Grantland Rice

Grantland Rice

male, deceased (1954)
Vanderbilt University alumni, New York Herald-Tribune, From Tennessee, bible, college football, Hollywood Walk of Fame…Nashville, nashvilletennessean
Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880-July 13, 1954) was an early 20th century American sportswriter.
Luke Lea

Luke Lea

male, deceased (1945)
World War I, American military, Columbia Law School, Nashville, democratic party, south…the tennessean, nashvilletennessean
Luke Lea was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1911 to 1917. Lea was the great-grandson of an earlier Luke Lea who was a...
Luke Lea

Luke Lea

male, deceased (1851)
United States Army officer, political party, confederate, democratic party, secretary of state, Texas State Senator…the tennessean, nashvilletennessean
Luke Lea (January 21, 1783-June 17, 1851) was a two-term United States Representative from Tennessee. Lea was born in Surry County, North Carolina...
Percy Priest

Percy Priest

male, deceased (1956)
James Percy Priest, From Nashville, Tennessee, the tennessean, Columbia, Southern Manifesto, democratic party…From Nashville, Nashville, nashvilletennessean
James Percy Priest was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 until his death....
John Seigenthaler Sr.

John Seigenthaler Sr.

male, 82 years old
From Nashville, Tennessee, Media of the United States, Politics of the United States, American, From Nashville, Publisher…the tennessean, nashvilletennessean
John Lawrence Seigenthaler is an American journalist, writer, and political figure. Seigenthaler joined "The Tennessean" in 1949 and became editor...
Richard Fulton

Richard Fulton

male, 82 years old
Mayor of places in Tennessee, nashvilletennessean, primary, From Tennessee, United States Democratic Party, Tennessee State Senate…the tennessean, Nashville, Politics of Nashville
Richard Harmon "Dick" Fulton (born January 27, 1927) was the second mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County from 1975...

Charles L. Fontenay

male, deceased (2007)
science fiction writer, journalist, science fiction, New Deal, American, tae kwon do…nashvilletennessean
Charles Louis Fontenay (March 17, 1917-January 27, 2007) was an American journalist and science fiction writer. He wrote science fiction novels and...

Elizabeth Spencer

female, 88 years old
University of North Carolina, nashvilletennessean, Belhaven College, Valedictorian, memoirist, University of Mississippi alumni
Elizabeth Spencer (July 19, 1921) is an American writer. Born in Carrollton, Mississippi, Spencer was valedictorian of her graduating class at...
Frank Sutton

Frank Sutton

male, deceased (1974)
American military personnel of World War II, Naked City, the fugitive, route 66, linotype, United States Army soldier…the tennessean, nashvilletennessean, Nashville
Frank Spencer Sutton (October 23, 1923 - June 28, 1974) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role as the loud, hard-nosed drill...

Wendell Rawls Jr.

male
Vanderbilt University, Pulitzer Prize winner, philadelphia inquirer, Middle Tennessee State University, Center for Public Integrity, The Philadelphia Inquirer…nashvilletennessean
Wendell Rawls, Junior, is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter and editor. His career spans more than 35 years in journalism and media,...