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

Ricky Morton

First Name Ricky
Last Name Morton
Born on September 21, 1956 (age 69)

Richard Wendell Morton is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson as The Rock N' Roll Express, described as "the consummate baby face tag team". Morton has wrestled for multiple promotions in the United States including the Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the Japanese promotions All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and Wrestle Association R.

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James Comer

First Name James
Last Name Comer
Born on August 19, 1972 (age 53)

James Richardson Comer Jr. is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky who currently represents the state's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He previously served as the Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky from 2012 to 2016 and in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012.

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Keon Johnson

First Name Keon
Last Name Johnson
Born on March 10, 2002 (age 24)

Christopher Keon Johnson is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers. He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers

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Willa Fitzgerald

First Name Willa
Born on January 17, 1991 (age 35)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Emma Duval in MTV's Scream. Her other notable roles include Amazon Studios' short-lived political web series Alpha House and USA Network's drama series Royal Pains.

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Colton Dixon

First Name Colton
Last Name Dixon
Born on October 19, 1991 (age 34)

Michael Colton Dixon is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He placed seventh on the eleventh season of American Idol.

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Syd Butler

First Name Syd
Born on August 15, 1972 (age 53)

Syd Butler is the bassist and founding member of the indie rock and post-hardcore band Les Savy Fav. A few years later Butler became the owner and founder of Frenchkiss Records. Butler is also a current member of The 8G Band from the show Late Night with Seth Meyers. He currently has two children with his long-term partner, actress Amy Carlson.

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Bo Wallace

First Name Bo
Last Name Wallace
Born on June 23, 1992 (age 33)

William Robert Wallace, Jr., nicknamed Dr. Bo, is an American football coach and former player. He played college football at Ole Miss and was the Rebels starting quarterback from 2012 to 2014.

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Jamie Marchi

First Name Jamie
Last Name Marchi
Born on October 8, 1977 (age 48)

Jamie Lynn Marchi is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of anime and video games. She is known for her role as Cana Alberona in Fairy Tail and Panty Anarchy in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

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Valerie June

First Name Valerie
Last Name June
Born on January 10, 1982 (age 44)

Valerie June Hockett, known as Valerie June, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Her sound encompasses a mixture of folk, blues, gospel, soul, country, Appalachian and bluegrass. She is signed to Concord Music Group worldwide.

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John Cooper

First Name John
Last Name Cooper
Born on October 15, 1956 (age 69)

John Cooper is an American politician and businessman who is the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. A Democrat, he served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. He is the brother of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, who represents Tennessee's 5th congressional district, which is based in Nashville.

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