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The following is a list of famous people born in [[Ohio]] and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio. {{listdev}} ==Journalists, Photojournalists, Writers, Cartoonists, Poets, Authors, Playwrights, Screen Writers, Film Directors, Film Producers, Critics, etc.== * [[Berenice Abbott]] (journalist, photographer) (Springfield) * [[Karen Ackerman]] (author) * [[Sherwood Anderson]] (author) (Camden/Clyde) * [[R.W. Apple, Jr.]] (journalist and author) (Akron) * [[Natalie Barney]] (author) (Dayton) * [[Billy Bass]] (radio host, program director) (Cleveland) * [[Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce|Ambrose Bierce]] (author) (Meigs County) * [[Hanne Blank]] (author) (Cleveland) * [[Erma Bombeck]] (newspaper columnist, author) (Dayton) * [[Louis Bromfield]] (author) (Mansfield) * [[Milton Caniff]] (cartoonist) (Dayton) * [[Vincent J. Cardinal]] (playwright & director) (Kent) * [[Alice Cary]] (poet) * [[Charles Chesnutt]] (writer) (Cleveland) * [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] (film director) (Warren) * [[Hart Crane]] (poet) (Garrettsville) * [[Wes Craven]] (film director) (Cleveland) * [[Michael Cunningham]] (author) * [[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) * [[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) * [[Sean Holbrook]] (author) (Cincinnati) * [[William Dean Howells]] (author, critic) * [[Henry J. Inman]] (author) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[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) * [[Farzana Moon]] (writer of historical sagas and biography of Prophet Muhammad) (Springfield) * [[Toni Morrison]] (author) (Lorain) * [[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''', which was made into a film starring Woody Harrelson and Julianne Moore) * [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]], the creators of [[Superman]] (Cleveland) * [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]] (cartoonist) (Columbus) * [[Steven Spielberg]] (film director, film producer) (Cincinnati) * [[R. L. Stine]] (author) * [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] (author) (Cincinnati) * [[James Thurber]] (author, cartoonist) (Columbus) * [[Michael Wadleigh]] (film director) (Akron) * [[Paula Wagner]] (film producer) (Youngstown) * [[Brad Warner]] (author) * [[Jack Warner]] (movie mogul) (Youngstown) * [[Lew Wasserman]] (studio executive) * [[Bill Watterson]] (cartoonist) * [[Tony Cochran]] (cartoonist - Agnes) (Upper Arlington) * [[Chris Vaughn]] (author) (Steubenville) * [[Virginia Wright]] (author, writer, editor) (Jacobsburg) * [[Timothy Kendrick]] (author, warrior) ==Insurance * [[Donald Emmerling]] (US Regional / Interpretive Dance Artist) (Columbus) ==Politicians, Public Servants, Public Officeholders, etc.== '''See also''': [[List of Ohio politicians]] * [[Michael K. Allen]] (politician, lawyer) * [[Charles Anderson (Governor of Ohio)|Charles Anderson]] (Ohio governor) (Dayton) * [[Frank J. Battisti]] (judge, [[U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio]]) (Youngstown) * [[Autumn Conley]] (author]]) (Springfield) * [[Henry Lawrence Burnett]] - (prosecutor in trial for [[Abraham Lincoln]] assassination) (Youngstown) * [[Prescott Bush]] (U.S. Senator, businessman) (Columbus) * [[Terry Cain]] (Garfield Heights) * [[William Case]] (Cleveland) * [[Steve Chabot]] (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati) * [[Charles G. Dawes]] (politician) * [[James M. Cox]] (Governor, Presidential candidate, Media mogul) (Dayton) * [[Mike DeWine|R. Michael DeWine]] (politician) * [[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) * [[Jim Rhodes|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 Taft|Robert A. Taft I]] (politician) (Cincinnati) * [[Robert Taft, Jr.|Robert Taft (Jr.)]] * [[Bob Taft|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) * [[Daniel J Wagner]] (Police Union Leader)(Toledo) * [[Brand Whitlock]] (politician, diplomat) * [[Jay Williams (politician)|Jay Williams]], (mayor) (Youngstown) ==Artists, Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, etc.== * [[Jon Holt]](Fashion Photographer, Film editor) (New York City, Chicago) * [[William Jacob Baer]] (painter) * [[George Bellows]] (painter) (Columbus) * [[Jim Dine]] (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati) * [[Ann Hamilton]] (artist) (Lima) * [[Robert Henri]] (painter) * [[Jenny Holzer]], (conceptual artist) (Gallipolis) * [[Joseph Kosuth]], (conceptual artist) (Toledo) * [[Maya Lin]] (sculptor) (Athens) * [[Lily Martin Spencer]] (painter) (Avondale/Marietta) * [[Ruth Ann Tillman]] (painter) (Lakewood) * [[John Henry Twachtman]] (painter) * [[Tom Wesselmann]] (pop artist) (Cincinnati) * [[Clarence White]] (photographer) (West Carlisle/Newark) * [[Dare Wright]] (photographer, children's author) * [[Julius VeaL]] (graphic arts pioneer) (Youngstown) * [[Bill Dodson]] (portraiture-permaneant exhibition DC)(Youngstown) * [[Jay "Gambino" Esparza]](Fashion Photographer) (Indianapolis, New York City) ==Actors, Dancers, Comedians, Magicians, Performers, Models, Broadcasters, Commercial Spokespersons, Television Presenters/Hosts, etc.== * [[Lola Albright]] (actor) (Akron) * [[Tom Aldredge]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Louis Aldrich]] (actor) (unknown){{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | date = 1967}} * [[Corey Allen]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Catherine Bach]] (actor) (Warren) * [[Jim Backus]] (actor) (Cleveland) *Ron Jeremy (Porn Star) (Clintonville) * [[Kaye Ballard]] (actor) * [[Lisa Banes]] (actor) (Chagrin Falls) * [[Theda Bara]] (actor) (Avondale) * [[Majel Barrett]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Ned Bellamy]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Halle Berry]] (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland) * [[Jonathan Bennet]] (actor) (Rossford) * [[David Birney]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[John Bixler]] (actor) (Shaker Heights) * [[Nina Blackwood]] (veejay) (Cleveland) * [[J. Paul Boehmer]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Mark Boone Jr.]] (actor) {Cincinnati) * [[John Bottoms]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Bill Boyd]] (actor) * [[Bob Braun]] (talk show host) *Michael Jackson (Singer) * [[Clancy Brown]] (actor) (Urbana) * [[Woody Brown]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Michelle Burke]] (actor) (Defiance) * [[Tyreese Burnett]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ralph Byrd]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Marion Byron]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Drew Carey]] (actor, comedian) (Cleveland) * [[Brian Carter]] (comedian) (Oakwood/Dayton) * [[Nancy Cartwright (actress)|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) * [[Yvonne Craig]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Tom Cruise]] - actor ([[Ottawa Hills, Ohio|Ottawa Hills]])''[[The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills]]'' * [[Beverly D'Angelo]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Dorothy Dandridge]] (actor) * [[Frank Daniels]] (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton) * [[Doris Day]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[June Dayton]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ruby Dee]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Phyllis Diller]] (actor, comedian) (Lima) * [[Jim Dine]] (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati) * [[Phil Donahue]] (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton) * [[Mike Douglas]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Hugh Downs]] (broadcaster) (Akron) * [[Hugh Downs]] (broadcaster) (Lima) * [[Keir Dullea]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Ryan Dunn]] (actor) (Medina) * [[Micah Dyer]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Jonathan Eldell]] (actor) (Warren) * [[Joe Estevez]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Angie Everhart]] (fashion model) (Akron) * [[Kim Faris]] (Radio personality and Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame member) (Dayton) * [[Sean Faris]] (actor, model) (Parma) * [[Jamie Farr]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Suzanne Farrell]] (dancer) (Cincinnati) * [[Joe Flynn (US actor)|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) * [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]] (ice skater) (Bowling Green) * [[Dorian Harewood]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Woody Harrelson]] (actor) (Lebanon) * [[Rachael Harris]] (actress/comedienne) ([[Worthington, Ohio|Worthington]]) * [[Steve Harvey]] (comedian/actor) (Cleveland) * [[Patricia Heaton]] (actor) (Bay Village) * [[Anne Heche]] (actor) (Aurora) * [[Eileen Heckart]] (actor) (Columbia) * [[John Hockenberry]] (broadcaster) (Dayton) * [[Hal Holbrook]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Katie Holmes]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Bob Hope]] (comedian, actor) (Cleveland) * [[Kevin Lee Hughes]] (Magician) (Cincinnati) * [[Chrissie Hynde]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Rule Janice]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[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) * [[A. J. Langer]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Walter Law]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Hudson Leick]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Ted Levine]] (actor) (Parma) * [[RuDee Lipscomb]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[John Lithgow]] (actor) (Yellow Springs) * [[Chad Lowe]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Rob Lowe]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Paul Lynde]] (actor) * [[Diane McBain]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Timm McCoy]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Gates McFadden]] (actor) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[Mark Metcalf]] (actor) (Findlay) * [[W. Chrystie Miller]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Walter Miller]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ryan Mitchell]] (actor) * [[Bill Moor]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Greg Morris]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Martin Mull]] (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville) * [[Rick Nasal]] (actor) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[John Newland]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Paul Newman]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Stephen Nichols]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Don Novello]] (comedian, actor) (Ashtabula) * [[Ed O'Neill]] (actor) (Youngstown) * [[Annie Oakley]] (markswoman) (Greenville) * [[Jack Paar]] (talk show host) (Canton) * [[Lawanda Page]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Suzee Pai]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[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) * [[Luke Perry]] (actor) (Fredericktown) * [[Tom Poston]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Monica Potter]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Jess Robbins]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Roy Rogers]] (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville) * [[Ted Ross]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Alan Ruck]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Devin Rumer]] (actor) (Lima) * [[Tyrone Power]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Gary Sandy]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Sherri Saum]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Fred Scott]] (broadcaster, "Uncle Fred") (Dayton) * [[William H. Self]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Molly Shannon]] (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland) * [[Martin Sheen]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Lew Short]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Mamie Smith]] (singer) (Cincinnati) * [[Hal Sparks]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Dina Spybey]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Mark Stevens (actor)|Mark Stevens]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Shannon Niquette Stewart]] (model) (Franklin) * [[Alyson Stoner]] (actress/dancer) (Toledo) * [[Philip Michael Thomas]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Andrea Thompson]] (model, broadcaster) * [[Vera-Ellen]] (actress) (Norwood) * [[Lucille Ward]] (actor) (Dayton) * Tom Wesselmann (painter) (Cincinnati) * [[Jack Weston]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Fred Willard]] (actor) (Cleveland Heights) * [[Debra Winger]] (actor) (Cleveland Heights) * [[Jonathan Winters]] (comedian, actor) (Dayton) * [[Ray Wise]] (actor) (Akron) * [[Amy Yasbeck]] (actor) (Cincinnati) The Rest Not Listed in Alphabetical Order: * [[Tina Bockrath]] (model) (Dayton) * [[Deanna Brooks]] (model) * [[Mary Katherine Campbell]] (Miss America 1922, 1923) * [[Laura Cover]] (model) * [[Carmella DeCesare]] (model) (Avon Lake) * [[Sue Downey]] (Miss USA 1965) * [[Carmen Electra]] (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak) * [[Angie Everhart]] (fashion model) (Akron) * [[Taylor Hayes (porn star)|Taylor Hayes]] (cheesecake model) * [[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]] (adult entertainment performer) * [[Toccara Jones|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) * [[Laurel Lea Schaefer]] (Miss America 1972) * [[Kim Seelbrede]] (Miss USA 1981) * [[Hlee Xiong]] ([[Miss Lao Hmong]] 2004) (Akron) * [[Raven Riley]] (adult entertainment performer) ==Miscellaneous Celebrities== * [[Judith Resnik]] (astronaut) (Akron) * [[Christina Angel]] (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton) * [[Tina Bockrath]] (cheesecake model) (Dayton) * [[Deanna Brooks]] (cheesecake model) * [[Mary Katherine Campbell]] (Miss America 1922, 1923) * [[Laura Cover]] (cheesecake model) * [[Carmella DeCesare]] (cheesecake model) (Avon Lake) * [[Amee Donovan]] (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton) * [[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 (porn star)|Taylor Hayes]] (cheesecake model) * [[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]] (adult entertainment performer) * [[Toccara Jones|Toccara Elaine Jones]] (contestant on [[America's Next Top Model]])(Dayton) * [[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) * Jason Papp (astronaut) * [[Ce Ce Peniston]] (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton) * [[Susan Perkins]] (Miss America 1978) * [[Danielle Reyes]] (contestant on ''[[Big Brother USA season 3|Big Brother 3]]'') (Dayton) * [[Matthew Rush]] (adult entertainment actor) (Columbus) * [[Laurel Lea Schaefer]] (Miss America 1972) * [[Kim Seelbrede]] (Miss USA 1981) * [[Shark Boy|Dean Roll]] (professional wrestler) (Dayton) * [[Hlee Xiong]] ([[Miss Lao Hmong]] 2004) (Akron) ==Singers, Musicians, Composers, Songwriters, Conductors, etc.== * [[Dead Poetic]], (band) (Dayton) * [[Morgan Phelps]], Warr Guitar, Chapman Stickist, Bass guitarist for [[Co_conspirator]] (musicians) (Akron) * [[Clarence Adler]] (musicians) (Cincinnati) * [[Bone Thugs N Harmony]] (musicians) (Cleveland) * [[Steven Adler]] (musician) (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) * [[Stiv Bators]] (musician) (Youngstown) * [[Kathleen Battle]] (singer) (Portsmouth) * [[Cindy Blackman]] (musician) (Yellow Springs) * [[Bow Wow]] (musician) (Reynoldsburg) * [[Jerry Brightman]] Formerly with Buck Owens (musician) * [[Mike Callahan]] of [[Earshot-Band]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Eric Carmen]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Patrick Carney]], drummer and producer of [[the Black Keys]] (Akron) * [[Michael Cartellone]], drummer of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] (musician) (Solon) * [[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 (musician)|Martin Dillon]], Tenor and Professor of Music at [[Rutgers University]] (Portsmouth) * [[Louis "Chip" Davis Jr.]] (musician) (Sylvania) * [[Lucky Harrison Dayton]] (musician) (Dayton) * [[Kim Deal]] and [[Kelley Deal]] of [[The Breeders]] (musicians) (Huber Heights/Dayton) * [[Jay DeMarcus]], singer, bassist and keyboardist of [[Rascal Flatts]] (musician, singer) (Columbus) * [[Bethany Dillon]] (Christian singer/songwriter) (Bellefontaine) * [[Conya Doss]] (R&B singer/songwriter) (Cleveland) * [[Jerry Douglas]] (musician) (Warren) * [[Greg Dulli]] (singer, musician) (Hamilton) * [[Donald Erb]] (composer) (Youngstown) * [[Michael Feinstein]] (Columbus) * [[Craig Fuller]] (musician) (Waverly/Columbus) * [[Sonny Geraci]] (Cleveland) * [[Neil Geraldo,guitarist of Pat Benatar]] (Parma/Cleveland) * [[Andy Graham]] (musician) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[Macy Gray]] (musician) (Canton) * [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Foo Fighters]] (musician) (Warren) * [[Henry Fillmore]] (composer) (Cincinnati) * [[Robert Lee Fitzgerald III]] (musician) * [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Hawthorne Heights]] (band) (Dayton) * [[Howard Hewett]] (singer) (Akron) * [[Chrissie Hynde]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Lux Interior]] (musician) (born Erick Purkhiser, Stow) * [[Chester Jennings]] AKA [[Lyfe]] (musician, singer) (Toledo) * [[Maynard James Keenan]] (musician) (Ravenna) * [[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) * [[Marilyn Manson (person)|Marilyn Manson]] (musician) (Canton) * [[Brad Martin (singer)|Brad Martin]] (singer) (Greenfield) * [[Dean Martin]] (singer, actor) (Steubenville) * [[Billy Mason]] (drummer) (Fairborn) * [[Maureen McGovern]] (singer) (Youngstown) * [[Mark Miller]], lead singer of [[Sawyer Brown]] (singer) (Dayton) * [[The Mills Brothers]] (band) (Piqua) * [[Bob Mothersbaugh]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Gary Patterson]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Johnny Paycheck]] (singer) (Greenfield) * [[Danielle Peck]] (singer) (Coshocton) * [[Robert Pollard]] (composer) (Dayton) * [[Pure Prairie League]] (band) (Columbus) * [[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) * [[Michael Stanley]] (musician) (Youngstown) * [[Billy Strayhorn]] (musician) (Dayton) * [[Rachel Sweet]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Art Tatum]] (musician) (Toledo) * [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Joe Trohman]], guitarist of [[Fall Out Boy]] (musician) (South Russell) * [[Roger Troutman]] and [[Larry Troutman]] (composers) (Hamilton) * [[Joe Walsh]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Scott Weiland]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Jon Frederic West]] (singer) (Dayton) * [[Sally Wilfert]], singer (Cincinnati) * [[Dana Williams]], singer and bassist of [[Diamond Rio]] (musician, singer) (Dayton) * [[Vesta Williams]] (singer) (Coshocton) * [[Yankee Grey]] (band) (Cincinnati) * [[Frank Yankovic]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Dwight Yoakam]] (singer, actor) (Columbus) * [[Julius "Julio" Veal]] Guiitarist,vocalist,studio composer,publisher(youngstown) * [[Relient K ]] The band (Canton, Ohio) * [[Ray Cash]] (musician) (cleveland) ==Soldiers, Sailors, etc.== * [[George Custer]] (cavalry officer) (New Rumley) * [[James "Matt" Green]] (Hurricane Katrina/Rita Relief Soldier) (Columbus) * [[James E. Power]] (Kosovo Soldier) (Circleville) * [[Ulysses S. Grant]] (soldier, politician) (Point Pleasant, Ohio) * [[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) * [[Wes Gomez]] (Sailor) (Holgate) (Ohio) * [[Dominic S. Gentile]] (WWII flying ace, 1st to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua) * [[Timothy Kendrick]] (U.S. Soldier Somalia, Iraq) (Tipp City) ==Architects, Inventors, Explorers, Adventurers, Astronauts, Aviators, Spies, etc.== * [[Neil Armstrong]] (astronaut) (Wapakoneta/Lebanon) * [[George Bartholomew]] (inventor) * [[Charles A. Bassett II]] (astronaut) * [[Mark N. Brown]] (astronaut) (Dayton) * [[Charles Brush]] (inventor, industrialist) (Cleveland) * [[Guion S. Bluford Jr.]] (astronaut) * [[Ken Cameron]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[Nancy Currie]] (astronaut) * [[Thomas Edison]] (inventor) (Milan) * [[Donn F. Eisele]] (astronaut) * [[Harvey Firestone]] (inventor, industrialist) (Columbiana/Akron) * [[Michael J. Foreman]] (astronaut) * [[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) * [[Kevin P. Layman]] (astronaut) * [[Jim Lovell]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[G. David Low]] (astronaut) {Cleveland) * [[Stanley A. Meyer]] (inventor) (Fayette County) * [[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) * [[Carl Walz]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[D. Thomas Walz]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[Mary Ellen Weber]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[Sunita L. Williams]] (astronaut) * [[Alexander Winton]] (inventor) (Cleveland) * [[Granville Woods]] (inventor) (Columbus/Cincinnati) * [[Orville Wright]] and [[Wilbur Wright]] (inventors) (Dayton) * [[Jerome Moore]] (inventor) (East Cleveland) ==Athletes, Coaches, etc.== * [[Kurt Abbott]] (baseball player) (Zanesville) * [[Randy Ayers]] (basketball coach) (Springfield) * [[Coy Bacon]] (football player) (Ironton) * [[Chris Bando]] (baseball player) (Solon) * [[Tim Belcher]] (baseball player) (Mount Gilead) * [[Dave Blaney]] (race car driver) (Hartford) * [[Cameron Bowman]] (football player) (Centerville) * [[Earl Boykins]] (basketball player) (Cleveland) * [[Paul Brown]] (football coach) (Norwalk) * [[Ray Brown (baseball player)|Ray Brown]] (baseball player) (Alger) * [[Jim Brown]] (football player) (Cleveland) * [[George Cappuzzello]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Rob Carpenter]] (football player) (Junction City) * [[Butch Carter]] (basketball player, coach) (Middletown) * [[Cris Carter]] (football player) (Middletown) * [[Drew Carter]] (football player) (Solon) * [[Ezzard Charles]] (boxer) (Cincinnati) * [[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 (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] (golf player) * [[Thom Darden]] (football player) (Sandusky) * [[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 (driver)|Sarah Fisher]] (race car driver) (Columbus) * [[Dan Fritsche (hockey player)|Dan Fritsche]] (hockey player) (Parma) * [[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) * [[Jim Harbaugh]] (football player) (Toledo) * [[John Havlicek]] (basketball player) (Martins Ferry) * [[A.J. Hawk]] (football player) (Centerville) * [[Woody Hayes]] (football coach) (Clifton/Newcomerstown/Upper Arlington) * [[Tommy Henrich]] (baseball player) (Massillon) * [[Kim Herring]] (football player) (Solon) * [[Larry Hisle]] (baseball player) (Portsmouth) * [[Marty Hogan]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Lou Holtz]] (Football coach) (East Liverpool) * [[Sam Hornish, Jr.]] (indy car driver, 2-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)|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) * [[Clarence Jones]] (baseball player, coach) (Zanesville) * [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]] (fight promoter) Cleveland * [[Jim Kotecki]] (softball manager) (Garfield Heights) * [[Jack Kralick]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Bobby Knight]] (basketball coach) (Massilon/Orrville) * [[Chuck Noll]] (football coach) * [[Bernie Kosar]] (football player) (Boardman) * [[Jack Lambert (American football player)|Jack Lambert]] (football player) (Mantua) * [[Barry Larkin]] (baseball player) (Cincinnati) * [[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) * [[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) * [[Edwin C. Moses]] (runner) (Dayton) * [[Thurman Munson]] (baseball player) (Canton) * [[Anthony Napolitan]] (BMX rider) (Youngstown) * [[Jack Nicklaus]] (golfer) (Columbus) * [[Joe Niekro]] (baseball player) (Blaine) * [[Phil Niekro]] (baseball player) (Blaine) * Joe Norman ILB 1979-81, 83 Seattle Seahawks #52 (Millersburg) * [[Joe Nuxhall]] (baseball player and announcer) (Hamilton) * [[Jim Leyland]] (baseball manager) (Perrysburg) * [[Al Oliver]] (baseball player) (Portsmouth) * [[Paul O'Neill (baseball player)|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) * [[David Payne]] (Professional Wrestler (The Rage), real name David Vernier)(West Portsmouth) * [[Jay Payton]] (baseball player) (Zanesville) * [[Jim Paxson]] (basketball player) (Dayton) * [[John Paxson]] (basketball player) (Dayton) * [[Matthew Pustay]] (baseball player) (Gainesville) * [[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) * [[Ben Roethlisberger]] (football player) (Findlay) * [[Pete Rose]] (baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati) * [[Mike Rupp]] (hockey player) (Cleveland Heights) * [[Bo Schembechler]] (football coach) (Barberton) * [[Mike Schmidt]] (baseball player) (Dayton) * [[George Shuba]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Don Shula]] (football coach) (Painesville) * [[Frank Sinkwich]] ([[Heisman Trophy]] recipient) (Youngstown) * [[George Sisler]] (baseball player) (Manchester) * [[Troy Smith]] (football player) (Cleveland) * [[Roger Staubach]] (football player) (Cincinnati) * [[Shannon Stewart]] (baseball player) * [[Bill Talbert]] (tennis player) (Cincinnati) * [[Ben Taylor]] (football player) (Bellaire) * [[Tim_Thomas_%28cross_country_coach%2C_track_and_field_coach%29|Tim Thomas]] (high school cross country coach, track and field coach) (Ironton) * [[Steve Tovar]] (football player) (Elyria) * [[Tony Trabert]] (tennis player) (Cincinnati) * [[Jim Tracy]] (baseball player, manager) (Hamilton) * [[Jim Tressel]] (football coach) (Mentor) * [[Moses Fleetwood Walker]] (baseball player) (Mount Pleasant) * [[Randy Walker (football coach)|Randy Walker]] (college football coach) (Troy) * [[Paul Warfield]] (football player) (Warren) * [[Sol White]] (baseball player, manager, executive) (Bellaire) * [[Matt Wilhelm]] (football player) (Lorain) * [[Jeff Wilkins]] (football player) (Youngstown) * [[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) * [[Diamante Butler]] (Basketball player)(Cleveland) ==Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, etc.== * [[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) * [[Ransom Olds]] * [[John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)|John H. Patterson]] (industrialist) (Dayton) * [[William Procter (candlemaker)|William Procter]] (industrialist) (Cincinnati) * [[John D. Rockefeller]] (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland) * [[Frank Seiberling]] (industrialist) (Western Star) Jerome Monroe Smucker (Smucker's®) (Orrville) * [[George Steinbrenner]] (shipping magnate, sports club owner) (Cleveland) * [[Carl Stevens]] (Software Developer) (Hamilton/Fairfield) * [[Leslie "Les" H. Wexner]] (founder of the Limited Brands Corporation) (Dayton) * [[Lance Mehl]] (Linebacker from N.Y. Jets) (Bellaire) ==Publishers, Media Moguls, etc.== * [[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) ==Activists, Philanthropists, Public Agitators, Advocates, Lawyers, etc.== * [[Zeev Friedman (Ohio State Bar Association)|The Friedman Law Firm]] (American Trial Lawyers' Association) (Cuyahoga County Bar Association)(Ohio State Bar Association)(Cleveland Ohio) * [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] (abolitionist) (Hudson) * [[Clarence Darrow]] (lawyer) (Kinsman) * [[Ronald Daniels]] (activist) (Youngstown) * [[Richard Dillingham]] ([[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] [[abolitionism|abolitionist]]) ([[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow County]]) * [[Gloria Steinem]] (feminist) * [[Irvin F. Westheimer]] (founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters) * [[Victoria Woodhull]] (activist, stock broker, journalist, politician) (Homer/Mount Gilead) * [[Bob Smith (doctor)]] (founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]) (Akron) ==Criminals== * [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] ([[serial killer]]) (lived in [[Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio|Bath]]) * [[Donald DeFreeze]] (Patty Hearst kidnapper) (Cleveland) * [[James Oliver Huberty]] (murderer) (Massillon) * [[Charles Manson]] (murderer, cult leader) (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills) * [[Nathan Brooks]] (murderer) (Bellaire) ==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]] (science philosopher) * [[Albert A. Michelson]] (physicist) (Case Institute of Technology) * [[E. W. Morley]] (physicist) (Western Reserve University) * [[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.== * [[William Holmes McGuffey]] (educator, author)(Tuscarawas County/Oxford/Cincinnati) * [[Norman Vincent Peale]] * [[William Strunk Jr.]] (educator, author) (Cincinnati) * [[Don Hall]] (Historian) (Cincinnati) ==Others== * [[Clyde Beatty]] (animal trainer) (Chillicothe) * [[Brenda Carlin]] (television producer, wife of [[George Carlin]]) (Dayton) * [[John Dean]] (White House Counsel to President Nixon) (Akron) * [[Jack Hanna]] (zoo director, animal expert) (Columbus) * [[Walter J. Halchak III]] (IRON CHEF OHIO) (Cleveland) * [[Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder]] (sports handicapper) (Steubenville) * [[James LaPlaca]] (CEO Hair Club For Men) (Cleveland) ==References== * ==See also== * [[List of people from Cincinnati]] * [[List of people from Cleveland, Ohio]] * [[List of people associated with Columbus, Ohio]] * [[List of people from Youngstown, Ohio]] {{Lists of people by U.S. state}} [[Category:Lists of people by U.S. state|Ohio]] [[Category:People from Ohio|*]]