D. D. Lewis, football player Steve Liddle, baseball coach Beth Littleford, actress, comedian Sondra Locke, actress Z. Alexander Looby, lawyer Horace Harmon Lurton, Supreme Court justice Dustin Lynch, singer Andrew Nelson Lytle, novelist M Jean (Faircloth) MacArthur, heiress, wife of General Douglas MacArthur "Uncle Dave" Macon, musician and comedian Bill Madlock, baseball player Matt Mahaffey, musician Johnny Majors, football coach Delbert Mann, screenwriter and director Nick Marable, freestyle wrestler Jamie Marchi, voice actress Shawn Marion, basketball player Sterling Marlin, two-time Daytona 500 winner Wink Martindale, television personality Shaq Mason, football player Christopher Massey, actor, rapper Mike Massey, professional pool player Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer, astronomer William Gibbs McAdoo, politician Hill McAlister, governor Macon McCalman, actor Cormac McCarthy, novelist Tim McCarver, baseball player and broadcaster Byron McKeeby, artist and educator Ted McClain, basketball player Jacques McClendon, football player Michael McDonald, singer Brownie McGhee, musician Stick McGhee, musician Ralph McGill, journalist Kenneth McKellar, politician Reggie McKenzie, football player and executive Bill McKinney, actor Ellen McLain, opera singer, voice actress Jon Meacham, publishing executive Jodie Meeks, basketball player Ron Mercer, basketball player Cary Middlecoff, golfer Jerry Minor, actor Mike Minor, baseball pitcher John Mitchell, baseball pitcher Chris Moneymaker, poker player; from Knoxville Ashley Monroe, singer Grace Moore, opera soprano Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA 1997 Craig Morgan, singer Lorrie Morgan, singer Bryan Morris, baseball player Gideon Morris, trans-Appalachian pioneer and founder of Morristown Ricky Morton, professional wrestler Anson Mount, writer James Cole Mountflorence, 19th-century diplomat Mary Noailles Murfree Robert Myers, football player N Elise Neal, actress Patricia Neal, Academy Award-winning actress Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster Johnny Neumann, basketball player Josef Newgarden, Indy Car driver Robert Neyland, UT Vols football coach, namesake for Neyland Stadium Alfred O. P. Nicholson, politician Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses, clergyman Kenneth Nixon, musician O Adolph Ochs, publisher Oconostota Joe O'Donnell, photojournalist Michael Oher, football player Joe Oliver, baseball player Frank Omiyale, football player Randall Keith Orton, professional wrestler Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher Jimmy Outlaw, baseball player Park Overall, actress Chord Overstreet, actor, singer Major Owens, politician P Bettie Page, model John Palmer, television journalist Matt Palmer, baseball pitcher Hermes Pan, choreographer Paramore, four members from Franklin Lara Parker, actress Cindy Parlow, soccer player and coach Chris Parnell, comedian Wes Parsons, baseball pitcher Hope Partlow, singer Dolly Parton, singer and actress Randy Parton, singer Stella Parton, actress Elizabeth Patterson, actress Quinton Patton, NFL player Cameron Payne, NBA player Waylon Payne, singer