#1Film, TV & Stage
Huell Howser
1945–2013American television personality
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Famous people · Gallatin
Of the 21 famous people born in Gallatin, none is better known than Huell Howser
The American television personality Huell Howser is written about in 81 languages. For every 10,000 residents there are 4.3 on the list, well above the typical Tennessee town’s 2.9. 4 were born in 1970 or later. The list has 1.6 times the usual share of leaders, 7 in all.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Huell Howser
in 81 Wikipedia languages
First
1791
Robert Desha
Youngest
1999
Jordan Mason
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Gallatin’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Gallatin
Counted by languages, Huell Howser is ahead of Tennys Sandgren and William M. Gwin: 81, 25 and 11.
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What Gallatin is known for
Gallatin has 1.6× the usual share of leaders.
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 Gallatin’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1800s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gallatin
Here are 18 more, born from 1791 to 1999.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Gallatin home
One more notable person made the town home: John Wheeler Bunton.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Hendersonville has the most on record: 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gallatin 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 (8)
- Huell Howser: Joits, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tennys Sandgren: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Gwin: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Mitchel: United States Senate Historical Office?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Read Scurry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dement: Perry A. Armstrong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rogan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons