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.

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A

• 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

B

• 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

C

• 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
• David Cole songwriter, record producer
• 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

D

• 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

F

• 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

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