born in Nashville Joseph W. Byrns (1869–1936), 14-term congressman; born in Cedar Hill C Matt Cain, baseball pitcher Howard Caine, actor Mike Caldwell, football player Duke Calhoun, football player Mickey Callaway, baseball pitcher, coach Archie Campbell, entertainer, Hee Haw star William B. Campbell, governor Guy Carawan, folk musician Hattie Caraway, politician Deana Carter, singer Dixie Carter, actress Kellye Cash, 1987 Miss America June Carter Cash, singer Rosanne Cash, singer David Catching, singer John Catron, Supreme Court justice Tracy Caulkins, Olympic gold-medalist swimmer (born in Minnesota) Benjamin F. Cheatham, Confederate general Doc Cheatham, musician Kitty Cheatham, singer Richard Boone Cheatham, 19th-century mayor of Nashville Richard Cheatham, 19th-century congressman John R. Cherry III, film director Kenny Chesney, singer Henry Cho, comedian Tyson Clabo, football player Alysha Clark (born 1987), American-Israeli basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association Philander P. Claxton, educator Jim Clayton, housing developer Frank G. Clement, governor of Te John Ray Clemmons (born 1977), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives Chad Clifton, football player Randall Cobb, football player Fred Coe, television producer and director Michael Coe, football player Lynnette Cole, Miss USA 2000 Mark Collie, singer Todd Collins, football player Britton Colquitt, football player Dustin Colquitt, punter for NFL's Kansas City Chiefs Darby Conley, cartoonist Lester Conner, basketball player and coach Barry Cook, film director John Cooper, musician, lead singer of Christian rock band Skillet Prentice Cooper, governor Mary Costa, opera singer, actress Jerome Courtland, actor, director John I. Cox, governor Morgan Cox, football player Cylk Cozart, actor Zack Cozart, baseball player James Craig, actor David "Davy" Crockett, frontiersman, politician, hero of the Alamo Dixie Lee Crosby, early 19th-century entertainer Edward Hull "Boss" Crump, politician, former mayor of Memphis John Cullum, actor Benny Cunningham, football player Lowell Cunningham, comic-book writer Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham, missionary and church worker Brandi Cyrus, singer Miley Cyrus, singer Noah Cyrus, singer D Rod Daniel, director Orleans Darkwa, football player Jeremy Davis, musician (originally from Arkansas) Bill Dedman, journalist Beauford Delaney, painter Tony Delk, basketball player Rick Dempsey, baseball player George Roby Dempster, inventor Jamie Denton, actor Cleavant Derricks, actor, singer-songwriter Clinton Derricks-Carroll, actor, musician Dale Dickey, actress R. A. Dickey, baseball pitcher Bobby Dodd, football coach Shannen Doherty, actress Andrew Jackson Donelson, diplomat Aaron Douglas, painter Christopher Douglas, actor Josh Drake, music educator Johnny Duncan, singer King Dunlap, football player Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941-2012), bassist Natalia Dyer, actress E