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List of people from Akron, Ohio

 
Wikipedia: List of people from Akron, Ohio

The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Akron, Ohio, and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area, including Portage County, Ohio, and Summit County, Ohio.

Name Description Association Reference
Henry Eugene Abbey A theatre manager and producer. Born in Akron [1]
James E. Akins The U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976. [2]
Lola Albright A singer and actress Born in Akron [3]
Andy Alleman Football center for the Miami Dolphins Born in Akron [4]
Harold Anderson Basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo Born in Akron [5]
R. W. Apple, Jr.
Joseph Arthur
Dan Auerbach [6]
William Hanes Ayres
Josh Azzarella
Kevin Junior
Delia Bacon
Melissa Baker
Thomas Scott Baldwin
E.T. Barnette
Ken Batcher
Elsworth R. Bathrick
Tom Batiuk
Cliff Battles
Margaret Baxtresser
Art Becker
Samuel H. Bell
Glenn Lee Benner II
Terry Bevington
Henry E. Blackman
George Bliss
Ray C. Bliss
Jim Boeke
Phil Boggs
Cameron Bokas
Dante Booker
Rosario Borgio
William Boyett
Dave Brown
John Brown
Walter Hermann Bucher
Henry Augustus Buchtel
Michael Buckley
E. J. Burt
Jimmy Butler
Glen Buxton
Vincent J. Cardinal
Patrick Carney
Len Chandler
David Allan Coe
Russell Coffey
Arthur L. Conger
Jarrod Cooper
Tom Cousineau
Cheryl Crawford
Mark Croghan
Larry Csonka
Ruby Nash Curtis
Jeffrey Dahmer
Hammer Damage
Keith Dambrot
Jimmy Darrow
Martin L. Davey
John Dean
Charles W. F. Dick
Frank Dicopoulos
Michael Dokes
Mike Doss
Lloyd C. Douglas
Rita Dove
Hugh Downs
Sidney Edgerton
Eddie Elias
Harold G. Epperson
Eugene C. Eppley
Angie Everhart
Fritzi Fern
Harvey Samuel Firestone Industrialist
Leonard Firestone Industrialist
Steve Fitzhugh
Art Fleming
Trent Ford
Walter Forward
Rick Forzano
Mike Fox Football player
Elizabeth Franz
Dominic Frasca
Frederick Frese
Shirley Fry
Clark Gable Actor
William H. Gerstenmaier
Joe Glazer
Dick Goddard
Harvey Gold
Bob Golic
Mike Golic Football player
Benjamin Goodrich
Charlie Greer
Brad Guigar
Kris Haines
Dave Hampton
Leon Harris
James Harrison
Dow W. Harter
Umar Bin Hassan
Anne Heche
Carol Heiss
Daniel Hesidence
Howard Hewett
Michael Holley
M. Herbert Hoover
Roger Hoover
Walter B. Huber
Rex Humbard
Craig Hummer
Chrissie Hynde Musician, leader of The Pretenders
James Ingram
Sandi Jackson
LeBron James Professional basketball player of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Stephen Curry Professional basketball player of the Golden State Warriors
Jim Jarmusch film director
Bill Jelen
David Jenkins
Hayes Alan Jenkins
Helen Jepson
Gus Johnson
Steve Johnson
Grandpa Jones
Melina Kanakaredes Actress
Dean Keener
Herman Keiser
Charlton Keith
Jack Kiser
Phil Kline
Chuck Klosterman
Bob Knepper
Charles Landon Knight
James L. Knight
John S. Knight
Parke Kolbe
Heather Kozar
Brock Kreitzburg
Art Kusnyer
Jani Lane
Jerome Lane
Bob Lape
Mortimer Dormer Leggett
Mike Lenz
Bob Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Brian Lisik
Robert Lucas
Liam Lynch
Doug Marsh
Thomas E. Martin
Mike Massie
Banjo Matthews
Frank W. Mayborn
Andy McCollum
Frances McGovern
Marian Mercer
Gene Mingo
Dan Moldea
Vaughn Monroe
Michael Morell
Bob Mothersbaugh Musician, member of Devo
Jim Mothersbaugh Musician, member of Devo
Mark Mothersbaugh Musician, member of Devo
Scott Muni
Thurman Munson Baseball player
Ron Negray
Donnie Nickey
Pete Nischt musician
Gabe Norwood
Russell Oberlin
Les Olsson
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
Chris Owens
Tim "Ripper" Owens
Paige Palmer
John Parry
Ara Parseghian
Jaroslav Pelikan
Simon Perkins
Antonio Pittman
Don Plusquellic
Terry Pluto
Christopher Pottenger
Ricky Powers
Erick Purkhiser
Richard Quick
Robert Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine
Ron Rector
James W. Reilly
Rick Renstrom
Nikola Resanovic
Judith Resnik
Butch Reynolds
Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Sydne Rome
Edmund Rowe
Fatina Salaheddine
Wilbur F. Sanders
Thomas C. Sawyer
Bo Schembechler
Francis Seiberling
Frank Seiberling
John F. Seiberling
Luke Sewell
Chuck Share
Denny Shute
Matt Simon
Harry Simpson
George Sisler
Richard Smalley
Bob Smith
Neal Smith
Donald Ray Snodgrass
Mark Stevens
Tyrell Sutton
Rachel Sweet
Gene Thomas
Nate Thurmond
Todd Tobias
Aiden Wilson Tozer
Bill Upham
William H. Upson
Claude Virden
Mike Vrabel
Michael Wadleigh
Ramon Walker
Brad Warner
Chris Wells
George Dexter Whitcomb
Jesse White
Wendell Willkie
Melinda Windsor
Antoine Winfield
Ray Wise
Sam Wise
Gene Woodling
Kim Zurz

See also

Phillp Ingram member of the Motown group Switch, Edward Fluellen member of the Motown group Switch, Bill Turner Akron U basketball, NBA basketball, Richard Turner Akron U track and field

References

  1. ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967. 
  2. ^ "Features". Akron Update. University of Akron. 2004-02-02. http://www.uakron.edu/aupdate/Feb022004/Feature_92.php. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
  3. ^ "Peter Gunn Digs a Canary--That 'Way Out' Lola Albright". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1958-12-27. pp. 1. 
  4. ^ "Andy Alleman - Stats, Bio". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/8342/index.html. Retrieved 2009-01-21. 
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame Feature- W. Harold Anderson" (in English). Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-w-harold-anderson.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
  6. ^ Easton, Max (2009-01-12). "The Black Keys, Gomez & Ash Grunwald" (in English). Soulshine.com.au. pp. 1. http://www.soulshine.com.au/_article/2009/01/12/411-the-black-keys-gomez-ash-grunwald-luna-park-sydney-9th-jan-2008-.html. Retrieved 2009-01-21. 

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