List of Famous People From Ohio

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Below is a list of famous people from Ohio.

List of Famous Journalists, Writers, Cartoonists, Poets, Authors, Film Directors, Film Producers, Critics From Ohio

Berenice Abbott
Karen Ackerman
Sherwood Anderson
R.W. Apple, Jr.
Brian Azzarello
Natalie Barney
Billy Bass
Brian Michael Bendis
Greg Berg
Ambrose Bierce
Hanne Blank
Erma Bombeck
Louis Bromfield
Raymond Buckland
Michael Buckley
Milton Caniff
Vincent J. Cardinal
Alice Cary
Charles Chesnutt
Chris Columbus
Ian Corrigan
Hart Crane
Wes Craven
Michael Cunningham
William H. Daniels
Khashyar Darvich
Stephen Donaldson
Rita Dove
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Harlan Ellison
Mel Epstein
Joe Eszterhas
Paul Gilger
Bob Greene
Zane Grey
Cathy Guisewite
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Virginia Hamilton
Benjamin Hanby
Bill Hemmer
William Dean Howells
Langston Hughes
Jim Jarmusch
Katharine Kerr
Jerome Lawrence
Robert Edwin Lee
Brett Leonard
Mark L. Lester
Dwight H. Little
Sorche Nic Leodhas –
Bryan Malessa
Nick G. Miller
Toni Morrison
Nema
Frederick Burr Opper
P. J. O’Rourke
Paul Palnik {artist,cartoonist}
Harvey Pekar
Bob Peterson
Dav Pilkey
Ted Rall
Terry Ryan
Bill Sammon
Martin Savidge
Dominic Sena
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman
Marisa Silver
Jeff Smith
Al Snow
Tony Snow
Stephen Sommers
Steven Spielberg
R. L. Stine
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lowell Thomas
James Thurber
George Trendle
Michael Wadleigh
Paula Wagner
Brad Warner
Jack Warner
Harvey Wasserman
Lew Wasserman
Daniel Waters
Bill Watterson
David Whitney
Gerri Willis

List of Famous Politicians From Ohio

Michael K. Allen
Charles Anderson
Frank J. Battisti
Albert J. Beveridge
Ken Blackwell
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Lawrence Burnett –
Prescott Bush
William Case
Steve Chabot
James M. Cox
Charles G. Dawes
William R. Day
John Dean
R. Michael DeWine
Steve Driehaus
James A. Garfield
James Rudolph Garfield
John J. Gilligan
Bill Gradison
Ulysses S. Grant
Warren G. Harding
Andrew L. Harris
Benjamin Harrison
Dave Hobson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Nathaniel R. Jones
Michael J. Kirwan
Dennis Kucinich
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Frank Lausche
Neil H. McElroy
William McKinley
Arthur Ernest Morgan
James A. Rhodes
Christina Romer
William Saxbe
Kathleen Sebelius
Donna Edna Shalala
Tony Snow
William Howard Taft
Robert A. Taft I
Robert Taft
Robert A. Taft II
Charles Phelps Taft II, Mayor of Cincinnati
Norman Thomas
David Tod
James Traficant
Clement Vallandigham
George Voinovich
Brand Whitlock
Jay Williams,
Mary Ellen Withrow,
Victoria Claflin Woodhull

List of Famous Artists From Ohio

William Jacob Baer
George Bellows
Charles E. Burchfield,
Joseph DeCamp,
Jim Dine
Carl Gaertner
Ann Hamilton
Robert Henri
Jenny Holzer,
Joseph Kosuth,
Maya Lin
Robert E. L. Rainey
Alice Schille
Fred Schrier
Dave Sheridan
Lily Martin Spencer
Tom Tsuchiya
John Henry Twachtman
Tom Wesselmann
Clarence White
Worthington Whittredge
Dare Wright

List of Famous Actors, Actresses and Models From Ohio

Jake Abel
Josh Radnor
Lola Albright
Tom Aldredge
Louis Aldrich
Corey Allen
Catherine Bach
Jim Backus
Kaye Ballard
Gerry Bamman
Lisa Banes
Theda Bara
Majel Barrett
Billy Bass
Vanessa Bayer
Halle Berry
Jonathan Bennett
David Birney
John Bixler
Nina Blackwood
Tina Bockrath
J. Paul Boehmer
Mark Boone Junior
Bow Wow
Andrea Bowen
Bill Boyd
Bob Braun
Richard Brooks
Charles Brown
Clancy Brown
Woody Brown
Jarrod Bunch
Michelle Burke
Brandy Burre
Steve Burton
Ralph Byrd
Marion Byron
Mary Katherine Campbell
Drew Carey
Rocky Carroll
Nancy Cartwright
George Chakiris
Damian Chapa
Justin Chambers
Dave Chappelle
Marguerite Clark
Mystro Clark
Ray Combs
Tim Conway
Chuck Cooper
Laura Cover
Yvonne Craig
Beverly D’Angelo
Dorothy Dandridge
Frank Daniels
Doris Day
Carmella DeCesare
Ruby Dee
John Diehl
Phyllis Diller
Jim Dine
Phil Donahue
Mike Douglas
Sue Downey
Hugh Downs
Keir Dullea
Ryan Dunn
Carmen Electra
Joe Estevez
Angie Everhart
Sean Faris
Jamie Farr
Suzanne Farrell
Susan Floyd
Joe Flynn
Alan Freed
Clark Gable
Teri Garr
Dorothy Gish
Lillian Gish
Carlin Glynn
Maggie Grace
David Graf
Joel Grey
Julie Hagerty
Arsenio Hall
Margaret Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
Dorian Harewood
Woody Harrelson
Rachael Harris
Steve Harvey
Patricia Heaton
Anne Heche
Eileen Heckart
Tim Henson
Tiffany Hines
Michael Hitchcock
John Hockenberry
Stephanie Hodge
Hal Holbrook
Lindsay Hollister
Katie Holmes
Bob Hope
Chrissie Hynde
Elsie Janis
Allison Janney
Ken Jenkins
Gordon Jump
Carol Kane
Melina Kanakaredes
Michael Kent
Perry King
Scott Klace
Robert Knepper
Eric Lange
A. J. Langer
Dick Latessa
Joshua LeBar
Reggie Lee
Rex Lee
Hudson Leick
Braeden Lemasters
Ted Levine
John Lithgow
Traci Lords
Todd Louiso
Chad Lowe
Rob Lowe
Paul Lynde
Marie Masters
Dean Martin
Diane McBain
Gates McFadden
Maeve McGuire
Robin Meade
Mark Metcalf
W. Chrystie Miller
Walter Miller
Ryan Mitchell
Debra Monk
Greg Morris
Martin Mull
John Newland
Paul Newman
Stephen Nichols
Don Novello
Ed O’Neill
Maila Nurmi, Vampira
Annie Oakley
Jack Paar
Lawanda Page
Eleanor Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
Dan Patrick
Robert Patrick
Scott Paulin
Austin Pendleton
Max Perlich
Luke Perry
Tom Poston
Monica Potter
Tyrone Power
Nicole Pulliam
Marge Redmond
Sy Richardson
Jess Robbins
Jenny Robertson
Roy Rogers
Ted Ross
Alan Ruck
Jeffrey D. Sams
Gary Sandy
Sherri Saum
Joe Seneca
Molly Shannon
Martin Sheen
Victor Slezak
Candace Smith
Mamie Smith
Hal Sparks
Dina Spybey
Jeff Staron
Mark Stevens
Shannon Niquette Stewart
Alyson Stoner
Amanda Tepe
Philip Michael Thomas
Andrea Thompson
Howard Thurston
Vera-Ellen
Daniel von Bargen
David Wain
Lucille Ward
Jerry Wasserman
Jack Weston
Victor Raider-Wexler
Lee Wilkof
Fred Willard
Katt Williams
Wendy Barrie-Wilson
Debra Winger
Jonathan Winters
Ray Wise
Daniel Wisler
Amy Yasbeck

List of Famous Celebrities From Ohio

Judith Resnik
Tina Bockrath
Deanna Brooks
Mary Katherine Campbell
Laura Cover
Jack Craciun
Carmella DeCesare
Sue Downey
Carmen Electra
Leo Ford
Felicia Fox
Taylor Hayes
John Holmes
Toccara Elaine Jones
Heather Kozar
Allie LaForce
Jacquelyn Mayer
Marilyn Meseke
The Naked Cowboy
Ce Ce Peniston
Susan Perkins
Danielle Reyes
Matthew Rush
Kim Seelbrede
Dean Roll
Jake Whittenberg

List of Famous Singers, Musicians, Composers, Songwriters, Conductors From Ohio

Christopher “Drama” Pfaff
Anointed
The Devil Wears Prada
Dead Poetic
Devo
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Steven Adler
Ray Anthony
Joseph Arthur
Dan Auerbach, Guitarist and Singer of the Black Keys,
Avant
Albert Ayler
David Baerwald
Bobby Bare
Lou Barlow
John Bassette
Stiv Bators
Kathleen Battle
Cindy Blackman
Crystal Bowersox
Bow Wow
Jim Brickman
Glen Buxton
Jerry Brightman Formerly with Buck Owens
Eric Carmen
Patrick Carney, drummer and producer of the Black Keys
Lionel Cartwright
Tracy Chapman
Gilby Clarke
Tammy Cochran
David Allan Coe
Bootsy Collins
Earl Thomas Conley
Cowboy Copas
Susan Cowsill
Gavin Creel
Kid Cudi
Tadd Dameron
Martin Dillon, Tenor and Professor of Music at Rutgers University
Kim Deal and Kelley Deal of The Breeders
Bill DeArango
Frank DeVol
Jay DeMarcus, singer, bassist and keyboardist of Rascal Flatts
Jerry DePizzo, saxophonist of O.A.R.
Rick Derringer
Bethany Dillon
Jerry Douglas
Greg Dulli
Halim El-Dabh
ekoostik Hookah
Donald Erb
Michael Feinstein
Jim Ferguson, classical/jazz guitarist, composer, author, educator, music journalist
Craig Fuller
Sonny Geraci
Andy Graham
Macy Gray
Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters
Henry Fillmore
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Howard Hewett
Hit The Lights
Chrissie Hynde
Tommy James
Lyfe Jennings
Howard Jones, lead singer of Killswitch Engage
Maynard James Keenan
Kid Cudi
Roland Kirk, musician
Chris Kirkpatrick
Mark Kozelek
Nick Lachey
Jani Lane
John Legend
Gerald Levert
James Levine
Gary LeVox, lead singer of Rascal Flatts
Lexi,
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Lux Interior
Marilyn Manson
Brad Martin
Dean Martin
Billy Mason
Maureen McGovern
Allen McKenzie
Andrew McMahon
The Mills Brothers
Junie Morrison
Bob Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mushroomhead
Shirley Murdock
Phil Ochs
The Ohio Players
The O’Jays
Benjamin Orr
Gary Patterson
Johnny Paycheck
Danielle Peck
Robert Pollard
Pure Prairie League
Joshua Radin
Raspberries
Relient K
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
Marty Roe, lead singer of Diamond Rio
Roy Rogers
JD Samson of Le Tigre
Scott Savol
Boz Scaggs
Tom Scholz
Jimmy Scott
Scott Shriner of Weezer
Eric Singer of KISS
Connie Smith
Hale Smith
Joe Solo
Michael Stanley
Billy Strayhorn
Rachel Sweet
Art Tatum
David Thomas
Jeff Timmons
Joe Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy
Roger Troutman
Joseph Victor
Kate Voegele
Joe Walsh
Scott Weiland
Vesta Williams
Nancy Wilson
Yankee Grey
Frank Yankovic
Dwight Yoakam

List of Famous Athletes, coaches, and other Sports Figures From Ohio

Kurt Abbott
Allan Anderson
Eddie Arcaro
Randy Ayers
Luke Babbitt
Coy Bacon
Chris Bando
Sal Bando
Mike Barnett
Tim Belcher
Chad Billingsley
Chase Blackburn
Todd Blackledge
Dave Blaney
Jerry Blevins
Brock Bolen
Stan Boroski
Earl Boykins
Andrew Brackman
Bob Brenly
Robert Brewster
Matt Brown
Mike Brown
Paul Brown
Ray Brown
Jim Brown
Cris Collinsworth
John Conner
Daequan Cook
Shawn Crable
Sylvia Crawley
Larry Csonka
Jeff Cumberland
Ben Curtis
Alissa Czisny
Thom Darden
Nate Davis
Len Dawson
Dan Dierdorf
Andy Dorris
Hugh Douglas
James “Buster” Douglas
Bob Dove
Dave Dravecky
Rob Dyrdek
Marc Edwards
Ray Edwards
Nat Emerson
Evan Eschmeyer
Billy Evans
James Farragher
Rollie Fingers
Sarah Fisher
Wayne Fontes
Matt Fox
Brad Friedel
Charlie Frye
Mike Furrey
Joey Galloway
Jason Garrett
Ted Ginn, Jr.
Terry Glenn
Bob Golic
Mike Golic
Anthony Gonzalez
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Archie Griffin
Lou Groza
Jon Gruden
Matt Guerrier
Harvey Haddix
Roy Hall
Andy Hampsten
Jim Harbaugh
Ron Harper
Brian Hoyer
Aubrey Huff
Bob Huggins
Jim Jackson
LeBron James
Vic Janowicz
Home Run Johnson
Lance Johnson
Cal Jones
David Justice
Rich Karlis
Larry Kehres
Don King
Bobby Knight
Jack Kralick
Bernie Kosar
Jack Lambert
Kennesaw Mountain Landis
Barry Larkin
Dante Lavelli
Trevor Laws
Dick LeBeau
Jim Leyland
Matt Light
Jon Link
Jeff Linkenbach
Jerry Lucas
Lance Moore
Edwin C. Moses
Marion Motley
Byron Mullens
Thurman Munson
Nick Nemeth
Don Nehlen
Jack Nicklaus
Joe Niekro
Phil Niekro
Jon Niese
Dustin Nippert
Chuck Noll
Joe Norman
Joe Nuxhall
Chris Quinn
Bobby Rahal
Dominic Randolph
Tim Rattay
Jeff Reboulet
Michael Redd
Tim Richmond
Joe Smith
Katie Smith
Troy Smith
Andy Sonnanstine
Tim Spencer
Roger Staubach
George Steinbrenner
Shannon Stewart
Tyrell Sutton
Nick Swisher
Bill Talbert
Ben Taylor
Kent Tekulve
LaSalle Thompson
Steve Tovar
Tony Trabert
Jim Tracy
Gary Trent
Jim Tressel
Lee Tressel
Gene Woodling
Charles Woodson
Mike Wright
Kevin Youkilis
Cy Young
Don Zimmer
Ron Zook
Michael Zordich

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