The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee, live (or lived) in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is significant part of their identity:
^Staff (October 26, 1976). "Death Takes H. E. Bailey H.E. Bailey Dead at 77".The Daily Coloradoan. pp. 1, 20. Retrieved April 7, 2021. "A native Tennessean, he first worked keeping the timebook on a Santa Fe railroad construction gang in Texas..."
^"Nikki Caldwell Accepts UCLA Head Coaching Job". WATE-TV. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
^"Nikki Caldwell Bio- LSUsports.net". Retrieved September 9, 2011.