Other Nashvillians
- Richard Henry Boyd – founder and head of the National Baptist Publishing Board
- Tracy Caulkins – a three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Mike Curb – founder of Curb Records, former Lieutenant Governor of California
- Greg Downs – Flannery O'Connor Award-winning short story writer
- James T. Draper, Jr. - president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1982 to 1984 and president of Nashville-based LifeWay Christian Resources from 1991 to 2006
- William Driver – nicknamed the U.S. flag "Old Glory"
- Tony Earley – novelist and short story writer
- Ralph Emery – country music disk jockey and television host
- Tipper Gore – Second Lady of the United States from 1993 until 2001
- Adam Hooker — 2008 Slamball League MVP and starting stopper for Champion Slashers.
- Demetria Kalodimos – Emmy award-winning anchor for WSMV-TV
- Nicole Kidman – actress
- Karen Kingsbury - award winning Christian novelist
- Andy Kirby – NASCAR driver
- Jessica Kresa - professional wrestler, best known as ODB
- James Lawson – civil rights leader and Methodist minister
- Alan LeQuire – sculptor
- Z. Alexander Looby – lawyer active in the American Civil Rights Movement
- Dan May – civic leader
- Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, fka Carlos Leon Bledsoe—charged in the 2009 jihadi Little Rock military recruiting office shooting.
- Diane Nash – civil rights leader
- Yvette Nelson – actress & model
- Ann Patchett – novelist
- Minnie Pearl (Sarah Cannon) – country comedian who appeared frequently on the Grand Ole Opry
- Dave Ramsey – talk radio host and best-selling author
- Herb Rich - NFL football player
- Wilma Rudolph – track star and Olympic gold medalist
- Chase Sampson - well known Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? controversial contestant
- Azariah Southworth – former host of a Christian television show; LGBT rights advocate
- John Seigenthaler, Jr. – MSNBC News Anchor, son of John Seigenthaler, Sr.
- Dinah Shore (Francis Rose Shore) - singer, actress, and television personality
- Martin Strel – long-distance swimmer, Big River Man and famous actor from Slovenia
- Adair Tishler – actress
- Marcia Trimble – victim of an infamous child murder case
- Jim Varney – actor, best known for his character Ernest P. Worrell
- Robert Penn Warren – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet
- Dawn Wells - actress (Gilligan's Island)
- Oprah Winfrey – talk show host and entrepreneur
- Reese Witherspoon – Academy Award-winning actress
- Harmony Korine - filmmaker and artist
- Rachel Korine - actress and photographer, married to Harmony Korine
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