# List of people from Ohio

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
### A–B

* Jake Abel (actor) (Canton)
* Tom Aldredge (actor) (Dayton)
* Louis Aldrich (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Roman Atwood (YouTube personality) (Millersport)
* 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)
* Wendy Barrie-Wilson (actress) (Loveland)
* Thom Barry (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Richard Basehart (actor) (Zanesville)
* Alan Baxter (actor) (East Cleveland)
* Vanessa Bayer (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
* Ned Bellamy (actor) (Dayton)
* Jonathan Bennett (actor) (Rossford)
* Greg Berg (actor, voice actor) (Cleveland/Akron)
* Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland)
* Andy Biersack (actor and musician) (Cincinnati)
* David Birney (actor) (Cleveland)
* James R. Black (actor) (Lima, Dover)
* Kaitlyn Black (actor) (Copley)
* Susan Blackwell (actor) (Dayton)
* Nina Blackwood (veejay) (Cleveland)
* Randy Blair (actor, writer) (Ironton)
* J. Paul Boehmer (actor) (Dayton)
* Mark Boone Junior (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Andrea Bowen (actor) (Columbus)
* Bill Boyd (actor) (Hendrysburg)
* Bob Braun (talk show host) (Cincinnati)
* Thom Brennaman (sportscaster) (Cincinnati)
* Deanna Brooks (model) (Dayton)
* Richard Brooks (actor) (Cleveland)
* Charles Brown (actor) (Cleveland)
* Clancy Brown (actor) (Urbana)
* Joe E. Brown (actor) (Holgate/Toledo)
* Woody Brown (actor) (Dayton)
* Yvette Nicole Brown (actor) (Warrensville Heights)
* Tanner Buchanan (actor) (Ottawa)
* Rebecca Budig (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Jarrod Bunch (actor, ex-football player) (Ashtabula)
* Michelle Burke (actor) (Defiance)
* Brandy Burre (actor) (Sandusky)
* Steve Burton (actor) (Cleveland)
* Daws Butler (voice actor) (Toledo)
* Ralph Byrd (actor) (Dayton)
* Marion Byron (actor) (Dayton)

### C–D

* 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)
* Corey (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)
* 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, singer) (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)
* Ryan Dunn (actor, stuntman) (Brockville)

### E–I

* 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)
* Nick Gehlfuss (actor) (Cleveland)
* Dorothy Gish (actor)
* 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)
* Josh Hutcherson (actor) (Cincinnati)

### J–M

* Sam Jaeger (actor, writer, and director) (Perrysburg)
* Dean Jagger (actor) (Columbus Grove)
* Elsie Janis (actor) (Columbus)
* Allison Janney (actor) (Dayton)
* Ken Jenkins (actor) (Dayton)
* Toccara Elaine Jones (contestant on America's Next Top Model) (Dayton)
* Gordon Jump (actor) (Dayton)
* Melina Kanakaredes (actor) (Akron)
* Carol Kane (actor) (Cleveland)
* Maynard James Keenan (Musician) (Ravenna)
* Michael Kent (comedian/magician) (Urbana)
* Perry King (actor) (Alliance)
* Scott Klace (actor) (Westerville)
* Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break) (Maumee)
* Heather Kozar (model) (Akron)
* Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermilion)
* Eric Lange (actor) (Hamilton)
* A. J. Langer (actor) (Columbus)
* Matt Lanter (actor) (Massillon)
* Dick Latessa (actor) (Cleveland)
* KiKi Layne (actress) (Cincinnati)
* Joshua LeBar (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Reggie Lee (actor) (Cleveland)
* Rex Lee (actor) (Warren)
* Hudson Leick (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Braeden Lemasters (actor) (Warren)
* Gloria LeRoy (actor) (Bucyrus)
* Ted Levine (actor) (Parma)
* Clea Lewis (actress) (Cleveland Heights)
* Mitchell Lichtenstein (actor) (Cleveland)
* 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)
* Mike Malloy (radio talk show host) (Toledo)
* Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth (reality television star) (Youngstown)
* Dean Martin (singer, actor, television show host) (Steubenville)
* Jack "Jackie" Martin (musician, singer Lawrence Welk Show) (Nelsonville)
* Marie Masters (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Jacquelyn Mayer (Miss America 1963) (Sandusky)
* Diane McBain (actor) (Cleveland)
* Gates McFadden (actor) (Akron)
* Maeve McGuire (actor) (Cleveland)
* Eve McVeagh (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Robin Meade (news anchor, Miss Ohio 1992) (New London)
* Burgess Meredith (actor) (Cleveland)
* Marilyn Meseke (Miss America 1938) (Lima)
* Mark Metcalf (actor) (Findlay)
* W. Chrystie Miller (actor) (Dayton)
* Walter Miller (actor) (Dayton)
* David Monahan (actor) (North Olmsted)
* Debra Monk (actor) (Middletown)
* Greg Morris (actor) (Columbus)
* Martin Mull (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville)

### N–R

* Naked Cowboy (born Robert John Burck, 1970) (Times Square street performer)
* 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)
* 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)

### S–Z

* Jeffrey D. Sams (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Gary Sandy (actor) (Dayton)
* Sherri Saum (actor) (Dayton)
* Kim Seelbrede (Miss USA 1981) (Germantown)
* William Edwin Self (actor) (Dayton)
* Joe Seneca (actor) (Cleveland)
* Molly Shannon (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland)
* Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton)
* Victor Slezak (actor) (Youngstown)
* Mamie Smith (singer, actress) (Cincinnati)
* Jimmy Snyder (oddsmaker, TV commentator, "Jimmy the Greek") (Steubenville)
* Rich Sommer (actor) (Toledo)
* Hal Sparks (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Ashley Spencer (actor) (Canton)
* Jerry Springer (television talk show host/former mayor of Cincinnati) (Cincinnati)
* Dina Spybey (actor) (Columbus)
* Brian Stepanek (actor) (Cleveland)
* 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)
* Evelyn Venable (actress) (Cincinnati)
* Vera-Ellen (actress) (Norwood)
* Daniel von Bargen (actor) (Cincinnati)
* David Wain (comedian, actor) (Shaker Heights)
* Lucille Ward (actor) (Dayton)
* Ted Wass (actor) (Lakewood)
* Jerry Wasserman (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Jack Weston (actor) (Cleveland)
* Kym Whitley (actor) (Shaker Heights)
* Lee Wilkof (actor) (Canton)
* Fred Willard (actor) (Shaker Heights)
* Katt Williams (comedian, actor) (Dayton)
* De'Angelo Wilson (actor) (Dayton)
* Debra Winger (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
* Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor) (Dayton/Springfield)
* Ray Wise (actor) (Akron)
* Daniel Wisler (actor) (Fairfield)
* Chris Wood (actor) (Dublin)
* Scott Wozniak (YouTube personality)
* Amy Yasbeck (actor) (Cincinnati)
* Barrie Youngfellow (actor) (Cleveland)
* Chris Zylka (actor) (Howland township)

## Artists, painters, sculptors, photographers

* Diana Al-Hadid (sculptor) (Syria/Canton)
* Daniel Arsham (painter, sculptor) (Cleveland)
* William Jacob Baer (painter) (Cincinnati)
* George Bellows (painter) (Columbus)
* Charles E. Burchfield (painter) (Ashtabula Harbor)
* Joseph DeCamp (painter) (Cincinnati)
* Jim Dine (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati)
* Natalia Fedner (fashion designer) (Bexley)
* Dan Friedman (graphic designer) (Cleveland)
* Carl Gaertner (painter) (Cleveland)
* Ann Hamilton (artist) (Lima)
* Mark Henn (animator) (Dayton)
* Robert Henri (painter) (Cincinnati)
* Jenny Holzer (conceptual artist) (Gallipolis)
* Vance Kirkland (painter) (Convoy)
* Joseph Kosuth (conceptual artist) (Toledo)
* Janet Cook Lewis (portrait painter) (Columbus)
* Maya Lin (sculptor) (Athens)
* John Lounsbery (animator) (Cincinnati)
* Curtis Lovell II (escape artist) (Columbus)
* Catherine Opie (photographer) (Sandusky)
* Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (artist, educator) (Cincinnati)
* Robert E. L. Rainey (artist) (North Canton)
* Justin Roberts (painter)
* Aminah Robinson (artist) (Columbus)
* Herb Roe (painter) (Portsmouth)
* 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)
* Daryl Urig (illustrator, painter) (Harrison)
* Adele Watson (painter, lithographer) (Toledo)
* Tom Wesselmann (pop artist) (Cincinnati)
* Clarence White (photographer) (West Carlisle/Newark)
* Worthington Whittredge (painter) (Springfield)
* Dare Wright (photographer, children's author) (Cleveland)

## Sportspeople
### A–B

* Dan Abbott (baseball player) (Portage County)
* Fred Abbott (baseball player) (Versailles)
* Kurt Abbott (baseball player) (Zanesville)
* A. J. Achter (baseball player) (Toledo)
* Chet Adams (football player) (Cleveland)
* Alex Albright (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Glenn Allen Jr. (racing driver) (Cincinnati)
* Will Allen (football player) (Dayton)
* Walter Alston (baseball manager) (Venice)
* Nick Altrock (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Red Ames (baseball player) (Warren)
* Allan Anderson (baseball player) (Lancaster)
* Dick J. Anderson (football player) (Massillon)
* Harold Anderson (basketball coach) (Akron)
* Blake Annen (football player) (Upper Arlington)
* Gordon Appleby (football player) (Massillon)
* Eddie Arcaro (jockey) (Cincinnati)
* Art Arfons (land speed record tester) (Akron)
* Bob Armstrong (boxer) (Washington)
* Earl Averill Jr. (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Randy Ayers (basketball coach) (Springfield)
* Luke Babbitt (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
* Coy Bacon (football player) (Ironton)
* Jim Bagby Jr. (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Doug Bair (baseball player) (Defiance)
* Doc Baker (football player) (Akron)
* Jake Ballard (football player) (Springboro)
* Chris Bando (baseball player) (Solon)
* Sal Bando (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Mike Barnett (baseball coach) (Columbus)
* Tianna Bartoletta (track athlete) (Elyria)
* Chris Bassitt (baseball player) (Toledo)
* Johnny Bates (baseball player) (Steubenville)
* Cliff Battles (Hall of Fame football player, coach) (Akron)
* Frank Baumholtz (baseball player, basketball player) (Midvale)
* Alex Bayer (football player) (Pickerington)
* Tim Belcher (baseball player) (Mount Gilead)
* David Bell (baseball manager and player) (Cincinnati)
* Le'Veon Bell (football player) (Reynoldsburg)
* Clarence Belt (racing driver) (Xenia)
* Mike Benjamin (baseball player) (Euclid)
* LeCharles Bentley (football player) (Cleveland)
* Bruce Berenyi (baseball player) (Bryan)
* Cliff Bergere (racing driver) (Toledo)
* Bob Bescher (baseball player) (London)
* Pauline Betz (tennis player) (Dayton)
* Simone Biles (gymnast) (Columbus)
* Chad Billingsley (baseball player) (Defiance)
* Mike Birkbeck (baseball player) (Orrville)
* Chase Blackburn (football player) (Marysville)
* Todd Blackledge (football player, sportscaster) (North Canton)
* Dale Blaney (race car driver) (Hartford)
* Dave Blaney (race car driver) (Hartford)
* Lou Blaney (race car driver) (Hartford)
* Ryan Blaney (race car driver) (Cortland)
* Jerry Blevins (baseball player) (Arcadia)
* Brock Bolen (football player) (Germantown)
* Barry Bonnell (baseball player, basketball player) (Mariemont)
* Alex Boone (football player) (Lakewood)
* Bud Boone (racing driver) (Warren)
* Pat Borders (baseball player) (Columbus)
* Justin Boren (football player) (Pickerington)
* Chris Borland (football player) (Kettering)
* "Tough" Tony Borne (professional wrestler) (Columbus)
* Stan Boroski (baseball coach) (Martins Ferry)
* Daryl Boston (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Jack Bowsher (racing driver) (Harmony)
* Earl Boykins (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Jack Boyle (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Andrew Brackman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Bill Bradley (baseball player and manager) (Cleveland)
* Bob Brenly (baseball player, manager) (Coshocton)
* Roger Bresnahan (baseball player) (Toledo)
* Robert Brewster (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Diyral Briggs (football player) (Mount Healthy)
* Aris Brimanis (hockey player) (Cleveland)
* Ed Brinkman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Adrien Broner (boxer) (Cincinnati)
* Jim Brosnan (baseball player, writer) (Cincinnati)
* Gates Brown (baseball player) (Crestline)
* Matt Brown (UFC fighter) (Xenia)
* Mike Brown (basketball coach) (Columbus)
* Mike Brown (football executive, owner) (Massillon)
* Paul Brown (HOF football coach, team owner and executive) (Norwalk)
* Preston Brown (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Ray Brown (baseball player) (Alger)
* Bill Brubaker (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Bob Brudzinski (football player) (Fremont)
* Carl Brumbaugh (football player) (West Milton)
* Phil H. Bucklew (football player) (Columbus)
* Jarrod Bunch (football player) (Ashtabula)
* Dave Burba (baseball player) (Springfield)
* Ellis Burks (baseball player) (Chagrin Falls)
* George Burns (baseball player) (Niles)
* Joe Burrow (football player) (Athens)
* Jake Butt (football player) (Pickerington)

### C–D

* Matt Campbell (football coach) (Massillon)
* Carter Camper (hockey player) (Rocky River)
* Dom Capers (football coach) (Cambridge)
* Matthew Capiccioni (professional wrestler) (Brecksville)
* George Cappuzzello (baseball player) (Youngstown)
* Steve Cargile (football player) (Cleveland)
* Bobby Carpenter (football player) (Lancaster)
* Rob Carpenter (football player) (Junction City)
* Austin Carr (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Joseph Carr (NFL president) (Columbus)
* Tank Carradine (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Butch Carter (basketball player, coach) (Middletown)
* Cris Carter (football player) (Middletown)
* Drew Carter (football player) (Solon)
* Howard Cassady (football player) (Columbus)
* Matt Cavanaugh (football player) (Youngstown)
* Brent Celek (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Andrew Chafin (baseball player) (Wakeman)
* Chris Chambers (football player) (Cleveland)
* Chris Chambliss (baseball player, coach) (Dayton)
* Dean Chance (baseball player) (Wooster)
* Ezzard Charles (boxer) (Cincinnati)
* Taco Charlton (football player) (Pickerington)
* Kwan Cheatham (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
* Semaj Christon (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
* Galen Cisco (baseball player and coach) (St. Marys)
* Maurice Clarett (football player) (Warren)
* Roger Clemens (baseball player) (Dayton)
* Nate Clements (football player) (Shaker Heights)
* Billy Clingman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Barry Cofield (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
* Norris Cole (basketball player) (Dayton)
* Trent Cole (football player) (Xenia)
* Davon Coleman (football player) (Cleveland)
* Kurt Coleman (football player) (Clayton)
* Marco Coleman (football player) (Dayton)
* Mark Coleman (Olympic freestyle wrestler, MMA fighter) (Fremont)
* Jason Collier (basketball player) (Springfield)
* Cris Collinsworth (football player, sportscaster) (Dayton)
* Gareon Conley (football player) (Massillon)
* John Conner (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Billy Consolo (baseball player and coach) (Cleveland)
* Daequan Cook (basketball player) (Dayton)
* Jim Cordle (football player) (Lancaster)
* Larry Cox (baseball player) (Bluffton)
* Shawn Crable (football player) (Massillon)
* Estel Crabtree (baseball player (Crabtree)
* Tom Crabtree (football player) (Columbus)
* Sylvia Crawley (basketball player/coach) (Steubenville)
* Beth Crist (professional wrestler) (Dayton)
* Mark Croghan (track and field Olympian) (Green)
* Larry Csonka (Hall of Fame football player) (Stow)
* Jeff Cumberland (football player) (Youngstown)
* Stephen Curry (basketball player) (Akron)
* Scott Cursi (baseball coach) (Columbus)
* Ben Curtis (golf player) (Columbus)
* Jack Cusack (football coach and general manager) (Canton)
* Ed Cushman (baseball player) (Eagleville)
* Alissa Czisny (figure skater) (Bowling Green)
* Mark Dantonio (football coach) (Zanesville)
* Thom Darden (football player) (Sandusky)
* Helen Darling (WNBA player) (Columbus)
* Doug Dascenzo (baseball player and coach) (Cleveland)
* Fred Davis (football player) (Toledo)
* Nate Davis (football player) (Bellaire)
* Len Dawson (football player) (Alliance)
* Ed Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Frank Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Jim Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Josh Devore (baseball player) (Murray City)
* Jon Diebler (basketball player) (Sylvania)
* Kris Dielman (football player) (Troy)
* Dan Dierdorf (Hall of Fame football player, sportscaster) (Canton)
* Derek Dietrich (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Cecil Dillon (hockey player) (Toledo)
* Dillon Dingler (baseball player) (Massillon)
* Michael Dokes (boxer) (Akron)
* Jiggs Donahue (baseball player) (Springfield)
* Andrew Donnal (football player) (Monclova)
* Red Dooin (baseball player and manager) (Cincinnati)
* Bill Doran (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Andy Dorris (football player) (Bellaire)
* Richard Dotson (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Bobby Douglas (Olympic freestyle wrestler and coach) (Bridgeport)
* Hugh Douglas (football player) (Mansfield)
* James "Buster" Douglas (boxer) (Columbus)
* Bob Dove (lineman, College Football Hall of Fame) (Youngstown)
* Dick Drago (baseball player) (Toledo)
* Dave Dravecky (baseball player) (Youngstown)
* Dick Drott (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Pat Duncan (baseball player) (Coalton)
* Leon Durham (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Duffy Dyer (baseball player) (Dayton)
* Rob Dyrdek (skateboarder) (Kettering)

### E–G

* Adam Eaton (baseball player) (Springfield)
* Nate Ebner (football player and rugby Olympian) (Dublin)
* Bill Edwards (football player and coach) (Massillon)
* Marc Edwards (football player) (Norwood)
* Ray Edwards (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Ron Edwards (football player) (Columbus)
* Scott Effross (baseball pitcher) (Twinsburg)
* Jacob Eisner (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
* Pat Elflein (football player) (Pickerington)
* Nat Emerson (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
* Evan Eschmeyer (basketball player) (New Knoxville)
* Billy Evans (Baseball Hall of Fame umpire) (Youngstown)
* Lee Evans (football player) (Sandusky)
* Buck Ewing (baseball player) (Hoagland)
* James Farragher (football player, coach) (Youngstown)
* Bruce Fields (baseball player, coach) (Cleveland)
* Chris Finch (basketball coach) (Cambridge)
* Rollie Fingers (baseball player) (Steubenville)
* Sarah Fisher (race car driver) (Columbus)
* Bradley Fletcher (football player) (Youngstown)
* London Fletcher (football player) (Cleveland)
* Elmer Flick (Baseball Hall of Famer) (Bedford)
* Charles Follis (football player) (Wooster)
* Wayne Fontes (football coach) (Canton)
* Matt Fox (baseball player) (Columbus)
* Dennis Franklin (football player) (Massillon)
* Rich Franklin (UFC champion) (Middletown)
* Mike Fratello (basketball coach) (Bratenahl)
* Brad Friedel (soccer goalkeeper) (Lakewood)
* Benny Friedman (1905–1982) (Hall of Fame NFL quarterback) (Cleveland)
* Ross Friedman (Major League Soccer player) (Columbus)
* Charlie Frye (football player) (Willard)
* Eric Fryer (baseball player) (Columbus)
* Mike Furrey (football player) (Grove City)
* Joey Galloway (football player) (Bellaire)
* Johnny Gargano (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
* Jason Garrett (football player) (Hunting Valley)
* Jackie Gayda (professional wrestler) (Strongsville)
* Ben Gedeon (football player) (Hudson)
* Shelton Gibson (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
* Ted Ginn Jr. (football player) (Cleveland)
* Terry Glenn (football player) (Columbus)
* Brad Goldberg (baseball pitcher) (Cleveland)
* Bob Golic (football player, actor) (Cleveland)
* Mike Golic (football player, radio personality) (Cleveland)
* Anthony Gonzalez (football player and politician) (Cleveland)
* Jonathan Good (professional wrestler) (Cincinnati)
* Najee Goode (football player) (Cleveland)
* Jack Goodrich (football manager and player) (Massillon)
* Randy Gradishar ( Hall of Fame football player) (Warren)
* Bobby Grier (football player) (Massillon)
* Ken Griffey Jr. (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Archie Griffin (football player) (Columbus)
* Forrest Griffin (Hall of Fame mixed martial artist) (Columbus)
* Lou Groza (football player) (Martins Ferry)
* Jon Gruden (football coach) (Sandusky)
* Matt Guerrier (baseball player) (Cleveland)

### H–I

* Harvey Haddix (baseball Player) (Medway)
* Roy Hall (football player) (South Euclid)
* Andrew Hampsten (cyclist) (Columbus)
* James Hanna (football player) (Lakewood)
* Tommy Hannon (football player) (Massillon)
* Jim Harbaugh (football player) (Toledo)
* Justin Hardee (football player) (Cleveland)
* Brett Harkins (hockey player) (North Ridgeville)
* Todd Harkins (hockey player) (Cleveland)
* Ron Harper (basketball player) (Dayton)
* James Harrison (football player) (Akron)
* Josh Harrison (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Peter Harrold (hockey player) (Kirtland Hills)
* Kevin Hartman (soccer player) (Athens)
* Ben Hartsock (football player) (Chillicothe)
* Don Hasselbeck (football player) (Cincinnati)
* 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)
* Dirk Hayhurst (baseball player) (Canton)
* John Heisman (football, baseball and basketball player and coach) (Cleveland)
* Carol Heiss Jenkins (figure skating, acting) (Lakewood)
* Gus Henderson (football and basketball coach) (Oberlin)
* Tommy Henrich (baseball player) (Massillon)
* Kim Herring (football player) (Solon)
* Dan Herron (football player) (Warren)
* Mike Hershberger (baseball player) (Massillon)
* Fred Heyman (football player) (Massillon)
* Jordan Hicks (football player) (West Chester)
* Tyrone Hill (basketball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
* Pat Hintz (basketball player) (Massillon)
* Larry Hisle (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
* Anthony Hitchens (football player) (Lorain)
* Domenik Hixon (football player) (Whitehall)
* Robert Hoernschemeyer (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Marty Hogan (baseball player) (Youngstown)
* Cal Hogue (baseball player) (Dayton)
* Derek Holland (baseball player) (Newark)
* Lou Holtz (Football coach) (East Liverpool)
* Sam Hornish Jr. (NASCAR driver) (Defiance)
* Jim Houston (football player) (Massillon)
* Desmond Howard (football player) (Cleveland)
* Dummy Hoy (deaf baseball player) (Houcktown)
* Brian Hoyer (football player) (North Olmsted)
* Andy Hrovat (Olympic freestyle wrestler) (Cleveland)
* Jalen Hudson (basketball player) (Akron)
* Aubrey Huff (baseball player) (Marion)
* Bob Huggins (basketball coach) (Gnadenhutten)
* Miller Huggins (Hall of Fame baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati)
* John Hughes (football player) (Gahanna)
* Kareem Hunt (football player) (Willoughby)
* Carlos Hyde (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Micah Hyde (football player) (Fostoria)
* The Irish Airborne (Dave and Mike Crist) (professional wrestlers) (Dayton)
* Shirley Fry Irvin (tennis player) (Akron)

### J–M

* Jim Jackson (basketball player) (Toledo)
* Don James (basketball player and coach) (Massillon)
* LeBron James (basketball player) (Akron)
* Vic Janowicz (football player) (Elyria)
* David Jenkins (figure skating) (Akron)
* Hayes Alan Jenkins (figure skating) (Akron)
* Ban Johnson (baseball executive) (Norwalk)
* Gus Johnson (basketball player) (Akron)
* Home Run Johnson (baseball player) (Findlay)
* Lance Johnson (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Paris Johnson Jr. (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Will Johnson (football player) (Dayton)
* Cal Jones (football player) (Steubenville)
* Cardale Jones (football player) (Cleveland)
* Greg Jones (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Joe Jurevicius (football player) (Cleveland)
* David Justice (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Kyle Juszczyk (football player) (Medina)
* Rich Karlis (football player) (Salem)
* Larry Kehres (football coach) (Diamond)
* Jason Kelce (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
* Travis Kelce (football player) (Westlake)
* Clark Kellogg (basketball player) (East Cleveland)
* Leroy Kemp (freestyle wrestler) (Chardon)
* Don King (fight promoter) (Cleveland)
* DeShone Kizer (football player) (Toledo)
* Phil Klein (baseball player) (Columbus)
* Bob Knepper (baseball player) (Akron)
* Bob Knight (HOF basketball coach) (Massilon)
* Jack Kralick (baseball player) (Youngstown)
* Bernie Kosar (football player) (Boardman)
* Kosta Koufos (basketball player) (Canton)
* Jordan Kovacs (football player) (Curtice)
* Kevin Kowalski (football player) (Macedonia)
* Luke Kuechly (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Jim Lachey (football player) (St. Henry)
* Jack Lambert (Hall of Fame football player) (Mantua)
* Kenesaw Mountain Landis (first baseball commissioner) (Milleville)
* Barry Larkin (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Cody Latimer (football player) (Dayton)
* Marshon Lattimore (football player) (Cleveland)
* Rose Lavelle (soccer player) (Cincinnati)
* Dante Lavelli (football player) (Cleveland)
* Trevor Laws (football player) (Philadelphia Eagles) (Dayton)
* Dick LeBeau (football coach) (London)
* Theo Lemon (football player and coach) (Massillon)
* Justin Lester (Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler) (Akron)
* Jim Letcavits (football player) (Massillon)
* Jim Leyland (baseball manager) (Perrysburg)
* Jim Leyritz (baseball player) (Lakewood)
* Kory Lichtensteiger (football player) (Van Wert)
* Frank Lickliter (professional golfer) (Franklin)
* Matt Light (football player) (Greenville)
* Tyler Light (golfer) (Massillon)
* Jon Link (baseball player) (Columbus)
* Jeff Linkenbach (football player) (Sandusky)
* Corey Linsley (football player) (Youngstown)
* David Lough (baseball player) (Akron)
* Jerry Lucas (basketball player) (Middletown)
* Steve Luke (football player) (Massillon)
* Shawn Lutz (football coach) (Massillon)
* Rob Lytle (football player) (Fremont)
* Barry MacKay (tennis player, broadcaster) (Cincinnati)
* Mike Maddux (baseball player, coach) (Dayton)
* Paul Maguire (football player, announcer) (Youngstown)
* Ray Mancini (boxer) (Youngstown)
* Nick Mangold (football player) (Centerville)
* Mario Manningham (football player) (Warren)
* Matt Marksberry (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Rube Marquard (Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher) (Cleveland)
* Jim Martin (football player) (Cleveland)
* Kevin Martin (basketball player) (Zanesville)
* Justin Masterson (baseball player) (Beavercreek)
* Michael Matthews (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Scott May (basketball player) (Sandusky)
* Bill Mazeroski (baseball player) (Tiltonsville)
* Jimmy McAleer (baseball player) (Youngstown)
* Josh McDaniels (football coach) (Canton)
* Ron McDole (football player) (Toledo)
* Roger McDowell (baseball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
* Will McEnaney (baseball player) (Springfield)
* Paul McFadden (football player) (Cleveland)
* Mike McGlynn (football player) (Austintown)
* Deacon McGuire (baseball player) (Youngstown)
* Brandon McKinney (football player) (Dayton)
* Jake McQuaide (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Lance Mehl (football player) (Bellaire)
* Zoltan Mesko (football player) (Twinsburg)
* Jack Mewhort (football player) (Toledo)
* Urban Meyer (football coach) (Ashtabula)
* Doug Mientkiewicz (baseball player) (Toledo)
* Linda Miles (professional wrestler) (Cincinnati)
* Creighton Miller (football player) (Cleveland)
* Jim Miller (football coach) (Massillon)
* Stipe Miocic (UFC fighter) (Cleveland)
* Mike Mizanin (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
* Dominique Moceanu (gymnast) (Hinckley)
* Antwaun Molden (football player) (Warren)
* Ed Molinski (football player) (Massillon)
* Lance Moore (football player) (Westerville)
* Joe Morrison (football player, coach) (Lima)
* Edwin C. Moses (runner) (Dayton)
* Marion Motley (Hall of Fame football player) (Canton)
* Scott Mruczkowski (football player) (Garfield Heights)
* Byron Mullens (basketball player) (Canal Winchester)
* Thurman Munson (baseball player) (Canton)
* Chet Mutryn (football player) (Cleveland)

### N–Q

* Bill Nagy (football player) (Hudson)
* Haruki Nakamura (football player) (Elyria)
* Alex Nedeljkovic (hockey player) (Parma)
* Don Nehlen (college football coach) (Mansfield)
* Al Nesser (football player) (Columbus)
* Frank Nesser (football player) (Dennison)
* Phil Nesser (football player) (Columbus)
* Ted Nesser (football player, coach) (Dennison)
* Jack Nicklaus (golfer) (Columbus)
* Joe Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
* Phil Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
* Jon Niese (baseball player) (Lima)
* Dustin Nippert (baseball player) (Beallsville)
* Chuck Noll (football coach) (Cleveland)
* Ray Nolting (football player, coach) (Cincinnati)
* Joe Norman (football player) (Millersburg)
* Andrew Norwell (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Mike Nugent (football player) (Centerville)
* Joe Nuxhall (baseball player and sportscaster) (Hamilton)
* Annie Oakley (Wild West markswoman) (Darke)
* Owamagbe Odighizuwa (football player) (Columbus)
* Deji Olatoye (football player) (Cleveland)
* Barney Oldfield (racing driver) (Wauseon)
* Al Oliver (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
* Jerry Olsavsky (football player) (Youngstown)
* Patrick Omameh (football player) (Columbus)
* Paul O'Neill (baseball player) (Columbus)
* Jesse Owens (Runner, Olympic Champion) (Cleveland)
* Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (football player) (Columbus)
* Darrell Pace (olympic archer) (Cincinnati)
* Orlando Pace (football player) (Sandusky)
* Alan Page (Hall of Fame football player, judge) (Canton)
* Lance Palmer (MMA fighter and folkstyle wrestler) (Columbia Station)
* Betty Pariso (IFBB professional bodybuilder) (Columbus)
* Peggy Parratt (football player, coach) (Cleveland)
* 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)
* Antwan Peek (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Mike Pelfrey (baseball player) (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
* Bo Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
* Carl Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
* Eduardo Pérez (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Tony Pike (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Brian Pillman (football player, professional wrestler) (Cincinnati)
* Antonio Pittman (football player) (Akron)
* Shawn Porter (boxer) (Cleveland)
* James Posey (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Wally Post (baseball player) (Wendelin)
* Matt Prater (football player) (Mayfield Heights)
* Taylor Price (football player) (Hilliard)
* Henry Prusoff (tennis player) (Cleveland)
* Brady Quinn (football player) (Columbus)
* Chris Quinn (basketball player) (Dublin)

### R–S

* 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)
* 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)

### T–Z

* Bill Talbert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
* Aqib Talib (football player) (Cleveland)
* Ben Taylor (football player) (Bellaire)
* David Taylor (Olympic freestyle wrestler) (St. Paris)
* Kent Tekulve (baseball player) (Hamilton)
* Matt Tennant (football player) (Cincinnati)
* James Terry (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Joe Thomasson (basketball player) (Dayton)
* LaSalle Thompson (basketball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
* Hugh Thornton (football player) (Oberlin)
* Joe Thuney (football player) (Centerville)
* Nate Thurmond (Hall of Fame basketball player) (Akron)
* Mike Tolbert (football player) (Centerville)
* Steve Tovar (football player) (Elyria)
* Tony Trabert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
* Jim Tracy (baseball player, manager) (Hamilton)
* Ryan Travis (football player) (Massillon)
* Demetrius Treadwell (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Gary Trent (basketball player) (Columbus)
* Jim Tressel (football coach) (Mentor)
* Lee Tressel (Hall of Fame college football coach) (Ada)
* Danny Trevathan (football player) (Youngstown)
* Mike Trgovac (football coach) (Youngstown)
* Mitchell Trubisky (football player) (Mentor)
* Mel Tucker (football coach) (Cleveland)
* Tyler Ulis (basketball player) (Lima)
* Brandon Underwood (football player) (Hamilton)
* Zach Veach (race car driver) (Stockdale)
* Louie Vito (snowboarder) (Bellefontaine)
* Doug Volmar (hockey player) (Cleveland)
* Joe Vosmik (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Mike Vrabel (football player) (Akron)
* John Wager (football player) (Massillon)
* Neal Walk (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Bill Walker (basketball player) (North College Hill)
* Moses Fleetwood Walker (baseball player) (Mount Pleasant)
* Randy Walker (football coach) (Troy)
* Vance Walker (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Spencer Ware (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Paul Warfield (football player) (Warren)
* Rau'shee Warren (boxer) (Cincinnati)
* Jimmy Wasdell (baseball player) (Cleveland)
* Nate Washington (football player) (Toledo)
* Nick Weatherspoon (basketball player) (Canton)
* Tom Weiskopf (golfer) (Massillon)
* Beanie Wells (football player) (Akron)
* Jayson Wells (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Rick White (baseball player) (Springfield)
* Sheldon White (football player) (Dayton)
* Sol White (baseball player, manager, executive) (Bellaire)
* Donte Whitner (football player) (Cleveland)
* Matt Wilhelm (football player) (Lorain)
* Jeff Wilkins (football player) (Youngstown)
* Herb Williams (basketball player, coach) (Columbus)
* Jawad Williams (basketball player) (Cleveland)
* Bill Willis (Hall of Fame football player) (Columbus)
* Russell Wilson (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Mike Windt (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Antoine Winfield (football player) (Akron)
* Antoine Winfield Jr. (football player) (Columbus)
* J.J. Wise (football manager) (Massillon)
* Matt Wisler (baseball player) (Bryan)
* Derek Wolfe (football player) (Lisbon)
* Alex Wood (football coach) (Massillon)
* Eric Wood (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Gene Woodling (baseball player) (Akron)
* Charles Woodson (football player) (Fremont)
* Chris Wormley (football player) (Toledo)
* Chris Wright (basketball player) (Trotwood)
* Mike Wright (football player) (Cincinnati)
* Kevin Youkilis (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
* Cy Young (baseball player) (Gilmore)
* Dolph Ziggler (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
* Don Zimmer (baseball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
* Ron Zook (football coach) (Loudonville)
* Michael Zordich (football player) (Youngstown)

## Journalists, writers, cartoonists, poets, authors, playwrights, screenwriters, film directors and producers
### A–F

* 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)
* 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)
* 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)

### G–M

* 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)

### N–Z

* 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)
* 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
### A–L

* 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 (1983–2001), 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 the National Commander of The American Legion 1999–2000) (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)

### M–Z

* 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, 1993–)
* 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)
* 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

* Clyde Beatty (animal trainer) (Chillicothe)
* Brenda Carlin (television producer, wife of George Carlin) (Dayton)
* Steve Cook (pool player) (Lima)
* Mark Fischbach (YouTuber) (Cincinnati)
* Jack Hanna (zoo director, animal expert) (Columbus)
* Nettie Metcalf (farmer, chicken breeder) (Warren)
* Daniel Nardicio (marketing director of Playgirl) (Cleveland)
* Matthew Patrick (internet personality) (Medina)
* Danielle Reyes (contestant on Big Brother 3) (Dayton)
* Scott Wozniak (YouTuber)

## 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, post-war air race winner) (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)
* 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)
* William S. Rosecrans (inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War) (Kingston Township)
* 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

* Conrad Keene Allen (exploration geologist) (Norwalk)
* Neil Armstrong (astronaut, first man on the Moon) (Wapakoneta/St. Marys)
* Christopher Bangle (automotive designer) (Ravenna)
* George Bartholomew (inventor)
* Norman Bel Geddes (industrial designer) (New Philadelphia)
* Guion S. Bluford Jr. (astronaut)
* Mark N. Brown (astronaut) (Dayton)
* Charles Brush (inventor, industrialist) (Cleveland)
* Kenneth D. Cameron (astronaut) (Cleveland)
* Dave Canterbury (co-star of Dual Survival)
* Nancy Currie (astronaut)
* Thomas Edison (inventor) (Milan)
* Donn F. Eisele (astronaut)
* Frederick W. Garber (architect) (Cincinnati)
* Michael L. Gernhardt (astronaut)
* Cass Gilbert (architect) (Zanesville)
* Paul Gilger (architect, set designer, playwright) (Mansfield)
* John Glenn (astronaut, politician, first American to orbit Earth) (Cambridge/New Concord)
* Michael T. Good (astronaut)
* Elisha Gray (inventor) (Barnesville)
* Gary Haney (architect) (Middletown)
* Samuel Hannaford (architect) (Cincinnati)
* 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)
* Frederick McKinley Jones (inventor) (Cincinnati)
* Charles Kettering (inventor) (Loudenville/Dayton)
* Jim Lovell (astronaut) (Cleveland)
* G. David Low (astronaut) (Cleveland)
* Garrett Morgan (inventor) (Cleveland)
* Russell C. Newhouse (inventor) (Clyde)
* Robert F. Overmyer (astronaut)
* Ronald A. Parise (astronaut)
* James Polshek (architect) (Akron)
* Judith Resnik (astronaut) (Akron)
* Ron Sega (astronaut) (Cleveland)
* Howard Dwight Smith (architect) (Dayton/Columbus)
* Oberlin Smith (engineer) (Cincinnati)
* Robert C. Springer (astronaut) (Ashland)
* 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)

## 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; prior CEO within 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)
* Arthur B. McBride (businessman who founded the Cleveland Browns football team) (Cleveland)
* 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

* Roger Ailes (former chairman and CEO of Fox News) (Warren)
* Mary Towne Burt (temperance reformer, newspaper publisher of Our Union) (Cincinnati)
* Nettie Sanford Chapin (newspaper publisher of The Ladies Bureau) (Portage County)
* Ethlyn T. Clough publisher and editor of The Brooklyn Exponent) (Monroeville)
* James M. Cox (publisher of Dayton Daily News, founder of Cox Communications, politician) (Jacksonburg)
* Larry Flynt (publisher of Hustler adult magazine) (Cincinnati)
* Lorin Morgan-Richards (author and publisher of Celtic Family Magazine) (Strongsville/Beebetown)
* Adolph Ochs (former owner of The New York Times) (Cincinnati)
* Esther Pritchard (minister; editor and publisher of the Friend's Missionary Advocate) (Morrow County)
* Esther Pugh (temperance reformer; editor and publisher of Our Union) (Cincinnati)
* Ted Turner (founder of Turner Broadcasting, CNN) (Cincinnati)
* Jack L. Warner (co-founder of Warner Bros. Studios) (Youngstown)
* Les Wexner (chairman and CEO of Limited Brands) (Dayton/New Albany)

## 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 (1834–1923) (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

* Robert Bales (Kandahar massacre perpetrator) (Norwood)
* Ariel Castro (rapist and kidnapper) (Cleveland)
* Jeffrey Dahmer (serial killer) (lived in Bath)
* Donald DeFreeze (Patty Hearst kidnapper) (Cleveland)
* Thomas Dillon (serial killer) (Canton)
* Martin Frankel (financier) (Toledo)
* Jimmy Fratianno (mobster) (Cleveland)
* Shawn Grate (serial killer) (Ashland, Mansfield, Marion)
* Danny Greene (mobster) (Cleveland)
* Gary M. Heidnik (rapist, kidnapper, murderer) (Eastlake)
* James Oliver Huberty (murderer) (Massillon)
* Anthony Kirkland (Cincinnati serial killer)
* Samuel Little (serial killer) (Lorain)
* Jeffrey Don Lundgren (cult leader, murderer) Kirtland
* Charles Makley (bank robber) (Saint Marys)
* Charles Manson (convicted murderer, cult/commune leader) (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills)
* Carmen Milano (mobster) (Cleveland)
* Peter Milano (mobster) (Cleveland)
* Anthony Sowell (rapist and serial killer) (Cleveland)

## Educators, religious leaders, lecturers, motivational speakers, self-help gurus

* Aaron Brumbaugh (president of Shimer College) (Hartville)
* Cynthia S. Burnett (educator and temperance reformer) (Niles)
* John Lewis Dyer (Methodist circuit rider in Minnesota and Colorado; considered one of 16 founders of Colorado) (born in Franklin County)
* Yusuf Estes (Islamic scholar) (born in Ohio)
* 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)
* Michelle Rhee (educator, education reform leader) (Toledo)
* William P. Richardson (co-founder and first dean of Brooklyn Law School) (Farmer Center)
* William Strunk Jr. (educator, author) (Cincinnati)
* Tenskwatawa (religious and political leader of the Shawnee Indians) (Ross County)

## 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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
### A–C

* 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)

### D–I

* 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)

### J–M

* 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)
* 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)

### N–R

* 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)

### S–Z

* 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)