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<html> <head> <title>Nashville, TN</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/619/000069412/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Nashville, TN CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.nashville.gov/">http://www.nashville.gov/</a> Chamber of Commerce: <a href="http://www.nashvillechamber.com/" target=_blank>http://www.nashvillechamber.com/</a>Visitors Bureau: <a href="http://www.visitmusiccity.com/" target=_blank>http://www.visitmusiccity.com/</a>Population: 569,891 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1779 (founded) NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/818/000080578/">The Nashville Tennessean</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/204/000110871/">Tennessee State University</a></td><td><center>1912</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/379/000082133/">Lipscomb University</a></td><td><center>1891</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/277/000110944/">Belmont University</a></td><td><center>1890</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/331/000082085/">Peabody College</a></td><td><center>1875</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/646/000068442/">Vanderbilt University</a></td><td><center>1873</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/576/000120216/">Montgomery Bell Academy</a></td><td><center>1867</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/679/000068475/">Fisk University</a></td><td><center>1866</center></td></tr></table> ZOO <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Zoo</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/738/000202132/">Nashville Zoo at Grassmere</a></td><td><center>1996</center></td></tr></table> ORCHESTRA <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Orchestra</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/013/000196422/">Nashville Symphony</a></td><td><center>1945</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/110/000356039/">Third Man Records</a></td><td><center>2001</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/500/000125125/">Vanguard Health Systems</a></td><td><center>1997</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/859/000125484/">Renal Care Group</a></td><td><center>1995</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/719/000126341/">Corrections Corporation of America</a></td><td><center>1983</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/016/000127632/">Gaylord Entertainment</a></td><td><center>1977</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/479/000124107/">Louisiana-Pacific</a></td><td><center>1973</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/491/000062305/">Caremark Rx</a></td><td><center>1969</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/343/000058169/">HCA</a></td><td><center>1968</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/093/000163601/">Shoney's</a></td><td><center>1947</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/227/000125849/">Nashville Electric Service</a></td><td><center>1939</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/640/000364545/">Firestone</a></td><td><center>1900</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000025052/">Duane Allman</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1971</tt></td> <td>Guitarist, The Allman Brothers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/830/000024758/">Gregg Allman</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Allman Brothers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/343/000163851/">James Bacchus</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Florida, 1991-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/357/000163865/">Edward Barnard</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1923</tt></td> <td>Self-taught scientist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/755/000164263/">Bill Belichick</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, New England Patriots</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000161794/">Luke Benward</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1995</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>How to Eat Fried Worms</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000122019/">Mary Frances Berry</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000024070/">Julian Bond</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-2015</tt></td> <td>NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000130088/">William Hill Boner</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Tennessee, 1979-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/485/000169975/">Barbara L. Bowles</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Kenwood Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000126875/">James R. Boyd</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>VP of Ashland, 1986-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/868/000067667/">Young Buck</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1981</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Straight Outta Cashville</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/661/000110331/">Ed Buckham</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Alexander Strategy Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000366122/">Peter H. Burnett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1807</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1895</tt></td> <td>Governor of California, 1849-51</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000174398/">Harry P. Cain</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1979</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Washington, 1946-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000348911/">Howard Caine</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1993</tt></td> <td>Maj. Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000205677/">Big Sid Catlett</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1951</tt></td> <td>Jazz/swing drummer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/789/000094507/">Bob Clement</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Tennessee, 1987-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/928/000110598/">Rita Coolidge</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Delta Lady</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000170690/">Alec C. Covington</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Nash Finch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/036/000132637/">James Craig</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1985</tt></td> <td>Our Vines Have Tender Grapes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000108886/">James Denton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000023875/">Jim Ellis</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-2001</tt></td> <td>Usenet co-creator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000122282/">Thomas B. Evans, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Delaware, 1977-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000400760/">Colin Ford</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1996</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Joe McAlister on Under the Dome</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000024143/">Bill Frist</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000169693/">Thomas F. Frist III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Frist Capital Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000173424/">Lou Graham</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner, 1975 US Open</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000136281/">Bobby Hamilton</a></td> <td><center>Auto Racing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-2007</tt></td> <td>NASCAR driver, 1988-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000164171/">Bob Harper</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Trainer, The Biggest Loser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000125857/">Charles O. Holliday, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of DuPont, 1998-2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/926/000279089/">Claude Jarman, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Yearling</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000099407/">Randall Jarrell</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1965</tt></td> <td>The Woman at the Washington Zoo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/349/000275521/">R. Milton Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and CFO of HCA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000098599/">Joi</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Crunk/R&B vocalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000164816/">Clayton M. Jones</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Rockwell Collins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/539/000059362/">Mickey Kantor</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Commerce, 1996-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000127185/">Beth Littleford</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Daily Show correspondent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000357421/">Lee MacPhail</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-2012</tt></td> <td>President of the American League, 1974-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/985/000159508/">R. Stevie Moore</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prolific DIY pop musician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000118239/">Lorrie Morgan</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>What Part of No</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000173067/">James C. Napier</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1940</tt></td> <td>Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/607/000274782/">Chord Overstreet</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1989</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sam Evans on Glee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000399378/">Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-2013</tt></td> <td>The Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000179990/">James B. Pearson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-2009</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Kansas, 1962-78</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000108953/">Sydney Penny</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>All My Children</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000103600/">Michael Peterson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Staircase</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000400176/">Landon Pigg</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Boy Who Never</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/541/000120181/">Joseph W. Prueher</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000110005/">DJ Qualls</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Road Trip</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/449/000115104/">Opie Read</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td>Jucklins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000159927/">Cynthia Rhodes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Flashdance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/474/000177940/">John Seigenthaler</a></td> <td><center>Editor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-2014</tt></td> <td>Tennessean editor, RFK aide</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/988/000266190/">Steve Southerland</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Florida 2nd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000023003/">Edwin Starr</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-2003</tt></td> <td>War (What Is It Good For)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000174224/">Samuel Cardinal Stritch</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1958</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Chicago, 1939-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000108950/">Lark Voorhies</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lisa Turtle on Saved by the Bell</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000049975/">William Walker</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td>American "filibuster"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000031719/">Kitty Wells</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-2012</tt></td> <td>First Queen of Country Music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/513/000347469/">James Westerfield</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td>On the Waterfront</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000165501/">John D. Wiley</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chancellor, UW-Madison</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000030758/">Hank Williams III</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Grandson of Hank Williams</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000172624/">Jack D. Woodard</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Southern Nuclear Operating Company</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000038115/">Roy Acuff</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1992</tt></td> <td>Country music pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/668/000041545/">Arthur Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>Influential soul singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/457/000032361/">Gene Allison</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-2004</tt></td> <td>You Can Make It If You Try</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/204/000082955/">Lynn Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-2015</tt></td> <td>Rose Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000045068/">Eddy Arnold</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-2008</tt></td> <td>The Tennessee Plowboy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/024/000044889/">Chet Atkins</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-2001</tt></td> <td>Prominent country picker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000179663/">Oswald Avery</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1955</tt></td> <td>Antibodies and DNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000068125/">Otis Blackwell</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-2002</tt></td> <td>Prolific R&B songwriter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000084848/">Arna Bontemps</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1973</tt></td> <td>God Sends Sunday</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/621/000206003/">Boudleaux Bryant</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1987</tt></td> <td>Wake Up, Little Susie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/155/000350102/">Archie Campbell</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1987</tt></td> <td>Hee Haw</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000209877/">George W. Campbell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1769</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1848</tt></td> <td>Senator from Tennessee, Treasury Secretary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000023707/">Johnny Cash</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>The Man in Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000022112/">June Carter Cash</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-2003</tt></td> <td>Country singer, wife of Johnny Cash</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/946/000180406/">John Catron</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1786</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1865</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1837-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000206672/">Guy Clark</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-2016</tt></td> <td>Old No. 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/790/000094508/">Frank G. Clement</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1969</tt></td> <td>Twice Governor of Tennessee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/895/000050745/">Floyd Cramer</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1997</tt></td> <td>Country music pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000089039/">Donald Davidson</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td>Agrarian, Southern American poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/043/000071827/">Ron Davies</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-2003</tt></td> <td>Southern singer/songwriter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000026885/">Skeeter Davis</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-2004</tt></td> <td>Country vocalist at Grand Ole Opry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000085684/">Little Jimmy Dickens</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-2015</tt></td> <td>May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000062526/">Minnesota Fats</a></td> <td><center>Sports Figure</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1996</tt></td> <td>Billiards opponent of Willie Mosconi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000205687/">Lester Flatt</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1979</tt></td> <td>Bluegrass pioneer, Flatt & Scruggs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000050951/">Henry Stuart Foote</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1804</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1880</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi 1852-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/770/000047629/">Don Gibson</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-2003</tt></td> <td>Heartbroken country crooner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000348369/">Dobie Gray</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-2011</tt></td> <td>Drift Away</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000206405/">Alexander Heard</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-2009</tt></td> <td>Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000402676/">Nicky Hopkins</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1994</tt></td> <td>Prominent session musician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/636/000269826/">Ferlin Husky</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-2011</tt></td> <td>On the Wings of a Dove</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/654/000026576/">Andrew Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1767</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1845</tt></td> <td>7th US President, 1829-37</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000400901/">Sonny James</a></td> <td><center>Country Music Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-2016</tt></td> <td>Young Love</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/540/000026462/">George Jones</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-2013</tt></td> <td>Country singer, White Lightning</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000099847/">Bill Justis</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1982</tt></td> <td>Raunchy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000036570/">Meriwether Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1774</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1809</tt></td> <td>Lewis and Clark expedition</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000111820/">George Lindsey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-2012</tt></td> <td>Goober</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000400950/">George MacIntyre</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-2016</tt></td> <td>Vanderbilt Head Coach, 1979-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000218452/">Harlan Mathews</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-2014</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Tennessee, 1993-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000168104/">Jim Nance McCord</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Governor of Tennessee, 1945-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/402/000026324/">Tug McGraw</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-2004</tt></td> <td>Pitcher for Mets, Phillies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000159504/">Steve McNair</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1973</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-2009</tt></td> <td>Baltimore Ravens QB</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000121225/">Ned McWherter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-2011</tt></td> <td>Governor of Tennessee, 1987-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000165787/">John Merritt</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1983</tt></td> <td>Tennessee Football Coach, 1963-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/403/000118049/">Eddie Miller</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1977</tt></td> <td>Release Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000086492/">Scotty Moore</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-2016</tt></td> <td>Elvis Presley's first guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000173067/">James C. Napier</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1940</tt></td> <td>Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/010/000113668/">Robert E. Park</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td>Race and Culture</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/179/000023110/">Johnny Paycheck</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-2003</tt></td> <td>Take This Job and Shove It</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/493/000043364/">Minnie Pearl</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1996</tt></td> <td>Her hat cost $1.98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000049696/">James Knox Polk</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1795</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1849</tt></td> <td>11th US President, 1845-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/497/000127116/">Sarah Polk</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1803</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1891</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President James K. Polk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000108702/">Eddie Rabbitt</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1998</tt></td> <td>Drivin' My Life Away</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/477/000113138/">Boots Randolph</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Yakety Sax</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000034580/">James Earl Ray</a></td> <td><center>Assassin</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1998</tt></td> <td>Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000023905/">Jerry Reed</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-2008</tt></td> <td>When You're Hot, You're Hot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000050050/">Tex Ritter</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1974</tt></td> <td>You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000109674/">Marty Robbins</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1982</tt></td> <td>El Paso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/607/000130217/">Joe M. Rodgers</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-2009</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to France, 1985-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/940/000045805/">Marvin Runyon</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-2004</tt></td> <td>US Postmaster General, 1992-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/173/000099873/">Leon Russell</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-2016</tt></td> <td>Producer, session player, etc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000099874/">Earl Scruggs</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>Bluegrass banjo pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000206066/">Dan Seals</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-2009</tt></td> <td>England Dan and John Ford Coley</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/474/000177940/">John Seigenthaler</a></td> <td><center>Editor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-2014</tt></td> <td>Tennessean editor, RFK aide</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000350145/">Jean Shepard</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-2016</tt></td> <td>Beautiful Lies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/266/000051113/">Red Sovine</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1980</tt></td> <td>The Old Syrup Sopper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000179731/">William Strickland</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Nov-1788</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1854</tt></td> <td>Greek and Gothic Revival architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000099291/">Allen Tate</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1979</tt></td> <td>Mr. Pope and Other Poems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/413/000024341/">Fred Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-2015</tt></td> <td>Actor turned Senator from Tennessee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000104372/">Ernest Tubb</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1984</tt></td> <td>The Texas Troubador</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/389/000100089/">Porter Wagoner</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-2007</tt></td> <td>The Thin Man from West Plains</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000351511/">Bob Welch</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-2012</tt></td> <td>Guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, 1971-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000031719/">Kitty Wells</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-2012</tt></td> <td>First Queen of Country Music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000163606/">Dottie West</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1991</tt></td> <td>Country Sunshine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000062017/">Sheb Wooley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>The Purple People Eater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/063/000031967/">Tammy Wynette</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1998</tt></td> <td>Stand By Your Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000205730/">Glenn Yarbrough</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-2016</tt></td> <td>Lead singer, The Limeliters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000113413/">Alvin York</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1964</tt></td> <td>Highly decorated WWI veteran</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000051116/">Faron Young</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1996</tt></td> <td>The Hillbilly Heartthrob</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000118053/">Steve Young</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-2016</tt></td> <td>Seven Bridges Road</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? 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