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Music
Miley Cyrus
born 1992American singer, actress, and television personality
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Famous people · Franklin
Miley Cyrus leads the 35 famous people born in Franklin
Articles about Miley Cyrus exist in 141 languages. The American actor Luke Benward ranks second, ahead of Bill Lee. The largest group, 14, was born since 1970. The list comes to 4 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Tennessee, at 2.9.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Miley Cyrus
in 141 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
Abram Poindexter Maury
Youngest
2001
Robert Hassell
Most common field
Sports
16 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about Franklin’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Franklin
Ranked by languages covered: Miley Cyrus with 141, then Luke Benward with 35 and Bill Lee with 27.
#2
#3Through the years
When Franklin’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Franklin is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 16.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Franklin
The other 32 span the years 1801 to 2001.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Franklin home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 5 in all, led by Brad Paisley.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Brentwood: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin 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 (9)
- Luke Benward: Tim Grable, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lee: Virginia Office of the Governor, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Storm: daysofthundr46, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrison Mathews: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George S. Houston: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Paisley: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mookie Betts: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Stapp: Republic Country Club, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawson Knox: Spc. Michael Schwenk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons