# List of people from Chattanooga, Tennessee

The following is a list of notable people who have lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* William P. Acker, U.S. Air Force general
* Grant Adcox, race car driver
* Jarrod Alonge, comedian, musician
* John Ankerberg, author, religious broadcaster
* Kay Arthur, author, teacher and television host
* Lovie Austin, jazz blues pianist, bandleader, and composer

## B

* Howard Baker, U.S. senator, White House Chief of Staff
* Robert Barnes, civil rights attorney and Youtuber
* BbyMutha, rapper
* Hugh Beaumont, actor
* Charles K. Bell, politician
* Robert Bernhardt, symphony conductor
* Zane Birdwell, recording engineer
* Peppo Biscarini, swimmer, freediver, businessman
* Jimmy Blanton, musician
* Maci Bookout, starred in MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom
* Rachel Boston, actress, pageant winner
* Adarius Bowman, professional football player
* Virginia Frazer Boyle, poet laureate of the United Confederate Veterans and the Confederated Southern Memorial Association
* Bill Brock, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, chairman of the Republican National Committee, Secretary of Labor
* Kane Brown, country singer/songwriter
* Tony Brown, professional football player
* Daniel Bullocks, professional football player
* Josh Bullocks, professional football player

## C

* Mike Cameron, minister and politician; member of Georgia House of Representatives
* Archie Campbell, writer, television performer
* Fred Cash, singer
* Ryan Casteel, catcher for the Atlanta Braves
* Joe Chaney, darts player
* George S. Clinton, composer
* Noah Cobb, USL player for Atlanta United 2
* Will Marion Cook, composer
* Charles H. Coolidge, decorated military veteran
* Bob Corker, Chattanooga mayor, U.S. senator
* Bill Curry, college football coach, television anchor

## D

* Fredrick Davis, ballet dancer
* Jason Davis, professional baseball pitcher
* Bill Dedman, journalist
* Juliette Derricotte, educator, political activist
* McKinley "Bunny" Downs (1894–1973), Negro Leagues infielder and manager
* Ellie Dylan, educator, non-profit organization founder

## E

* Harris English, professional golfer
* Cal Ermer, professional baseball manager
* Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, writer, political activist

## F

* JoAnne Favors, state politician
* Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. congressman
* Crystal Marie Fleming (born 1981), sociologist and author
* James B. Frazier, former state governor, Tennessee

## G

* Ellis Gardner, offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts
* Cory Gearrin, relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
* Genesis the Greykid, poet, artist, creative
* Betty Lou Gerson, actress
* Gibby Gilbert, professional golfer
* George Gobel, comedian
* Arthur Golden, novelist
* Sam Gooden, pop singer, musician
* Ray Gordy, professional wrestler
* Terry Gordy, professional wrestler
* Irvine W. Grote, chemist, inventor
* Jackson Guice, comic book artist: Death of Superman
* Jo Conn Guild, businessman
* Kirsten Gum, television personality

## H

* Ben Haden, pastor, religious broadcaster
* Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. congressman
* Joycelyn Harrison, Langley Research Center engineer and professor
* Dennis Haskins, actor
* Roland Hayes, singer
* Cam Henderson, Chief of Protocol of the United States
* Calvin C. Hernton, sociologist, poet and author
* Kim Hixson, state politician, Wisconsin
* Honest Charley, businessman
* Rick Honeycutt, professional baseball player, coach
* Henry H. Horton, former governor of Tennessee
* Jaden Hossler, TikTok personality and singer
* Michael Houser, rock musician
* Rhyne Howard, professional basketball player
* Roy Davage Hudson, neuropharmacologist, president of Hampton University
* George Hunter, business magnate, philanthropist

## J

* Samuel L. Jackson, actor
* Patrick Johnson, professional football player
* Leslie Jordan, actor

## K

* Zahra Karinshak, Georgia State Senator, attorney, Air Force veteran
* Estes Kefauver, former U.S. senator
* Mildred Kelly, first African American female sergeant major of the Army

## L

* Venus Lacy, Olympian, basketball player
* Lady Bunny, drag queen
* Yusef Lateef, musician, educator
* James M. Lewis, pharmacist and Tennessee state senator
* Mozella Esther Lewis, pharmacist, businesswoman
* Natalie Lloyd, children's author
* John Thomas Lupton, business magnate, philanthropist
* Thomas Cartter Lupton, business magnate, philanthropist
* Nick Lutsko, singer, songwriter, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist

## M

* Terry Manning, music producer, photographer
* Ryan Martin, professional boxer
* Virginia Martin, actress
* Mike Massey, professional billiards player
* Ralphie May, comedian
* William Gibbs McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
* Lurlene McDaniel, author
* Ralph McGill, newspaper editor
* Bill McKinney, actor
* Ellis K. Meacham, author
* Jon Meacham, magazine editor
* Kenneth J. Meyer, politician
* Emma Bell Miles, writer, poet, and artist
* Gustavus Hindman Miller, merchant, manufacturer, financier, capitalist farmer, author and community leader
* Olan Mills, Sr., photographer, portrait studio founder
* Jackie Mitchell, professional baseball player
* Keith Mitchell, professional golfer
* Dorothy Montgomery, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Scrappy Moore, college football coach

## N

* Jim Nabors, actor, singer
* Todd Nance, rock musician

## O

* Adolph S. Ochs, newspaper editor, publisher
* Weston Ochse, author and screenwriter
* Terrell Owens, professional football player

## P

* Ted Patrick, "father of deprogramming"
* Lori Petty, actress
* John Piper, pastor, theologian
* James Powderly, artist, designer, engineer
* Preston Powell, Olympic weightlifter
* Merv Pregulman, professional football player

## R

* Claude Ramsey, farmer and politician
* Isaiah Rashad, rapper
* Usher Raymond, singer
* Ishmael Reed, novelist
* Olivia Reeves, weightlifter
* Lee Roberson, pastor, educator, religious broadcaster
* Pat Robertson, religious broadcaster, entertainer
* Meredith Russo, young adult author

## S

* Terdell Sands, professional football player
* Martin Scott, businessman, educator, politician, and pastor from Georgia
* Tawambi Settles, professional football player
* Adonis Shropshire, songwriter, music producer
* Margaret Sloan-Hunter, magazine editor, political activist
* Bessie Smith, singer
* Lewis Smith, actor
* Valaida Snow, musician
* Mary Q. Steele, author
* William O. Steele, author
* Lynn Stewart, co-founder of the Hooters restaurant chain
* Clyde Stubblefield, musician, drummer for James Brown
* Grady Sutton, actor

## T

* May Erwin Talmadge, civic leader and president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution
* Roscoe Tanner, professional tennis player
* Johnny Taylor, professional basketball player
* Benjamin Thomas, business magnate, philanthropist
* Daniel C. Trewhitt, state legislator, judge, and Southern Unionist
* Ted Turner, media magnate, philanthropist

## U

* Reggie Upshaw (born 1995), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League

## W

* Roger Alan Wade, singer-songwriter
* Leon "Daddy Wags" Wagner, professional baseball player
* Mary Hardway Walker, one of the last surviving slaves in America
* Sidney A. Wallace, U.S. Coast Guard admiral
* Zach Wamp, former U.S. congressman
* Jimmy Webb, professional climber
* Pez Whatley, professional wrestler
* Kim White, Chief Executive Officer of River City, the Chattanooga downtown redevelopment authority
* Reggie White, professional football player
* Joseph Whitehead, business magnate, philanthropist
* Bart Whiteman, writer and critic