Editing Brownsville, Tennessee (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Henry Whitelaw Bond]] (1848–1919), justice of the [[Missouri Supreme Court]]
* [[William W. Bond]] (1884–1975), lawyer and [[Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives]]
* [[Son Bonds]] (1909–1947), country blues musician
* [[Vic Bradford]] (1915–1994), [[Major League Baseball]] outfielder
* [[Patsy Bruce]] (1940–2021), country-western songwriter
* [[Paul Burlison]] (1929–2003), rockabilly pioneer, guitarist, member of [[The Rock and Roll Trio]]
* [[Tony Delk]] (born 1974), basketball player and coach, graduated from [[Haywood High School]]
* [[Pat Estes]] (1872–1947), attorney and college football player
* [[Clay Evans (pastor)|Clay Evans]] (1925–2019), gospel singer, pastor and founder of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois
* [[Rockey Felker]] (born 1953), football player and coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Rockey & Susan Felker: It's All Been Good|url=https://mschristianliving.com/2014/covers/rockey-susan-felker-its-all-been-good/|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Folk]] (1869–1923), Circuit Attorney of the city of [[St. Louis]], later 31st [[governor of Missouri]]
* [[Alfred A. Freeman]] (1838–1926), politician and judge, candidate for governor in 1872
* [[Richard Halliburton]] (1900–1939), adventurer and author
* [[Thomas J. Henderson (politician)|Thomas J. Henderson]] (1824–1911), United States Representative from Illinois and Union officer
* [[Eugene Holmes]] (1932–2007), opera singer
* [[Trell Hooper]] (born 1961), former professional football defensive back
* [[Miles Vandahurst Lynk]] (1871–1956), founder, editor and publisher of ''Medical and Surgical Observer'', the first medical journal issued by an African American
* [[Edith Mitchell]] (1947–2024), oncologist and brigadier general of the [[United States Air Force]]
* [[Corey Moore]] (born 1974), professional football player
* [[Hambone Willie Newbern]] (1901–1965), country blues musician
* [[Hammie Nixon]] (1908–1984), blues musician, son-in-law of [[Sleepy John Estes]]
* [[David A. Nunn]] (1833–1918), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
* [[Jimmy Oldham]] (1893–1930), [[Negro league baseball|Negro League]] pitcher
* [[Yank Rachell]] (1910–1997), country blues musician
* [[Brett Scallions]] (born 1971), frontman of the band Fuel
* [[Geneva Smitherman]],  Professor Emerita of English and co-founder of the African American and African Studies doctoral program at [[Michigan State University]]
* [[Harold M. Shaw]] (1877–1926), [[silent film]] director, screenwriter, and actor
* [[Nettie Barcroft Taylor]] (1914–2016), state librarian of Maryland
* [[Polk Taylor]] (1833–1934), Methodist minister
* [[Quintard Taylor]] (born 1948), historian and founder of [[BlackPast.org]]
* [[Zachary Taylor (Tennessee politician)|Zachary Taylor]] (1849–1921), member of the United States House of Representatives
* [[Jim Thaxton]] (born 1949), football player
* [[Billy Tripp]] (born 1955), author and artist
* [[Tina Turner]] (1939–2023), singer and actress,<ref name=":0" /> who lived in nearby [[Nutbush, Tennessee|Nutbush]] as a child.
* [[Leroy Tyus]] (1916–1998) politician, real estate developer<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysxKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA164 |title=Official Manual of the State of Missouri |date=1957 |publisher=Secretary of State |pages=164, 167 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jarvis Varnado]] (born 1988), professional basketball player, NCAA all-time career blocks leader as a member of the [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
* [[Dwight Waller]] (1945–2021), professional basketball player for the [[Atlanta Hawks]] and the [[Denver Rockets]]
* [[T. I. Webb Jr.]] (1880–1975), golfer
* [[Elbert Williams]] (1908–1940), African-American civil rights activist, lived in Brownsville and was lynched there in 1940
* [[William Ridley Wills (Insurance executive)|William Ridley Wills]] (1871–1949), Founder of National Life and Accident Insurance Company
* [[William Ridley Wills]] (1897–1957), American poet, novelist, newspaperman, nephew of the above