USA Famous People of Ohio

Ohio (OH) 

bullet Neil Armstrong (1930 - ) The first astronaut to walk on the moon; born in Wapakoneta.
bullet Daniel Beard (1850 - 1941) Founded the Boy Scouts of America; born in Cincinnati.
bullet Halle Berry (1966 - ) Famous Actress; born in Cleveland.
bullet Drew Carey - (1958 - ) Actor, Writer, Comedian; born in Cleveland.
bullet Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931) Only American inventor with more than 1,000 patents; born in Milan.
bullet Clark Gable (1901-1960) Actor known for his role in Gone with the Wind; from Cadiz.
bullet James A. Garfield (1831 - 1881) The 20th President of the United States; born in Cuyahoga County.
bullet John Glenn (1921 - ) The first American to orbit the Earth; born in Cambridge
bullet Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885) The 18th President of the United States; born in Point Pleasant.
bullet Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) Western novel author; born in Zanesville.
bullet Arsenio Hall (1958- ) Actor and former late-night talk show host; born in Cleveland
bullet Warren G. Harding (1865 - 1923) The 29th President of the United States; born near Marion.
bullet Benjamin Harrison (1833 - 1901) The 23rd President of the United States; born near Cincinnati.
bullet Rutherford B. Hayes (1822 - 1893) The 19th President of the United States; born in Delaware, Ohio.
bullet Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) Actor/Dancer/Singer/Comedian/Entertainer; Grew up in Cleveland.
bullet William McKinley (1843 - 1901) The 25th President of the United States; born in Niles.
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Annie Oakley (1860 - 1926) Sharpshooter and entertainer. She performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

bullet Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980) Winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games; lived in Cleveland.
bullet Judith Resnik (1949 - 1986) Astronaut. She was the second American woman to go into space; born in Akron.
bullet Pete Rose (1941 - ) Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds that broke the all-time hitting record in 1985; born in Cincinnati.
bullet William Sherman (1820 - 1891) General of the Civil War that led “Sherman’s March” through Georgia destroying Southern hope; born in Lancaster.
bullet Steven Spielberg (1947 - ) Director of E.T., Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and many other famous movies; born in Cincinnati.
bullet R.L. Stine (1943 - ) Author of the popular Goosebumps series; native of Bexley.
bullet William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930) The 27th President of the United States; born in Cincinnati.
bullet Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912) & Orville Wright (1871-1948) Brothers who invented the first airplane; born in Indiana and Dayton respectively.

More Famous People of Ohio

bullet George Bellows painter, lithographer, Columbus
bullet Willard H. Bennett inventor, Findlay
bullet Ambrose Bierce journalist, Meigs County
bullet Albert J. Beveridge political leader, Highland
bullet Erma Bombeck columnist, humorist, Dayton
bullet Bill Boyd / Hopalong Cassidy actor, Cambridge
bullet William Jennings Bryan U.S. presidential candidate, Salem
bullet William Meriam Burton inventor, Cleveland
bullet Milton Caniff cartoonist, Hillsboro
bullet Nancy Cartwright voice of Bart Simpson, Kettering
bullet John R. Commons economist, Hollansburg
bullet Hart Crane poet, Garrettsville
bullet George Armstrong Custer army officer, New Rumley
bullet Dorothy Dandridge actress, Cleveland
bullet Doris Day singer, actress, Cincinnati
bullet Clarence Seward Darrow lawyer, Kingsman
bullet Ruby Dee actress, Cleveland
bullet Hugh Downs TV broadcaster, Akron
bullet Thomas Alva Edison inventor, Milan
bullet John Evans physician, educator, Waynesville
bullet Clark Gable actor, Cadiz
bullet James Abram Garfield U.S. president, Cuyahoga County
bullet Cass Gilbert architect, Zanesville
bullet Lillian Gish actress, Springfield
bullet Zane Grey author, Zanesville
bullet Warren Gamaliel Harding U.S. president, Morrow County
bullet Charles Martin Hall inventor, Thompson
bullet Rutherford Hayes U.S. president, Delaware
bullet Benjamin Harrison U.S. president, North Bend
bullet Robert Henri painter, Cincinnati
bullet William Dean Howells author, critic, Martins Ferry
bullet Charles F. Kettering inventor, Loudonville
bullet Kenisaw Mountain Landis first baseball commissioner, Millville
bullet Maya Lin artist, sculptor, Athens
bullet Dean Martin singer, actor, Steubenville
bullet William McKinley U.S. president, Niles
bullet Toni Morrison author, Lorain
bullet George W. Norris U.S. Senator, Sandusky
bullet Paul Newman actor, Cleveland
bullet Jack Nicklaus golfer, Columbus
bullet Annie Oakley markswoman, Darke County
bullet Norman Vincent Peale clergyman, Bowersville
bullet Roy J. Plunkett chemist, New Carlisle
bullet Tyrone Power actor, Cincinnati
bullet Eddie Rickenbacker aviator, Columbus
bullet Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. historian, Columbus
bullet William Tecumseh Sherman army general, Lancaster
bullet Gloria Steinem feminist, Toledo
bullet Donalee L. Tabern inventor, Bowling Green
bullet Joyce Kimberly Tatro educator, Toledo
bullet Tecumseh Shawnee Indian chief, Oldtown
bullet Ted Turner broadcasting, Cincinnati
bullet Lowell Thomas commentator, author, Woodington
bullet James Thurber author, cartoonist, Columbus
bullet Ernest H. Volwiler inventor, Hamilton
bullet Raymond Elwin Weber webmaster, Toledo
bullet Cy Young baseball player, Gilmore

 
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