![]() |
|

Description
Fast Facts
Famous Natives
Flag
Land Statistics
Landforms
Lat/Long
Links
Maps
Symbols
Time
Timeline
Travel Info
Weather


PRINT THIS MAP
|
|
PRINT THIS MAP
|
|
![]() ![]()
![]()
![]() |
![]() ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
|
|
Famous Natives
People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors. ![]() Roy Acuff musician "king of country music" ![]() James Agee author, screenwriter, poet ![]() Lamar Alexander politician ![]() Deborah Allen singer ![]() Robert Clay Allison gunfighter ![]() Duane Allman musician, allman brothers band ![]() Gregg Allman singer, musician, allman brothers band ![]() William Anderson u s navy officer, politician, author ![]() Eddy Arnold singer ![]() Chet Atkins musician, record producer ![]() DeFord Bailey musician ![]() Howard Baker, Jr. politician ![]() Ava Barber singer ![]() Edward E. Barnard astronomer ![]() Kathy Bates actress, director ![]() Walter Herschel Beech aviator, beech aircraft founder ![]() John Bell politician ![]() Polly Bergen actress ![]() Pat Boone singer, actor ![]() Rachel Boston actress ![]() George de Forest Brush artist ![]() James M. Buchanan economist, nobel prize laureate ![]() Carl Butler singer ![]() Joseph "Jo" Byrns, Sr. politician ![]() Archie Campbell comedian ![]() Hattie Caraway first female elected u s senator ![]() Dixie Carter actress ![]() Kellye Cash former miss america ![]() David Catching musician ![]() Benjamin Cheatham general confederate army ![]() Doc Cheatham musician, singer, bandleader ![]() Kitty Cheatham singer, actress ![]() Richard Boone Cheatham politician ![]() Richard Cheatham politician ![]() Kenny Chesney singer ![]() Henry Cho actor, comedian ![]() Philander Claxton educator ![]() Lynnette Cole former miss usa ![]() Mark Collie singer, songwriter ![]() Rita Coolidge singer ![]() Mary Costa actress, singer ![]() Davy Crockett frontiersman, soldier, politician ![]() Dixie Lee Crosby actress, dancer, singer ![]() John Cullum actor, singer ![]() Miley Cyrus actress, singer, songwriter ![]() Jack Daniel founder jack daniel's distillery ![]() Sam Davis confederate hero, scout ![]() Mark Dean inventor ![]() James Denton actor ![]() Dale Dickey actress ![]() Shannen Doherty actress, television director ![]() Andrew Jackson Donelson diplomat, politician ![]() Daniel Smith Donelson civil war confederate general ![]() Anne Dallas Dudley leader women suffrage movement ![]() David Farragut officer u. s. navy american civil war ![]() Lester Flatt pioneer blue grass music, musician ![]() Shelby Foote author, historian ![]() Harold Ford, Jr. politician ![]() Tennessee Ernie Ford musician, television host ![]() Nathan Bedford Forrest confederate army general ![]() Abe Fortas jurist ![]() Megan Fox actress ![]() Aretha Franklin singer, songwriter ![]() Morgan Freeman actor, director, narrator ![]() Bill Frist politician ![]() Nikki Giovanni poet, activist, author ![]() Ernest William Goodpasture physician, pathologist ![]() Ginnifer Goodwin actress ![]() Al Gore, Jr. former u.s. vice president ![]() Al Gore, Sr. politician ![]() Lou Graham golfer ![]() Red Grooms multimedia artist ![]() Richard Halliburton explorer, author ![]() Jim Hamill singer ![]() Bobby Hamilton automobile racer ![]() George Hamilton actor ![]() Jack Hanna television personality, zoologist ![]() Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway basketball player ![]() Dennis Haskins actor ![]() Isaac Hayes singer, songwriter, musician ![]() Christina Hendricks actress ![]() Will Hoge singer, songwriter ![]() Ed Hooper author ![]() Benjamin Hooks civil rights leader ![]() Myles Horton educator, socialist, civil rights leader ![]() Cordell Hull politician ![]() Con Hunley singer, songwriter ![]() Andrew Jackson former u.s. president (born in NC) ![]() Howell Edmunds Jackson jurist, politician ![]() Samuel L. Jackson actor (born in D.C.) ![]() Claude Jarman, Jr. actor ![]() Michael Jeter actor ![]() Andrew Johnson former u.s. president (born in NC) ![]() Cave Johnson politician ![]() Booker T. Jones musician, songwriter, producer ![]() Cherry Jones actress ![]() Edward "Too Tall" Jones football player ![]() Jesse Holman Jones politician, entrepreneur ![]() Margaret Keane artist ![]() Estes Kefauver politician ![]() David Keith actor ![]() Frank B. Kelso II admiral u s navy ![]() Jack L. Key author, nuclear medicine specialist ![]() Johnny Knoxville actor ![]() Jerry Lawler wrestler, commentator ![]() Phil Leadbetter musician ![]() Arthur Lee musician ![]() Sondra Locke actress ![]() Andrew Nelson Lytle poet, author, dramatist ![]() David "Uncle Dave" Macon singer, songwriter, musician ![]() Sterling Marlin auto racer ![]() Wink Martindale television game show host ![]() Tim McCarver baseball player, television broadcaster ![]() Walter "Brownie" McGhee singer, musician ![]() Granville "Stick" McGhee musician ![]() Raleigh McKenzie football player ![]() Reggie McKenzie football player ![]() Jon Meacham editor, author ![]() Ken Mellons singer ![]() Grace Moore opera singer ![]() Ashley Monroe singer ![]() Craig Morgan singer ![]() Mary Noailles Murfree author ![]() Elise Neal actress ![]() Lindsey Nelson sportscaster ![]() Alfred O. P. Nicholson politician ![]() Oconostota war chief cherokee nation ![]() Park Overall actress ![]() John Palmer television journalist ![]() Hermes Pan dancer, choreographer ![]() Cindy Parlow olympic medalist, soccer player ![]() Chris Parnell actor ![]() Hope Partlow singer ![]() Dolly Parton singer, songwriter, actress ![]() Willadeene Parton author, poet ![]() Minnie Pearl comedian ![]() Chad Pennington football player ![]() Carl Perkins singer, songwriter ![]() James Polk former u.s. president (born in NC) ![]() Annie Potts actress ![]() Elvis Presley singer, musician, actor ![]() Lisa Marie Presley singer, songwriter ![]() John Crowe Ransom poet ![]() Sam Rayburn politician ![]() Opie Percival Read author ![]() Brad Renfro actor ![]() Theodore "Ted" Rhodes golfer ![]() Grantland Rice sportswriter ![]() Oscar "The Big O" Robertson basketball player ![]() Carl Rowan journalist, author ![]() Wilma Rudolph olympic medalist ![]() William Sanderson actor ![]() Margaret Rhea Seddon astronaut, physician ![]() John Seigenthaler, Jr. television news anchor ![]() John Seigenthaler, Sr. journalist ![]() Sequoyah cherokee indian, inventor ![]() Samuel Shaver artist ![]() Cybill Shepherd actress ![]() William Shepherd astronaut ![]() Dinah Shore actress, singer ![]() Benjamin "Pap" Singleton civil rights leader ![]() Nancy Sloan actress ![]() Bessie Smith singer ![]() Carl Smith singer ![]() Bobby Sowell musician, composer ![]() Carl Stiner u.s. army four-star general ![]() John Marshall Stone politician ![]() Thomas Sigismund Stribling pulitizer prize winner ![]() Patricia "Pat" Summitt basketball coach ![]() Frank Sutton actor ![]() Lynn Swann football player ![]() Roscoe Tanner tennis player ![]() Quentin Tarantino actor, film director, screenwriter ![]() Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor author ![]() Jake Thomas actor ![]() Justin Timberlake singer, songwriter, actor ![]() Thomas "Bubba" Trammell baseball player ![]() Tina Turner singer, songwriter, dancer ![]() Dawn Upshaw soprano ![]() Lark Voorhies actress ![]() Barbara Walker miss america ![]() William Walker soldier ![]() Nancy Ward last beloved woman of the cherokees ![]() Taylor Ware singer ![]() John David Weathers baseball player ![]() Kitty Wells singer, songwriter ![]() Reggie White football player ![]() John S. Wilder politician ![]() Hayley Williams singer (born in MS) ![]() Darryl Worley singer ![]() Alvin York u s army world war I hero ![]() Felix Zollicoffer politician, confederate brigadier general ![]() Submit your famous Tennessean
here!
|
|
![]() |
|
U.S. States
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Washington D.C.
![]() ![]() |