CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/

Population:
173890 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1791

County:
Knox County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Knoxville News Sentinel

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Tennessee	1794

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Knoxville Museum of Art	1961

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Regal Entertainment Group	1999

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Agee	Poet	27-Nov-1909	16-May-1955	A Death in the Family
Victor Ashe	Diplomat	1-Jan-1945		US Ambassador to Poland
Robin Beard	Politician	21-Aug-1939	16-Jun-2007	Congressman from Tennessee, 1973-83
Polly Bergen	Actor	14-Jul-1930	20-Sep-2014	Cape Fear
Carl Butler	Country Musician	2-Jun-1927	4-Sep-1992	Don't Let Me Cross Over
Millard F. Caldwell	Politician	6-Feb-1897	23-Oct-1984	Governor of Florida, 1945-49
Kenny Chesney	Country Musician	26-Mar-1968		You Had Me From Hello
John Cooper	Football	2-Jul-1937		OSU Head Coach, 1988-2000
John Cullum	Actor	2-Mar-1930		Holling Vincoeur on Northern Exposure
Cleavant Derricks	Actor	15-May-1953		Rembrandt Brown on Sliders
Dale Dickey	Actor	29-Sep-1961		Patty on My Name Is Earl
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth	Government	1957		FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Nikki Giovanni	Poet	7-Jun-1943		Black Feeling, Black Talk
Bill Haslam	Politician	23-Aug-1958		Governor of Tennessee
Todd Helton	Baseball	20-Aug-1973		Colorado Rockies 1st Baseman
Christina Hendricks	Actor	3-May-1975		Joan Holloway on Mad Men
David Keith	Actor	8-May-1954		Firestarter
Tom Kindness	Politician	26-Aug-1929	8-Jan-2004	Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87
Johnny Knoxville	Daredevil	11-Mar-1971		MTV Jackass
Joseph Wood Krutch	Naturalist	25-Nov-1893	22-May-1970	The Modern Temper
Chip Mellor	Activist	c. 1951		President, Institute for Justice
Randy Orton	Wrestling	1-Apr-1980		The Legend Killer
Lara Parker	Actor	27-Oct-1937		Angelique on Dark Shadows
Chad Pennington	Football	26-Jun-1976		Miami Dolphins QB
Boone Powell, Jr.	Business	9-Feb-1937		CEO of Baylor Health Care, 1980-2001
Brad Renfro	Actor	25-Jul-1982	15-Jan-2008	The Client
Pamela Ann Rymer	Judge	6-Jan-1941	21-Sep-2011	9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2011
Edward Terry Sanford	Judge	23-Jul-1865	8-Mar-1930	US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-30
Morgan Stevens	Actor	16-Oct-1951		David Reardon on Fame
Quentin Tarantino	Film Director	27-Mar-1963		Pulp Fiction
Jake Thomas	Actor	30-Jan-1990		Matt on Lizzie McGuire
Karl Edward Wagner	Novelist	12-Dec-1945	14-Oct-1994	Creator of Kane, the mystic swordsman

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Doug Atkins	Football	8-May-1930	30-Dec-2015	NFL Hall of Famer
William Blount	Politician	6-Apr-1749	21-Mar-1800	First expulsion from US Senate
George Washington Harris	Author	20-Mar-1814	11-Dec-1869	Sut Lovingood
Julius Albert Krug	Government	23-Nov-1907	26-Mar-1970	US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49
Mark Linkous	Singer/Songwriter	9-Sep-1962	6-Mar-2010	Sparklehorse
Pat Summitt	Basketball	14-Jun-1952	28-Jun-2016	Winningest coach in NCAA history

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