CITY

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

Population:
173890 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1791

County:
Knox County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Tennessee

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		Cape Fear
Carl Butler	Country Musician	2-Jun-1927	4-Sep-1992	Don't Let Me Cross Over
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
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth	Government	1957		FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Nikki Giovanni	Poet	7-Jun-1943		Black Feeling, Black Talk
Todd Helton	Baseball	20-Aug-1973		Colorado Rockies
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
Lara Parker	Actor	27-Oct-1937		Angelique on Dark Shadows
Chad Pennington	Football	26-Jun-1976		New York Jets 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
Quentin Tarantino	Film Director	27-Mar-1963		Pulp Fiction
Jake Thomas	Actor	30-Jan-1990		Matt on Lizzie McGuire

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Julius Albert Krug	Government	23-Nov-1907	26-Mar-1970	US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49

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