#1Famous people · Clarksville
35 famous people were born in Clarksville, more of them musicians than in most towns
Pat Summitt, the American basketball player and coach, is the most widely known, written about in 21 languages. Second and third on the list are Dorothy Jordan and Ernest William Goodpasture. The largest group, 13, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 11 were born since 1970.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Pat Summitt
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
Anthony A.C. Rogers
Youngest
2004
Jessie Murph
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Clarksville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Clarksville is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Clarksville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1880s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Clarksville
Pat Summitt leads with articles in 21 languages, ahead of Dorothy Jordan (14) and Ernest William Goodpasture (13).
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#3Science & Medicine
Ernest William Goodpasture
1886–1960American pathologist and physician
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Clarksville
Of the other 32, 13 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Clarksville home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Rachel Smith.
Rachel Smith
born 1985American actress, TV host, model and beauty page titleholder
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clarksville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Pat Summitt: Staff Sgt. Christina M. O'Connell. Cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Jordan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest William Goodpasture: U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Roe: US House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trenton Hassell: Colin from Los Angeles, USA, aka TheTruthAbout... on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Sutton: CBS Television. It was common in the 1950s and 1960s for television networks, studios and program sponsors to use either advertising or publicity agencies to distribute publicity materials. In this case, CBS used Rogers, Cowan & Brenner to do it., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessie Murph: Sharktale2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Wood: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida Gray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley Darnell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Mills: Ian D'Andrea from Philadelphia, PA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bashaara Graves: United State Department of State's U.S. Department of State's EWGTS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Cameron White: Maud Cuney-Hare, 1874-1936, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Green: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons