The following is a list of famous people born in the U.S. state of Ohio, and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.
Actors, models, miscellaneous performers
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- Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923) (Columbus)
- John Caparulo (comedian) (East Liverpool)
- Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
- Rocky Carroll (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Nancy Cartwright (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton)
- George Chakiris (actor) (Norwood)
- Justin Chambers (actor) (Springfield)
- Damian Chapa (actor) (Dayton)
- Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs)
- Marguerite Clark (actor) (Avondale)
- Mystro Clark (actor) (Dayton)
- George Clooney (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Bill Cobbs (actor) (Cleveland)
- Ray Combs (game show host) (Hamilton)
- Tim Conway (actor, comedian) (Willoughby)
- Chuck Cooper (actor) (Cleveland)
- Casey Cott (actor) (Chagrin Falls, Cleveland)
- Corey Cott (actor) (Chagrin Falls, Cleveland)
- Franklin Cover (actor) (Cleveland)
- Laura Cover (model) (Bucyrus)
- Yvonne Craig (actor) (Columbus)
- Jim Cummings (voice actor) (Youngstown)
- Stephen Curry (basketball) (Akron)
- Dorothy Dandridge (actor, singer) (Cleveland)
- Beverly D'Angelo (actor) (Columbus)
- Frank Daniels (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton)
- Charles Michael Davis (actor) (Dayton)
- Duane Davis (actor) (Cleveland)
- Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Alana de la Garza (actor) (Columbus)
- Carmella DeCesare (model) (Avon Lake)
- Brooklyn Decker (model) (Kettering)
- Ruby Dee (actor) (Cleveland)
- John Diehl (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima)
- Phil Donahue (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton)
- Brian Donlevy (actor) (Cleveland)
- Mike Douglas (actor) (Cleveland)
- Steve Downes (DJ and actor) (Columbus)
- Sue Downey (Miss USA 1965) (Lima)
- Hugh Downs (broadcaster) (Lima, Akron)
- Keir Dullea (actor) (Cleveland)
- Josh Dun (musician) (Columbus)
- Ryan Dunn (actor, stuntman) (Brockville)
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- Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)
- Joe Estevez (actor) (Dayton)
- Angie Everhart (fashion model) (Akron)
- Mike Faist (actor) (Gahanna)
- Sean Faris (actor, model) (Parma)
- Jamie Farr (actor) (Toledo)
- Suzanne Farrell (dancer) (Cincinnati)
- Guy Fieri (restaurateur, author, television presenter) (Columbus)
- Susan Floyd (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Joe Flynn (actor) (Youngstown)
- Leo Ford (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton)
- Alan Freed (radio show host, coined phrase "rock 'n roll") (Cleveland)
- Emma Sheridan Fry (actor, writer) (Painesville)
- Clark Gable (actor) (Cadiz)
- Mike Gallagher (syndicated talk radio host) (Dayton)
- Teri Garr (actor) (Lakewood)
- Dorothy Gish (actor) (Dayton)
- Lillian Gish (actor) (Springfield)
- Nikki Glaser (comedian) (Cincinnati)
- Carlin Glynn (actor) (Cleveland)
- Dody Goodman (actor) (Columbus)
- Maggie Grace (actor) (Columbus)
- David Graf (actor) (Lancaster)
- Joel Grey (actor, singer, dancer) (Cleveland)
- Julie Hagerty (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Kathryn Hahn (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
- Arsenio Hall (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland)
- Porter Hall (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Margaret Hamilton (actor) (Cleveland)
- Scott Hamilton (ice skater) (Bowling Green)
- Dorian Harewood (actor) (Dayton)
- Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon)
- Rachael Harris (actress/comedian) (Worthington)
- Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland)
- Patricia Heaton (actor) (Bay Village)
- Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora)
- Eileen Heckart (actor) (Columbus)
- Hugh Hewitt (radio talk show host) (Warren)
- Tiffany Hines (actress, singer) (Cincinnati)
- Tony Hinchcliffe (comedian) (Youngstown)
- Michael Hitchcock (actor) (Defiance)
- John Hockenberry (broadcaster) (Dayton)
- Stephanie Hodge (actress) (Wilmington)
- Hal Holbrook (actor) (Cleveland)
- Michael Holley (sports commentator) (Akron)
- Lindsay Hollister (actress) (Columbus)
- John Holmes (adult entertainment performer) (Ashville)
- Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo)
- Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland)
- John Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
- Terrence Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
JâÂÂM
NâÂÂR
- John Newland (actor, director, producer, scriptwriter) (Cincinnati)
- Paul Newman (actor) (Cleveland)
- Stephen Nichols (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Danielle Nicolet (actor) (Ashtabula)
- Don Novello (comedian, actor) (Lorain)
- Maila Nurmi, Vampira (actor) (Ashtabula)
- Annie Oakley (markswoman) (Greenville)
- Ed O'Neill (actor) (Youngstown)
- Mehmet Oz (cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and television personality) (Cleveland)
- Jack Paar (talk show host) (Canton)
- Lawanda Page (actor) (Cleveland)
- Adrianne Palicki (actress) (Toledo)
- Eleanor Parker (actor) (Cedarville)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville)
- Dan Patrick (sportscaster, talk show host) (Mason)
- Robert Patrick (actor) (Cleveland)
- Jake Paul (boxer)
- Logan Paul (actor and internet personality)
- Austin Pendleton (actor) (Warren)
- CeCe Peniston (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton)
- Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978) (Monroe)
- Max Perlich (actor) (Cleveland)
- Luke Perry (actor) (Fredericktown)
- James Pickens Jr. (actor) (Cleveland)
- Dav Pilkey (author) (Cleveland)
- Tom Poston (actor) (Columbus)
- Monica Potter (actor) (Cleveland)
- Mark Povinelli (actor) (Elyria)
- Tyrone Power (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Nicole Pulliam (actor) (Columbus)
- Josh Radnor (actor) (Bexley)
- Victor Raider-Wexler (actor) (Toledo)
- Terry Ray (actor) (Grove City)
- Marge Redmond (actor) (Cleveland)
- Lili Reinhart (actress) (Cleveland)
- Gigi Rice (actor) (Westerville)
- Addison Richards (actor) (Zanesville)
- Sy Richardson (actor) (Cincinnati)
- Matt Rife (comedian, actor) (Columbus)
- Raven Riley (adult entertainment performer)
- Jess Robbins (actor) (Dayton)
- Larry Roberts (actor) (Cleveland)
- Zach Roerig (actor) (Montpelier)
- Roy Rogers (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville)
- Ted Ross (actor) (Dayton)
- Alan Ruck (actor) (Cleveland)
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Artists, painters, sculptors, photographers
Sportspeople
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HâÂÂI
JâÂÂM
NâÂÂQ
RâÂÂS
- Bobby Rahal (race car driver) (Medina)
- Graham Rahal (race car driver) (Columbus)
- Kevin Randleman (UFC fighter, professional wrestler, folkstyle wrestler) (Sandusky)
- Dominic Randolph (football player) (Amelia)
- Tim Rattay (football player) (Elyria)
- George Ratterman (football player) (Cincinnati)
- Jeff Reboulet (baseball player) (Kettering)
- Michael Redd (basketball player) (Columbus)
- Devine Redding (football player) (Youngstown)
- Tim Richmond (race car driver) (Ashland)
- Branch Rickey (baseball manager) (Stockdale)
- Cy Rigler (baseball umpire) (Massillon)
- Javon Ringer (football player) (Dayton)
- Brian Roberts (basketball player) (Toledo)
- Dave Roberts (baseball player) (Gallipolis)
- Alvin Robertson (basketball player) (Barberton)
- Jamal Robertson (football player) (Springfield)
- Ryne Robinson (football player) (Toledo)
- Brian Robiskie (football player) (Cleveland)
- Chaz Roe (baseball player) (Steubenville)
- Ben Roethlisberger (football player) (Findlay)
- Dean Roll (professional wrestler) (Dayton)
- Mauri Rose (racing driver) (Columbus)
- Pete Rose (baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati)
- Scott Roth (basketball player, coach) (Cleveland)
- Edd Roush (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Eric Rowe (football player) (Cleveland)
- Tommy Rowlands (freestyle and folkstyle wrestler) (Columbus)
- Terry Rozier (basketball player) (Youngstown)
- Ryan Rua (baseball player) (Amherst)
- Kyle Rudolph (football player) (Cincinnati)
- Mike Rupp (hockey player) (Cleveland Heights)
- Gary Russell (football player) (Columbus)
- Rodger Saffold (football player) (Bedford)
- Perry Saturn (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
- "Macho Man" Randy Savage (professional wrestler) (Columbus)
- Bo Schembechler (football coach) (Barberton)
- Mike Schmidt (baseball player) (Dayton)
- Bob Schul (runner, Olympic gold medalist) (West Milton)
- Kyle Schwarber (baseball player) (Middletown)
- Devon Scott (basketball player) (Columbus)
- Adam Shaheen (football player) (Galena)
- Travis Shaw (baseball player) (Washington Court House)
- Cecil Shorts III (football player) (Kent)
- George Shuba (baseball player) (Youngstown)
- J. B. Shuck (baseball player) (Galion)
- Don Shula (football coach) (Painesville)
- Larry Shyatt (basketball coach) (Cleveland)
- Larry Siegfried (basketball player) (Shelby)
- John Simon (football player) (Youngstown)
- Rob Sims (football player) (Macedonia)
- Frank Sinkwich (Heisman Trophy recipient) (Youngstown)
- George Sisler (baseball player) (Manchester)
- Brad Smith (football player) (Youngstown)
- Chris Smith (football coach) (Massillon)
- Joe Smith (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
- Katie Smith (basketball player) (Logan)
- Robert Scott Smith (football player) (Euclid)
- Steve Smith (baseball coach) (Canton)
- Troy Smith (football player) (Cleveland)
- Dawuane Smoot (football player) (Groverport)
- Al Snow (professional wrestler) (Lima)
- Eric Snow (basketball player, coach) (Canton)
- Bob Snyder (football player, coach) (Toledo)
- Andy Sonnanstine (baseball player) (Barberton)
- Joe Sparma (football and baseball player) (Massillon)
- Tim Spencer (football player, coach) (Martins Ferry)
- Willie Spencer (football player) (Massillon)
- Kelli Stack (ice hockey player) (Cleveland)
- Craig Stammen (baseball player) (North Star)
- Roger Staubach (football player) (Cincinnati)
- Harry Steel (Olympic freestyle wrestler) (East Sparta)
- Dominique Steele (mixed martial artist) (Norwood)
- George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees) (Rocky River)
- Shannon Stewart (baseball player)
- Logan Stieber (freestyle and folkstyle wrestler) (Monroeville)
- Steve Stone (baseball pitcher, sportscaster) (South Euclid)
- Carl Storck (NFL president) (Dayton)
- Zach Strief (football player) (Cincinnati)
- Korey Stringer (football player) (Warren)
- Harry Stuhldreher (football player, coach, administrator) (Massillon)
- Tyrell Sutton (football player) (Akron)
- Willard Swihart (basketball player) (Massillon)
- Nick Swisher (baseball player) (Worthington)
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Journalists, writers, cartoonists, poets, authors, playwrights, screenwriters, film directors and producers
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- Berenice Abbott (photographer) (Springfield)
- Karen Ackerman (author) (Cincinnati)
- Julia Carter Aldrich (author, editor) (Liverpool)
- Dede Allen (film editor) (Cleveland)
- Eunice Gibbs Allyn (author) (Brecksville)
- Sherwood Anderson (author) (Camden/Clyde)
- R. W. Apple Jr. (journalist and author) (Akron)
- Helen Vickroy Austin (journalist, horticulturist) (Miamisburg)
- Brian Azzarello (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
- Jamie Babbit (film director, producer, screenwriter) (Shaker Heights)
- Libbie C. Riley Baer (poet) (Bethel)
- Bill Balas (screenwriter and director) (Cleveland)
- Robert Banks (filmmaker) (director) (Cleveland)
- Melissa Elizabeth Banta (poet) (Cheviot)
- Natalie Barney (author) (Dayton)
- Dorothy Barresi (poet) (Akron)
- Margret Holmes Bates (author) (Fremont)
- Tom Batiuk (cartoonist) (Akron)
- William Bayer (crime fiction author) (Cleveland)
- Brian Michael Bendis (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
- Ambrose Bierce (author) (Meigs County)
- Hanne Blank (author) (Cleveland)
- Erma Bombeck (newspaper columnist, author) (Dayton)
- Christine Brennan (sportswriter) (Toledo)
- Douglas Brinkley (author and professor) (Perrysburg)
- Louis Bromfield (author) (Mansfield)
- Raymond Buckland (author) (Warren)
- Michael Buckley (author) (Akron)
- Milton Caniff (cartoonist) (Dayton)
- Steven Caple Jr. (director) (Cleveland)
- Vincent J. Cardinal (playwright and director) (Kent)
- Alice Cary (poet) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Chesnutt (writer) (Cleveland)
- Gordon Cobbledick (sports editor, author, war correspondent) (Cleveland)
- Bud Collins (journalist) (Lima)
- Gail Collins (journalist) (Cincinnati)
- Chris Columbus (film director) (Warren)
- Eliza Archard Conner (journalist, lecturer) (Monroe Township)
- Jerome Corsi (author) (East Cleveland)
- Carol Costello (television correspondent) (Minerva)
- Hart Crane (poet) (Garrettsville)
- Wes Craven (film director) (Cleveland)
- Anne Virginia Culbertson (writer) (Zanesville)
- Michael Cunningham (author) (Cincinnati)
- Steve Curwood (journalist, author) (Yellow Springs)
- William H. Daniels (cinematographer) (Cleveland)
- Khashyar Darvich (film producer, director) (Oxford, Cleveland)
- Stephen Donaldson (author) (Cleveland)
- Rita Dove (poet) (Akron)
- Elizabeth Drew (journalist, author) (Cincinnati)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (poet) (Dayton)
- Jane Dunnewold (author) (Oberlin)
- Harlan Ellison (author) (Cleveland)
- Mel Epstein (film producer) (Dayton)
- Joe Eszterhas (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
- Dominick Evans (filmmaker/activist) (Toledo)
- Lydia Hoyt Farmer (author, women's rights activist) (Cleveland)
- George Fett (cartoonist) (Cleveland)
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- Atul Gawande (journalist, physician) (Athens)
- Elizabeth George (novelist) (Warren)
- Paul Gilger (playwright, set designer, architect) (Mansfield)
- Florence Magruder Gilmore (religious writer, novelist, translator) (Columbus)
- Bob Greene (columnist, author) (Columbus)
- Zane Grey (author) (Zanesville)
- Cathy Guisewite (cartoonist) (Dayton)
- Stephen Gyllenhaal (film director, poet) (Cleveland)
- Margaret Peterson Haddix (author) (Columbus)
- Virginia Hamilton (children's author) (Yellow Springs)
- Benjamin Hanby (writer, composer) (Rushville, Westerville)
- Bill Hemmer (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
- William Dean Howells (author, critic)
- Elizabeth O. Sampson Hoyt (philosopher, author) (Athens)
- Langston Hughes (poet) (Cleveland)
- Florence Huntley (journalist, author and humorist) (Alliance)
- Margaret E. Ingalls (author, liturgist) (Logan)
- Mary Bigelow Ingham (writer, educator, social activist) (Mansfield)
- Jeff Jacoby (journalist) (Cleveland)
- Jim Jarmusch (film director) (Akron)
- Douglas Kenney (comedy writer, actor) (Chagrin Falls)
- Joe Kernen (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
- Katharine Kerr (sci-fi/fantasy author) (Cleveland)
- Glenn Kessler (correspondent) (Cincinnati)
- Eric Kripke (writer, director) (Toledo)
- Robert Kurtzman (film director, screenwriter) (Crestline)
- Jerome Lawrence (writer) (Cleveland)
- Robert E. Lee (writer) (Elyria)
- Sorche Nic Leodhas (writer) (Youngstown)
- Brett Leonard (film director) (Toledo)
- Mark L. Lester (film director) (Cleveland)
- Ann Liguori (radio personality) (Cincinnati)
- Dwight H. Little (director) (Cleveland)
- Carmen LoBue (filmmaker) (Cleveland)
- Januarius MacGahan (journalist) (New Lexington)
- Bryan Malessa (author) (Chagrin Falls)
- Louise Markscheffel (newspaper editor and critic) (Toledo)
- Lida Rose McCabe (author, journalist, lecturer) (Columbus)
- J. E. McConaughy (litterateur, author) (Twinsburg)
- Jennie McCowen (physician, medical journal editor) (Harveysburg)
- Robin Meade (television journalist) (New London)
- Nick G. Miller (screenwriter, producer, director) (Dayton)
- Dan Moldea (author) (Akron)
- Christopher Moore (author) (Toledo)
- Patt Morrison (journalist) (Utica)
- Toni Morrison (author) (Lorain)
NâÂÂZ
- Dudley Nichols (screenwriter) (Wapakoneta)
- Andre Norton (author) (Cleveland)
- John O'Brien (novelist) (Oxford)
- Frederick Burr Opper (cartoonist) (Madison)
- P. J. O'Rourke (political satirist, author) (Toledo)
- Paul Palnik (artist, cartoonist) (Cleveland)
- Harvey Pekar (author) (Cleveland)
- Jack Perkins (journalist, author) (Cleveland)
- Eleanor Perry (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
- Bob Peterson (animator, director) (Wooster/Dover)
- Christopher Pfaff (producer, actor, clothing designer) (Akron)
- Dav Pilkey (author) (Cleveland)
- David Pogue (columnist) (Shaker Heights)
- Dawn Powell (author) (Mount Gilead)
- Ted Rall (editorial cartoonist) (Kettering)
- Ellen Ratner (Fox News analyst) (Cleveland)
- Robert Rehme (film producer) (Cincinnati)
- Rosella Rice (writer, poet) (Perrysville)
- Les Roberts (author) (Cleveland Heights)
- Effie Hoffman Rogers (editor, journalist, educator) (Jackson)
- Terry Ryan (author) (Defiance)
- Bill Sammon (television journalist) (Cleveland)
- Martin Savidge (television journalist) (Rocky River)
- John Scalzi (author) (Bradford)
- Tara Seibel (artist, cartoonist) (Pepper Pike)
- Dominic Sena (film director) (Niles)
- Joe Shuster (co-creator of Superman) (Cleveland)
- Jerry Siegel (co-creator of Superman) (Cleveland)
- Marisa Silver (film director) (Shaker Heights)
- David C. Smith (novelist) (Youngstown)
- Jeff Smith (cartoonist) (Columbus)
- Maggie Smith (poet, freelance writer, and editor)
- Tony Snow (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
- Steven Spielberg (film director, producer) (Cincinnati)
- Cornelia Laws St. John (poet, biographer) (College Hill)
- R. L. Stine (author) (Columbus)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (author) (Cincinnati)
- Gertrude Strohm (author, compiler, game designer) (Greene County)
- Angeline Teal (poet, novelist, short story writer) (Wooster)
- Lowell Thomas (commentator, author) (Woodington)
- James Thurber (author, cartoonist) (Columbus)
- George Trendle (radio/TV producer) (Norwalk)
- Emma Rood Tuttle (writer, poet) (Braceville Township)
- Lee Unkrich (film director and editor) (Cleveland)
- Michael Wadleigh (film director) (Akron)
- Paula Wagner (film producer) (Youngstown)
- Brad Warner (author) (Akron)
- Jack L. Warner (movie mogul) (Youngstown)
- Marion E. Warner (writer) (Geneva)
- Harvey Wasserman (author, political activist) (Columbus)
- Lew Wasserman (studio executive) (Cleveland)
- Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
- Bill Watterson (cartoonist) (Chagrin Falls)
- Sharon Waxman (born c.1963) (journalist)
- Laura Rosamond White (author, poet, editor) (Geneva)
- David Whitney (author) (Youngstown)
- Gerri Willis (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
- M. Wintermute (poet, author) (Berkshire)
- Charles Woodson (football) (Fremont)
- James Wright (poet) (Martins Ferry)
- John Yang (television journalist) (Chillicothe)
Politicians, public servants, public officeholders
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- 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)
- Ken Blackwell (politician) (Cincinnati)
- Blue Jacket (Shawnee Indian chief) (presently known as Ross County)
- John Boehner (U.S. speaker of the House) (Reading/West Chester)
- John Brough (politician, Ohio governor) (Marietta)
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (prosecutor in trial for Abraham Lincoln assassination) (Youngstown)
- Prescott Bush (U.S. senator, businessman) (Columbus)
- William Case (Cleveland)
- Steve Chabot (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati)
- Salmon P. Chase (Ohio governor, abolitionist, U.S. Treasury secretary and chief justice) (Cincinnati)
- Gary Cohn (National Economic Council director) (Shaker Heights)
- James M. Cox (governor, presidential candidate, media mogul) (Dayton)
- Ephraim Cutler (a framer of Ohio Constitution, abolitionist, longtime Ohio University trustee) (Ames Twp)
- 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, 20th president of the United States) (Moreland Hills)
- James Rudolph Garfield (U.S. interior secretary)
- John J. Gilligan (politician, Ohio governor)
- John Glenn (U.S. senator, astronaut)
- Bill Gradison (politician, U.S. representative)
- Ulysses S. Grant (soldier, politician, 18th president of the United States) (Point Pleasant)
- Joe Hagin (White House deputy chief of staff) (Indian Hill)
- Warren G. Harding (29th president of the United States) (Blooming Grove/Caledonia)
- Marie Harf (State Dept. spokesperson) (Granville)
- Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. commissioner, Ohio governor)
- Benjamin Harrison (soldier, politician, 23rd president of the United States) (North Bend)
- William Henry Harrison (soldier, politician, 9th president of the United States) (North Bend)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (politician, 19th president of the United States) (Delaware)
- Dave Hobson (politician, U.S. representative) (Springfield)
- Darrell Issa (politician, U.S. representative) (Cleveland)
- Nathaniel R. Jones (judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit) (Youngstown)
- Marcy Kaptur (politician, U.S. representative) (Toledo)
- John Kasich (politician, former representative from Ohio (1983âÂÂ2001), and former governor of Ohio) (Pittsburgh/Columbus)
- Michael J. Kirwan (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown)
- John Koskinen (IRS commissioner) (Cleveland)
- Dennis Kucinich (politician) (Cleveland)
- Alan George Lance Sr. (judge, politician, and national commander of The American Legion 1999âÂÂ2000) (McComb)
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis (federal judge, baseball commissioner) (Millville)
- Frank Lausche (Ohio senator and governor)
- Susie Lee (politician, U.S. representative) (Canton)
- Lucile Petry Leone (Cadet Nurse Corps, assistant surgeon general) (Preble County)
MâÂÂZ
- Omarosa Manigault (assistant to the president) (Youngstown)
- John Michael Manos (federal judge) (Cleveland)
- Neil H. McElroy (businessman, cabinet secretary)
- William McKinley (25th president of the United States) (Niles)
- Howard Metzenbaum (senator from Ohio) (Cleveland)
- Arthur Ernest Morgan (college president, hydraulic engineer, TVA administrator)
- Chief Pontiac (Ottawa Indian chief)
- James A. Rhodes (politician, Ohio governor) (Jackson)
- Christina Romer (chair of Council of Economic Advisers) (Canton)
- Edward James Roye (5th president of Liberia) (Newark)
- Charles Ruff (White House counsel) (Cleveland)
- William Saxbe (U.S. senator, U.S. attorney general, ambassador to India) (Mechanicsburg)
- Kathleen Sebelius (U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, former governor of Kansas) (Cincinnati)
- Donna Shalala (U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993âÂÂ
- John Sherman (U.S. senator, brother of Gen. Sherman) (Lancaster)
- Tony Snow (White House press secretary) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Phelps Taft II (mayor of Cincinnati)
- Robert A. Taft I (politician) (Cincinnati)
- Robert A. Taft II (politician, Ohio governor)
- Robert Taft Jr.
- William Howard Taft (politician, jurist, 27th president of the United States, chief justice) (Cincinnati)
- Norman Thomas (politician) (Marion)
- David Tod (governor) (Youngstown)
- Albion Tourgée (activist for civil rights, author, lawyer) (Kingsville)
- James Traficant (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown)
- Clement Vallandigham (politician, activist) (Dayton)
- JD Vance (U.S. senator, 50th vice president of the United States) (Middletown)
- Stephen Venard (lawman) (Lebanon)
- 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 for president) (Homer, Licking County)
Miscellaneous celebrities
Military leaders
- "Mad" Ann Bailey (scout and spy for pioneers) (Harrison)
- Phil H. Bucklew (Navy officer) (Columbus)
- Don Carlos Buell (Civil War general) (Lowell)
- Cook Cleland (WW2 Navy flying ace) (Cleveland)
- George Crook (cavalry officer) (Taylorsville)
- George Custer (cavalry officer) (New Rumley)
- Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (first African-American general in U.S. Air Force) (Cleveland)
- William A. Foster (Medal of Honor recipient) (Cleveland)
- Dominic S. Gentile (World War II flying ace, first to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua)
- Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War general, politician) (Point Pleasant)
- Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. commissioner, Ohio governor)
- Simon Kenton (soldier, frontiersman, friend of Daniel Boone) (Urbana)
- Isaac C. Kidd (rear admiral USN) (killed on USS Arizona, Medal of Honor) (Cleveland)
- Ernest Joseph King (commander in chief, United States fleet and chief of naval operations during World War II) (Lorain)
- Whitmore Knaggs (soldier, spy)
- William C. Lambert (World War I aviator, fighter ace) (Ironton)
- Justin LeHew (sergeant major USMC; hero of Nasiriyah; Navy Cross, Bronze Star with Combat "V"; nominated for the Medal of Honor) (Columbus Grove)
- Curtis LeMay (founder of Strategic Air Command) (Columbus)
- William S. Rosecrans (inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War) (Kingston Township)
- Donald Russell Long (Medal of Honor, Vietnam)
- Jacob Parrott (first recipient of the Medal of Honor) (Fairfield County)
- Eddie Rickenbacker (pilot, race car driver) (Columbus)
- Robert C. Schenck (Civil War general, politician, diplomat) (Dayton)
- Philip Sheridan (Civil War general) (Somerset)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (Civil War general) (Lancaster)
- Tecumseh (Native American leader)
- Paul Tibbets (pilot of Enola Gay, World War II) (Columbus)
- Robert B. Wood (Civil War sailor, Medal of Honor) (New Garden)
- Rodger Young (World War II soldier) (Fremont)
Architects, inventors, explorers, adventurers, astronauts, aviators, designers, spies
Businesspeople, entrepreneurs
- John Chambers (CEO of Cisco Systems) (Cleveland)
- Henry D. Coffinberry (industrialist) (Cleveland)
- John R. Commons (economist) (Hollansburg)
- Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. (developer, real estate magnate) (Youngstown)
- Larry Dolan (owner of the Cleveland Indians) (Cleveland Heights)
- Paul Dolan (CEO of the Cleveland Indians) (Chardon)
- Herbert H. Dow (chemist, industrialist) (Cleveland)
- Benjamin Franklin Fairless (steel company executive) (Pigeon Run)
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone, inventor, industrialist) (Columbiana/Akron)
- John W. Galbreath (real estate mogul, owned Pittsburgh Pirates and Darby Dan Farm) (Columbus)
- Charles Geschke (co-founder of Adobe Systems) (Cleveland)
- B. F. Goodrich (industrialist) (Akron)
- Jeff Immelt (chairman and CEO of GE) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Keating (banker, activist) (Cincinnati)
- Charles F. Kettering (inventor, industrialist, philanthropist) (Loudonville/Dayton)
- James Michael Lafferty (CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding; former CEO of Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco; Olympic track and field coach) (Cincinnati)
- Peter B. Lewis (entrepreneur, philanthropist, activist) (Cleveland)
- Carl Lindner (entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist) (Cincinnati)
- Brian Moynihan (CEO of Bank of America) (Marietta)
- Henry Nicholas (co-founder of Broadcom Corporation) (Cincinnati)
- Ransom Olds (automaker, Oldsmobile) (Geneva)
- James Ward Packard (automaker, Packard) (born Warren, died Cleveland)
- William Doud Packard (automaker, Packard) (Warren)
- Don Panoz (entrepreneur) (Alliance)
- John H. Patterson (industrialist) (Dayton)
- Terren Peizer (businessperson convicted of insider trading and securities fraud)
- Roger Penske (racing driver, entrepreneur) (Shaker Heights)
- William Procter (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
- Bruce Ratner (real estate developer, owned the New Jersey Nets) (Cleveland)
- John D. Rockefeller (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland)
- Michael J. Saylor (co-founder of MicroStrategy) (Fairborn)
- Ernesto Schmitt (entrepreneur) (Cincinnati)
- Frank Seiberling (industrialist) (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.)
- Gary Shilling (financial analyst and commentator)
- David Sinton (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
- George Steinbrenner (shipping magnate, owned the New York Yankees) (Cleveland)
- Ronald Wayne (co-founder of Apple Inc.) (Cleveland)
- Ralph Wilson (Hall of Fame owner of the Buffalo Bills) (Columbus)
- Denise DeBartolo York (co-chair of the San Francisco 49ers) (Youngstown)
- Jed York (president and owner of the San Francisco 49ers) (Youngstown)
Publishers, media moguls
Activists, philanthropists, public agitators, advocates, lawyers
- Rosa Miller Avery (abolitionist, reformer, writer) (Madison)
- Daniel Carter Beard (founder of the Boy Scouts of America) (Cincinnati)
- Elizabeth Blackwell (abolitionist, women's rights activist, first female doctor in U.S.) (Cincinnati)
- John Brown (abolitionist) (Hudson)
- Alice A. W. Cadwallader (philanthropist and temperance activist) (St. Clairsville)
- Rebecca Ballard Chambers (temperance reformer) (Ohio)
- Annie W. Clark (social reformer)
- Sara Jane Crafts (educator, author, social reformer) (Cincinnati)
- Ronald Daniels (activist) (Youngstown)
- Clarence Seward Darrow (lawyer, leading member of the ACLU) (Kinsman)
- Richard Dillingham (Quaker abolitionist) (Morrow County)
- Susanna M. D. Fry (educator, social reformer) (Burlington)
- Albert B. Graham (founder of 4-H) (Springfield, Clark County)
- Linda Hirshman (lawyer, feminist) (Cleveland)
- Esther T. Housh (social reformer, magazine editor) (Ross County)
- William Alexander Morgan (fought in the Cuban Revolution) (Cleveland/Toledo)
- Carl Oglesby (activist) (Akron)
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair (activist) (Rossford)
- John Oller (attorney, writer, biographer) (Huron)
- Alice E. Heckler Peters (social reformer) (Dayton)
- Utah Phillips (labor organizer) (Cleveland)
- Achilles Pugh (publisher of The Philanthropist; anti-slavery activist) (Cadiz, Waynesville, Cincinnati)
- Laura Rockefeller (abolitionist, philanthropist) (Wadsworth)
- Martha Parmelee Rose (1834âÂÂ1923) (journalist, social reformer, philanthropist) (Norton)
- Rick Alan Ross (deprogrammer) (Cleveland)
- Jerry Rubin ('60s, '70s radical activist) (Cincinnati)
- Lee Saunders (labor leader) (Cleveland)
- 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)
- Raymond Winbush (scholar, activist) (Cleveland)
- Victoria Woodhull (activist, stockbroker, journalist, politician) (Homer/Mount Gilead)
Criminals
Educators, religious leaders, lecturers, motivational speakers, self-help gurus
Scholars, scientists, historians, theorists, philosophers, opinionists
- Zoltan Acs (economist) (Cleveland)
- Mary Ainsworth (psychologist) (Glendale)
- Gordon Allport (psychologist) (Cleveland)
- James B. Anderson (chemical engineer) (Cleveland)
- Edgar Bain (metallurgist) (LaRue)
- Richard C. Banks (ornithologist) (Steubenville)
- Brand Blanshard (philosopher) (Fredericksburg)
- Michael Brooks (historian, journalist) (Toledo)
- William Merriam Burton (chemist) (Cleveland)
- Judith Butler (philosopher, gender theorist) (Cleveland)
- William Campbell (astronomer) (Hancock County)
- Richard E. Caves (economist) (Akron)
- Neil W. Chamberlain (economist) (Lakewood)
- Walker Lee Cisler (mechanical engineer) (Marietta)
- John R. Commons (economist, historian) (Hollansburg)
- Gustav Eckstein (writer, medical doctor, psychologist)
- Thomas Alva Edison (scientist, inventor)
- William A. Fowler (physicist, Nobel Prize winner) (The Ohio State University, Lima)
- Marye Anne Fox (organic chemist) (Canton)
- James J. Gibson (psychologist) (McConnelsville)
- Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (physician, writer) (Kingsville)
- Donald A. Glaser (physicist, Nobel Prize winner) (Cleveland)
- Irving I. Gottesman (psychologist, behavioral geneticist) (Cleveland)
- Charles Martin Hall (inventor, engineer) (Thompson)
- Samuel Dana Horton (monetary theorist)
- Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer) (Loudonville)
- Thomas Kuhn (philosopher of science) (Cincinnati)
- Arthur Laffer (supply-side economist) (Youngstown)
- Fredric Jameson (philosopher, Marxist political theorist) (Cleveland)
- Harry March (football historian, doctor) (New Franklin/Canton)
- Albert A. Michelson (physicist) (Case Institute of Technology)
- Virginia Minnich (biologist) (Zanesville)
- Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore (physician, newspaper editor) (Chillicothe)
- Garrett Morgan (inventor) (Cleveland)
- Edward W. Morley (physicist) (Western Reserve University)
- Ralph Paffenbarger (epidemiologist) (Columbus)
- Roy J. Plunkett (chemist) (New Carlisle)
- Willard Van Orman Quine (logician and philosopher) (Akron)
- Joseph Ransohoff (neurosurgeon, inventor) (Cincinnati)
- Frederick Rentschler (aviation engineer) (Hamilton)
- Charles Richter (physicist) (Overpeck)
- Frank Sherwood Rowland (chemist, Nobel Prize winner) (Delaware)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. (historian) (Xenia)
- Zalman Shapiro (chemist, inventor) (Canton)
- Thomas Sherwood (chemical engineer) (Columbus)
- Thomas J. Silhavy (molecular biologist) (Wauseon)
- Richard Smalley (chemist, Nobel Prize winner) (Akron)
- Oberlin Smith (engineer, magnetic recording pioneer) (Cincinnati)
- Lee Smolin (theoretical physicist) (Cincinnati)
- George Smoot (astrophysicist, Nobel Prize winner) (Upper Arlington)
- Richard S. Sutton (computer scientist)
- Sander Vanocur (commentator) (Cleveland)
- John S. Wilson (economist) (Lakewood)
- Elizabeth Witherell (editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau) (Toledo)
- Michael S. Witherell (particle physicist, president of Fermilab) (Toledo)
- Richard D. Wolff (Marxist economist) (Youngstown)
- Allyn Abbott Young (economist) (Kenton)
Singers, musicians, composers, songwriters, conductors
AâÂÂC
- Rita Abrams (songwriter-performer-writer) (Cleveland)
- Lee Adams (Broadway lyricist) (Mansfield)
- Leslie Adams [H. Leslie Adams] (composer) (Cleveland)
- Steven Adler (musician, original drummer, Guns N' Roses) (Cleveland)
- Harley Allen (singer-songwriter) (Dayton)
- Ray Anthony (musician) (Cleveland)
- Joseph Arthur (musician) (Akron)
- Dan Auerbach (guitarist and singer, The Black Keys) (Akron)
- Avant (musician) (Cleveland)
- Albert Ayler (musician) (Cleveland)
- David Baerwald (musician) (Oxford)
- Benny Bailey (jazz trumpeter) (Cleveland)
- Anita Baker (singer) (Toledo)
- Julius Baker (classical flutist) (Cleveland)
- Bobby Bare (singer) (Ironton)
- Lou Barlow (musician) (Dayton)
- John Bassette (singer, musician) (Cleveland)
- Stiv Bators (musician) (Youngstown)
- Kathleen Battle (opera singer) (Portsmouth)
- Margaret Baxtresser (classical pianist) (Kent)
- Andy Biersack (singer) (Cincinnati)
- Cindy Blackman (musician) (Yellow Springs)
- Bow Wow (rapper) (Reynoldsburg)
- Crystal Bowersox (musician) (Toledo)
- Don Braden (jazz saxophonist) (Cincinnati)
- Tiny Bradshaw (jazz bandleader) (Youngstown)
- Teresa Brewer (singer) (Toledo)..
- Jim Brickman (musician, songwriter) (Cleveland)
- Jerry Brightman (producer, musician, Buck Owens) (Akron)
- Dave Burrell (jazz pianist) (Middletown)
- Chris Butler (musician, The Waitresses) (Akron)
- Billy Butterfield (jazz trumpeter) (Middletown)
- Glen Buxton (guitarist, original Alice Cooper band) (Akron)
- Casey Calvert (vocalist, Hawthorne Heights) (Dayton)
- Eric Carmen (musician) (Cleveland)
- Patrick Carney (drummer and producer, The Black Keys) (Akron)
- Ralph Carney (saxophonist) (Akron)
- Lionel Cartwright (musician, singer) (Gallipolis)
- Gerald Casale (musician) (Kent)
- Tracy Chapman (singer-songwriter) (Cleveland)
- Cheetah Chrome (musician, Dead Boys) (Cleveland)
- Charles W. Clark (operatic singer, vocalist teacher) (Van Wert)
- Gilby Clarke (musician) (Cleveland)
- Tammy Cochran (singer) (Austinburg)
- David Allan Coe (singer, musician) (Akron)
- Marc Cohn (singer) (Cleveland)
- Bootsy Collins (musician) (Cincinnati)
- Earl Thomas Conley (singer) (Portsmouth)
- Cowboy Copas (singer) (Adams County)
- Stanley Cowell (jazz pianist) (Toledo)
- Susan Cowsill (singer) (Canton)
- Gavin Creel (singer) (Findlay)
DâÂÂI
- Tadd Dameron (jazz composer) (Cleveland)
- Dorothy Dandridge (singer, actress) (Cleveland)
- Dennis Russell Davies (orchestral conductor) (Toledo)
- Bill Davison (jazz cornetist) (Defiance)
- Doris Day (big band singer, actress) (Cincinnati)
- Kelley Deal (musician, The Breeders) (Huber Heights/Dayton)
- Kim Deal (musician, The Breeders) (Huber Heights/Dayton)
- Bill DeArango (jazz guitarist) (Cleveland)
- Jay DeMarcus (singer, bassist and keyboardist, Rascal Flatts) (Columbus)
- Paul DeMarinis (electronic music composer) (Cleveland)
- Jerry DePizzo (saxophonist, O.A.R.) (Youngstown)
- Rick Derringer (singer) (Fort Recovery)
- Frank DeVol (composer, actor) (Canton)
- Greg Dewey (drummer, Country Joe and the Fish) (Yellow Springs)
- Vic Dickenson (jazz trombonist) (Xenia)
- Bethany Dillon (Christian singer-songwriter) (Bellefontaine)
- Martin Dillon (tenor and music professor) (Portsmouth)
- Patty Donahue (singer, The Waitresses) (Akron)
- Mark S. Doss (operatic bass-baritone) (Cleveland)
- Jerry Douglas (musician) (Warren)
- Greg Dulli (singer, musician) (Hamilton)
- Josh Dun (drummer, Twenty One Pilots) (Columbus)
- Harry Edison (jazz trumpeter) (Columbus)
- Halim El-Dabh (composer, musician, ethnomusicologist) (Kent)
- James Emery (jazz guitarist) (Youngstown, Shaker Heights)
- Donald Erb (composer) (Youngstown)
- Eric Ewazen (composer) (Cleveland)
- Michael Feinstein (singer) (Columbus)
- Frederick Fennell (band conductor) (Cleveland)
- Jim Ferguson (classical and jazz guitarist) (Dayton)
- Bobby Few (jazz pianist) (Cleveland)
- Anton Fier (drummer, The Golden Palominos) (Cleveland)
- Henry Fillmore (composer) (Cincinnati)
- Frank Foster (jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (Cincinnati)
- Mark Foster (singer, Foster the People) (Cleveland)
- Craig Fuller (musician) (Waverly, Columbus)
- Larry Fuller (jazz pianist) (Toledo)
- Sonny Geraci (singer, Outsiders) (Climax, Cleveland)
- Neil Giraldo (guitarist, songwriter) (Cleveland)
- Jeff Golub (jazz guitarist) (Copley)
- Macy Gray (singer) (Canton)
- Max Green (musician) (Cincinnati)
- Joel Grey (singer, actor, dancer) (Cleveland)
- Dave Grohl (musician, Nirvana and Foo Fighters) (Warren)
- Clare Grundman (composer and arranger) (Cleveland)
- Keith Harrison (singer, musician, Dazz Band) (Dayton)
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins (musician) (Cleveland)
- J.C. Heard (drummer) (Dayton)
- Joe Henderson (jazz saxophonist) (Lima)
- Jon Hendricks (jazz singer and arranger) (Newark)
- Fred Hersch (jazz pianist) (Cincinnati)
- Howard Hewett (singer, Shalamar) (Akron)
- J.C. Higginbotham (jazz trombonist) (Cincinnati)
- Christian Howes (jazz violinist) (Rocky River)
- Pee Wee Hunt (jazz trombonist) (Mount Healthy)
- Chrissie Hynde (musician) (Akron)
- James Ingram (singer-songwriter, musician) (Akron)
- Sonya Isaacs (singer) (Morrow)
- Ernie Isley (singer) (Cincinnati)
- Ron Isley (singer) (Cincinnati)
- Chuck Israels (jazz bassist) (Cleveland)
JâÂÂM
- Tommy James (musician) (Dayton)
- Al Jardine (musician, The Beach Boys) (Lima)
- Lyfe Jennings (R&B musician) (Toledo)
- Howard Jones (lead singer, Killswitch Engage) (Columbus)
- Tyler Joseph (musician, singer, Twenty One Pilots) (Columbus)
- Mickey Katz (clarinetist, comedian) (Cleveland)
- Sammy Kaye (swing bandleader) (Lakewood)
- Phil Keaggy (musician, Glass Harp) (Youngstown)
- Maynard James Keenan (musician, lead singer, Tool and A Perfect Circle) (Ravenna)
- Emily Keener (singer, musician) (Wakeman)
- Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) (Cleveland)
- Khaledzou (music producer) (Youngstown)
- Kid Cudi (musician) (Cleveland)
- Karl King (band composer and conductor) (Paintersville)
- Roland Kirk (musician) (Columbus)
- Chris Kirkpatrick (singer) (Dalton)
- Mark Kozelek (singer, musician) (Massillon)
- Josh Krajcik (singer, musician) (Wooster)
- Kramies (singer-songwriter, recording artist) (Cleveland)
- Ernie Krivda (jazz saxophonist) (Cleveland)
- Erich Kunzel (classical conductor) (Cincinnati)
- Drew Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)
- Nick Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)
- Jani Lane (musician, Warrant) (Akron)
- Neil Larsen (keyboardist) (Cleveland)
- Peter Laughner (musician, Rocket from the Tombs) (Bay Village)
- Griffin Layne (recording artist, singer-songwriter) (Kettering)
- John Legend (musician) (Springfield)
- Gerald Levert (R&B singer) (Cleveland)
- James Levine (conductor, musician) (Cincinnati)
- Gary LeVox (lead singer, Rascal Flatts) (Columbus/Lewis Center)
- Bob Lewis (musician) (Akron)
- Ted Lewis (bandleader) (Circleville)
- Lexi (gospel singer) (Canton)
- Tommy LiPuma (music production) (Cleveland)
- Robert Lockwood Jr. (bluesman) (Cleveland)
- Ty Longley (musician, guitarist, Great White) (Brookfield)
- Lux Interior (born Erick Purkhiser) (musician) (Stow)
- John Mack (classical oboist) (Cleveland)
- Eli Maiman (guitarist, Walk the Moon) (Cincinnati)
- Henry Mancini (composer) (Cleveland)
- Marilyn Manson (musician) (Canton)
- Brad Martin (singer) (Greenfield)
- Dean Martin (singer, actor) (Steubenville)
- Jessica Lea Mayfield (musician) (Kent)
- Maureen McGovern (singer) (Youngstown)
- Dottie McGuire (singer, The McGuire Sisters) (Middletown)
- Phyllis McGuire (singer, The McGuire Sisters) (Middletown)
- Ruby McGuire (singer, The McGuire Sisters) (Middletown)
- Allen McKenzie (bass guitar, singer, FireHouse) (Jackson)
- Andrew McMahon (musician, lead singer, Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin) (Bexley)
- Sylvia McNair (classical singer) (Mansfield)
- MGK (rapper) (Cleveland)
- Donald Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
- Harry Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
- Herbert Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
- John Mills Jr. (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
- John Hutchinson Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
- Jason Molina (musician) (Oberlin)
- Vaughn Monroe (singer) (Akron)
- Junie Morrison (lead singer, Ohio Players) (Dayton)
- Seth Morrison (guitar) (Wheelersburg)
- Bob Mothersbaugh (musician, Devo) (Akron)
- Mark Mothersbaugh (musician, Devo) (Akron)
- Shirley Murdock (singer) (Toledo)
- Frank J. Myers (singer-songwriter) (Dayton)
NâÂÂR
- Ruby Nash Garnett (singer, Ruby & the Romantics) (Akron)
- Bern Nix (jazz guitarist) (Toledo)
- Russell Oberlin (classical singer) (Akron)
- Phil Ochs (protest singer) (Columbus)
- Jamie O'Hara (singer-songwriter) (Toledo)
- Benjamin Orr (musician, The Cars) (Lakewood)
- Tim "Ripper" Owens (singer, Judas Priest) (Akron)
- Gary Patterson (musician) (Cleveland)
- Johnny Paycheck (singer) (Greenfield)
- Danielle Peck (singer) (Coshocton)
- Ken Peplowski (jazz saxophonist) (Cleveland)
- Nicholas Petricca (singer-songwriter, musician) (Cincinnati)
- Utah Phillips (folk singer) (Cleveland)
- Robert Pollard (composer) (Dayton)
- John Popper (singer, Blues Traveler) (Cleveland)
- Steve Potts (jazz saxophonist) (Columbus)
- Robert Quine (guitarist, Richard Hell and the Voidoids) (Akron)
- Joshua Radin (singer-songwriter) (Shaker Heights)
- Chuck Rainey (bassist, Steely Dan) (Cleveland)
- Kevin Ray (musician, Walk the Moon) (Columbus)
- Trippie Redd (rapper) (Canton)
- Conrad Reeder (singer-songwriter) (Columbus)
- Antonio "L.A." Reid (record executive, songwriter, producer) (Cincinnati)
- Alvino Rey (bandleader) (Cleveland)
- Trent Reznor (musician, Nine Inch Nails) (Cleveland)
- Marty Roe (lead singer, Diamond Rio) (Lebanon)
- Roy Rogers (singer, actor) (Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Lucasville, McDermott)
- Vanessa Rubin (jazz singer) (Cleveland)
- George Russell (jazz composer) (Cincinnati)
- John Morris Russell (classical conductor) (Cleveland, Cincinnati)
SâÂÂZ
- JD Samson (musician, Le Tigre) (Cleveland)
- Scott Savol (singer) (Cleveland)
- Boz Scaggs (singer-songwriter) (Canton)
- Tom Scholz (musician, inventor) (Toledo)
- John Scofield (jazz-rock guitarist) (Dayton)
- Jimmy Scott (jazz singer) (Cleveland)
- Brady Seals (musician) (Fairfield)
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (modernist composer) (East Liverpool)
- Philip Setzer (classical violinist, Emerson String Quartet) (Cleveland)
- Bud Shank (jazz saxophonist) (Dayton)
- Elliott Sharp (guitarist, saxophonist) (Cleveland)
- Scott Shriner (musician, Weezer) (Toledo)
- Eric Singer (musician, Kiss) (Cleveland)
- Connie Smith (singer) (Marietta)
- Hale Smith (jazz composer) (Cleveland)
- Mamie Smith (singer) (Cincinnati)
- Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (Portsmouth)
- Robert Spano (orchestral conductor) (Conneaut)
- Stalley (rapper) (Massilon)
- Michael Stanley (musician) (Cleveland)
- Billy Strayhorn (jazz composer) (Dayton)
- Rachel Sweet (musician) (Akron)
- Chad Szeliga (drummer, Breaking Benjamin) (Elyria)
- George Szell (orchestral conductor) (Cleveland)
- Art Tatum (jazz pianist) (Toledo)
- Danny Thomas (singer, comedian) (Toledo)
- David Thomas (musician) (Akron)
- Charles Thompson (jazz pianist) (Springfield)
- Jeff Timmons (singer-songwriter, producer) (Cleveland)
- Joe Trohman (guitarist, Fall Out Boy) (South Russell)
- Roger Troutman (musician, singer-songwriter) (Dayton/Hamilton)
- Mark Turner (jazz saxophonist) (Fairborn)
- Kate Voegele (singer-songwriter, musician) (Bay Village)
- Abdul Wadud (jazz cellist) (Cleveland)
- Scott Walker (singer, The Walker Brothers) (Hamilton)
- Joe Walsh (musician) (Kent, Cleveland)
- Robert Ward (classical composer) (Cleveland)
- Earle Warren (jazz saxophonist) (Springfield)
- Sean Waugaman (drummer, Walk the Moon) (Columbus)
- Jeff Weaver (musician) (Athens)
- Scott Weiland (musician) (Cleveland)
- Jiggs Whigham (jazz trombonist) (Cleveland)
- Vesta Williams (singer) (Coshocton)
- John Finley Williamson (choral conductor) (Canton, Dayton)
- Nancy Wilson (singer) (Chillicothe)
- Bobby Womack (singer) (Cleveland)
- JT Woodruff (singer, Hawthorne Heights) (Dayton)
- Frank Yankovic (musician) (Cleveland)
- Jimmy Yeary (singer) (Hillsboro)
- Dwight Yoakam (singer, actor) (Columbus)
- Snooky Young (jazz trumpeter) (Dayton)
See also
References