# List of people from Shaker Heights, Ohio

The following is a list of natives, residents and former residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Adam B. Abelson, lawyer and United States federal judge
* Danesha Adams, soccer player
* Rasheen Ali, football running back
* Griff Allen, auto racing promoter, broadcaster, engineer
* Erick Anderson, football linebacker
* Albert Ayler, jazz saxophonist

## B

* Jamie Babbit, director, producer, and screenwriter
* Newton D. Baker, politician
* Bill Balas, screenwriter, director, producer
* Majel Barrett, actress and producer
* William Bayer, crime fiction writer
* Carter Bays, television writer, creator of How I Met Your Mother
* David Mark Berger, weightlifter, one of 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Arab commandos at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
* Peter Bergman, member of The Firesign Theatre
* The Beverly Brothers (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom), wrestlers billed as hailing from Shaker Heights
* Leon Bibb, television anchor
* Keith Black, neurosurgeon
* John Blackburn, songwriter
* Sara J. Bloomfield, executive director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
* Roberts Blossom, actor and poet
* Andy Borowitz, comedian and satirist
* Eric Brakey, politician and Maine State Senator
* Jim Brickman, musician
* Aris Brimanis, ice hockey defenseman
* Paul Brown, football coach and owner
* Dick Brubaker, football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Buffalo Bills
* Judith Butler, gender theorist and philosopher

## C

* Jane L. Campbell, politician; 56th mayor of Cleveland
* James Card, film preservationist
* Martha Chase, geneticist
* Adrien Clarke, Virginia Destroyers offensive lineman
* Ward Cleaver, fictional character in Leave It to Beaver
* Nate Clements, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback
* Wat T. Cluverius, diplomat
* Anne Cochran, singer
* Gary Cohn, President and COO of Goldman Sachs, economic advisor to the Trump Administration
* Jim Cohn, poet
* Bruce Cole, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
* Constance Cook, Republican Party politician
* Tom Corcoran, writer

## D

* Rebecca Dallet, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
* Marc Dann, former Ohio Attorney General
* William Daroff, chief executive officer of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
* Arthur Carter Denison, federal judge
* Cheri Dennis, the Princess of Bad Boy Entertainment
* Derf Backderf, John Backderf, cartoonist
* Samuel Deutsch, jeweler and sports franchise owner
* Maximilian Dimoff, principal bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra

## E

* Eric Ehrmann, author and columnist
* Harry Eisenstat, baseball pitcher
* James Emery, jazz guitarist

## F

* Michelle Federer, theatre and film actress
* Danny Ferry, former NBA player; former General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
* Bobby Few, jazz pianist
* Eric Fingerhut, politician and academic administrator
* Craig Finn, singer and guitarist
* Nate Fish, American-Israeli writer, baseball player/coach
* Lee Fisher, former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
* James Frey, author
* Devin Friedman, journalist
* Marcia Fudge, congresswoman

## G

* Zelma Watson George, actress, philanthropist
* Jeff Gerth, journalist
* Nicole Gibbs, tennis player
* Anand Giridharadas, writer and newspaper columnist
* Rick Glassman, actor and comedian
* Samuel Glazer, co-developer of Mr. Coffee
* Maurice Goldman, composer
* Stuart Goldman, journalist, screenwriter, musician
* Derrick Green, musician, singer of the band Sepultura and Maximum Hedrum
* Richard J. Green, chemist
* Tom Griswold, co-host of The Bob & Tom Show
* Robert Lee Grossman, computer scientist and bioinformatician
* Matt Guerrier, baseball player

## H

* Jamey Haddad, percussionist
* Dorothy Hart, actress
* Jerry Heller, rap manager
* Caroline Hoxby, economist

## I

* David Icove, former FBI Academy Instructor

## J

* Paul Jones, judge
* Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County commissioner

## K

* Paul Kantor, violin teacher
* Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, rapper
* Donald James Kirk, accountant
* Freddie Kitchens, NFL head coach
* Archibald Klumph, founder of the Rotary Foundation
* Andrew Kober, stage actor
* Ralph Kohl, football player, coach and scout
* Ralph and Terry Kovel, antiques writers and television hosts

## L

* Jaime Laredo, violinist
* Courtney Ledyard, football linebacker
* Al Lerner, late owner of the Cleveland Browns and former chairman of MBNA
* Michael Lesy, writer and professor
* Eddie Levert, lead singer of The O'Jays
* Gerald Levert, musician
* Sean Levert, musician
* Mark F. Lindsay, Assistant to the President of the United States for Management and Administration under Bill Clinton
* Tommy LiPuma, music producer
* Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post journalist
* Orlando Lowry, football linebacker
* Matthew Luckiesh, physicist

## M

* Lorin Maazel, conductor
* Machine Gun Kelly, born Colson Richard Baker, rapper
* Kevin Mackey, college basketball coach
* Gordon Macklin, businessman
* Wade Manning, NFL wide receiver
* Bill Mason, jewel thief
* Lance Mason, politician
* Michael McElroy, actor
* Marc Mencher, video game industry executive
* Howard Metzenbaum, U.S. senator
* Aaron David Miller, American Middle East analyst, author, and negotiator
* Creighton Miller, attorney who helped organize the National Football League Players Association
* Max Miller, Republican politician and U.S. House of Representatives congressman
* Thomas Modly, former United States Secretary of the Navy
* Justin Morrow, MLS soccer player
* Ted Mosby, fictional character in How I Met Your Mother
* Otis Moss III, pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ
* Felice Mueller, rower

## N

* Paul Newman, actor and auto racer
* Billy Newton-Davis, R&B, jazz and gospel singer-songwriter
* Celeste Ng, writer

## O

* Susan Orlean, journalist
* Peter Ostrum, actor

## P

* Paula Jai Parker, actress
* Harvey Pekar, comic book writer
* Roger Penske, race car driver, team owner, and business entrepreneur
* David Pogue, technology writer, journalist and commentator
* James Alan Polster, novelist, movie producer and journalist
* Dan A. Polster, judge
* Greg Pruitt, football running back

## R

* Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter
* Bruce Ratner, philanthropist and real estate developer; on the board of directors for Forest City Enterprises
* Ellen Ratner, news analyst
* Mark Ratner, chemist
* Michael Ratner, attorney and human rights activist
* Betty Anne Rees, actor
* Matthew Rhodes, American film producer
* Beth Richie, professor of African American Studies, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies, and Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago
* Laurel J. Richie, current president of the Women's National Basketball Association
* Geraldo Rivera, attorney and talk show host
* Sharon Robinson, cellist
* Michael Roizen, physician
* Chris Rose, NFL Network sportscaster
* Terry Rozier, basketball player
* Keith Rucker, football defensive tackle
* Michael Ruhlman, writer
* Campy Russell, basketball player
* John Morris Russell, conductor

## S

* Marlene Sanders, journalist
* Scott Savol, American Idol finalist
* Leonard Sax, MD/PhD, physician and author
* Michael Scharf, law professor and director of Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
* Alan Schechter, film producer
* Kathryn Schulz, journalist and writer
* Molly Shannon, comedian
* Maria Siemionow, surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic
* Charlie Sifford, African American former professional golfer who helped to desegregate the PGA of America
* Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, rabbi, Zionist spokesman and leader
* Marisa Silver, author, screenplay writer, and director
* Ben Simon, NHL ice hockey center
* Jamil Smith, print and television journalist
* Charles E. Spahr, Sohio President and CEO
* David Spero, DJ, music manager
* Stephen Stucker, actor
* Bob Switzer, inventor
* Michael Symon, Iron Chef, restaurateur, and television host
* George Szell, former conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra

## T

* Bill Taft, rock musician
* Kingsley A. Taft, politician
* Milan Tiff, Olympic triple jumper

## U

* Loung Ung, Cambodian American human rights activist and author

## V

* William R. Van Aken, politician
* Van Sweringen brothers, real estate developers of Shaker Heights and railroad tycoons
* Ralph Vince, football player and coach
* Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
* Daniel Vovak, political comedian and author
* Vronsky & Babin, duo-piano team

## W

* David Wain, actor, filmmaker and comedian
* Clay Weiner, director
* Dr. Robert J. White, neurosurgeon
* Shereé Whitfield, from The Real Housewives of Atlanta
* Kym Whitley, comedian and actress
* Fred Willard, comedian
* Milton A. Wolf, real estate developer and U.S. ambassador
* Sidney M. Wolfe, drug safety activist

## Z

* Jack Zwerner, professional poker player and entrepreneur