Tennessee
Native American, Cherokee, place-name
"bend in the river or meeting place"
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Updated Thu Oct 16 2025
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# 999 in the US
Tennessee Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Tennessee
- Tennessee ThomasAmerican musician and actress
- Tennessee ("Tennie") Celeste ClaflinAmerican suffragist; sister of Victoria Woodhull and mistress of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Tennessee WatsonAmerican artist, independent journalist and educator
- Emily Tennessee Donelson (18071836), niece of Rachel Donelson Jackson, the wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson; served as White House hostess and de facto First Lady of the United States (Rachel died just days after her husband's election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as First Lady, a role assumed by Emily)
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