List of people from Ohio

• Berenice Abbott (journalist, photographer) (Springfield)
• Karen Ackerman (author) (Cincinnati)
• Sherwood Anderson (author) (Camden/Clyde)
• R.W. Apple, Jr. (journalist and author) (Akron)
• Brian Azzarello (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
• 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)
• Michael Buckley (author) (Akron)
• 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)
• Stephen Gyllenhaal (film director, poet) (Cleveland)
• 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)
• Katharine Kerr (sci-fi/fantasy author) (Cleveland)
• Jerome Lawrence (writer) (Cleveland)
• Robert Edwin Lee (writer) (Elyria)
• Brett Leonard (film director) (Toledo)
• Mark L. Lester (film director) (Cleveland)
• Dwight H. Little (director) (Cleveland)
• Sorche Nic Leodhas - (writer, recipient of Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal) (Youngstown)
• Nick G. Miller (screenwriter, film producer, film director) (Dayton)
• Toni Morrison (author) (Lorain)
• Nema (author, liturgist) (Logan)
• Frederick Burr Opper (cartoonist, creator of Happy Hooligan) (Madison)
• P. J. O'Rourke (political satirist, author) (Toledo)
• Paul Palnik {artist,cartoonist} (Cleveland)
• Harvey Pekar (author) (Cleveland)
• Bob Peterson (animator, director) (Wooster/Dover)
• 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)
• Marisa Silver (film director) (Shaker Heights)
• Jeff Smith (cartoonist) (Columbus)
• Al Snow (professional wrestler) (Lima)
• Stephen Sommers (film director, screenwriter) (Dayton)
• 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)
• Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
• Bill Watterson (cartoonist)
• David Whitney (author) (Youngstown)
• Gerri Willis (news anchor for Fox Business Network) (Cincinnati)

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, former U.S. representative) (Cincinnati)
• James M. Cox (Governor, Presidential candidate, Media mogul) (Dayton)
• Charles G. Dawes (politician)

William R. Day (US Supreme Court Justice) (Ravenna/Canton)

• John Dean (White House Counsel to President Nixon) (Akron)
• R. Michael DeWine (politician, U.S. Senator) (Cedarville)
• Steve Driehaus (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati)
• 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) (Blooming Grove/Caledonia)
• 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 (businessman666, cabinet secretary)
• William McKinley (U.S. president) (Niles)
• Arthur Ernest Morgan (college president, hydraulic engineer, TVA administrator)
• James A. Rhodes (politician, Ohio Governor)
• Christina Romer (chair of Council of Economic Advisers) (Canton)
• William Saxbe (U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General, Ambassador to India)
• Kathleen Sebelius (U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Governor of Kansas) (Cincinnati)
• 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
• Norman Thomas (politician) (Marion)
• 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)

• 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)
• Tom 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)

• Jake Abel (actor) (Canton)
• Josh Radnor (actor) (Bexley)
• 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)
• Andrea Bowen (actor) (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)
• Brandy Burre (actor) (Sandusky)
• Steve Burton (actor) (Cleveland)
• Ralph Byrd (actor) (Dayton)
• Marion Byron (actor) (Dayton)
• Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923)
• Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
• Rocky Carroll (actor) (Cincinnati)
• Nancy Cartwright (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton)
• George Chakiris (actor) (Norwood)
• Damian Chapa (actor) (Dayton)
• Justin Chambers (actor) (Springfield)
• 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)
• 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)
• Susan Floyd (actor) (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)
• Scott Klace (actor) (Westerville)
• Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break)(Maumee)
• 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)
• Braeden Lemasters (actor) (Warren)
• 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)
• Scott Paulin (actor) (Steubenville)
• 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)
• Jeffrey D. Sams (actor) (Cincinnati)
• 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) (Dayton/Springfield)
• Ray Wise (actor) (Akron)
• Daniel Wisler (actor) (Fairfield)
• Amy Yasbeck (actor) (Cincinnati)

The Rest Not Listed in Alphabetical Order:

• 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)
• Brandy Talore (porn star) (Toledo)

• 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)
• 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)
• Jake Whittenberg (Reporter)

• Christopher "Drama" Pfaff (producer/actor/owner of 'Young and Reckless') (Akron)
• Anointed (musicians) (Columbus)
• The Devil Wears Prada (band) (Dayton)
• Dead Poetic (band) (Dayton)
• Devo (band) (Akron)
• Bone Thugs N Harmony (musicians) (Cleveland)
• Steven Adler (musician, original drummer for Guns N' Roses) (Cleveland)
• Ray Anthony (musician) (Cleveland)
• Joseph Arthur (musician) (Akron)
• 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)
• Crystal Bowersox (musician) (Toledo)
• 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)

Susan Cowsill (Singer) Canton

• Gavin Creel, Broadway Star (Findlay)
• Kid Cudi (musician) (Cleveland)
• Martin Dillon, Tenor and Professor of Music at Rutgers University (Portsmouth)
• Kim Deal and Kelley DealofThe Breeders (musicians) (Huber Heights/Dayton)
• Bill DeArango (jazz guitarist) (Cleveland)

Frank DeVol (composer/Actor) Canton

• Jay DeMarcus, singer, bassist and keyboardist of Rascal Flatts (musician, singer) (Columbus)
• Jerry DePizzo, saxophonist of O.A.R. (musician) (Youngstown)
• 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 GrohlofNirvana 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)
• Lexi, (gospel singer) (Canton)
• 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)
• Andrew McMahon (musician, lead singer of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin) (Bexley)
• The Mills Brothers (band) (Piqua)
• Junie Morrison (Original Lead Singer Ohio Players) (Dayton)
• Bob Mothersbaugh (musician) (Akron)
• Mark Mothersbaugh (musician) (Akron)
• Mushroomhead (band) (Cleveland)
• Shirley Murdock (singer) (Toledo)
• Phil Ochs (protest singer) (Columbus)
• 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 ReznorofNine Inch Nails (musician) (Cleveland)
• Marty Roe, lead singer of Diamond Rio (singer) (Lebanon)
• Roy Rogers (singer, actor) (Cincinnati/Portsmouth/Lucasville/McDermott)
• JD SamsonofLe Tigre (musician) (Cleveland)
• Scott Savol (singer) (Cleveland)
• Boz Scaggs (singer, songwriter) (Canton)
• Tom ScholzofBoston (band) (musician, inventor) (Toledo)
• Scott ShrinerofWeezer (musician) (Toledo)
• Eric SingerofKISS (musician) (Cleveland)
• Connie Smith (singer) (Marietta)
• 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)
• Jeff Timmons (singer, songwriter, producer) (Cleveland)

• George Custer (cavalry officer) (New Rumley)
• Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War general, politician) (Point Pleasant, Ohio)
• Simon Kenton (soldier, frontiersman, friend of Daniel Boone) (Urbana)
• Philip Sheridan (Civil War general) (Somerset)
• William Tecumseh Sherman (Civil War general, 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)

• 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)
• Paul Gilger (architect, set designer, playwright) (Mansfield)
• 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)

• 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)
• Sal Bando (baseball player) (Cleveland)
• Tim Belcher (baseball player) (Mount Gilead)
• Chad Billingsley (baseball player) (Defiance)
• Chase Blackburn (football player) (Marysville)
• Todd Blackledge (football player/announcer) (North Canton)
• Dave Blaney (race car driver) (Hartford)
• Jerry Blevins (baseball player) (Arcadia)
• Stan Boroski (baseball coach) (Martins Ferry)
• Earl Boykins (basketball player) (Cleveland)
• Andrew Brackman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
• Bob Brenly (baseball player, manager) (Coshocton)
• Robert Brewster (football player) (Cincinnati)
• Matt Brown (UFC fighter) (Xenia)
• Mike Brown (basketball head coach) (Columbus)
• Paul Brown (football coach) (Norwalk)
• 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)
• Chris Chambers (football player) (Cleveland)
• Ezzard Charles (boxer) (Cincinnati)
• Maurice Clarett (football player) (Warren)
• Roger Clemens (baseball player} (Dayton)
• Barry Cofield (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
• Trent Cole (football player) (Xenia)
• Marco Coleman (football player) (Dayton)
• Cris Collinsworth (football player) (Dayton)
• John Conner (football player) (Cincinnati)
• Daequan Cook (basketball player) (Dayton)
• Sylvia Crawley (basketball player/coach) (Steubenville)
• Larry Csonka (Hall-of-fame football player) (Stow)
• Jeff Cumberland (football player) (Youngstown)
• 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)
• Dan Dierdorf (HOF football player/announcer) (Canton)
• Andy Dorris (football player) (Bellaire)
• James "Buster" Douglas (boxer) (Columbus)
• Bob Dove (lineman, College Football Hall of Fame) (Youngstown)
• Dave Dravecky (baseball player) (Youngstown)
• Rob Dyrdek (skateboarder) (Kettering)
• Marc Edwards (football player) (Norwood)
• Ray Edwards (football player) (Cincinnati)
• Nat Emerson (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
• Evan Eschmeyer (basketball player) (New Knoxville)
• Billy Evans (Hall-of-Fame umpire) (Youngstown)
• James Farragher (football player, coach) (Youngstown)
• Rollie Fingers (baseball player) (Steubenville)
• Sarah Fisher (race car driver) (Columbus)
• Wayne Fontes (football coach) (Canton)
• Brad Friedel (soccer goalkeeper) (Lakewood)
• Charlie Frye (football player) (Willard)
• Mike Furrey (football player) (Grove City)
• Joey Galloway (football player) (Bellaire)
• Jason Garrett (football player) (Hunting Valley)
• 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)
• Anthony Gonzalez (football player) (Cleveland)
• Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
• Archie Griffin (football player) (Columbus)
• Lou Groza (football player) (Martins Ferry)
• Jon Gruden (football coach) (Sandusky)
• Matt Guerrier (baseball player) (Cleveland)
• Harvey Haddix (baseball Player) (Medway/Springfield)
• 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)
• Ben Hartsock (football player) (Chillicothe)
• Mickey Hatcher (baseball player, coach) (Cleveland)
• 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)
• Dirk Hayhurst (baseball player) (Canton)
• Tommy Henrich (baseball player) (Massillon)
• Kim Herring (football player) (Solon)
• Tyrone Hill (basketball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
• Larry Hisle (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
• Domenik Hixon (football player) (Whitehall)
• Marty Hogan (baseball player) (Youngstown)
• Derek Holland (baseball player) (Newark)
• 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)
• Brian Hoyer (football player) (North Olmsted)
• Bob Huggins (basketball coach) (Gnadenhutten)
• Jim Jackson (basketball player) (Toledo)
• LeBron James (basketball player) (Akron)
• Home Run Johnson (baseball player) (Findlay)
• Lance Johnson (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
• Cal Jones (football player) (Steubenville)
• David Justice (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
• Rich Karlis (football player) (Salem)
• Don King (fight promoter) Cleveland
• Bobby Knight (basketball coach) (Massilon/Orrville)
• Jack Kralick (baseball player) (Youngstown)
• 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)
• Dick LeBeau (football coach) (London)
• Jim Leyland (baseball manager) (Perrysburg)
• Matt Light (football player) (Greenville)
• Jon Link (baseball player) (Columbus)
• Jeff Linkenbach (football player) (Sandusky)
• 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)
• Justin Masterson (baseball player) (Beavercreek)
• Scott May (basketball player) (Sandusky)
• Bill Mazeroski (baseball player) (Tiltonsville)
• Jimmy McAleer (baseball player) (Youngstown)
• Will McEnaney (baseball player) (Springfield)
• Josh McDaniels (football coach)(Barberton/Canton)
• Deacon McGuire (baseball player) (Youngstown)
• Urban Meyer (football coach) (Ashtabula)
• Doug Mientkiewicz (baseball player) (Toledo)
• Mike Mizanin (Billed as 'The Miz' in WWE, professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
• Lance Moore (football player) (Westerville)
• Edwin C. Moses (runner) (Dayton)
• Marion Motley (HOF football player) (Canton)
• Byron Mullens (basketball player) (Canal Winchester)
• Thurman Munson (baseball player) (Canton)
• Nick Nemeth (Billed as 'Dolph Ziggler' in WWE, professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
• Don Nehlen (college football coach) (Mansfield)
• Jack Nicklaus (golfer) (Columbus)
• Joe Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
• Phil Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
• Jon Niese (baseball player) (Lima/Defiance)
• Dustin Nippert (baseball player) (Beallsville)
• Chuck Noll (football coach) (Cleveland)
• Joe Norman (football player) (Millersburg)
• Joe Nuxhall (baseball player and announcer) (Hamilton)
• Al Oliver (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
• Paul O'Neill (baseball player) (Columbus)
• Jerry Olsavsky (football player) (Youngstown)
• Jesse Owens (runner) (Cleveland)
• Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (football player) (Columbus)
• Orlando Pace (football player) (Sandusky)
• Alan Page (HOF football player/MN Supreme Court Justice) (Canton)
• Ara Parseghian (football coach) (Akron)
• Kelly Pavlik (WBC champion, boxer) (Youngstown)
• Jim Paxson (basketball player) (Dayton)
• John Paxson (basketball player) (Dayton)
• Jay Payton (baseball player) (Zanesville)
• Mike Pelfrey (baseball player) (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
• Bo Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
• Carl Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
• Tony Pike (football player) (Cincinnati)
• Antonio Pittman (football player) (Akron)
• James Posey (basketball player) (Cleveland/Twinsburg)
• Taylor Price (football player) (Hilliard)
• Brady Quinn (football player) (Columbus/Dublin)
• Chris Quinn (basketball player) (Dublin)
• Bobby Rahal (race car driver) (Medina)
• Dominic Randolph (football player) (Amelia)
• Tim Rattay (football player) (Elyria)
• Jeff Reboulet (baseball player) (Kettering)
• Michael Redd (basketball player) (Columbus)
• Tim Richmond (race car driver) (Ashland)
• Branch Rickey (baseball manager) (Stockdale)
• Jamal Robertson (football player) (Springfield)
• Ryne Robinson (football player) (Toledo)
• 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)
• Brad Smith (football player) (Youngstown)
• Joe Smith (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
• 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)
• Tyrell Sutton (football player) (Akron)
• Bill Talbert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
• Ben Taylor (football player) (Bellaire)
• Kent Tekulve (baseball player) (Hamilton)
• LaSalle Thompson (basketball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
• 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)
• Lee Tressel (HOF college football coach) (Ada)
• 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)
• Nick Weatherspoon (basketball player) (Canton)
• 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)
• Jawad Williams (basketball player) (Cleveland/Lakewood)
• Antoine Winfield (football player) (Akron)
• Gene Woodling (baseball player) (Akron)
• Charles Woodson (football player) (Fremont)
• Mike Wright (football player) (Cincinnati)
• 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)

• 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)

Charles F Kettering (Inventor/Industrialist/Philanthropist)(Loudonville/Dayton)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)
• Linda Hirshman (lawyer, feminist) (Cleveland)
• Carl Oglesby (activist) (Akron)
• Achilles Pugh (Publisher of "The Philanthropist" and Anti-Slavery Activist) (Cadiz, Waynesville, Cincinnati)
• Jerry Rubin (60s/70s radical activist) (Cincinnati)
• Bob Smith (doctor) (founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) (Akron)
• Gloria Steinem (feminist) (Toledo)
• Lillian Wald (activist) (Cincinnati)
• Irvin F. Westheimer (founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters)
• Victoria Woodhull (activist, stock broker, journalist, politician) (Homer/Mount Gilead)

• 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)
• Martin Frankel (a former American financier)(Toledo)

• Gordon Allport (psychologist) (Cleveland)
• John R. Commons (economist, historian) (Hollansburg)
• 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)
• Arthur Laffer (supply-side economist) (Youngstown)
• Albert A. Michelson (physicist) (Case Institute of Technology)
• E. W. Morley (physicist) (Western Reserve University)
• Roy J. Plunkett (chemist) (New Carlisle)
• Willard Van Orman Quine (logician and philosopher) (Akron)
• Joseph Ransohoff (neurosurgeon, inventor) (Cincinnati)
• Charles Richter (physicist) (Hamilton)
• Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. (historian) (Xenia)
• 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)

• Michael Brooks (historian, journalist) (Toledo)
• William Holmes McGuffey (educator, author) (Tuscarawas County/Oxford/Cincinnati)
• Raymond Moley (professor, member of FDR's "Brain Trust", author) (Berea)
• Norman Vincent Peale (author, professional speaker, clergyman) (Bowersville)
• William Strunk Jr. (educator, author) (Cincinnati)
• Don Hall (Historian) (Cincinnati)

• "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)
• Mike Gallagher (syndicated talk radio host) (Dayton)
• Jack Hanna (zoo director, animal expert) (Columbus)
• Hugh Hewitt (radio talk show host) (Warren)
• Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (sports handicapper) (Steubenville)
• Tenskwatawa (Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee Indians) (Ross County)

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