The following is a list of natives, residents and former residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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A
- Griff Allen, auto racing promoter
B
- Jamie Babbit, director, producer, and screenwriter
- Newton D. Baker, politician[1]
- Carter Bays, television creator and producer
- David Mark Berger, a weightlifter who was one of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Arab commandos at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games[2]
- Peter Bergman, a member of the Firesign Theatre
- John Bixler, actor[3]
- Keith Black, neurosurgeon[4]
- Sara Bloomfield, Executive Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum[5]
- Andy Borowitz, comedian and satirist[6]
- Jim Brickman, musician[7]
C
- Jane L. Campbell, politician[8]
- Martha Chase, geneticist
- Ward Cleaver, (fictional) character in Leave It to Beaver
- Nate Clements, San Francisco 49ers cornerback[9]
- Adrien Clarke, Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman[9]
- Bruce Cole, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities[4]
- Kid Cudi, rapper
D
- Marc Dann, former Ohio Attorney General[10]
- Cheri Dennis, the Princess of Bad Boy Entertainment
E
- Harry Eisenstat, baseball pitcher[11]
- James Emery, jazz guitarist
F
- Michelle Federer, a theatre and film actress
- Danny Ferry, former NBA player and current General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Bobby Few, jazz pianist
- Craig Finn, singer and guitarist[12]
- Katrina Firlik, writer[13]
- Lee Fisher, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio [14]
- James Frey, author
- Marcia Fudge, congresswoman[15]
G
- Zelma Watson George, philanthropist
- Jeff Gerth, journalist[8]
- Maurice Goldman, composer
- Stuart Goldman, journalist, screenwriter, musician
- Richard J. Green, chemist
- Tom Griswold, co-host of The Bob & Tom Show
- Matt Guerrier, baseball player
H
- Jamey Haddad, percussionist[16]
- Dorothy Hart, actress[5]
- Jerry Heller, rap manager[5]
- Terrence Howard, actor
- Caroline Hoxby, economist[5]
I
- David Icove, former FBI Academy Instructor
J
- Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County commissioner[17]
K
- Jeremy Kahn, journalist and former managing editor of The New Republic
- Ralph Kovel, antiques writer[18]
L
- Al Lerner, late owner of the Cleveland Browns and former chairman of MBNA[19]
- Gerald Levert, musician[5]
- Sean Levert, musician
- Todd A. Levett, political strategist
- Earl Leiken, mayor[20]
- Matthew Luckiesh, physicist
M
- Gordon Macklin, businessman[21]
- Bill Mason, jewel thief
- Lance Mason, politician[22]
- Michael McElroy, actor[5]
- Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi), rapper
- Creighton Miller, attorney who helped organize the National Football League Players Association
- Ted Mosby, (fictional) character in How I Met Your Mother
N
- Paul Newman, actor and auto racer[9]
O
- Susan Orlean, journalist[23][5]
- Peter Ostrum, actor
P
- Paula Jai Parker, actress
- Denny L. Peck, psychologist
- Roger Penske, race car driver, team owner, and business entrepreneur[5]
- David Pogue, technology writer, journalist and commentator[5]
- Greg Pruitt, Jr., football running back
- Philip Proctor, comedian and actor
R
- Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter
- Members of the Ratner family, including Bruce and Michael Ratner founders of Forest City Enterprises and other philanthropic and entrepreneurial endeavors.
- Arnold Reisman, engineer, historian and author
- Michael Roizen, physician
- Chris Rose, host of Best Damn Sports Show Period[24]
- Rachel Ryan, porn actress
S
- Scott Savol, of American Idol fame, claims to be a Shaker Heights native because he attended Shaker Schools, however is actually from the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
- Michael Scharf, law professor and director of Frederick K. Cox International Law Center[5]
- Molly Shannon, comedian[9]
- Marisa Silver, author, screenplay writer, and director
- Ben Simon, NHL ice hockey center[9]
- Joe Solo, record producer, songwriter, composer, musician[5]
- Bob Switzer, inventor[25]
- Michael Symon, iron chef, restaurateur, and television host
T
- Bill Taft, rock musician
U
- Loung Ung, Cambodian American human rights activist and author[26]
V
- William R. Van Aken, politician[5]
- Daniel Vovak, ghostwriter of movies and books
W
- David Wain, actor and comedian[27]
- Dr. Robert J. White, neurosurgeon[28]
- Shereé Whitfield, The Real Housewives of Atlanta
- Kym Whitley, comedian and actress[29]
- Fred Willard, comedian[30]
- Milton Wolf, real estate developer and U.S. Ambassador[31]
See also
References
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- ^ "Peter Lawson Jones". Cuyahoga County Board of Comissioners. http://bocc.cuyahogacounty.us/lawsonjones.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (2008-09-06). "Ralph Kovel, Antiques Writer, Dies at 88". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/business/07kovel.html. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
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- ^ "Chris Rose". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741303/. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ Johnston, David (1997-08-29). "Robert Switzer, Co-Inventor Of Day-Glo Paint, Dies at 83". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/29/business/robert-switzer-co-inventor-of-day-glo-paint-dies-at-83.html. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
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- ^ Williams, Alex (2007-08-12). "Thou Shalt Carry Fliers". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/fashion/12nite.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Dr. Robert J. White to Discuss "Rise and Fall of the Human Brain"". Lakeland Community College. http://www2.lakelandcc.edu/nora/events/iuser/news/newsmore.asp?ID=917. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Kym Whitley Biography (1961-)". 2007. http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Kym-Whitley.html. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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- ^ "Milton A. Wolf, longtime and honorary Case trustee, alumnus and former U.S. ambassador to Austria, dies at 80". Case.edu. 2005-05-20. http://www.case.edu/news/2005/5-05/wolf.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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