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He was the first governor of Tennessee.
Who was John Sevier?
He was a storyteller, author, settler, bear hunter, soldier, and U.S. Congressman.
Who was David Crockett?
She coached the Lady Vols basketball team for 33 years and won 8 national championships.
Pat Summitt
She was a pilot in the battle of Pearl Harbor.
Who was Cornelia Fort?
He signed the Constitution and served as governor of the Southwest territory.
Who was William Bount?
He was governor of 2 states and lived with the Cherokee Indians when he ran away from home as a teenager.
Who was Sam Houston?
She was born prematurely, had polio, and won 3 Olympic Gold Medals in Track and Field in 1960.
Who was Wilma Rudolph?
She started the Imagination Library and acts in movies and sings country music.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Our 11th President acquired land and oversaw the project for the first U.S. postage stamp.
Who was James K. Polk?
He is a Grammy Award-winning singer and performer and a member of the popular band NSYNC.
Who is Justin Timberlake
An awesome librarian in an elementary school.
Who is Mrs. Whitehead?
He wrote the Cherokee alphabet.
Who was Sequoyah?
He signed his first record deal with Sun Records Company when he was only 19 years old.
Who was Elvis Presley?
He researched his ancestry back to Africa and wrote the story Roots about it.
Who was Alex Haley?
The first human to fly an aircraft at the speed of sound and spent 6 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
Who was William Lawrence?
He was Tennessee's first Congressman and the President of the United States in which he enforced the Indian Removal Act.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
In the Battle of Argonne Forest, he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners.
Who was Alvin C. York?
He was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Jack Massey
He hosted the "Grand Ole Opry" for nearly 4 decades and was famous for his song Wabash Cannonball.
Who was Roy Acuff?
One of 13 children known as "Empress of the Blues."
Who was Bessie Smith?
She is the wealthiest woman in the world and the first black woman to host a talk show.
Who was Oprah Winfrey?
She had 112 songs reach the record charts and is famous for her song Respect.
Who was Aretha Franklin?
In the Battle of Argonne Forest, he killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 almost singlehandedly.
Who was Alvin York?
He was called the "Father of the Blues" and an international superstar.
Who was W. C. Handy?
He was Vice President from 1993-2001.
Who was Al Gore, Jr.?