The following is a list of famous people born in Ohio and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.
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Journalists, photojournalists, writers, cartoonists, poets, authors, playwrights, screen writers, film directors, film producers, critics, etc.
- Berenice Abbott (journalist, photographer) (Springfield)
- Karen Ackerman (author) (Cincinnati)
- Sherwood Anderson (author) (Camden/Clyde)
- R.W. Apple, Jr. (journalist and author) (Akron)
- Natalie Barney (author) (Dayton)
- Billy Bass (radio host, program director) (Cleveland)
- Brian Michael Bendis (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
- Greg Berg (character actor-voce talent) (Cleveland/Akron)
- Ambrose Bierce (author) (Meigs County)
- Hanne Blank (author) (Cleveland)
- Erma Bombeck (newspaper columnist, author) (Dayton)
- Louis Bromfield (author) (Mansfield)
- Raymond Buckland (author) (Warren)
- Milton Caniff (cartoonist) (Dayton)
- Vincent J. Cardinal (playwright & director) (Kent)
- Alice Cary (poet) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Chesnutt (writer) (Cleveland)
- Chris Columbus (film director) (Warren)
- Ian Corrigan (author, liturgist) (Warren)
- Hart Crane (poet) (Garrettsville)
- Wes Craven (film director) (Cleveland)
- Michael Cunningham (author) (Cincinnati)
- William H. Daniels (cinematographer) (Cleveland)
- Khashyar Darvich (film producer, director)(Oxford, Cleveland)
- Stephen Donaldson (author) (Cleveland)
- Rita Dove (poet) (Akron)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (poet) (Dayton)
- Harlan Ellison (author) (Cincinnati)
- Mel Epstein (film producer) (Dayton)
- Joe Eszterhas (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
- Paul Gilger (playwright, set designer, architect) (Mansfield)
- Bob Greene (newspaper columnist) (Columbus)
- Zane Grey (author) (Zanesville)
- Cathy Guisewite (cartoonist) (Dayton)
- Virginia Hamilton (children's author) (Yellow Springs)
- Benjamin Hanby (writer, composer) (Rushville, Westerville)
- Bill Hemmer (news anchor for Fox News) (Cincinnati)
- William Dean Howells (author, critic)
- Jim Jarmusch (film director) (Akron)
- Jerome Lawrence (writer) (Cleveland)
- Robert Edwin Lee (writer) (Elyria)
- Sorche Nic Leodhas - (writer, recipient of Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal) (Youngstown)
- Nick G. Miller (screenwriter, film producer, film director) (Dayton)
- Farzana Moon (writer of historical sagas and biography of Prophet Muhammad) (Springfield)[citation needed]
- Toni Morrison (author) (Lorain)
- Nema (author, liturgist) (Logan)
- Frederick Burr Opper (cartoonist, creator of Happy Hooligan) (Madison)
- Paul Palnik {artist,cartoonist} (Cleveland)
- Harvey Pekar (author) (Cleveland)
- Dav Pilkey (author) (Cleveland)
- Terry Ryan (author) (Defiance) wrote The Prize Winning Mother from Defiance, Ohio, later made into a film
- Bill Sammon (Fox News Washington Managing Editor) (Cleveland)
- Martin Savidge (television journalist) (Rocky River)
- Dominic Sena (film director) (Niles)
- Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman (Cleveland)
- Jeff Smith (cartoonist) (Columbus)
- Steven Spielberg (film director, film producer) (Cincinnati)
- R. L. Stine (author) (Columbus)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (author) (Cincinnati)
- James Thurber (author, cartoonist) (Columbus)
- Michael Wadleigh (film director) (Akron)
- Paula Wagner (film producer) (Youngstown)
- Brad Warner (author) (Akron)
- Jack Warner (movie mogul) (Youngstown)
- Harvey Wasserman (author, political activist) (Columbus)
- Lew Wasserman (studio executive) (Cleveland)
- Bill Watterson (cartoonist)
- David Whitney (author) (Youngstown)
- [Rod Williams Inductee National Broadcasters Hall Of fame. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1527972980220648955&q=rod+williams
Politicians, public servants, public officeholders, etc.
See also: List of Ohio politicians
- Michael K. Allen (politician, lawyer)
- Charles Anderson (Ohio governor) (Dayton)
- Frank J. Battisti (judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio) (Youngstown)
- Albert J. Beveridge (political leader) (Highland)
- William Jennings Bryan (U.S. presidential candidate) (Salem)
- Henry Lawrence Burnett - (prosecutor in trial for Abraham Lincoln assassination) (Youngstown)
- Prescott Bush (U.S. Senator, businessman) (Columbus)
- William Case (Cleveland)
- Steve Chabot (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati)
- Charles G. Dawes (politician)
- James M. Cox (Governor, Presidential candidate, Media mogul) (Dayton)
- R. Michael DeWine (politician, U.S. Senator) (Cedarville)
- James A. Garfield (Civil War general, U.S. president)
- James Rudolph Garfield (U.S. Interior Secretary)
- John J. Gilligan (politician, Ohio Governor)
- Bill Gradison (politician, U.S. representative)
- Ulysses S. Grant (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (Point Pleasant)
- Warren G. Harding (U.S. president)
- Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor)
- Benjamin Harrison (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (North Bend)
- Dave Hobson (politician, U.S. representative) (Springfield)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (politician, U.S. president) (Delaware)
- Nathaniel R. Jones (judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit) (Youngstown)
- Michael J. Kirwan (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown)
- Dennis Kucinich (politician)
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis (federal judge, baseball commissioner) (Millville)
- Frank Lausche (Ohio Senator and Governor)
- Neil H. McElroy (businessman, cabinet secretary)
- William McKinley (U.S. president) (Niles)
- Arthur Ernest Morgan (college president, hydraulic engineer, TVA administrator)
- James A. Rhodes (politician, Ohio Governor)
- William Saxbe (U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General, Ambassador to India)
- Donna Edna Shalala (U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993 - 2001)
- William Howard Taft (politician, jurist, U.S. president, chief justice) (Cincinnati)
- Robert A. Taft I (politician) (Cincinnati)
- Robert Taft (Jr.)
- Robert A. Taft II (politician, Ohio governor)
- Charles Phelps Taft II, Mayor of Cincinnati
- David Tod (governor) (Youngstown)
- James Traficant (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown)
- Clement Vallandigham (politician, activist) (Dayton)
- George Voinovich (politician) (Cleveland)
- Brand Whitlock (politician, diplomat)
- Jay Williams, (mayor) (Youngstown)
- Mary Ellen Withrow, (U.S. Treasurer) (Marion)
- Victoria Claflin Woodhull (first woman to be nominated President) (Homer, Licking County)
Artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, etc.
- William Jacob Baer (painter)
- George Bellows (painter) (Columbus)
- Charles E. Burchfield, (painter) (Ashtabula Harbor)
- Joseph DeCamp, (painter) (Cincinnati)
- Jim Dine (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati)
- Carl Gaertner (painter) (Cleveland)
- Ann Hamilton (artist) (Lima)
- Robert Henri (painter) (Cincinnati)
- Jenny Holzer, (conceptual artist) (Gallipolis)
- Joseph Kosuth, (conceptual artist) (Toledo)
- Maya Lin (sculptor) (Athens)
- Robert E. L. Rainey (artist) (North Canton)
- Alice Schille (painter) (Columbus)
- Fred Schrier (comic book artist) (Kirtland)
- Dave Sheridan (comic book artist) (Cleveland)
- Lily Martin Spencer (painter) (Avondale/Marietta)
- Thomas Tsuchiya (sculptor) (Cincinnati)
- John Henry Twachtman (painter) (Cincinnati)
- Tom Wesselmann (pop artist) (Cincinnati)
- Clarence White (photographer) (West Carlisle/Newark)
- Worthington Whittredge (painter) (Springfield)
- Dare Wright (photographer, children's author)
Actors, models, and miscellaneous performers
- Lola Albright (actor) (Akron)
- Tom Aldredge (actor) (Dayton)
- Louis Aldrich (actor) (unknown)[1]
- Corey Allen (actor) (Cleveland)
- Catherine Bach (actor) (Warren)
- Jim Backus (actor) (Cleveland)
- Kaye Ballard (actor) (Cleveland)
- Gerry Bamman (actor) (Toledo)
- Lisa Banes (actor) (Chagrin Falls)
- Theda Bara (actor) (Avondale)
- Majel Barrett (actor) (Columbus)
- Billy Bass (broadcaster) (Cleveland)
- Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland)
- Jonathan Bennett (actor) (Rossford)
- David Birney (actor) (Cleveland)
- John Bixler (actor) (Shaker Heights)
- Nina Blackwood (veejay) (Cleveland)
- Tina Bockrath (model) (Dayton)
- J. Paul Boehmer (actor) (Dayton)
- Mark Boone Junior (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Bow Wow (actor, rapper) (Columbus)
- Bill Boyd (actor)
- Bob Braun (talk show host) (Cincinnati)
- Richard Brooks (actor) (Cleveland)
- Charles Brown (actor) (Cleveland)
- Clancy Brown (actor) (Urbana)
- Woody Brown (actor) (Dayton)
- Jarrod Bunch (actor, ex-football player) (Ashtabula)
- Michelle Burke (actor) (Defiance)
- Ralph Byrd (actor) (Dayton)
- Marion Byron (actor) (Dayton)
- Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923)
- Adam Campbell (Model) (Uniontown)
- Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
- Rocky Carroll (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Nancy Cartwright (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton)
- George Chakiris (actor) (Norwood)
- Damian Chapa (actor) (Dayton)
- Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs)
- Marguerite Clark (actor) (Avondale)
- Mystro Clark (actor) (Dayton)
- Ray Combs (game show host) (Hamilton)
- Tim Conway (actor, comedian) (Willoughby)
- Chuck Cooper (actor) (Cleveland)
- Laura Cover (model)
- Yvonne Craig (actor) (Columbus)
- Tom Cruise - actor (Ottawa Hills)[2]
- Beverly D'Angelo (actor) (Columbus)
- Dorothy Dandridge (actor)
- Frank Daniels (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton)
- Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Carmella DeCesare (model) (Avon Lake)
- Ruby Dee (actor) (Cleveland)
- John Diehl (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima)
- Jim Dine (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati)
- Phil Donahue (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton)
- Mike Douglas (actor) (Cleveland)
- Sue Downey (Miss USA 1965)
- Hugh Downs (broadcaster) (Lima, Akron)
- Keir Dullea (actor) (Cleveland)
- Ryan Dunn (actor) (Medina)
- Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)
- Joe Estevez (actor) (Dayton)
- Angie Everhart (fashion model) (Akron)
- Sean Faris (actor, model) (Parma)
- Jamie Farr (actor) (Toledo)
- Suzanne Farrell (dancer) (Cincinnati)
- Joe Flynn (actor) (Youngstown)
- Alan Freed (radio show host, namer of "Rock 'n Roll") (Cleveland)
- Clark Gable (actor) (Cadiz)
- Teri Garr (actor) (Lakewood)
- Dorothy Gish (actor)
- Lillian Gish (actor) (Springfield)
- Carlin Glynn (actor) (Cleveland)
- Maggie Grace (actor) (Columbus)
- David Graf (actor) (Lancaster)
- Joel Grey (actor, singer, dancer) (Cleveland)
- Julie Hagerty (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Arsenio Hall (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland)
- Margaret Hamilton (actor) (Cleveland)
- Scott Hamilton (ice skater) (Bowling Green)
- Dorian Harewood (actor) (Dayton)
- Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon)
- Rachael Harris (actress/comedienne) (Worthington)
- Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland)
- Patricia Heaton (actor) (Bay Village)
- Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora)
- Eileen Heckart (actor) (Columbia)
- Tim Henson (Internet Microcelebrity) (Ashtabula)
- Tiffany Hines (actress, singer) (Cincinnati)
- Michael Hitchcock (actor) (Defiance)
- John Hockenberry (broadcaster) (Dayton)
- Stephanie Hodge (actress) (Wilmington)
- Hal Holbrook (actor) (Cleveland)
- Lindsay Hollister (actress) (Columbus)
- Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo)
- Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland)
- Chrissie Hynde (musician) (Akron)
- Elsie Janis (actor) (Columbus)
- Allison Janney (actor) (Dayton)
- Ken Jenkins (actor) (Dayton)
- Gordon Jump (actor) (Dayton)
- Carol Kane (actor) (Cleveland)
- Melina Kanakaredes (actor) (Akron)
- Michael Kent (comedian/magician) (Urbana)
- Perry King (actor) (Alliance)
- Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break)(Maumee)
- Chris Krauser (actor) (Sylvania)
- A. J. Langer (actor) (Columbus)
- Dick Latessa (actor) (Cleveland)
- Joshua LeBar (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Reggie Lee (actor) (Cleveland)
- Rex Lee (actor) (Warren)
- Hudson Leick (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Ted Levine (actor) (Parma)
- John Lithgow (actor) (Yellow Springs)
- Traci Lords (actress) (Steubenville)
- Todd Louiso (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Chad Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
- Rob Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
- Paul Lynde (actor) (Mount Vernon)
- Marie Masters (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Diane McBain (actor) (Cleveland)
- Gates McFadden (actor) (Cuyahoga Falls)
- Maeve McGuire (actor) (Cleveland)
- Robin Meade (news anchor, Miss Ohio 1992) (New London)
- Mark Metcalf (actor) (Findlay)
- W. Chrystie Miller (actor) (Dayton)
- Walter Miller (actor) (Dayton)
- Ryan Mitchell (actor)
- Debra Monk (actor) (Middletown)
- Greg Morris (actor) (Columbus)
- Martin Mull (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville)
- John Newland (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Paul Newman (actor) (Cleveland)
- Stephen Nichols (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Don Novello (comedian, actor) (Ashtabula)
- Ed O'Neill (actor) (Youngstown)
- Maila Nurmi, Vampira (actor) (Ashtabula)
- Annie Oakley (markswoman) (Greenville)
- Jack Paar (talk show host) (Canton)
- Lawanda Page (actor) (Cleveland)
- Eleanor Parker (actor) (Cedarville)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville)
- Dan Patrick (sportscaster, talk show host) (Mason)
- Robert Patrick (actor) (Cleveland)
- Austin Pendleton (actor) (Warren)
- Max Perlich (actor) (Cleveland)
- Luke Perry (actor) (Fredericktown)
- Tom Poston (actor) (Columbus)
- Monica Potter (actor) (Cleveland)
- Tyrone Power (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Nicole Pulliam (actor) (Columbus)
- Sy Richardson (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Jess Robbins (actor) (Dayton)
- Jenny Robertson (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Roy Rogers (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville)
- Ted Ross (actor) (Dayton)
- Alan Ruck (actor) (Cleveland)
- Devin Rumer (actor) (Lima)[citation needed]"imdb". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2771442/.
- Gary Sandy (actor) (Dayton)
- Sherri Saum (actor) (Dayton)
- Joe Seneca (actor) (Cleveland)
- Molly Shannon (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland)
- Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton)
- Victor Slezak (actor) (Youngstown)
- Candace Smith (actress / model) (Dayton)
- Mamie Smith (singer) (Cincinnati)
- Hal Sparks (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Dina Spybey (actor) (Columbus)
- Mark Stevens (actor) (Cleveland)
- Shannon Niquette Stewart (model) (Franklin)
- Alyson Stoner (actress/dancer) (Toledo)
- Amanda Tepe (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Philip Michael Thomas (actor) (Columbus)
- Andrea Thompson (model, broadcaster)
- Howard Thurston (Magician/Illusionist) (Columbus)
- Vera-Ellen (actress) (Norwood)
- Daniel von Bargen (actor) (Cincinnati)
- David Wain (comedian, actor) (Shaker Heights)
- Lucille Ward (actor) (Dayton)
- Jerry Wasserman (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Jack Weston (actor) (Cleveland)
- Victor Raider-Wexler (actor) (Toledo)
- Lee Wilkof (actor) (Canton)
- Fred Willard (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
- Katt Williams (comedian, actor) (Dayton)
- Wendy Barrie-Wilson (actress) (Loveland)
- Debra Winger (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
- Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor) (Bellbrook)
- Ray Wise (actor) (Akron)
- Amy Yasbeck (actor) (Cincinnati)
The Rest Not Listed in Alphabetical Order:
- Angie Everhart (fashion model) (Akron)
- Taylor Hayes (cheesecake model)
- John Holmes (adult entertainment performer)(Ashville)
- Ron Jeremy (Porn Star) (Clintonville)
- Toccara Elaine Jones (contestant on America's Next Top Model)(Dayton)
- Heather Kozar (model) (Akron)
- Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermilion)
- Jacquelyn Mayer (Miss America 1963) (Sandusky)
- Marilyn Meseke (Miss America 1938)
- Shannon Niquette Stewart (model) (Franklin)
- Ce Ce Peniston (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton)
- Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978)
- Kim Seelbrede (Miss USA 1981)
- Jerry Springer (television talk show host/former mayor of Cincinnati) (Cincinnati)
- Raven Riley (adult entertainment performer)
- Catalina Cruz (former fitness model turned porn star)
- Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth (reality television star)(Youngstown)
Miscellaneous celebrities
- Judith Resnik (astronaut) (Akron)
- Tina Bockrath (cheesecake model) (Dayton)
- Deanna Brooks (cheesecake model)
- Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923)
- Laura Cover (cheesecake model)
- Jack Craciun (promoter/entrepreneur)
- Carmella DeCesare (cheesecake model) (Avon Lake)
- Sue Downey (Miss USA 1965)
- Carmen Electra (cheesecake model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)
- Leo Ford (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton)
- Felicia Fox (adult entertainment performer) (Springfield)
- Taylor Hayes (cheesecake model)
- John Holmes (adult entertainment performer)
- Toccara Elaine Jones (contestant on America's Next Top Model)(Bucyrus)
- Heather Kozar (cheesecake model) (Green)
- Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermillion)
- Traci Lords (adult entertainment performer, actor, author) (Steubenville)
- Jacquelyn Mayer (Miss America 1963)
- Marilyn Meseke (Miss America 1938)
- The Naked Cowboy (entertainer) (Cincinnati)
- Ce Ce Peniston (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton)
- Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978) (Monroe)
- Danielle Reyes (contestant on Big Brother 3) (Dayton)
- Matthew Rush (adult entertainment actor) (Columbus)
- Kim Seelbrede (Miss USA 1981)
- Dean Roll (professional wrestler) (Dayton)
Singers, musicians, composers, songwriters, conductors, etc.
- Anointed (musicians)(Columbus)
- The Devil Wears Prada (band)(Dayton)
- Dead Poetic (band) (Dayton)
- Bone Thugs N Harmony (musicians) (Cleveland)
- Steven Adler (musician, original drummer for Guns N' Roses) (Cleveland)
- Ray Anthony (musician) (Cleveland)
- Dan Auerbach, Guitarist and Singer of the Black Keys, (Akron)
- Avant (musician) (Cleveland)
- Albert Ayler (musician) (Cleveland)
- David Baerwald (musician) (Oxford)
- Bobby Bare (singer) (Ironton)
- Lou Barlow (musician) (Dayton)
- John Bassette (singer, musician) (Cleveland)
- Stiv Bators (musician) (Youngstown)
- Kathleen Battle (singer) (Portsmouth)
- Cindy Blackman (musician) (Yellow Springs)
- Bow Wow (musician) (Reynoldsburg)
- Jim Brickman (musician, songwriter) (Cleveland)
- Glen Buxton (guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band) (Akron)
- Jerry Brightman Formerly with Buck Owens (producer, musician) (Akron)
- Eric Carmen (musician) (Cleveland)
- Patrick Carney, drummer and producer of the Black Keys (Akron)
- Lionel Cartwright (musician, singer) (Gallipolis)
- Tracy Chapman (musician) (Cleveland)
- Gilby Clarke (musician) (Cleveland)
- Tammy Cochran (singer) (Austinburg)
- David Allan Coe (singer, musician) (Akron)
- Bootsy Collins (musician) (Cincinnati)
- Earl Thomas Conley (singer) (Portsmouth)
- Cowboy Copas (singer) (Adams County)
- Gavin Creel, Broadway Star (Findlay)
- Martin Dillon, Tenor and Professor of Music at Rutgers University (Portsmouth)
- Kim Deal and Kelley Deal of The Breeders (musicians) (Huber Heights/Dayton)
- Bill DeArango (jazz guitarist) (Cleveland)
- Jay DeMarcus, singer, bassist and keyboardist of Rascal Flatts (musician, singer) (Columbus)
- Rick Derringer (singer) (Fort Recovery)* Bethany Dillon (Christian singer/songwriter) (Bellefontaine)
- Jerry Douglas (musician) (Warren)
- Greg Dulli (singer, musician) (Hamilton)
- Halim El-Dabh (composer, musician, ethnomusicologist) (Kent)
- ekoostik Hookah (band) (Columbus)
- Donald Erb (composer) (Youngstown)
- Michael Feinstein (Columbus)
- Craig Fuller (musician) (Waverly/Columbus)
- Sonny Geraci (Cleveland)
- Andy Graham (musician) (Cuyahoga Falls)
- Macy Gray (musician) (Canton)
- Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters (musician) (Warren)
- Henry Fillmore (composer) (Cincinnati)
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins (musician) (Cleveland)
- Howard Hewett (singer) (Akron)
- Hit The Lights (band) (Lima)
- Chrissie Hynde (musician) (Akron)
- Lux Interior (musician) (born Erick Purkhiser, Stow)
- Tommy James (musician) (Dayton)
- Maynard James Keenan (musician, lead singer for Tool (band),A Perfect Circle, etc.) (Ravenna)
- Lyfe Jennings (R&B musician) (Toledo)
- Howard Jones, lead singer of Killswitch Engage (singer) (Columbus)
- Kid Cudi (musician) (Cleveland)* Mark Kozelek (singer, musician) (Massillon)
- Nick Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)
- Jani Lane (musician) (Akron)
- John Legend (musician) (Springfield)
- Gerald Levert (R&B singer) (Cleveland)
- James Levine (conductor, musician) (Cincinnati)
- Gary LeVox, lead singer of Rascal Flatts (Columbus/Lewis Center)
- Robert Lockwood Jr. (Grammy award winning Bluesman) (Cleveland)
- Marilyn Manson (musician) (Canton)
- Brad Martin (singer) (Greenfield)
- Dean Martin (singer, actor) (Steubenville)
- Billy Mason (drummer) (Fairborn)
- Maureen McGovern (singer) (Youngstown)
- Allen McKenzie (bass guitar, vocals, FireHouse) (Jackson)
- The Mills Brothers (band) (Piqua)
- Junie Morrison (Original Lead Singer Ohio Players) (Dayton)
- Bob Mothersbaugh (musician) (Akron)
- Mark Mothersbaugh (musician) (Akron)
- Mushroomhead (band) (Cleveland)
- The Ohio Players (Band) (Dayton)
- The O'Jays (band) (Canton)
- Benjamin Orr (musician) (Lakewood)
- Gary Patterson (musician) (Cleveland)
- Johnny Paycheck (singer) (Greenfield)
- Danielle Peck (singer) (Coshocton)
- Robert Pollard (composer) (Dayton)
- Pure Prairie League (band) (Columbus)
- Joshua Radin (singer, songwriter) (Shaker Heights)
- Raspberries (band) (Cleveland)
- Relient K (band) (Canton, Ohio)
- Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (musician) (Cleveland)
- Marty Roe, lead singer of Diamond Rio (singer) (Lebanon)
- Roy Rogers (singer, actor) (Cincinnati/Portsmouth/Lucasville/McDermott)
- JD Samson of Le Tigre (musician) (Cleveland)
- Scott Savol (singer) (Cleveland)
- Boz Scaggs (singer, songwriter) (Canton)
- Tom Scholz of Boston (band) (musician, inventor) (Toledo)
- Scott Shriner of Weezer (musician) (Toledo)
- Connie Smith (singer) (Marietta)
- Greg Smith (musician, songwriter) (Cleveland)
- Joe Solo (musician, songwriter, record producer, composer) (Cleveland)
- Michael Stanley (musician) (Cleveland)
- Billy Strayhorn (musician) (Dayton)
- Rachel Sweet (musician) (Akron)
- Art Tatum (musician) (Toledo)
- David Thomas (musician) (Akron)
- Joe Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy (musician) (South Russell)
- Roger Troutman (composer) (Hamilton)
- Joseph Victor (composer) (Cincinnati)
- Kate Voegele (singer, songwriter, musician) (Bay Village)
- Joe Walsh (musician) (Cleveland)
- Scott Weiland (musician) (Cleveland)
- Vesta Williams (singer) (Coshocton)
- Nancy Wilson (singer) (singer) (Chillicothe)
- Yankee Grey (band) (Cincinnati)
- Frank Yankovic (musician) (Cleveland)
- Dwight Yoakam (singer, actor) (Columbus)
Soldiers, sailors, etc.
- George Custer (cavalry officer) (New Rumley)
- Ulysses S. Grant (soldier, politician) (Point Pleasant, Ohio)
- Simon Kenton (soldier, frontiersman, friend of Daniel Boone) (Urbana)
- Philip Sheridan (soldier) (Somerset)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (soldier, politician) (Lancaster)
- Tecumseh (soldier)
- Curtis LeMay (Founder of Strategic Air Command) (Columbus)
- Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor)
- Eddie Rickenbacker (pilot) (Columbus)
- Robert C. Schenck (Civil War general, politician, diplomat) (Dayton)
- Rodger Young (WWII soldier) (Fremont)
- Dominic S. Gentile (WWII flying ace, 1st to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua)
- Isaac C. Kidd (Rear Admiral USN) (Killed on USS Arizona, Medal of Honor) (Cleveland)
Architects, inventors, explorers, adventurers, astronauts, aviators, spies, etc.
- Neil Armstrong (astronaut) (Wapakoneta/Lebanon)
- George Bartholomew (inventor)
- Mark N. Brown (astronaut) (Dayton)
- Charles Brush (inventor, industrialist) (Cleveland)
- Guion S. Bluford Jr. (astronaut)
- Nancy Currie (astronaut)
- Thomas Edison (inventor) (Milan)
- Donn F. Eisele (astronaut)
- Harvey Firestone (inventor, industrialist) (Columbiana/Akron)
- Michael L. Gernhardt (astronaut)
- Dominic S. Gentile (WWII flying ace, 1st to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua)
- Cass Gilbert (architect) (Zanesville)
- John Glenn (astronaut, politician) (Cambridge/New Concord)
- Michael T. Good (astronaut)
- Elisha Gray (inventor) (Barnesville)
- Greg Harbaugh (astronaut) (Cleveland)
- Karl G. Henize (astronaut)
- Thomas J. Hennen (astronaut)
- Terence T. Henricks (astronaut)
- Tom Henricks (astronaut)
- Charles O. Hobaugh (astronaut) (North Ridgeville)
- Philip Johnson (architect) (Cleveland)
- Charles Kettering (inventor) (Loudenville/Dayton)
- Whitmore Knaggs (soldier, spy)
- Jim Lovell (astronaut) (Cleveland)
- G. David Low (astronaut) {Cleveland)
- Garrett Morgan (inventor) (Cleveland)
- Robert F. Overmyer (astronaut)
- Ronald A. Parise (astronaut)
- Judith Resnick (astronaut) (Akron)
- Eddie Rickenbacker (aviator, race car driver) (Columbus)
- Ron Sega (astronaut) (Cleveland)
- Howard Dwight Smith (architect) (Dayton/Columbus)
- Robert C. Springer (astronaut)
- Kathryn D. Sullivan (astronaut)
- Don Thomas (astronaut)
- Ernest H. Volwiler (inventor) (Hamilton)
- Carl Walz (astronaut) (Cleveland)
- Mary Ellen Weber (astronaut) (Cleveland)
- Alexander Winton (inventor) (Cleveland)
- Granville Woods (inventor) (Columbus/Cincinnati)
- Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (inventors) (Dayton)
Athletes, coaches, etc.
- Kurt Abbott (baseball player) (Zanesville)
- Allan Anderson (baseball player) (Lancaster)
- Eddie Arcaro (jockey) (Cincinnati)
- Randy Ayers (basketball coach) (Springfield)
- Coy Bacon (football player) (Ironton)
- Chris Bando (baseball player) (Solon)
- Tim Belcher (baseball player) (Mount Gilead)
- Chad Billingsley (baseball player) (Defiance)
- Chase Blackburn (football player) (Marysville)
- Dave Blaney (race car driver) (Hartford)
- Earl Boykins (basketball player) (Cleveland)
- Paul Brown (football coach) (Norwalk)
- Matt Brown (UFC fighter) (Xenia)
- Ray Brown (baseball player) (Alger)
- Jim Brown (football player) (Cleveland)
- Jarrod Bunch (football player) (Ashtabula)
- Dave Burba (baseball player) (Springfield)
- George Cappuzzello (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Bobby Carpenter (football player) (Lancaster)
- Rob Carpenter (football player) (Junction City)
- Butch Carter (basketball player, coach) (Middletown)
- Cris Carter (football player) (Middletown)
- Drew Carter (football player) (Solon)
- Brent Celek (football player) (Cincinnati)
- Ezzard Charles (boxer) (Cincinnati)
- Trent Cole (football player) (Xenia)
- Marco Coleman (football player) (Dayton)
- Maurice Clarett (football player) (Warren)
- Roger Clemens (baseball player} (Dayton)
- Cris Collinsworth (football player) (Dayton)
- Sylvia Crawley (basketball player/coach) (Steubenville)
- Larry Csonka (Hall-of-fame football player) (Stow)
- Ben Curtis (golf player) (Columbus)
- Alissa Czisny (US Figure Skater) (Bowling Green)
- Thom Darden (football player) (Sandusky)
- Nate Davis (football player) (Bellaire)
- Len Dawson (football player) (Alliance)
- Andy Dorris (football player) (Bellaire)
- Bob Dove (lineman, College Football Hall of Fame) (Youngstown)
- Dave Dravecky (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Rob Dyrdek (skateboarder) (Kettering)
- James "Buster" Douglas (boxer) (Columbus)
- Nat Emerson (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
- Evan Eschmeyer (basketball player) (New Knoxville)
- Billy Evans (Hall-of-Fame umpire) (Youngstown)
- James Farragher (football player, coach) (Youngstown)
- Charlie Frye (football player) (Willard)
- Rollie Fingers (baseball player) (Steubenville)
- Sarah Fisher (race car driver) (Columbus)
- Mike Furrey (football player) (Grove City)
- Joey Galloway (football player) (Bellaire)
- Ted Ginn, Jr. (football player) (Cleveland)
- Terry Glenn (football player) (Columbus)
- Bob Golic (football player, actor) (Cleveland)
- Mike Golic (football player, sports talk host) (Cleveland)
- Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Archie Griffin (football player) (Columbus)
- Lou Groza (football player) (Martins Ferry)
- Matt Guerrier (baseball player) (Cleveland)
- Roy Hall (football player) (South Euclid)
- Andy Hampsten (cyclist, Only American to win Giro d'Italia) (Columbus)
- Jim Harbaugh (football player) (Toledo)
- Ron Harper (basketball Player) (Dayton)
- John Havlicek (basketball player) (Martins Ferry)
- A.J. Hawk (football player) (Centerville)
- Wynn Hawkins (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Woody Hayes (football coach) (Clifton/Newcomerstown/Upper Arlington)
- Tommy Henrich (baseball player) (Massillon)
- Kim Herring (football player) (Solon)
- Larry Hisle (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
- Domenik Hixon (football player) (Whitehall)
- Marty Hogan (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Lou Holtz (Football coach) (East Liverpool)
- Sam Hornish, Jr. (NASCAR driver, 3-time IRL champion, winner of 2006 Indianapolis 500) (Defiance)
- Desmond Howard (football player) (Cleveland)
- Dummy Hoy (deaf baseball player) (Houcktown)
- Bob Huggins (basketball coach) (Gnadenhutten)
- Jim Jackson (basketball player) (Toledo)
- LeBron James (basketball player) (Akron)
- Lance Johnson (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Home Run Johnson (baseball player) (Findlay)
- Cal Jones (football player) (Steubenville)
- David Justice (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Rich Karlis (football player) (Salem)
- Don King (fight promoter) Cleveland
- Jack Kralick (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Bobby Knight (basketball coach) (Massilon/Orrville)
- Bernie Kosar (football player) (Boardman)
- Jack Lambert (football player) (Mantua)
- Kennesaw Mountain Landis (first baseball commissioner) (Milleville)
- Barry Larkin (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Dante Lavelli (football player) (Cleveland)
- Jim Leyland (baseball manager) (Perrysburg)
- Jerry Lucas (basketball player) (Middletown)
- Mike Nugent (football player) (Centerville)
- Barry Mackay (tennis player, broadcaster) (Cincinnati)
- Paul Maguire (football player, announcer) (Youngstown)
- Ray Mancini (boxer, former WBA lightweight champion) (Youngstown)
- Nick Mangold (football player) (Centerville)
- Mario Manningham (football player) (Warren)
- Scott May (basketball player) (Sandusky)
- Bill Mazeroski (baseball player) (Tiltonsville)
- Jimmy McAleer (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Deacon McGuire (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Urban Meyer (football coach) (Ashtabula)
- Mike Mizanin (WWE wrestler)(Cleveland)
- Lance Moore (football player) (Westerville)
- Edwin C. Moses (runner) (Dayton)
- Thurman Munson (baseball player) (Canton)
- Jack Nicklaus (golfer) (Columbus)
- Joe Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
- Phil Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
- Chuck Noll (football coach) (Cleveland)
- Joe Norman ILB 1979-81, 83 Seattle Seahawks #52 (Millersburg)
- Joe Nuxhall (baseball player and announcer) (Hamilton)
- Al Oliver (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
- Paul O'Neill (baseball player) (Columbus)
- Doug Mientkiewicz (baseball player) (Toledo)
- Jerry Olsavsky (football player) (Youngstown)
- Jesse Owens (runner) (Cleveland)
- Orlando Pace (Football Player) (Sandusky)
- Ara Parseghian (football coach) (Akron)
- Jay Payton (baseball player) (Zanesville)
- Jim Paxson (basketball player) (Dayton)
- John Paxson (basketball player) (Dayton)
- Bo Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
- Carl Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
- Antonio Pittman (football player) (Akron)
- Brady Quinn (football player for Cleveland Browns)
- Bobby Rahal (race car driver) (Medina)
- Tim Rattay (football player) (Elyria)
- Jeff Reboulet (baseball player) (Kettering)
- Tim Richmond (race car driver) (Ashland)
- Branch Rickey (baseball manager) (Stockdale)
- Ryne Robinson (football player) (Toledo)
- Jamal Robertson (football player) (Springfield)
- Ben Roethlisberger (football player) (Findlay)
- Pete Rose (baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati)
- Mike Rupp (hockey player) (Cleveland Heights)
- Gary Russell (football player) (Columbus)
- Bo Schembechler (football coach) (Barberton)
- Mike Schmidt (baseball player) (Dayton)
- Herb Score (baseball player)
- George Shuba (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- Don Shula (football coach) (Painesville)
- Frank Sinkwich (Heisman Trophy recipient) (Youngstown)
- George Sisler (baseball player) (Manchester)
- Katie Smith (female basketball player) (Logan)
- Troy Smith (football player) (Cleveland)
- Andy Sonnanstine (baseball player) (Barberton)
- Roger Staubach (football player) (Cincinnati)
- George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees) (Rocky River)
- Shannon Stewart (baseball player)
- Bill Talbert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
- Kent Tekulve (baseball player) (Hamilton)
- Ben Taylor (football player) (Bellaire)
- Steve Tovar (football player) (Elyria)
- Tony Trabert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
- Jim Tracy (baseball player, manager) (Hamilton)
- Gary Trent (basketball player) Columbus
- Jim Tressel (football coach) (Mentor)
- Mike Vrabel (football player) (Akron/Cuyahoga Falls)
- Moses Fleetwood Walker (baseball player) (Mount Pleasant)
- Randy Walker (college football coach) (Troy)
- Paul Warfield (football player) (Warren)
- Chris Wells (football player) (Akron)
- Rick White (baseball player) (Springfield)
- Sol White (baseball player, manager, executive) (Bellaire)
- Matt Wilhelm (football player) (Lorain)
- Jeff Wilkins (football player) (Youngstown)
- Antoine Winfield (football player) (Akron)
- Gene Woodling (baseball player) (Akron)
- Charles Woodson (football player) (Fremont)
- Kevin Youkilis (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Cy Young (baseball player) (Gilmore/Newcomerstown)
- Don Zimmer (baseball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
- Ron Zook (football coach) (Loudonville)
- Michael Zordich (football player) (Youngstown)
Businesspeople, entrepreneurs, etc.
- Henry D. Coffinberry (industrialist) (Cleveland)
- John R. Commons (economist) (Hollansburg)
- Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (developer, real estate magnate) (Youngstown)
- Herbert H. Dow (chemist, industrialist) (Cleveland)
- John W. Galbreath (real estate mogul and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Darby Dan Farm) (Columbus)
- B. F. Goodrich (industrialist) (Akron)
- Charles Keating (banker, activist) (Cincinnati)
- Peter B. Lewis (prominent entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist, activist) (Cleveland)
- Carl Lindner (prominent entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist) (Dayton)
- Lance Mehl (Linebacker from N.Y. Jets) (Bellaire)
- Ransom Olds
- John H. Patterson (industrialist) (Dayton)
- William Procter (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
- Bruce Ratner (real estate developer and owner of the New Jersey Nets) (Cleveland)
- John D. Rockefeller (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland)
- Frank Seiberling (industrialist) (Western Star)
- David Sinton (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
- George Steinbrenner (shipping magnate, sports club owner) (Cleveland)
Publishers, media moguls, etc.
- Roger Ailes (president of Fox News) (Warren)
- James M. Cox (publisher of Dayton Daily News, founder of Cox Communications, politician) (Jacksonburg)
- Larry Flynt (publisher of Hustler adult magazine) (Cincinnati)
- Ted Turner (founder of Turner Broadcasting, CNN) (Cincinnati)
- Jack Warner (co-founder of Warner Bros. Studios) (Youngstown)
Activists, philanthropists, public agitators, advocates, lawyers, etc.
- Daniel Carter Beard (founder of The Boy Scouts of America) (Cincinnati)
- Elizabeth Blackwell (abolitionist, women's rights activist, and the first female doctor in the United States) (Cincinnati)
- John Brown (abolitionist) (Hudson)
- Clarence Seward Darrow (lawyer, leading member of the ACLU) (Kinsman)
- Ronald Daniels (activist) (Youngstown)
- Richard Dillingham (Quaker abolitionist) (Morrow County)
- Albert B. Graham (founder of 4-H) (Springfield, Clark County)
- Achilles Pugh (Publisher of "The Philanthropist" and Anti-Slavery Activist) (Cadiz, Waynesville, Cincinnati)
- Bob Smith (doctor) (founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) (Akron)
- Gloria Steinem (feminist)
- Irvin F. Westheimer (founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters)
- Victoria Woodhull (activist, stock broker, journalist, politician) (Homer/Mount Gilead)
Criminals
- Jeffrey Dahmer (serial killer) (lived in Bath)
- Donald DeFreeze (Patty Hearst kidnapper) (Cleveland)
- Thomas Dillon (serial killer) (Canton)
- James Oliver Huberty (murderer) (Massillon)
- Charles Manson (murderer, cult leader) (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills)
- Charles Makley (Bank Robber) (Saint Marys)
- Anthony Sowell (rapist and alleged serial killer)(Cleveland)
Scholars, scientists, historians, theorists, philosophers, opinionists, etc.
- Thomas Alva Edison (scientist, inventor)
- William A. Fowler (physicist, Nobel Prize Winner) (The Ohio State University, Lima)
- Samuel Dana Horton (monetary theorist)
- Thomas Samuel Kuhn (philosopher of science)
- Albert A. Michelson (physicist) (Case Institute of Technology)
- E. W. Morley (physicist) (Western Reserve University)
- Willard Van Orman Quine (logician and philosopher) (Akron)
- Roy J. Plunkett (chemist) (New Carlisle)
- Joseph Ransohoff (neurosurgeon, inventor) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Richter (physicist) (Hamilton)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. (historian)
- Thomas J. Silhavy (molecular biologist) (Wauseon)
- Sander Vanocur (commentator) (Cleveland)
- Michael S. Witherell - particle physicist, president of Fermilab (Toledo)
- Elizabeth Witherell - editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau (Toledo)
Educators, religious leaders, lecturers, motivational speakers, self-help gurus, etc.
- Michael Brooks (historian, journalist) (Toledo)
- William Holmes McGuffey (educator, author) (Tuscarawas County/Oxford/Cincinnati)
- Norman Vincent Peale (author, professional speaker, clergyman) (Bowersville)
- William Strunk Jr. (educator, author) (Cincinnati)
- Don Hall (Historian) (Cincinnati)
Others
- "Mad" Ann Bailey (scout and spy for pioneers) (Harrison)
- Blue Jacket (Shawnee Indian Chief) (presently known as Ross County)
- Thom Brennaman (sportscaster) (Cincinnati)
- Chief Pontiac (Ottawa Indian Chief)
- Clyde Beatty (animal trainer) (Chillicothe)
- Brenda Carlin (television producer, wife of George Carlin) (Dayton)
- John Dean (White House Counsel to President Nixon) (Akron)
- Mike Gallagher (syndicated talk radio host) (Dayton)
- Jack Hanna (zoo director, animal expert) (Columbus)
- Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (sports handicapper) (Steubenville)
- Tenskwatawa (Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee Indians) (Ross County)
See also
- List of people from Akron, Ohio
- List of people from Cincinnati
List of people from Cleveland, Ohio - List of people from Columbus, Ohio
- List of people from Dayton, Ohio
- List of people from Shaker Heights, Ohio
- List of people from Toledo, Ohio
- List of people from Youngstown, Ohio
References
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
- ^ The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills
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