List of Famous people born in Tennessee, United States of America
Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith.
Logan Forsythe
John Logan Forsythe is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins. While primarily a second baseman, Forsythe has played at least one game at every position except for center field and catcher.
David Briley
Clifton David Briley is an American politician. A Democrat, he was the eighth mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2015 as vice-mayor and was sworn in as acting mayor after Megan Barry's resignation on March 6, 2018. Briley went on to win the May 24 special election for the balance of Barry's term with 55% of the vote over nearly a dozen challengers, avoiding a runoff and making him the official mayor of Nashville. John Cooper defeated Briley in the 2019 Nashville mayoral election. Briley was the first native of both Nashville and Tennessee since Bill Boner in 1991 to be mayor.
Larkin Grimm
Larkin Grimm is an American singer-songwriter and musician based out of New York City. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
R. Stevie Moore
Robert Steven Moore is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who pioneered lo-fi/DIY music. Often called the "godfather of home recording", he is one of the most recognized artists of the cassette underground, and his influence is particularly felt in the bedroom and hypnagogic pop artists of the post-millennium. Since 1968, he has self-released approximately 400 albums, while about three dozen "official" albums have been issued on various labels.
Dave Catching
David Catching is an American musician and producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a founding member of the California stoner rock band earthlings?, a touring member of Eagles of Death Metal and the co-founder of the Rancho De La Luna recording studio.
Ray Gordy
Terry Ray Gordy Jr. is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2005 and 2010, where he performed on its SmackDown brand under the ring names Jesse and Slam Master J.
Jimmy Valiant
James Harold Fanning is an American professional wrestler and author better known as Jimmy Valiant.
Vonn Bell
Vonn Christian Bell is an American football safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Casey Wittenberg
Casey Wittenberg is an American professional golfer who had a successful amateur career.