List of people from Chattanooga, Tennessee

• 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 • T. Kevan Bartlett, West Virginia Senate, from the 8th district • 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, soccer player • 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 • Hormona Lisa, drag queen. • 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 • Tate Ratledge, Detroit Lions football player • 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 ==See also==