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Famous Residents

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Albert Gore Jr. U.S. vice president, Washington, D.C.
Alvin York World War I hero, Pall Mall
Aretha Franklin singer, Memphis
Barbara Howar broadcaster, writer, Nashville
Benjamin L. Hooks civil rights activist, Memphis
Chet Atkins guitarist, Lutrell
Cordell Hull secretary of state, Overton Cty
Cybil Shepherd actress, Memphis
David G. Farragut first American admiral, Knoxville
Davy Crockett frontiersman, Green City
Dinah Shore actress, singer, Winchester
Dolly Parton singer, Sevierville
Eddy Arnold singer, Henderson
Estes Kefauver legislator, Madisonville
Hattie Caraway first elected woman senator, Bakerville
Jack Garnet Carter miniature golf, Sweetwater
Lester Flatt bluegrass musician, Overton City
Mark Dean inventor, Jefferson City
Minnie Pearl singer, comedienne, Centerville
Morgan Freeman actor, Memphis
Sam Davis confederate scout, Smyrna
Sandra Locke actress, Shelbyville
Tennessee Ernie Ford singer, Bristol
Tina Turner singer, Brownsville