# List of people from Mansfield, Ohio

The following is a list of people from Mansfield, Ohio. These people were born, lived, or worked in and around the city.

## Architecture

* Paul Gilger, architect, set designer and playwright
* F.F. Schnitzer, architect with many structures on the National Register of Historic Places. Principal architect and superintendent of construction for the Old Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. His name is contained in documents found within the cornerstone of the structure. (https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/POP/Bus2/FFS.htm)

## Astronauts

* Michael L. Gernhardt, astronaut

## Athletics

* Ernie Beam, former baseball player
* Hugh Douglas, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end
* Pete Henry, professional football player
* Mary Holda, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Dick Logan, professional football player
* Terry McDaniel, professional football player for the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks
* Ricky Minard, professional basketball player
* Don Nehlen, former head football coach
* Bill Peterson, former head football coach at Florida State, Mansfield Senior High, Rice University, and with the Houston Oilers
* Ryan Pore, professional soccer player, Major League Soccer, Kansas City Wizards
* Marc Wilkins, former Major League Baseball player
* Natalie Hershberger (taekwondo), six-time National Olympic-style Taekwondo Champion
* Jamie Feick, former NBA player

## Authors and writers

* Jacob Brinkerhoff, jurist, congressman, and author
* Roeliff Brinkerhoff, lawyer; editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald; later a bank president
* Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
* Stacy Dittrich, true crime author and mystery novelist
* Terry Hertzler, poet and writer
* Mary Bigelow Ingham, educator, writer, social reformer
* Christopher Moore, author
* Natalie Hershberger, author

## Entertainment

* Lee Adams, stage lyricist
* Jenni Barber, actress, The Electric Company
* John Bishop, playwright and film writer
* James Lapine, playwright and director
* Michael McConnohie, voice actor
* Sylvia McNair, operatic soprano
* Luke Perry, actor (television) Beverly Hills, 90210
* Daniel Roemer, film director, screenwriter
* Robert F. Simon, actor

## Entrepreneurs

* Homer Lee, engraver, artist, entrepreneur, founder of Homer Lee Bank Note Company

## Military

* Matthias W. Day, US Army Medal of Honor recipient
* Frank Purdy Lahm, first Army aviator
* Mark Matthews, veteran

## Musicians and bands

* Ohio Express, rock group; Doug Grassel (rhythm guitar), Dale Powers (lead guitar), Dean Kastran (bass), Jim Pfahler (keyboards), and Tim Corwin (drums)
* Music Explosion, rock group; James "Jamie" Lyons (singer, percussion), Donald Atkins (guitar), Richard Nesta (guitar), Burton Stahl (bass), Robert Avery (drums); Top Ten hit in 1967, "Little Bit O'Soul"
* Switch, Motown R&B/soul group

## Politicians

* Charlie Brown, West Virginia Attorney General
* Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, D-Ohio
* Jay Goyal, Ohio State Representative, D-Mansfield
* William Johnston, U.S. Representative, D-Ohio from 1863 to 1865
* Lovana Jones, Illinois State Representative
* Winfield S. Kerr, U.S. Representative, R-Ohio from 1895 to 1901
* B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative
* Robert Byington Mitchell, Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1866 to 1869
* William Patterson, U.S. Representative from Ohio
* Mark Romanchuk, Ohio Senate, R-22nd District

## Scientists

* Paul Parmalee, zooarchaeologist

## Other

* Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (born c. 1955), Assistant Secretary of Transportation; Public Liaison Director for President Reagan; Senior Vice President, Continental Airlines
* Shawn Grate, serial killer
* Rose Knox, née Markward (1857–1950), businesswoman, (Knox Gelatin Factory)
* Roy Repp (1882–1934), stunt driver