Biographical Records

Notable People from Ohio

4,740 notable figures born in Ohio, showing page 20 of 95, ranked by historical prominence.

Brand Blanshard
American philosopher
1892 – 1987
philosopher
George Burns
George Burns
American baseball player (1893-1978)
1893 – 1978
baseball playerpolitician
Olive Hazlett
Olive Hazlett
American mathematician & academic (1890-1974)
1890 – 1974
university teachermathematician
Jesse Haines
Jesse Haines
Major League Baseball pitcher (1893–1978)
1893 – 1978
baseball player
Laura Boulton
American ethnomusicologist (1899 - 1980)
1899 – 1980
ethnomusicologistmusicologistornithologist
Mary Elizabeth Frye
Claimed to have written the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep (1905–2004)
1905 – 2004
florist
Karl King
Karl King
American composer and conductor
1891 – 1971
bandmasterbandleaderchapelmaster
Nan Britton
Nan Britton
Mistress of Warren G. Harding (1896–1991)
1896 – 1991
memoiristhistorian
Jerry Hausner
Jerry Hausner
American actor (1909-1993)
1909 – 1993
television actorvoice actoractor
Freddy Martin
Freddy Martin
American band leader and tenor saxophonist (1906–1983)
1906 – 1983
saxophonistbandleaderconductor
Briggs Cunningham
American racing driver (1907–2003)
1907 – 2003
racing automobile driverbusinessperson
Ann May
Ann May
American actress ( -1985)
1901 – 1985
film actoractor
Ben Welden
Ben Welden
American actor (1901-1997)
1901 – 1997
actor
Willard Harrison Bennett
American physicist (1903–1987)
1903 – 1987
chemistinventorphysicist
Kingsley A. Taft
Kingsley A. Taft
American politician (1903-1970)
1903 – 1970
politicianlawyerjudge
Walter M. Scott
American art director (1906-1989)
1906 – 1989
scenographer
Paul Herget
American astronomer (1908-1981)
1908 – 1981
astronomer
Don Brodie
Don Brodie
American actor (1904–2001)
1904 – 2001
television actorfilm actorfilm director
G. Ernest Wright
leading Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist (1909-1974)
1909 – 1974
Hebrew Bible scholarbiblical scholararchaeologist
Ray Birdwhistell
American anthropologist
1918 – 1994
anthropologistsociologistuniversity teacher
Fred Baur
Fred Baur
creator of Pringles can (1918–2008)
1918 – 2008
chemistengineer
Charles McGee
Charles McGee
American Air Force officer
1919 – 2022
aircraft pilotmilitary officer
Dick Sprang
Dick Sprang
American artist (1915–2000)
1915 – 2000
pencillervisual artistcomics artist
Julius Baker
American musician (1915-2003)
1915 – 2003
music educatorflautistmusician
Richard E. Cole
Richard E. Cole
career officer in the United States Air Force and participant in the Doolittle Raid (1915-2019)
1915 – 2019
farmermilitary personnel
John Gofman
John Gofman
American scientist (1918–2007)
1918 – 2007
nuclear physicistenvironmentalistbiologist
Dick Schnittker
Dick Schnittker
American basketball player (1928–2020)
1928 – 2020
basketball player
Sammy Kaye
Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician (1910–1987)
1910 – 1987
recording artistsongwriterbandleader
Richard Brandt
American philosopher (1910–1997)
1910 – 1997
philosopher
Vincent Gaddis
Vincent Gaddis
American author (1913-1997)
1913 – 1997
journalistwriter
Milton Shapp
Milton Shapp
American businessman and politician (1912–1994)
1912 – 1994
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Dante Lavelli
Dante Lavelli
American football player (1923-2009)
1923 – 2009
American football player
Lou Groza
Lou Groza
Player of American football (1924-2000)
1924 – 2000
American football player
Elaine Sturtevant
American artist (1924-2014)
1924 – 2014
video artistvisual artistpainter
Larry Harmon
American entertainer: played and franchised Bozo the Clown (1925-2008)
1925 – 2008
circus performerfilm producervoice actor
Richard Miller
American singer (1926–2009)
1926 – 2009
music educatormusic journalistmusicologist
Ralph Regula
Ralph Regula
American politician (1924–2017)
1924 – 2017
juristpoliticianlawyer
Thyrsa Frazier Svager
Thyrsa Frazier Svager
African American mathematician (1930-1999)
1930 – 1999
university teachermathematician
Carl Stokes
first African-American mayor of Cleveland
1927 – 1996
television presenterdiplomatpolitician
Jimmy Butler
American actor (1921-1945)
1921 – 1945
film actoractor
Marge Redmond
Marge Redmond
American actress and singer (1924-2020)
1924 – 2020
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Douglas Applegate
Douglas Applegate
American politician (1928–2021)
1928 – 2021
politician
Larry Ward
American actor (1924-1985)
1924 – 1985
film actortelevision actoractor
Paul Garabedian
American mathematician (1927–2010)
1927 – 2010
university teachermathematician
Gloria LeRoy
American actress (1925-2018)
1925 – 2018
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Mary Ellen Kay
Mary Ellen Kay
American television and film actress
1929 – 2017
film actoractor
Charles Guggenheim
American film director and producer (1924-2002)
1924 – 2002
directorfilm producertelevision producer
Bobby Few
Bobby Few
American jazz musician (1935-2021)
1935 – 2021
jazz musicianpianistsinger
Joseph Lelyveld
American journalist
1937 – 2024
non-fiction writerjournalist
Frank Howard
Frank Howard
American baseball player, coach, and manager (1936–2023)
1936 – 2023
baseball playerbasketball player
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