | 1980 | NASCAR driver | |
Frank Maxwell Andrews | 1884 | Important figure in U.S. military aviation | |
Bill Belichick | 1952 | Football coach | |
Madison Smartt Bell | 1957 | Novelist | |
Julian Bond | 1940 | Civil rights activist | |
Linn Boyd | 1800 | Member of Congress from Kentucky and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
Beverly Briley | 1914 | Mayor of Nashville, 1963–1975 | |
Young Buck | 1981 | Rapper | |
Kitty Cheatham | 1864 | Singer and actress | |
James Craig | 1912 | Actor | |
Miley Cyrus | 1992 | Actress and singer | |
Anne Dallas Dudley | 1876 | Women's suffrage activist | |
Bill Frist | 1952 | Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader | |
Red Grooms | 1937 | Artist | |
Noodles Hahn | 1879 | Major League Baseball player | |
Bobby Hamilton | 1957 | NASCAR driver | |
Lillian Jackson | 1919 | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League founding member | |
Randall Jarrell | 1914 | Poet and writer | |
Jeff Jarrett | 1967 | Professional wrestler | |
Lucille La Verne | 1872 | Actress | |
Margaret Landis | 1890 | Silent Screen Actress | |
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 | |
Ron Mercer | 1976 | Professional basketball player | |
Bettie Page | 1923 | Pin-up model | |
Keith Paskett | 1964 | Professional Football Player for the Green Bay Packers | |
James B. Pearson | 1920 | U.S. Senator | |
Annie Potts | 1952 | Actress | |
Shelton Quarles | 1971 | Professional Football Player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
Emily J. Reynolds | 1956 | Former Secretary of the U.S. Senate | |
Robert Ryman | 1930 | Visual artist | |
John Seigenthaler | 1927 | Journalist, writer, and political figure | |
Nate Simpson | 1954 | Football player | |
Samuel Stritch | 1887 | First American member of the Roman Curia | |
Andrea True | 1943 | Pornstar and disco singer | |
Eric Volz | 1979 | Magazine publisher 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 | |
Kitty Wells | 1919 | musician and singer, commonly referred to as the Queen of Country Music | |
Hank Williams III | 1972 | Singer and musician | |
Del Wood | 1920 | Ragtime, gospel, and country music pianist |
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—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)