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List of people from Knoxville, Tennessee

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The following is a list of notable people who have lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. For University of Tennessee students and alumni not otherwise associated with Knoxville, see List of University of Tennessee people.

Art and architecture

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Self-portrait by American artist Catherine Wiley (1879–1958)

Business and industry

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Education

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Entertainment

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Polly Bergen in 1953

Military

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CINCPAC ADM Weisner

Music

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Rodney Atkins in 2009

Politics and law

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Justice Edward Terry Sanford, 1865-1930

Science

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Sports

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Pat Summitt

Writers and journalists

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Alex Haley

Other

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Katherine Wheeler, "Barber & McMurry Architects." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Comic Creator: Darby Conley." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  3. ^ Wayne Bledsoe, "Man of Constant Motion Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine." Knoxnews.com, 15 June 2006. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  4. ^ "The 400 Richest Americans – Guilford Glazer." Forbes.com. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  5. ^ "James Haslam II Receives 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Business Administration Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  6. ^ Laura Holder, "Mabry-Hazen House." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g City of Knoxville official website Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, 24 April 2008.
  8. ^ "Franklin, William Henderson". Who's Who in Colored America. Who's Who in Colored America Corporation. 1927. p. 65 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (2012-12-01). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-57859-425-2 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. unknown library. Springfield, Mass.: Willey & Co. pp. 347–348 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "Bianca Blair Crawford Makes History at Wrestlemania". News. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  12. ^ "John Cullum." IMDb.com. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  13. ^ "Superstar Lookback: Mr. Fuji." 8 February 2008. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
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  15. ^ "Online World of Wrestling Profiles – Kane." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  16. ^ "Biography – Jeff Jarrett." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  17. ^ Leo Goodsell, "David Glasgow Farragut." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  18. ^ a b "Sheila and Sherry: The Aldridge Sisters." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  19. ^ "Ava Barber" — official site. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  20. ^ Darren Paltrowitz, "Superdrag's John Davis: The Daily Vault Interview." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  21. ^ Neely, From the Shadow Side, pp. 167–174.
  22. ^ Wayne Bledsoe, "[2]." KnoxNews, 19 January 1997. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  23. ^ Wayne Bledsoe, "Have you heard? Knoxville home to variety of music." Knoxnews.com, 25 March 2007. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  24. ^ "Florence Reece at IMDb." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  25. ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
  26. ^ Forrest Conklin, "William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  27. ^ Linda Wynn, "William Henry Hastie." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  28. ^ "Glenn Harlan Reynolds." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  29. ^ Robert Corlew, "John Sevier." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  30. ^ "Biography of Phillip Fulmer." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  31. ^ "[3]." Retrieved: 20 August 2011.
  32. ^ a b Mike Strange, "Ex-Vols Terry McDaniel, Todd Kelly, Charlie Severance in GKSHOF 2012 class," Knoxville News Sentinel, 28 April 2012. Retrieved: 20 June 2012.
  33. ^ "Baseball Almanac – Doris Sams: Knoxville's All-American All-Star Outfielder and Pitcher, biography by Jim Sargent." Retrieved: 11 May 2010.
  34. ^ Carroll Van West, "Pat Head Summit." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  35. ^ "Chris Woodruff – Bio Archived 2003-07-12 at the Wayback Machine." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  36. ^ M. Thomas Inge, Charles Reagan Wilson, et al., The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Literature (University of North Carolina Press, 2008), p. 174.
  37. ^ "Francis Hodgson Burnett – Biography and Works." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  38. ^ "Arcadia Publishing: Knoxville." Arcadia bio. Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  39. ^ "Adolph Ochs." Retrieved: 24 April 2008.
  40. ^ Finding Aid for Bernadotte E. Schmitt Papers, University of Tennessee Special Collections. Retrieved: 15 May 2013.