List of Famous people born in Tennessee, United States of America

Clay Travis is an American sports journalist, writer, lawyer, television analyst, media personality and founder of OutKick.

Michael Wayne Pyle is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor since 1999, Pyle is a former WEC Welterweight Champion, and has also competed in Strikeforce, Elite XC, Affliction, M-1 Global, and for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the IFL.

Mallory Hytes Hagan is an American politician and former beauty queen who won Miss America 2013 as Miss New York 2012. She moved to New York in 2008 after her first year of college at Auburn University. Prior to winning Miss America, Hagan was also Miss Brooklyn 2010, Miss Manhattan 2011, Miss New York City 2012 and a two-time Miss New York first runner-up. When living in Alabama, Hagan had been runner-up in the Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen program. As Miss Chattahoochee Valley 2007, was a non-finalist talent winner at Miss Alabama. She won the Miss America competition on a platform of child sexual abuse awareness and prevention due to her family's history with child abuse. She also gave a response on the issue of gun control in which she opposed fighting violence with violence.

James Arthur Haslam III is an American businessman and sports executive. He is the chief executive officer of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain, co-owner with his wife Dee of both the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), and Columbus Crew SC of Major League Soccer (MLS) - with which he has an MLS Cup Championship to his credit. His father Jim Haslam founded the Pilot Corporation in 1958 as the Pilot Oil Corporation.

Dustin Charles Lynch is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Broken Bow Records. Lynch has released four albums and one EP for the label: a self-titled album in 2012, Where It's At in 2014, Current Mood in 2017, and Ridin' Roads in 2019. A fourth album, Tullahoma, was released in January of 2020. He has also released eleven singles, of which seven have reached the No. 1 position on Country Airplay.

Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman.

Ian Patrick Clark is an American professional basketball player for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball at Belmont University. As a senior, he was the 2012–13 Ohio Valley Conference Co-Player of the Year with Murray State's Isaiah Canaan. Clark was third in the nation in three-point field goal shooting percentage and led the Bruins to the conference championship in the school's first year as an OVC member. In July 2013, Clark signed a two-year contract with the Jazz after his performance at the Las Vegas Summer League impressed numerous teams. Clark won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 2017.

Justus Kane Sheffield is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the New York Yankees.

David Schultz is an American former professional wrestler. Although he is known for competing in North American regional promotions such as Stampede Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during the late 1970s and early 1980s, he is perhaps best remembered for his short stint in the World Wrestling Federation in 1984, where he gained notoriety after assaulting 20/20 reporter John Stossel during a report on the legitimacy of professional wrestling.

Derek Anthony Barnett is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Tennessee, and was drafted by the Eagles with the 14th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.