List of personalities of the city of Nashville
The list of personalities in the city of Nashville includes people who were born in Nashville , the capital of the US state of Tennessee , as well as those who worked in Nashville without being born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Nashville Born Personalities
To 1900
- John Bell (1797–1869), politician
- John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845), politician
- Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871), diplomat and candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States
- Linn Boyd (1800-1859), politician
- Peter Burnett (1807–1895), politician
- Felix Grundy McConnell (1809–1846), lawyer and politician
- William Henry Carroll (1810–1868), Brigadier General
- Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (1820–1886), farmer, gold miner, and major general
- Edward White Robertson (1823-1887), politician
- William Walker (1824–1860), doctor, lawyer, journalist, adventurer, and mercenary
- John Adams (1825–1864), Brigadier General
- Alexander William Campbell (1828-1893), Brigadier General
- Joseph H. Acklen (1850–1938), politician
- Edward Barnard (1857-1923), astronomer
- William Johnson Harahan (1867–1937), railroad manager
- Mme. Charles Cahier (1870–1951), born Sara Jane Layton Walker , song and opera singer
- Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), chemist and bacteriologist
- Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959), politician
- Harlow Shapley (1885-1972), astronomer
- Samuel Stritch (1887–1958), Archbishop of Chicago
- Willie Hightower (1888-1959), jazz trumpeter
- Ed Allen (1897–1974), traditional jazz trumpeter
20th century
1901 to 1920
- Leroy Carr (1905-1935), blues pianist and singer
- Doc Cheatham (1905-1997), jazz trumpeter
- Harry P. Cain (1906–1979), politician
- John Hibbett DeWitt (1906-1999), electrical engineer
- Hermes Pan (1909–1990), dancer and choreographer
- Jack Stapp (1912-1980), manager
- Cecil Gant (1913–1951), blues singer and pianist
- Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist and novelist
- Lee MacPhail (1917–2012), baseball official
- Jimmy Lewis (1918-2000), R&B and jazz bassist
- Cornelia Fort (1919–1943), pilot
- Kitty Wells (1919–2012), country singer
- James B. Pearson (1920–2009), politician
1921 to 1940
- Bob Hoover (1922–2016), test pilot and stunt pilot
- Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), writer, painter and muse of the Beat Generation
- Bettie Page (1923–2008), fetish and nude model
- Johnny T. Talley (* 1924), country and rockabilly musician
- Ray Batts (1925-2015), country musician
- Nancy Roman (1925-2018), astronomer
- Howard Caine (1926-1993), actor
- Richard H. Fulton (1927-2018), politician
- John Seigenthaler senior (1927–2014), journalist and book author
- Christine Kittrell (1929-2001), R&B singer
- Robert Ryman (1930–2019), painter
- Ben Tucker (1930–2013), jazz bassist and composer
- Thomas B. Evans (* 1931), politician
- Bob Moore (* 1932), studio musician, orchestra conductor and bassist
- Claude Jarman junior (born 1934), actor
- Bobby Hebb (1938-2010), singer and songwriter
- Warner Mack (born 1938), country singer and songwriter
- Mickey Kantor (* 1939), politician
- Jackie Shane (1940-2019), R&B singer
1941 to 1960
- Rod Daniel (1942-2016), director
- Linda Schele (1942-1998), Maya expert
- Edwin Starr (1942–2003), soul singer
- Benachtenberg (* 1943), film producer
- Jack E. Dixon (* 1943), biochemist
- Margaret George (* 1943), historian and writer
- Michael Iver Peterson (* 1943), politician and writer
- Andrea True (1943–2011), porn actress and singer
- Bill Boner (* 1945), politician
- Rita Coolidge (* 1945), country and pop musician
- Ellen McIlwaine (* 1945), singer-songwriter and slide guitarist
- Duane Allman (1946–1971), rock and blues guitarist
- Susie Isaacs (born 1946), poker player
- Sarah Young (* 1946), writer
- Gregg Allman (1947-2017), rock musician, singer and songwriter
- David Raymond Choby (1947-2017), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Nashville
- Gary Goldstein (* 1950), artist and art lecturer
- Rickey Woodard (born 1950), saxophonist
- Tom Schulman (* 1951), screenwriter, producer and director
- Bill Belichick (born 1952), football coach
- Bill Frist (* 1952), politician
- Annie Potts (born 1952), actress
- Jim Cooper (born 1954), politician
- Carlene Carter (born 1955), country singer
- Cynthia Rhodes (* 1956), dancer and actress
- Lorrie Morgan (born 1959), country singer
- Dawn Upshaw (born 1960), singer
1961 to 1980
- James Denton (born 1963), actor
- Matraca Berg (born 1964), country singer
- David Briley (born 1964), Mayor of Nashville
- Deana Carter (born 1966), country singer
- Jeff Jarrett (born 1967), wrestler
- Leticia Tish Cyrus (* 1967), wife of Billy Ray Cyrus
- Kathy Liebert (* 1967), poker player
- Richard Speight junior (* 1970), film and television actor
- Yuri Lowenthal (* 1971), actor and voice actor
- Sydney Penny (born 1971), actress
- Cortney Tidwell (born 1972), singer and lyricist
- Hank Williams III (born 1972), rock singer
- Susan Yeagley (born 1972), actress
- Titilayo Adedokun (* 1973), singer and beauty queen
- Will Hoge (* 1973), musician
- Lark Voorhies (born 1974), actress
- Robin Farina (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Jacob Gentry (* 1977), director
- DJ Qualls (* 1978), actor
- Brandt Snedeker (* 1980), professional golfer
1981 to 2000
- Young Buck (born 1981), gangsta rapper
- Justin Townes Earle (1982-2020), singer-songwriter
- Frank Omiyale (born 1982), American football player
- Landon Pigg (born 1983), singer-songwriter
- Hilary Scott (* 1986), singer
- Brandi Cyrus (* 1987), actress, singer and presenter
- Ellen Woglom (* 1987), actress
- Suzi Oravec (* 1989), country singer
- Kandace Springs (* 1989), jazz and RB singer
- Benny Cunningham (born 1990), American football player
- Josef Newgarden (* 1990), racing driver
- Willa Fitzgerald (* 1991), actress
- Miley Cyrus (* 1992), actress and singer
- Braison Cyrus (* 1994), actor and model
- That Poppy (* 1995), singer
- Colin Ford (* 1996), actor and voice actor
- Adair Tishler (* 1996), actress
- Gatlin Green (* 1997), actress and singer-songwriter
- Noah Cyrus (* 2000), voice actress and actress
Year of birth not known
- James Kreger (* around 1953), cellist and music teacher
Famous Nashville residents
- Anna Essinger (1879–1960), German reform pedagogue
- Nathan Jacobson (1910–1999), mathematician
- Steve Cropper (* 1941), guitarist, music producer and songwriter
- Al Perkins (* 1944), musician and producer
- JD Souther (* 1945), singer-songwriter, country rock singer and actor
- Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (* 1947), writer, activist and black anarchist
- Chester Thompson (born 1948), drummer
- Jack Bruno (born 1951), British drummer
- Michael Gulezian (* 1957), fingerstyle guitarist
- Vince Gill (born 1957), country musician
- Wolf Hoffmann (* 1959), German musician and photographer
- Mary Gauthier (* 1962), country and folk songwriter
- Barry Despite (* 1962), ice hockey player and coach
- Brendan Benson (* 1970), singer and songwriter
- Cortney Tidwell (born 1972), singer and lyricist
- Jack White (* 1975), singer, guitarist, music producer
- Brian Baker (born 1985), tennis player
- Taylor Swift (* 1989), singer and songwriter
- Josephine Skriver (* 1993), Danish model
- Caleb Plant (* 1992), boxer
Honorary citizen
- Walter Bitterlich (1908–2008), Austrian forest scientist
- Hauke Strübing (* 1938), German radio presenter
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