4 famous people were born in Mountain City
Dave Loggins, the American musician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Clyde Shoun and J. Ronnie Greer. Per head, the list is long: 15.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Tennessee has 2.9. The oldest name on the list belongs to Clyde Shoun, born in 1912, the newest to Jeff Reynolds, born in 1956.
Born in Mountain City
Counted by languages, Dave Loggins is ahead of Clyde Shoun and J. Ronnie Greer: 6, 2 and 2.
#2When Mountain City’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Mountain City is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Mountain City
1 more, best known first.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountain City 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 (2)
- Clyde Shoun: St. Louis Cardinals - 1941 Team Issue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Reynolds: J. Rachel Spencer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons