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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. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Art Tatum, at the Vogue Room, New York (between 1946 and 1948) The city of Toledo, Ohio, the largest city and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Toledo, Ohio and includes people that were born or lived in Toledo, Ohio and the surrounding area. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed to ...
Lawrence Funderburke (1970– ), Ohio State and NBA basketball player; born and raised in Columbus. Terry Glenn (1974–2017), Ohio State University and NFL wide receiver; born and raised in Columbus. Hank Gowdy (1889–1966), Major League Baseball catcher; born and lived in Columbus. Brian Grant (1972– ), basketball player.
Ohio has produced a slew of famous people from each of its 88 counties.
François Clemmons. American singer, actor, writer and teacher. Best known for his appearing as "Officer Clemmons" on the television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Youngstown. Clay Cole. Radio personality. Disc jockey and host of The Clay Cole Show, 1959–1968; born in Youngstown. Jim Cummings.
James Cotton, football player. Franklin Cover, actor. Delbert Cowsette, football player. Wes Craven, film director. George Washington Crile, co-founder of the Cleveland Clinic, gave first successful blood transfusion. George Washington Crile Jr., surgeon. George Washington Crile III, CBS news, journalist and producer.
Mark L. Mallory – former mayor of Cincinnati, 2005–2013. William L. Mallory, Sr. – first African-American Ohio House of Representatives majority leader. Sam Malone – former Cincinnati city councilman. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. – United States Solicitor General, 1893–1895. Neil H. McElroy – Secretary of Defense, 1957–1959.
Susie Lee, U.S. Representative. Benjamin F. Leiter, mayor of Canton, member of the U.S. House of Representatives. William A. Lynch, lawyer and politician. Ida Saxton McKinley, 29th First Lady of the United States, wife of William McKinley. William McKinley, 25th U.S. President; interred in Canton at the McKinley National Memorial.