#1Film, TV & Stage
Quentin Tarantino
born 1963American filmmaker and actor
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Famous people · Knoxville
33 famous people from Knoxville, many of them performers
At the top of the list is the American filmmaker and actor Quentin Tarantino, covered in 123 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 18 of them. Only 7 of the 237 towns in Tennessee with anyone on record list more. The first birth on record is William Galbraith’s, in 1906, and the last Nick Raskulinecz’s, in 2000.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Quentin Tarantino
in 123 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
William Galbraith
Youngest
2000
Nick Raskulinecz
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
13 people
Also called it home
8
notable residents
What stands out about Knoxville’s famous people
Known worldwideQuentin Tarantino has an article in 123 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of performers13 of the 33 people born here are performers, 4.2× the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 22 of them have been born here, the latest in 2000.A chosen home8 more notable people chose to live here, Cormac McCarthy among them.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Knoxville
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Christina Hendricks
born 1975British-American actress
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#3Known for
What Knoxville is known for
Knoxville has 4.2× the usual share of performers.
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 Knoxville’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 6 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Knoxville
30 more, 11 of them performers.
James Agee
1909–1955American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic
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Roddie Edmonds
1919–1985American infantryman and POW honored as Righteous Among the Nations
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A chosen home
Also called Knoxville home
8 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Cormac McCarthy the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Alcoa, with 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Knoxville 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)
- Quentin Tarantino: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christina Hendricks: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Orton: Diego Serrano, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Knoxville: www.promiflash.de - Bitte bei Bildverwendung auch Link setzen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Renfro: Broward County Sheriff's Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Keith: see below derivative work: emerson7 | Talk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cormac McCarthy: From dust jacket: "Photograph of Cormac McCarthy by David Styles", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Smith: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons