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

Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993, where he helped the implementation of Education 2000.

TJ Ducklo is an American political advisor who is a White House deputy press secretary for the Biden Administration. Ducklo previously worked as the national press secretary for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.

Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell is an American singer and songwriter. She is the co-lead singer of Lady A, previously known as Lady Antebellum, a country music group that was formed in 2006, and is signed to Capitol Nashville. With her family, she released the top 10 album Love Remains in 2016.

Jon Ellis Meacham is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer. A former Executive Editor and Executive Vice President at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.

Olivia Hastings Holt is an American actress and singer. She starred in the Disney XD series Kickin' It, Disney Channel Original Movie Girl vs. Monster, and the Disney Channel Original Series I Didn't Do It. From 2018 to 2019, she portrayed the titular role Tandy Bowen / Dagger in the Freeform series Cloak & Dagger.

Leigh Anne Tuohy is an American businesswoman and interior designer. She is best known for being the adoptive mother of Michael Oher. Their story was featured in the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and its 2009 feature film adaptation The Blind Side. In the film, Tuohy was portrayed by Sandra Bullock, who won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance.

Ross Tyler Summitt is an American college basketball former player and coach. He was the head coach for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters from 2014 to 2016.

James Robert "Jim Bob" Cooter is an American football coach who previously served as running backs coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions from 2015 until 2018. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and has since coached for his alma mater, along with the Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, and Denver Broncos before being hired by the Lions.

Adam Wingard is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and composer. He is notable for his works in the horror genre, especially the films You're Next, The Guest, and Death Note. Wingard is the director for the upcoming film Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).

Daniel David Norris is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs. He made his MLB debut in 2014.