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Chattanooga, Tennessee (usa)

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Chattanooga, Tennessee ranks 1,043rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Logroño, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Winterthur. Memorable people born in Chattanooga, Tennessee include Bessie Smith, Yusef Lateef, and Roscoe Tanner. Chattanooga, Tennessee has been the birth place of many writers and actors. Chattanooga, Tennessee is located in United States.

Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along the Tennessee River, and borders Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee's fourth-largest city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee, along with Knoxville. It anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Tennessee's fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area, as well as a larger three-state area that includes Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia, and Northeast Alabama. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1894 and 1982, Chattanooga, Tennessee was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Bessie Smith, Yusef Lateef, and Roscoe Tanner.

People Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Most individuals born in present day Chattanooga, Tennessee were writers (3), actors (3), singers (1), musicians (1), and tennis players (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, including John Piper, Arthur Golden, and Ishmael Reed. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chattanooga, Tennessee, including John Piper, Arthur Golden, and Ishmael Reed.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 1700.