Famous People from Ohio

• Ailes, Roger (Warren)

  The man who started Fox News

• Anthony, Casey (Warren)

  The Orlando "Tot Mom" acquitted of killing her daughter

• Armstrong, Neil (Wapakoneta)

  The first human to walk on the moon

• Bach, Catherine (Warren)

  Daisy Duke on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard

• Berry, Halle (Cleveland)

  Oscar-winning star of Monster's Ball

• Bierce, Ambrose (Meigs County)

  Author of A Fiend's Delight

• Biles, Simone (Columbus)

  The first African American woman gymnast to be world champion

• Boehner, John (Reading)

  U.S. Speaker of the House, 2010-2015

• Bush, Prescott (Columbus)

  The father of president George Bush

• Caniff, Milton (Hillsboro)

  The creator of "Terry and the Pirates"

• Carey, Drew (Cleveland)

  The star of TV's The Drew Carey Show

• Clemens, Roger (Dayton)

  Fireballing seven-time winner of the Cy Young Award

• Combs, Ray (Hamilton)

  The Family Feud host who committed suicide

• Conway, Tim (Willoughby)

  The hilariously bumbling cast member from The Carol Burnett Show

• Crane, Hart (Garrettsville)

  Suicidal poet of The Bridge

• Craven, Wes (Cleveland)

  The creator if Nightmare on Elm Street

• Cunningham, Michael (Cincinnati)

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours

• Curry, Stephen (Akron)

  The high-scoring point guard for the Golden State Warriors

• Custer, George Armstrong (New Rumley)

  The man in command at Custer's Last Stand

• Dandridge, Dorothy (Cleveland)

  Star of the movie Carmen Jones

• Darrow, Clarence (Kinsman)

  The defense attorney from 1925's Scopes Trial

• Day, Doris (Cincinnati)

  The squeaky-clean star of 1950s romantic comedies

• Dean, John (Akron)

  Nixon's lawyer who squealed about Watergate

• Decker, Brooklyn (Middletown)

  Cover model for the 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

• Dee, Ruby (Cleveland)

  Veteran actress and wife of Ossie Davis

• Diller, Phyllis (Lima)

  The wild-haired female comedian of the late 20th century

• Dove, Rita (Akron)

  U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-95

• Edison, Thomas (Milan)

  The man who invented the light bulb

• Electra, Carmen

  The Baywatch actress who later hosted Singled Out

• Ellison, Harlan (Cleveland)

  The author of "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" and 'A Boy and His Dog'

• Everhart, Angie (Akron)

  Redheaded supermodel of the 1990s

• Gable, Clark (Cadiz)

  Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind

• Garfield, James (Orange)

  President of the United States, March-September 1881

• Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph (Portage County)

  President James Garfield's wife

• Gish, Lillian (Springfield)

  Big-eyed silent screen star of Intolerance and La Bohéme

• Glenn, John (Cambridge)

  The first American to orbit Earth

• Grant, Ulysses (Point Pleasant)

  President of the United States, 1869-1877

• Grey, Zane (Zanesville)

  Author of Riders of the Purple Sage

• Hamilton, Margaret (Cleveland)

  The wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz

• Harding, Florence Kling (Marion)

  U.S. President Warren G. Harding's wife

• Harding, Warren G. (Corsica)

  President of the United States, 1921-23

• Harrison, Benjamin (North Bend)

  President of the United States 1889-1893

• Harrison, Caroline Scott (Oxford)

  The wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison

• Hayes, Lucy (Chillicothe)

  First Lady to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes

• Hayes, Rutherford (Delaware)

  President of the United States, 1877-1881

• Heche, Anne (Aurora)

  The one-time partner of Ellen DeGeneres who starred in Six Days Seven Nights

• Holbrook, Hal (Cleveland)

  Stage and TV actor known for playing Mark Twain

• Holmes, Katie (Toledo)

  The Dawson's Creek actress who married and divorced Tom Cruise

• Hynde, Chrissie (Akron)

  Leader of the rock band The Pretenders

• James, LeBron (Akron)

  The NBA superstar who has won championships with three different teams

• Jarmusch, Jim (Cuyahoga Falls)

  The director of Stranger Than Paradise and Ghost Dog

• Kucinich, Dennis (Cleveland)

  Youthful mayor of Cleveland (1977) and presidential candidate (2004, 2008)

• Legend, John (Springfield)

  Singer of the 2005 hit "Ordinary People"

• Levy, Chandra (Cleveland)

  The intern who disappeared from Washington D.C. in 2001

• Lil' Bow Wow (Columbus)

  Youthful rapper of "Bounce With Me"

• Lin, Maya (Athens)

  Designer of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

• Lynde, Paul (Mount Vernon)

  Center square on the original The Hollywood Squares

• Manson, Charles (Cincinnati)

  Cultish figure in famous 1969 killing spree

• Manson, Marilyn (Canton)

  Whitefaced shock-rock singer of Antichrist Superstar

• Martin, Dean (Steubenville)

  The Rat Pack crooner who sang "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime"

• McFadden, Gates (Cuyahoga Falls)

  Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation

• McKinley, Ida Saxton (Canton)

  First Lady of the United States, 1897-1901

• McKinley, William (Niles)

  President of the United States, 1897-1901

• Mills Brothers, The (Piqua)

  The group that sang "Paper Doll"

• Morrison, Toni (Lorain)

  Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved

• Newman, Paul (Cleveland Heights)

  Blue-eyed star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

• Oliver, Mary (Maple Heights)

  The poet who wrote 'American Primitive'

• O'Malley, Seán Patrick (Lakewood)

  Archibishop of Boston, 2003-present

• O'Neill, Ed (Youngstown)

  Al Bundy on TV's Married With Children

• Outcault, R.F. (Lancaster)

  Creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown

• Paar, Jack (Canton)

  The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson

• Parker, Sarah Jessica (Nelsonville)

  Carrie on TV's Sex and the City

• Perry, Luke (Mansfield)

  Dylan on the 1990s series 'Beverly Hills 90210'

• Rebeck, Theresa (Kenwood)

  The playwright who created the TV show Smash

• Richter, Charles F. (Overpeck)

   The seismologist who created the earthquake scale

• Rogers, Roy (Cincinnati)

  Star of TV's Roy Rogers Show

• Rose, Pete (Cincinnati)

  Baseball great banned for life for gambling

• Sebelius, Kathleen (Cincinnati)

  Barack Obama's 2009 choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Sheen, Martin (Dayton)

  President Josiah Bartlet on TV's The West Wing

• Sheppard, Sam (Cleveland)

  The Ohio doctor who inspired TV's The Fugitive

• Sherman, William Tecumseh (Lancaster)

  Union general who said, "War is hell."

• Spielberg, Steven (Cincinnati)

  The director of Jurassic Park

• Steinem, Gloria (Toledo)

  The feminist who co-founded Ms. magazine

• Stine, R.L. (Columbus)

  Author of the Goosebumps series of books

• Strayhorn, Billy (Dayton)

  Composer of "Take the 'A' Train"

• Taft, Helen "Nellie" (Cincinnati)

  President William Howard Taft's wife

• Taft, Robert (Cincinnati)

  The U.S. Senate's "Mr. Republican"

• Taft, William (Cincinnati)

  The large man who was U.S. president from 1909-1913

• Tatum, Art (Toledo)

  Jazz's too-many-notes piano wizard of the 1930s and '40s

• Thompson, Andrea (Dayton)

  NYPD Blue actress turned CNN news anchor

• Thurber, James (Columbus)

  Author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

• Turner, Ted (Cincinnati)

  That loud-mouthed rich guy who founded CNN

• Vance, J.D. (Middletown)

  The author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' who became a U.S. senator

• Willard, Fred (Cleveland)

  The bumbling announcer in the movie 'Best in Show'

• Wilson, Russell (Cincinnati)

  The Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks

• Winger, Debra (Cleveland Heights)

  The star of 'Urban Cowboy' and 'Terms of Endearment'

• Winters, Jonathan (Dayton)

  Improvisational comedian of the 1960s and '70s

• Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (Homer)

  The first woman candidate for U.S. President

See also: Index of all US States