Clifton Beverly Briley (January 11, 1914 – September 14, 1980) was an American attorney and politician, the first mayor of the newly consolidated metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County in Tennessee.

[5] Briley served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a quartermaster aboard the USS David Taylor.

Briley took a fairly progressive position on the Civil Rights Movement, an important question for mayors of Southern cities at the time.

He readily cooperated with black leaders and is generally credited with helping smooth the transition away from racial segregation in Nashville.

Briley died of bladder cancer on September 14, 1980, at the Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville at the age of 66, just months after the death of his wife.

[5][9] Briley Parkway, a major beltway thoroughfare which runs by the Grand Ole Opry House and around much of the city, was named in his honor.

The city-owned Beverly Briley Building, a major component of Nashville's redesigned Public Square, was named for him.