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Nashville, Tennessee

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Nashville, Tennessee ranks 208th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kingston, Jamaica, Sapporo, and Delhi. Memorable people born in Nashville, Tennessee include Edward Emerson Barnard, Margaret Keane, and William Walker. Memorable people who died in Nashville, Tennessee include Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Johnny Cash. Nashville, Tennessee has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many singers, and musicians. Nashville, Tennessee is located in .

Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Located in Middle Tennessee, it had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census. Nashville is the 21st most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, and is one of the fastest growing in the nation. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1796 and 2003, Nashville, Tennessee was the birth place of 61 globally memorable people, including Edward Emerson Barnard, Margaret Keane, and William Walker. Additionaly, 59 globally memorable people have passed away in Nashville, Tennessee including Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Johnny Cash.

People Born in Nashville, Tennessee

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People Deceased in Nashville, Tennessee

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Nashville, Tennessee were actors (21), singers (10), politicians (4), basketball players (4), and musicians (3),  while most who died were singers (24), musicians (14), politicians (7), physicians (2), and actors (2).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nashville, Tennessee, including Annie Potts, James Denton, and Cynthia Rhodes. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nashville, Tennessee, including Annie Potts, James Denton, and Cynthia Rhodes.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 23 globally memorable people born in Nashville, Tennessee since 1700.