Bessie Smith
1894–1937 American blues singer
Ralphie May
1972–2017 American stand-up comedian
Arthur Golden
born 1956 American novelist
Rachel Boston
born 1982 American actress
Roscoe Tanner
born 1951 US tennis player
Tamara E. Jernigan
born 1959 Astronaut
Yusef Lateef
1920–2013 American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Lori Petty
born 1963 American actress
John Piper
born 1946 American theologian and writer
Kane Brown
born 1993 American country music singer
Ishmael Reed
born 1938 American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher
Bill Brock
1930–2021 Politician and United States Navy sailor
Bill McKinney
1931–2011 American actor
Reggie White
1961–2004 American football player
Betty Lou Gerson
1914–1999 American actress
George S. Clinton
born 1947 American composer
Jack McInerney
born 1992 American soccer player
Jimmy Blanton
1918–1942 American musician
Rhyne Howard
born 2000 American basketball player
Ace Bailey
born 2006 American basketball player
Mike Monty
1936–2006 American actor
Ray Gordy
born 1979 American professional wrestler
Venus Lacy
born 1967 American basketball player
Norman Blake
born 1938 American musician
Jeff Powers
born 1980 American water polo player and coach
Lovie Austin
1887–1972 American pianist
Noah Cobb
born 2005 American soccer player
Robert Russell Newton
1918–1991 American astronomer
Samuel T. Francis
1947–2005 American journalist and writer
John Bright
1908–1995 American biblical scholar
Johnny Taylor
born 1974 American basketball player
Jon Meacham
born 1969 American journalist and biographer
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
1947–2004 American feminist
Robert V. Gentry
1933–2020 American Christian creationist
Anthony Roberts
1955–1997 American basketball player
Brett Rice
born 1954 American actor
Jan Swafford
born 1946 American biographer and composer
Malcolm Mackey
born 1970 American basketball player
Reid Miller
born 1999 American actor
Robert Wallace Wilkins
1906–2003 American physician
Bill Landry
born 1950 American actor
Charles Leveille
born 1983 American speed skater
Chet Raymo
1936–2026 American writer
Dale Clevenger
1940–2022 American musician
Don Stephenson
born 1964 American actor
Jackson Guice
1961–2025 American artist
Lovie Lee
1909–1997 American blues pianist
Patrick Johnson
born 1999 American football player
Tom Fox
1951–2006 American activist
Brandon Walters
born 1995 American basketball player
Rodney Bolton
born 1968 American baseball player
Sammy Strang
1876–1932 Baseball player and coach
Tom Ford
1866–1917 American baseball player
Tom Reese
1928–2017 American actor
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Olivia Reeves
born 2003 American weightlifter
Andrew Dorn
born 1986 American distance runner
Blaire Pancake
born 1982 American beauty pageant winner
Tom Zutaut
born 1959 American record producer
Brad Smith
American state official and DOGE official
Carolyn Taylor
American rower, Syracuse
Christine Williamson
born 1996 Miss Tennessee 2018
Christopher Young
American rower, Syracuse
Craig Fuller
US owner of trade journals
Edith Grace Ham
1881–1972 Violin teacher, art gallery owner
Elbert Eugene Spriggs
1937–2021 American Christian leader, 1937—2021
Frank Steele
born 1935 American poet and college professor
Klarke Stricklen
American Rhodes Scholar
Mark Nation
American leadership consultant
Michael Schulson
American writer and journalist
Randy Hale
American geospatial consultant
Robert Fisher
American Rhodes Scholar
Shelli Langdale
American oil painter
Virginia Dudley
1913–1981 American enamelist, painter, print, sculptor, jeweler, and photographer