Clarksville Connections
Clarksville Connections is an ongoing project to share the stories of historically significant people who have a Clarksville connection. We invite your input. Please email your information and ideas to michelle@visitclarksvilletn.com.
Celebrities
Being the home of Fort Campbell Army Post (Air Assault) gives Clarksville connections to a host of celebrities in the music and entertainment industry. Maybe none is more famous...
CelebritiesGovernment
A Revolutionary War hero, governors, and top federal officials who redefined education and the postal service are a few of Clarksville's contributions to government. Read about...
GovernmentLiterature & Journalism
Acclaimed authors and poets hail from Clarksville while others made their home here for a time. Read about U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Penn Warren and others.
Literature and JournalismMedicine & Science
Contributions from Clarksvillians forever field of medicine. The first female African American dentist in the United States was from Clarksville. Read these profiles to learn more.
Medicine & SciencePerforming & Visual Arts
Clarksville's most famous native actor, Frank Sutton from "Gomer Pyle: USMC", stands memorialized in bronze along Franklin Street downtown. Read about his career, along with other...
Performing & Visual Arts