List of Tennesseans

• Roy Acuff
• James Agee
• Lamar Alexander
• Chet Atkins
• Hattie Caraway
• Davy Crockett
• Lester Flatt
• Tennesse Ernie Ford
• Nathan Bedford Forrest
• David Farragut
• Morgan Freeman
• Aretha Franklin
• Nikki Giovani
• Albert Gore, Jr
• Red Groom
• Alex Haley
• Nancy Handy
• W.C. Handy
• Myles Horton
• Sam Houston
• Cordell Hull
• Andrew Jackson
• Andrew Johnson
• Loretta Lynn
• Dolly Parton
• Minnie Pearl
• John Crow Ransom
• Wilma Rudolph
• Rhead Seddon
• Sequoyah
• Cybill Shepherd
• Bessie Smith
• John M. Stone
• Tina Turner
• Oprah Winfrey
• Reese Witherspoon
• Alvin York