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Tennessee
Famous People
Who, What they were famous for and where they hailed
from
James Agee writer, poet, Knoxville
Eddy Arnold singer, Henderson
Chet Atkins
guitarist, Lutrell
Hattie Caraway first elected woman senator, Bakerville
Jack Garnet Carter miniature golf, Sweetwater
Davy Crockett
frontiersman, Green Cty
Jack Curtis screenwriter, Stony Creek
Sam Davis confederate scout, Smyrna
Mark Dean inventor, Jefferson City
David G. Farragut first American admiral, Knoxville
Lester Flatt bluegrass musician, Overton Cty
Tennessee Ernie Ford singer, Bristol
Morgan Freeman actor, Memphis
Abe Fortas jurist, Memphis
Aretha Franklin
singer, Memphis
Nikki Giovanni poet, Knoxville
Albert Gore Jr.
U.S. vice president, Washington, D.C.
Red Grooms artist, Nashville
Isaac Hayes
composer, Covington
Benjamin L. Hooks civil rights activist, Memphis
Barbara Howar broadcaster, writer, Nashville
Cordell Hull secretary of state, Overton Cty
Estes Kefauver legislator, Madisonville
Sandra Locke actress, Shelbyville
Dolly Parton singer,
Sevierville
Minnie Pearl
singer, comedienne, Centerville
Grantland Rice sportswriter, Murfreesboro
Carl Rowan journalist, Ravenscraft
Wilma Rudolph runner, St. Bethlehem
Sequoia Cherokee scholar, educator
Cybil Shepherd
actress, Memphis
Dinah Shore
actress, singer, Winchester
Tina Turner
singer, Brownsville
Alvin York World War I hero, Pall Mall
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