List of people from Ohio

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.

Actors, models, miscellaneous performers

 * A–B


 * Jake Abel (actor) (Canton)
 * Tom Aldredge (actor) (Dayton)
 * Louis Aldrich (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Andy Biersack (actor and musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Corey (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Roman Atwood (YouTube personality) (Millersport)
 * Catherine Bach (actor) (Warren)
 * Jim Backus (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Kaye Ballard (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Gerry Bamman (actor) (Toledo)
 * Lisa Banes (actor) (Chagrin Falls)
 * Theda Bara (actor) (Avondale)
 * Majel Barrett (actor) (Columbus)
 * Thom Barry (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Richard Basehart (actor) (Zanesville)
 * Alan Baxter (actor) (East Cleveland)
 * Vanessa Bayer (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
 * Ned Bellamy (actor) (Dayton)
 * Jonathan Bennett (actor) (Rossford)
 * Greg Berg (actor, voice actor) (Cleveland/Akron)
 * Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland)
 * David Birney (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Kaitlyn Black (actor) (Copley)
 * James R. Black (actor) (Lima, Dover)
 * Susan Blackwell (actor) (Dayton)
 * Nina Blackwood (veejay) (Cleveland)
 * Randy Blair (actor, writer) (Ironton)
 * J. Paul Boehmer (actor) (Dayton)
 * Mark Boone Junior (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Andrea Bowen (actor) (Columbus)
 * Bill Boyd (actor) (Hendrysburg)
 * Bob Braun (talk show host) (Cincinnati)
 * Thom Brennaman (sportscaster) (Cincinnati)
 * Deanna Brooks (model) (Dayton)
 * Richard Brooks (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Charles Brown (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Clancy Brown (actor) (Urbana)
 * Joe E. Brown (actor) (Holgate/Toledo)
 * Woody Brown (actor) (Dayton)
 * Yvette Nicole Brown (actor) (Warrensville Heights)
 * Tanner Buchanan (actor) (Ottawa)
 * Rebecca Budig (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Jarrod Bunch (actor, ex-football player) (Ashtabula)
 * Robert John Burck (born 1970) (Times Square street performer known as the Naked Cowboy)
 * Michelle Burke (actor) (Defiance)
 * Brandy Burre (actor) (Sandusky)
 * Steve Burton (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Daws Butler (voice actor) (Toledo)
 * Ralph Byrd (actor) (Dayton)
 * Marion Byron (actor) (Dayton)


 * C–D


 * Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923) (Columbus)
 * John Caparulo (comedian) (East Liverpool)
 * Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)
 * Rocky Carroll (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Nancy Cartwright (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton)
 * George Chakiris (actor) (Norwood)
 * Justin Chambers (actor) (Springfield)
 * Damian Chapa (actor) (Dayton)
 * Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs)
 * Marguerite Clark (actor) (Avondale)
 * Mystro Clark (actor) (Dayton)
 * George Clooney (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Bill Cobbs (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Ray Combs (game show host) (Hamilton)
 * Tim Conway (actor, comedian) (Willoughby)
 * Chuck Cooper (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Casey Cott (actor) (Chagrin Falls, Cleveland)
 * Corey Cott (actor) (Chagrin Falls, Cleveland)
 * Franklin Cover (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Laura Cover (model) (Bucyrus)
 * Yvonne Craig (actor) (Columbus)
 * Jim Cummings (voice actor) (Youngstown)
 * Dorothy Dandridge (actor, singer) (Cleveland)
 * Beverly D'Angelo (actor) (Columbus)
 * Frank Daniels (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton)
 * Duane Davis (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Charles Michael Davis (actor)(Dayton)
 * Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Carmella DeCesare (model) (Avon Lake)
 * Brooklyn Decker (model) (Kettering)
 * Ruby Dee (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Alana de la Garza (actor) (Columbus)
 * John Diehl (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima)
 * Phil Donahue (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton)
 * Brian Donlevy (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Mike Douglas (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Steve Downes (DJ and actor) (Columbus)
 * Sue Downey (Miss USA 1965) (Lima)
 * Hugh Downs (broadcaster) (Lima, Akron)
 * Keir Dullea (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Ryan Dunn (actor, stuntman) (Brockville)
 * Doris Day (actress, singer] (Cincinnati)


 * E–I


 * Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)
 * Joe Estevez (actor) (Dayton)
 * Angie Everhart (fashion model) (Akron)
 * Mike Faist (actor) (Gahanna)
 * Sean Faris (actor, model) (Parma)
 * Jamie Farr (actor) (Toledo)
 * Suzanne Farrell (dancer) (Cincinnati)
 * Guy Fieri (restaurateur, author, television presenter) (Columbus)
 * Susan Floyd (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Joe Flynn (actor) (Youngstown)
 * Leo Ford (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton)
 * Alan Freed (radio show host, coined phrase "rock 'n roll") (Cleveland)
 * Emma Sheridan Fry (actor, writer) (Painesville)
 * Clark Gable (actor) (Cadiz)
 * Mike Gallagher (syndicated talk radio host) (Dayton)
 * Teri Garr (actor) (Lakewood)
 * Dorothy Gish (actor)
 * Lillian Gish (actor) (Springfield)
 * Nikki Glaser (comedian) (Cincinnati)
 * Carlin Glynn (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Dody Goodman (actor) (Columbus)
 * Maggie Grace (actor) (Columbus)
 * David Graf (actor) (Lancaster)
 * Joel Grey (actor, singer, dancer) (Cleveland)
 * Julie Hagerty (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Kathryn Hahn (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Arsenio Hall (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland)
 * Porter Hall (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Margaret Hamilton (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Scott Hamilton (ice skater) (Bowling Green)
 * Dorian Harewood (actor) (Dayton)
 * Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon)
 * Rachael Harris (actress/comedian) (Worthington)
 * Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland)
 * Patricia Heaton (actor) (Bay Village)
 * Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora)
 * Eileen Heckart (actor) (Columbus)
 * Hugh Hewitt (radio talk show host) (Warren)
 * Tiffany Hines (actress, singer) (Cincinnati)
 * Tony Hinchcliffe (comedian) (Youngstown)
 * Michael Hitchcock (actor) (Defiance)
 * John Hockenberry (broadcaster) (Dayton)
 * Stephanie Hodge (actress) (Wilmington)
 * Hal Holbrook (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Michael Holley (sports commentator) (Akron)
 * Lindsay Hollister (actress) (Columbus)
 * John Holmes (adult entertainment performer) (Ashville)
 * Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo)
 * Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland)
 * John Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Terrence Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Josh Hutcherson (actor) (Cincinnati)


 * J–M


 * Sam Jaeger (actor, writer, and director) (Perrysburg)
 * Dean Jagger (actor) (Columbus Grove)
 * Elsie Janis (actor) (Columbus)
 * Allison Janney (actor) (Dayton)
 * Ken Jenkins (actor) (Dayton)
 * Toccara Elaine Jones (contestant on America's Next Top Model) (Dayton)
 * Gordon Jump (actor) (Dayton)
 * Melina Kanakaredes (actor) (Akron)
 * Carol Kane (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Maynard James Keenan (Musician) (Ravenna)
 * Michael Kent (comedian/magician) (Urbana)
 * Perry King (actor) (Alliance)
 * Scott Klace (actor) (Westerville)
 * Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break) (Maumee)
 * Heather Kozar (model) (Akron)
 * Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermilion)
 * KiKi Layne (actress) (Cincinnati)
 * Eric Lange (actor) (Hamilton)
 * A. J. Langer (actor) (Columbus)
 * Matt Lanter (actor) (Massillon)
 * Dick Latessa (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Joshua LeBar (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Reggie Lee (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Rex Lee (actor) (Warren)
 * Hudson Leick (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Braeden Lemasters (actor) (Warren)
 * Gloria LeRoy (actor) (Bucyrus)
 * Ted Levine (actor) (Parma)
 * Clea Lewis (actress) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Mitchell Lichtenstein (actor) (Cleveland)
 * John Lithgow (actor) (Yellow Springs)
 * Traci Lords (actress) (Steubenville)
 * Todd Louiso (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Chad Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
 * Rob Lowe (actor) (Dayton)
 * Paul Lynde (actor) (Mount Vernon)
 * Mike Malloy (radio talk show host) (Toledo)
 * Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth (reality television star) (Youngstown)
 * Dean Martin (singer, actor, television show host) (Steubenville)
 * Marie Masters (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Jacquelyn Mayer (Miss America 1963) (Sandusky)
 * Diane McBain (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Gates McFadden (actor) (Akron)
 * Maeve McGuire (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Eve McVeagh (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Robin Meade (news anchor, Miss Ohio 1992) (New London)
 * Burgess Meredith (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Marilyn Meseke (Miss America 1938) (Lima)
 * Mark Metcalf (actor) (Findlay)
 * W. Chrystie Miller (actor) (Dayton)
 * Walter Miller (actor) (Dayton)
 * David Monahan (actor) (North Olmsted)
 * Debra Monk (actor) (Middletown)
 * Greg Morris (actor) (Columbus)
 * Martin Mull (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville)


 * N–R


 * John Newland (actor, director, producer, scriptwriter) (Cincinnati)
 * Paul Newman (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Stephen Nichols (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Danielle Nicolet (actor) (Ashtabula)
 * Don Novello (comedian, actor) (Lorain)
 * Maila Nurmi, Vampira (actor) (Ashtabula)
 * Annie Oakley (markswoman) (Greenville)
 * Ed O'Neill (actor) (Youngstown)
 * Mehmet Oz (cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and television personality) (Cleveland)
 * Jack Paar (talk show host) (Canton)
 * Lawanda Page (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Adrianne Palicki (actress) (Toledo)
 * Eleanor Parker (actor) (Cedarville)
 * Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville)
 * Dan Patrick (sportscaster, talk show host) (Mason)
 * Robert Patrick (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Jake Paul (boxer)
 * Logan Paul (actor and internet personality)
 * Austin Pendleton (actor) (Warren)
 * CeCe Peniston (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton)
 * Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978) (Monroe)
 * Max Perlich (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Luke Perry (actor) (Fredericktown)
 * James Pickens Jr. (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Tom Poston (actor) (Columbus)
 * Monica Potter (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Mark Povinelli (actor) (Elyria)
 * Tyrone Power (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Nicole Pulliam (actor) (Columbus)
 * Josh Radnor (actor) (Bexley)
 * Victor Raider-Wexler (actor) (Toledo)
 * Terry Ray (actor) (Grove City)
 * Marge Redmond (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Lili Reinhart (actress) (Cleveland)
 * Gigi Rice (actor) (Westerville)
 * Addison Richards (actor) (Zanesville)
 * Sy Richardson (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Matt Rife (comedian, actor) (Columbus)
 * Raven Riley (adult entertainment performer)
 * Jess Robbins (actor) (Dayton)
 * Larry Roberts (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Zach Roerig (actor) (Montpelier)
 * Roy Rogers (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville)
 * Ted Ross (actor) (Dayton)
 * Alan Ruck (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Matthew Rush (adult entertainment performer) (Columbus)


 * S–Z


 * Jeffrey D. Sams (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Gary Sandy (actor) (Dayton)
 * Sherri Saum (actor) (Dayton)
 * Kim Seelbrede (Miss USA 1981) (Germantown)
 * William Edwin Self (actor) (Dayton)
 * Joe Seneca (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Molly Shannon (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland)
 * Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton)
 * Victor Slezak (actor) (Youngstown)
 * Mamie Smith (singer, actress)  (Cincinnati)
 * Jimmy Snyder (oddsmaker, TV commentator, "Jimmy the Greek") (Steubenville)
 * Rich Sommer (actor) (Toledo)
 * Hal Sparks (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Ashley Spencer (actor) (Canton)
 * Jerry Springer (television talk show host/former mayor of Cincinnati) (Cincinnati)
 * Dina Spybey (actor) (Columbus)
 * Brian Stepanek (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Mark Stevens (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Shannon Niquette Stewart (model) (Franklin)
 * Alyson Stoner (actress/dancer) (Toledo)
 * Amanda Tepe (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Philip Michael Thomas (actor) (Columbus)
 * Andrea Thompson (model, broadcaster)
 * Howard Thurston (magician/illusionist) (Columbus)
 * Evelyn Venable (actress) (Cincinnati)
 * Vera-Ellen (actress) (Norwood)
 * Daniel von Bargen (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * David Wain (comedian, actor) (Shaker Heights)
 * Lucille Ward (actor) (Dayton)
 * Ted Wass (actor) (Lakewood)
 * Jerry Wasserman (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Jack Weston (actor) (Cleveland)
 * Kym Whitley (actor) (Shaker Heights)
 * Lee Wilkof (actor) (Canton)
 * Fred Willard (actor) (Shaker Heights)
 * Katt Williams (comedian, actor) (Dayton)
 * De'Angelo Wilson (actor) (Dayton)
 * Wendy Barrie-Wilson (actress) (Loveland)
 * Debra Winger (actor) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor) (Dayton/Springfield)
 * Ray Wise (actor) (Akron)
 * Daniel Wisler (actor) (Fairfield)
 * Chris Wood (actor) (Dublin)
 * Scott Wozniak (YouTube personality)
 * Amy Yasbeck (actor) (Cincinnati)
 * Barrie Youngfellow (actor) (Cleveland)


 * Chris Zylka (actor) (Howland township)

Artists, painters, sculptors, photographers

 * Diana Al-Hadid (sculptor) (Syria/Canton)
 * Daniel Arsham (painter, sculptor) (Cleveland)
 * William Jacob Baer (painter) (Cincinnati)
 * George Bellows (painter) (Columbus)
 * Charles E. Burchfield (painter) (Ashtabula Harbor)
 * Joseph DeCamp (painter) (Cincinnati)
 * Jim Dine (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati)
 * Natalia Fedner (fashion designer) (Bexley)
 * Dan Friedman (graphic designer) (Cleveland)
 * Carl Gaertner (painter) (Cleveland)
 * Ann Hamilton (artist) (Lima)
 * Mark Henn (animator) (Dayton)
 * Robert Henri (painter) (Cincinnati)
 * Jenny Holzer (conceptual artist) (Gallipolis)
 * Vance Kirkland (painter) (Convoy)
 * Joseph Kosuth (conceptual artist) (Toledo)
 * Janet Cook Lewis (portrait painter) (Columbus)
 * Maya Lin (sculptor) (Athens)
 * John Lounsbery (animator) (Cincinnati)
 * Curtis Lovell II (escape artist) (Columbus)
 * Catherine Opie (photographer) (Sandusky)
 * Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (artist, educator) (Cincinnati)
 * Robert E. L. Rainey (artist) (North Canton)
 * Justin Roberts (painter)
 * Aminah Robinson (artist) (Columbus)
 * Herb Roe (painter) (Portsmouth)
 * Alice Schille (painter) (Columbus)
 * Fred Schrier (comic book artist) (Kirtland)
 * Dave Sheridan (comic book artist) (Cleveland)
 * Lily Martin Spencer (painter) (Avondale/Marietta)
 * Tom Tsuchiya (sculptor) (Cincinnati)
 * John Henry Twachtman (painter) (Cincinnati)
 * Daryl Urig (illustrator, painter) (Harrison)
 * Tom Wesselmann (pop artist) (Cincinnati)
 * Clarence White (photographer) (West Carlisle/Newark)
 * Worthington Whittredge (painter) (Springfield)
 * Dare Wright (photographer, children's author) (Cleveland)
 * Kane Shawn (Rapper, Hip Hop Artist) (Cleveland/Mansfield)

Sportspeople

 * A–B


 * Dan Abbott (baseball player) (Portage County)
 * Fred Abbott (baseball player) (Versailles)
 * Kurt Abbott (baseball player) (Zanesville)
 * A. J. Achter (baseball player) (Toledo)
 * Chet Adams (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Alex Albright (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Glenn Allen Jr. (racing driver) (Cincinnati)
 * Will Allen (football player) (Dayton)
 * Walter Alston (baseball manager) (Venice)
 * Nick Altrock (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Red Ames (baseball player) (Warren)
 * Allan Anderson (baseball player) (Lancaster)
 * Harold Anderson (basketball coach) (Akron)
 * Blake Annen (football player) (Upper Arlington)
 * Eddie Arcaro (jockey) (Cincinnati)
 * Art Arfons (land speed record tester) (Akron)
 * Bob Armstrong (boxer) (Washington)
 * Earl Averill Jr. (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Randy Ayers (basketball coach) (Springfield)
 * Luke Babbitt (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Coy Bacon (football player) (Ironton)
 * Jim Bagby Jr. (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Doug Bair (baseball player) (Defiance)
 * Doc Baker (football player) (Akron)
 * Jake Ballard (football player) (Springboro)
 * Chris Bando (baseball player) (Solon)
 * Sal Bando (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Mike Barnett (baseball coach) (Columbus)
 * Tianna Bartoletta (track athlete) (Elyria)
 * Chris Bassitt (baseball player) (Toledo)
 * Johnny Bates (baseball player) (Steubenville)
 * Cliff Battles (Hall of Fame football player, coach) (Akron)
 * Frank Baumholtz (baseball player, basketball player) (Midvale)
 * Alex Bayer (football player) (Pickerington)
 * Tim Belcher (baseball player) (Mount Gilead)
 * David Bell (baseball manager and player) (Cincinnati)
 * Le'Veon Bell (football player) (Reynoldsburg)
 * Clarence Belt (racing driver) (Xenia)
 * Mike Benjamin (baseball player) (Euclid)
 * LeCharles Bentley (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Bruce Berenyi (baseball player) (Bryan)
 * Cliff Bergere (racing driver) (Toledo)
 * Bob Bescher (baseball player) (London)
 * Pauline Betz (tennis player) (Dayton)
 * Simone Biles (gymnast) (Columbus)
 * Chad Billingsley (baseball player) (Defiance)
 * Mike Birkbeck (baseball player) (Orrville, Akron)
 * Chase Blackburn (football player) (Marysville)
 * Todd Blackledge (football player, sportscaster) (North Canton)
 * Dale Blaney (racing driver) (Hartford)
 * Dave Blaney (race car driver) (Hartford)
 * Lou Blaney (racing driver) (Hartford)
 * Ryan Blaney (race car driver) (Cortland)
 * Jerry Blevins (baseball player) (Arcadia)
 * Brock Bolen (football player) (Germantown)
 * Barry Bonnell (baseball player, basketball player) (Milford, Columbus)
 * Alex Boone (football player) (Lakewood)
 * Bud Boone (racing driver) (Warren)
 * Pat Borders (baseball player) (Columbus)
 * Justin Boren (football player) (Pickerington)
 * Chris Borland (football player) (Kettering)
 * "Tough" Tony Borne (professional wrestler) (Columbus)
 * Stan Boroski (baseball coach) (Martins Ferry)
 * Daryl Boston (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Jack Bowsher (racing driver) (Harmony)
 * Earl Boykins (basketball player) (Cleveland)
 * Jack Boyle (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Andrew Brackman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Bill Bradley (baseball player and manager) (Cleveland)
 * Bob Brenly (baseball player, manager) (Coshocton)
 * Roger Bresnahan (baseball player) (Toledo)
 * Robert Brewster (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Diyral Briggs (football player) (Mount Healthy)
 * Aris Brimanis (hockey player) (Cleveland)
 * Ed Brinkman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Adrien Broner (boxer) (Cincinnati)
 * Jim Brosnan (baseball player, writer) (Cincinnati)
 * Gates Brown (baseball player) (Crestline)
 * Matt Brown (UFC fighter) (Xenia)
 * Mike Brown (basketball coach) (Columbus)
 * Paul Brown (football coach, team owner and executive) (Norwalk)
 * Preston Brown (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Ray Brown (baseball player) (Alger)
 * Bill Brubaker (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Bob Brudzinski (football player) (Fremont)
 * Carl Brumbaugh (football player) (West Milton)
 * Phil H. Bucklew (football player) (Columbus)
 * Jarrod Bunch (football player) (Ashtabula)
 * Dave Burba (baseball player) (Springfield)
 * Ellis Burks (baseball player) (Chagrin Falls)
 * George Burns (baseball player) (Niles)
 * Joe Burrow (football player) (Athens)
 * Jake Butt (football player) (Pickerington)


 * C–D


 * Carter Camper (hockey player) (Rocky River)
 * Dom Capers (football coach) (Cambridge)
 * Matthew Capiccioni (professional wrestler) (Brecksville)
 * George Cappuzzello (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Steve Cargile (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Bobby Carpenter (football player) (Lancaster)
 * Rob Carpenter (football player) (Junction City)
 * Austin Carr (basketball player) (Cleveland)
 * Joseph Carr (NFL president) (Columbus)
 * Tank Carradine (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Butch Carter (basketball player, coach) (Middletown)
 * Cris Carter (football player) (Middletown)
 * Drew Carter (football player) (Solon)
 * Howard Cassady (football player) (Columbus)
 * Matt Cavanaugh (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Brent Celek (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Andrew Chafin (baseball player) (Wakeman)
 * Chris Chambers (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Chris Chambliss (baseball player, coach) (Dayton)
 * Dean Chance (baseball player) (Wooster)
 * Ezzard Charles (boxer) (Cincinnati)
 * Taco Charlton (football player) (Pickerington)
 * Kwan Cheatham (born 1995) (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Semaj Christon (basketball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Galen Cisco (baseball player and coach) (St. Marys)
 * Maurice Clarett (football player) (Warren)
 * Roger Clemens (baseball player) (Dayton)
 * Nate Clements (football player) (Shaker Heights)
 * Billy Clingman (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Barry Cofield (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Norris Cole (basketball player) (Dayton)
 * Trent Cole (football player) (Xenia)
 * Davon Coleman (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Kurt Coleman (football player) (Clayton)
 * Marco Coleman (football player) (Dayton)
 * Mark Coleman (Olympic freestyle wrestler, MMA fighter) (Fremont)
 * Jason Collier (basketball player) (Springfield)
 * Cris Collinsworth (football player, sportscaster) (Dayton)
 * Gareon Conley (football player) (Massillon)
 * John Conner (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Billy Consolo (baseball player and coach) (Cleveland)
 * Daequan Cook (basketball player) (Dayton)
 * Larry Cox (baseball player) (Bluffton)
 * Jim Cordle (football player) (Lancaster)
 * Shawn Crable (football player) (Massillon)
 * Estel Crabtree (baseball player (Crabtree)
 * Tom Crabtree (football player) (Columbus)
 * Sylvia Crawley (basketball player/coach) (Steubenville)
 * Beth Crist (professional wrestler) (Dayton)
 * Mark Croghan (track and field Olympian) (Green)
 * Larry Csonka (Hall of Fame football player) (Stow)
 * Jeff Cumberland (football player) (Youngstown)
 * George Cuppy (baseball player) (Preble County)
 * Stephen Curry (basketball player) (Akron)
 * Scott Cursi (baseball coach) (Columbus)
 * Ben Curtis (golf player) (Columbus)
 * Jack Cusack (football coach and general manager) (Canton)
 * Ed Cushman (baseball player) (Eagleville)
 * Alissa Czisny (figure skater) (Bowling Green)
 * Mark Dantonio (football coach) (Zanesville)
 * Thom Darden (football player) (Sandusky)
 * Helen Darling (WNBA player) (Columbus)
 * Doug Dascenzo (baseball player and coach) (Cleveland)
 * Fred Davis (football player) (Toledo)
 * Nate Davis (football player) (Bellaire)
 * Len Dawson (football player) (Alliance)
 * Ed Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Frank Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Jim Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Josh Devore (baseball player) (Murray City)
 * Jon Diebler (born 1988) – (basketball player)
 * Kris Dielman (football player) (Troy)
 * Dan Dierdorf (Hall of Fame football player, sportscaster) (Canton)
 * Derek Dietrich (baseball player) (Cleveland)
 * Cecil Dillon (hockey player) (Toledo)
 * Michael Dokes (boxer) (Akron)
 * Jiggs Donahue (baseball player) (Springfield)
 * Andrew Donnal (football player) (Monclova)
 * Red Dooin (baseball player and manager) (Cincinnati)
 * Bill Doran (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Andy Dorris (football player) (Bellaire)
 * Richard Dotson (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Bobby Douglas (Olympic freestyle wrestler and coach) (Bridgeport)
 * Hugh Douglas (football player) (Mansfield)
 * James "Buster" Douglas (boxer) (Columbus)
 * Bob Dove (lineman, College Football Hall of Fame) (Youngstown)
 * Dick Drago (baseball player) (Toledo)
 * Dave Dravecky (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Dick Drott (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Pat Duncan (baseball player) (Coalton)
 * Leon Durham (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Duffy Dyer (baseball player) (Dayton)
 * Rob Dyrdek (skateboarder) (Kettering)


 * E–G


 * Adam Eaton (baseball player) (Springfield)
 * Nate Ebner (football player and rugby Olympian) (Dublin, Cincinnati, Columbus)
 * Marc Edwards (football player) (Norwood)
 * Ray Edwards (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Ron Edwards (football player) (Columbus)
 * Scott Effross (born 1993 (baseball pitcher)
 * Jacob Eisner (Israeli basketball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Pat Elflein (football player) (Pickerington)
 * Nat Emerson (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
 * Evan Eschmeyer (basketball player) (New Knoxville)
 * Billy Evans (Baseball Hall of Fame umpire) (Youngstown)
 * Lee Evans (football player) (Sandusky)
 * Buck Ewing (baseball player) (Hoagland)
 * James Farragher (football player, coach) (Youngstown)
 * Bruce Fields (baseball player, coach) (Cleveland)
 * Chris Finch (basketball coach) (Cambridge)
 * Rollie Fingers (baseball player) (Steubenville)
 * Sarah Fisher (race car driver) (Columbus)
 * Bradley Fletcher (football player) (Youngstown)
 * London Fletcher (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Elmer Flick (Baseball Hall of Famer) (Bedford)
 * Dezső Földes (Hungarian-born 2× Olympic champion saber fencer) (Cleveland)
 * Charles Follis (football player) (Wooster)
 * Wayne Fontes (football coach) (Canton)
 * Matt Fox (baseball player) (Columbus)
 * Rich Franklin (UFC champion) (Middletown)
 * Mike Fratello (basketball coach) (Bratenahl)
 * Brad Friedel (soccer goalkeeper) (Lakewood)
 * Benny Friedman (1905–1982) (Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback) (Cleveland)
 * Ross Friedman (born 1992) (Major League Soccer player)
 * Charlie Frye (football player) (Willard)
 * Eric Fryer (baseball player) (Columbus)
 * Mike Furrey (football player) (Grove City)
 * Joey Galloway (football player) (Bellaire)
 * Johnny Gargano (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
 * Jason Garrett (football player) (Hunting Valley)
 * Jackie Gayda (professional wrestler) (Strongsville)
 * Ben Gedeon (football player) (Hudson)
 * Shelton Gibson (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Ted Ginn Jr. (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Terry Glenn (football player) (Columbus)
 * Brad Goldberg (baseball pitcher) (Cleveland)
 * Bob Golic (football player, actor) (Cleveland)
 * Mike Golic (football player, radio personality) (Cleveland)
 * Anthony Gonzalez (football player and politician) (Cleveland)
 * Jonathan Good (professional wrestler) (Cincinnati)
 * Najee Goode (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Randy Gradishar ( Hall of Fame football player) (Warren)
 * Ken Griffey Jr. (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Archie Griffin (football player) (Columbus)
 * Forrest Griffin (Hall of Fame mixed martial artist) (Columbus)
 * Lou Groza (football player) (Martins Ferry)
 * Jon Gruden (football coach) (Sandusky)
 * Matt Guerrier (baseball player) (Cleveland)


 * H–I


 * Harvey Haddix (baseball Player) (Medway/Springfield)
 * Roy Hall (football player) (South Euclid)
 * Andrew Hampsten (cyclist) (Columbus)
 * James Hanna (football player) (Lakewood)
 * Jim Harbaugh (football player) (Toledo)
 * Justin Hardee (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Brett Harkins (hockey player) (North Ridgeville)
 * Todd Harkins (hockey player) (Cleveland)
 * Ron Harper (basketball player) (Dayton)
 * James Harrison (football player) (Akron)
 * Josh Harrison (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Peter Harrold (hockey player) (Kirtland Hills)
 * Kevin Hartman (soccer player) (Athens)
 * Ben Hartsock (football player) (Chillicothe)
 * Don Hasselbeck (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Mickey Hatcher (baseball player, coach) (Cleveland)
 * John Havlicek (basketball player) (Martins Ferry)
 * A. J. Hawk (football player) (Centerville)
 * Wynn Hawkins (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Woody Hayes (football coach) (Clifton/Newcomerstown/Upper Arlington)
 * Dirk Hayhurst (baseball player) (Canton)
 * John Heisman (football, baseball and basketball player and coach) (Cleveland)
 * Carol Heiss Jenkins (figure skating, acting) (Lakewood)
 * Gus Henderson (football and basketball coach) (Oberlin)
 * Tommy Henrich (baseball player) (Massillon)
 * Kim Herring (football player) (Solon)
 * Dan Herron (football player) (Warren)
 * Jordan Hicks (football player) (West Chester)
 * Tyrone Hill (basketball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
 * Larry Hisle (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
 * Anthony Hitchens (football player) (Lorain)
 * Domenik Hixon (football player) (Whitehall)
 * Robert Hoernschemeyer (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Marty Hogan (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Cal Hogue (baseball player) (Dayton)
 * Derek Holland (baseball player) (Newark)
 * Lou Holtz (Football coach) (East Liverpool)
 * Sam Hornish Jr. (NASCAR driver) (Defiance)
 * Desmond Howard (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Dummy Hoy (deaf baseball player) (Houcktown)
 * Brian Hoyer (football player) (North Olmsted)
 * Andy Hrovat (Olympic freestyle wrestler) (Cleveland)
 * Jalen Hudson (born 1996) (basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League) (Akron)
 * Aubrey Huff (baseball player) (Marion)
 * Bob Huggins (basketball coach) (Gnadenhutten)
 * Miller Huggins (Hall of Fame baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati)
 * John Hughes (football player) (Gahanna)
 * Kareem Hunt (football player) (Willoughby)
 * Carlos Hyde (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Micah Hyde (Fostoria)
 * The Irish Airborne (Dave and Mike Crist) (professional wrestlers) (Dayton)
 * Shirley Fry Irvin (tennis player) (Akron)


 * J–M


 * Jim Jackson (basketball player) (Toledo)
 * LeBron James (basketball player) (Akron)
 * Vic Janowicz (football player) (Elyria)
 * David Jenkins (figure skating) (Akron)
 * Hayes Alan Jenkins (figure skating) (Akron, Lakewood)
 * Ban Johnson (baseball executive) (Norwalk)
 * Gus Johnson (basketball player) (Akron)
 * Home Run Johnson (baseball player) (Findlay)
 * Lance Johnson (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Paris Johnson Jr. (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Will Johnson (football player) (Dayton)
 * Cal Jones (football player) (Steubenville)
 * Cardale Jones (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Greg Jones (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * David Justice (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Kyle Juszczyk (football player) (Medina)
 * Rich Karlis (football player) (Salem)
 * Larry Kehres (football coach) (Diamond)
 * Jason Kelce (football player) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Travis Kelce (football player) (Westlake)
 * Clark Kellogg (basketball player) (East Cleveland)
 * Leroy Kemp (freestyle wrestler) (Chardon)
 * Don King (fight promoter) (Cleveland)
 * DeShone Kizer (football player) (Toledo)
 * Phil Klein (baseball player) (Columbus)
 * Bob Knepper (baseball player) (Akron)
 * Bobby Knight (basketball coach) (Massilon/Orrville)
 * Jack Kralick (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Bernie Kosar (football player) (Boardman)
 * Kosta Koufos (basketball player) (Canton)
 * Jordan Kovacs (football player) (Curtice)
 * Kevin Kowalski (football player) (Macedonia)
 * Luke Kuechly (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Jim Lachey (football player) (St. Henry)
 * Jack Lambert (Hall of Fame football player) (Mantua)
 * Kenesaw Mountain Landis (first baseball commissioner) (Milleville)
 * Barry Larkin (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Cody Latimer (football player) (Dayton)
 * Marshon Lattimore (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Rose Lavelle (soccer player) (Cincinnati)
 * Dante Lavelli (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Trevor Laws (football player) (Philadelphia Eagles) (Dayton)
 * Dick LeBeau (football coach) (London)
 * Justin Lester (Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler) (Akron)
 * Jim Leyland (baseball manager) (Perrysburg)
 * Jim Leyritz (baseball player) (Lakewood/Anderson Township)
 * Kory Lichtensteiger (football player) (Van Wert)
 * Frank Lickliter (professional golfer) (Franklin)
 * Matt Light (football player) (Greenville)
 * Jon Link (baseball player) (Columbus)
 * Jeff Linkenbach (football player) (Sandusky)
 * Corey Linsley (football player) (Youngstown)
 * David Lough (baseball player) (Akron)
 * Jerry Lucas (basketball player) (Middletown)
 * Rob Lytle (football player) (Fremont)
 * Barry MacKay (tennis player, broadcaster) (Cincinnati)
 * Mike Maddux (baseball player, coach) (Dayton)
 * Paul Maguire (football player, announcer) (Youngstown)
 * Ray Mancini (boxer) (Youngstown)
 * Nick Mangold (football player) (Centerville)
 * Mario Manningham (football player) (Warren)
 * Matt Marksberry (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Rube Marquard (Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher) (Cleveland)
 * Jim Martin (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Kevin Martin (basketball player) (Zanesville)
 * Justin Masterson (baseball player) (Beavercreek)
 * Michael Matthews (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Scott May (basketball player) (Sandusky)
 * Bill Mazeroski (baseball player) (Tiltonsville)
 * Jimmy McAleer (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Josh McDaniels (football coach) (Barberton/Canton)
 * Ron McDole (football player) (Toledo)
 * Roger McDowell (baseball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
 * Will McEnaney (baseball player) (Springfield)
 * Paul McFadden (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Mike McGlynn (football player) (Austintown)
 * Deacon McGuire (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * Brandon McKinney (football player) (Dayton)
 * Jake McQuaide (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Lance Mehl (football player) (Bellaire)
 * Zoltan Mesko (football player) (Twinsburg)
 * Jack Mewhort (football player) (Toledo)
 * Urban Meyer (football coach) (Ashtabula)
 * Doug Mientkiewicz (baseball player) (Toledo)
 * Linda Miles (professional wrestler) (Cincinnati)
 * Creighton Miller (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Stipe Miocic (UFC fighter) (Cleveland)
 * Mike Mizanin (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
 * Dominique Moceanu (gymnast) (Hinckley)
 * Antwaun Molden (football player) (Warren)
 * Lance Moore (football player) (Westerville)
 * Joe Morrison (football player, coach) (Lima)
 * Edwin C. Moses (runner) (Dayton)
 * Marion Motley (Hall of Fame football player) (Canton)
 * Scott Mruczkowski (football player) (Garfield Heights)
 * Byron Mullens (basketball player) (Canal Winchester)
 * Thurman Munson (baseball player) (Canton)
 * Chet Mutryn (football player) (Cleveland)


 * N–Q


 * Bill Nagy (football player) (Hudson)
 * Haruki Nakamura (football player) (Elyria)
 * Alex Nedeljkovic (hockey player)(Parma)
 * Don Nehlen (college football coach) (Mansfield)
 * Al Nesser (football player) (Columbus)
 * Frank Nesser (football player) (Dennison)
 * Phil Nesser (football player) (Columbus)
 * Ted Nesser (football player, coach) (Dennison)
 * Jack Nicklaus (golfer) (Columbus)
 * Joe Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
 * Phil Niekro (baseball player) (Blaine)
 * Jon Niese (baseball player) (Lima/Defiance)
 * Dustin Nippert (baseball player) (Beallsville)
 * Chuck Noll (football coach) (Cleveland)
 * Ray Nolting (football player, coach) (Cincinnati)
 * Joe Norman (football player) (Millersburg)
 * Andrew Norwell (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Mike Nugent (football player) (Centerville)
 * Joe Nuxhall (baseball player and sportscaster) (Hamilton)
 * Annie Oakley (Wild West markswoman) (Darke)
 * Owamagbe Odighizuwa (football player) (Columbus)
 * Deji Olatoye (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Barney Oldfield (racing driver) (Wauseon)
 * Al Oliver (baseball player) (Portsmouth)
 * Jerry Olsavsky (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Patrick Omameh (football player) (Columbus)
 * Paul O'Neill (baseball player) (Columbus)
 * Gary Owen (Comedian) (Actor) (Cincinnati)
 * James Cleveland Owens "Jesse" (Runner, Olympic Champion) (Cleveland)
 * Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (football player) (Columbus)
 * Darrell Pace (olympic archer) (Cincinnati)
 * Orlando Pace (football player) (Sandusky)
 * Alan Page (Hall of Fame football player, judge) (Canton)
 * Lance Palmer (MMA fighter and folkstyle wrestler) (Columbia Station)
 * Betty Pariso (IFBB professional bodybuilder) (Columbus)
 * Peggy Parratt (football player, coach) (Cleveland)
 * Ara Parseghian (football coach) (Akron)
 * Kelly Pavlik (WBC champion, boxer) (Youngstown)
 * Jim Paxson (basketball player) (Dayton)
 * John Paxson (basketball player) (Dayton)
 * Jay Payton (baseball player) (Zanesville)
 * Antwan Peek (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Mike Pelfrey (baseball player) (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
 * Bo Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
 * Carl Pelini (football coach) (Youngstown)
 * Eduardo Pérez (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Tony Pike (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Brian Pillman (football player, professional wrestler) (Cincinnati)
 * Antonio Pittman (football player) (Akron)
 * Shawn Porter (boxer) (Cleveland)
 * James Posey (basketball player) (Cleveland/Twinsburg)
 * Wally Post (baseball player) (Wendelin/St. Henry)
 * Matt Prater (football player) (Mayfield Heights)
 * Taylor Price (football player) (Hilliard)
 * Henry Prusoff (tennis player) (Cleveland)
 * Brady Quinn (football player) (Columbus/Dublin)
 * Chris Quinn (basketball player) (Dublin)


 * R–S


 * Bobby Rahal (race car driver) (Medina)
 * Graham Rahal (race car driver) (Columbus)
 * Kevin Randleman (UFC fighter, professional wrestler, folkstyle wrestler) (Sandusky)
 * Dominic Randolph (football player) (Amelia)
 * Tim Rattay (football player) (Elyria)
 * George Ratterman (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Jeff Reboulet (baseball player) (Kettering)
 * Michael Redd (basketball player) (Columbus)
 * Devine Redding (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Tim Richmond (race car driver) (Ashland)
 * Branch Rickey (baseball manager) (Stockdale)
 * Javon Ringer (football player) (Dayton)
 * Brian Roberts (basketball player) (Toledo)
 * Dave Roberts (baseball player) (Gallipolis)
 * Alvin Robertson (basketball player) (Barberton)
 * Jamal Robertson (football player) (Springfield)
 * Ryne Robinson (football player) (Toledo)
 * Brian Robiskie (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Chaz Roe (baseball player) (Steubenville)
 * Ben Roethlisberger (football player) (Findlay)
 * Dean Roll (professional wrestler) (Dayton)
 * Mauri Rose (racing driver) (Columbus)
 * Pete Rose (baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati)
 * Scott Roth (basketball player, coach) (Cleveland)
 * Edd Roush (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Eric Rowe (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Tommy Rowlands (freestyle and folkstyle wrestler) (Columbus)
 * Terry Rozier (basketball player) (Youngstown)
 * Ryan Rua (baseball player) (Amherst)
 * Kyle Rudolph (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Mike Rupp (hockey player) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Gary Russell (football player) (Columbus)
 * Rodger Saffold (football player) (Bedford)
 * Perry Saturn (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
 * "Macho Man" Randy Savage (professional wrestler) (Columbus)
 * Bo Schembechler (football coach) (Barberton)
 * Mike Schmidt (baseball player) (Dayton)
 * Bob Schul (runner, Olympic gold medalist) (West Milton)
 * Kyle Schwarber (baseball player) (Middletown)
 * Devon Scott (born 1994), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Adam Shaheen (football player) (Galena)
 * Travis Shaw (baseball player) (Washington Court House)
 * Cecil Shorts III (football player) (Kent)
 * George Shuba (baseball player) (Youngstown)
 * J. B. Shuck (baseball player) (Galion)
 * Don Shula (football coach) (Painesville)
 * Larry Shyatt (basketball coach) (Cleveland)
 * Larry Siegfried (basketball player) (Shelby)
 * John Simon (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Rob Sims (football player) (Macedonia)
 * Frank Sinkwich (Heisman Trophy recipient) (Youngstown)
 * George Sisler (baseball player) (Manchester)
 * Brad Smith (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Joe Smith (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Katie Smith (basketball player) (Logan)
 * Robert Scott Smith (football player) (Euclid)
 * Steve Smith (baseball coach) (Canton)
 * Troy Smith (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Dawuane Smoot (football player) (Groverport)
 * Al Snow (professional wrestler) (Lima)
 * Bob Snyder (football player, coach) (Toledo)
 * Andy Sonnanstine (baseball player) (Barberton)
 * Tim Spencer (football player, coach) (Martins Ferry)
 * Craig Stammen (baseball player) (Versailles/North Star)
 * Roger Staubach (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Harry Steel (Olympic freestyle wrestler) (East Sparta)
 * Dominique Steele (mixed martial artist) (Norwood)
 * George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees) (Rocky River)
 * Shannon Stewart (baseball player)
 * Logan Stieber (freestyle and folkstyle wrestler) (Monroeville)
 * Steve Stone (baseball pitcher, sportscaster) (South Euclid)
 * Carl Storck (NFL president) (Dayton)
 * Zach Strief (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Korey Stringer (football player) (Warren)
 * Tyrell Sutton (football player) (Akron)
 * Nick Swisher (baseball player) (Worthington)


 * T–Z


 * Bill Talbert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
 * Aqib Talib (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Ben Taylor (football player) (Bellaire)
 * David Taylor (Olympic freestyle wrestler) (St. Paris)
 * Kent Tekulve (baseball player) (Hamilton)
 * Matt Tennant (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * James Terry (born 1960) (American-Israeli basketball player) (Cleveland)
 * Joe Thomasson (born 1993) (basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League)
 * LaSalle Thompson (basketball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
 * Hugh Thornton (football player) (Oberlin)
 * Joe Thuney (football player) (Centerville)
 * Nate Thurmond (Hall of Fame basketball player) (Akron)
 * Mike Tolbert (football player) (Centerville)
 * Steve Tovar (football player) (Elyria)
 * Tony Trabert (tennis player) (Cincinnati)
 * Jim Tracy (baseball player, manager) (Hamilton)
 * Demetrius Treadwell (basketball player) (Cleveland)
 * Gary Trent (basketball player) (Columbus)
 * Jim Tressel (football coach) (mentor)
 * Lee Tressel (Hall of Fame college football coach) (Ada)
 * Danny Trevathan (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Mike Trgovac (football coach) (Youngstown)
 * Mitchell Trubisky (football player) (mentor)
 * Mel Tucker (football coach) (Cleveland)
 * Tyler Ulis (basketball player) (Lima)
 * Brandon Underwood (football player) (Hamilton)
 * Zach Veach (race car driver) (Stockdale)
 * Louie Vito (snowboarder) (Bellefontaine)
 * Doug Volmar (hockey player) (Cleveland)
 * Joe Vosmik (baseball player)
 * Mike Vrabel (football player) (Akron/Cuyahoga Falls)
 * Neal Walk (1948–2015) (basketball player) (Cleveland)
 * Bill Walker (basketball player) (North College Hill)
 * Moses Fleetwood Walker (baseball player) (Mount Pleasant)
 * Randy Walker (college football coach) (Troy)
 * Vance Walker (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Spencer Ware (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Paul Warfield (football player) (Warren)
 * Rau'shee Warren (boxer) (Cincinnati)
 * Jimmy Wasdell (baseball player 1st base/outfield) (Cleveland/Eastlake)
 * Nate Washington (football player) (Toledo)
 * Nick Weatherspoon (basketball player) (Canton)
 * Beanie Wells (football player) (Akron)
 * Jayson Wells (born 1976) (basketball player) (Cleveland)
 * Rick White (baseball player) (Springfield)
 * Sheldon White (football player) (Dayton)
 * Sol White (baseball player, manager, executive) (Bellaire)
 * Donte Whitner (football player) (Cleveland)
 * Matt Wilhelm (football player) (Lorain)
 * Jeff Wilkins (football player) (Youngstown)
 * Herb Williams (basketball player, coach) (Columbus)
 * Jawad Williams (basketball player) (Cleveland/Lakewood)
 * Bill Willis (Hall of Fame football player) (Columbus)
 * Russell Wilson (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Mike Windt (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Antoine Winfield (football player) (Akron)
 * Matt Wisler (baseball player) (Bryan)
 * Derek Wolfe (football player) (Lisbon)
 * Eric Wood (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Gene Woodling (baseball player) (Akron)
 * Charles Woodson (football player) (Fremont)
 * Chris Wormley (football player) (Toledo)
 * Chris Wright (basketball player) (Trotwood)
 * Mike Wright (football player) (Cincinnati)
 * Kevin Youkilis (baseball player) (Cincinnati)
 * Cy Young (baseball player) (Gilmore/Newcomerstown)
 * Dolph Ziggler (professional wrestler) (Cleveland)
 * Don Zimmer (baseball player, coach) (Cincinnati)
 * Ron Zook (football coach) (Loudonville)
 * Michael Zordich (football player) (Youngstown)

Journalists, writers, cartoonists, poets, authors, playwrights, screenwriters, film directors and producers

 * A–F


 * Berenice Abbott (photographer) (Springfield)
 * Karen Ackerman (author) (Cincinnati)
 * Julia Carter Aldrich (author, editor) (Liverpool)
 * Dede Allen (film editor) (Cleveland)
 * Eunice Gibbs Allyn (author) (Brecksville)
 * Sherwood Anderson (author) (Camden/Clyde)
 * R. W. Apple Jr. (journalist and author) (Akron)
 * Helen Vickroy Austin (journalist, horticulturist) (Miamisburg)
 * Brian Azzarello (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
 * Jamie Babbit (film director, producer, screenwriter) (Shaker Heights)
 * Libbie C. Riley Baer (poet) (Bethel)
 * Bill Balas (screenwriter and director) (Cleveland)
 * Melissa Elizabeth Banta (poet) (Cheviot)
 * Natalie Barney (author) (Dayton)
 * Dorothy Barresi (poet) (Akron)
 * Billy Bass (radio host, program director) (Cleveland)
 * Margret Holmes Bates (author) (Fremont)
 * Tom Batiuk (cartoonist) (Akron)
 * William Bayer (crime fiction author) (Cleveland)
 * Brian Michael Bendis (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
 * Ambrose Bierce (author) (Meigs County)
 * Hanne Blank (author) (Cleveland)
 * Erma Bombeck (newspaper columnist, author) (Dayton)
 * Christine Brennan (sportswriter) (Toledo)
 * Douglas Brinkley (author and professor) (Perrysburg)
 * Louis Bromfield (author) (Mansfield)
 * Raymond Buckland (author) (Warren)
 * Michael Buckley (author) (Akron)
 * Milton Caniff (cartoonist) (Dayton)
 * Vincent J. Cardinal (playwright and director) (Kent)
 * Alice Cary (poet) (Cincinnati)
 * Charles Chesnutt (writer) (Cleveland)
 * Gordon Cobbledick (Sports Editor, Author, War Correspondent (Cleveland)
 * Bud Collins (journalist) (Lima)
 * Gail Collins (journalist) (Cincinnati)
 * Chris Columbus (film director) (Warren)
 * Eliza Archard Conner (journalist, lecturer) (Monroe Township)
 * Jerome Corsi (author) (East Cleveland)
 * Carol Costello (television correspondent) (Minerva)
 * Hart Crane (poet) (Garrettsville)
 * Wes Craven (film director) (Cleveland)
 * Anne Virginia Culbertson (writer) (Zanesville)
 * Michael Cunningham (author) (Cincinnati)
 * Steve Curwood (journalist, author) (Yellow Springs)
 * William H. Daniels (cinematographer) (Cleveland)
 * Khashyar Darvich (film producer, director) (Oxford, Cleveland)
 * Stephen Donaldson (author) (Cleveland)
 * Rita Dove (poet) (Akron)
 * Elizabeth Drew (journalist, author) (Cincinnati)
 * Paul Laurence Dunbar (poet) (Dayton)
 * Jane Dunnewold (author) (Oberlin)
 * Harlan Ellison (author) (Cleveland)
 * Mel Epstein (film producer) (Dayton)
 * Joe Eszterhas (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
 * Dominick Evans (filmmaker/activist) (Toledo)
 * Lydia Hoyt Farmer (author, women's rights activist) (Cleveland)
 * George Fett (cartoonist) (Cleveland)
 * Siaara Freeman (poet) (Cleveland)


 * G–M


 * Atul Gawande (journalist, physician) (Athens)
 * Elizabeth George (novelist) (Warren)
 * Paul Gilger (playwright, set designer, architect) (Mansfield)
 * Florence Magruder Gilmore (religious writer, novelist, translator (Columbus)
 * Bob Greene (columnist, author) (Columbus)
 * Zane Grey (author) (Zanesville)
 * Cathy Guisewite (cartoonist) (Dayton)
 * Stephen Gyllenhaal (film director, poet) (Cleveland)
 * Margaret Peterson Haddix (author) (Columbus)
 * Virginia Hamilton (children's author) (Yellow Springs)
 * Benjamin Hanby (writer, composer) (Rushville, Westerville)
 * Bill Hemmer (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
 * William Dean Howells (author, critic)
 * Elizabeth O. Sampson Hoyt (philosopher, author) (Athens)
 * Langston Hughes (poet) (Cleveland)
 * Florence Huntley (journalist, author and humorist) (Alliance)
 * Margaret E. Ingalls (author, liturgist) (Logan)
 * Mary Bigelow Ingham (writer, educator, social activist) (Mansfield)
 * Jeff Jacoby (journalist) (Cleveland)
 * Jim Jarmusch (film director) (Akron)
 * Douglas Kenney (comedy writer, actor) (Chagrin Falls)
 * Joe Kernen (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
 * Katharine Kerr (sci-fi/fantasy author) (Cleveland)
 * Glenn Kessler (correspondent) (Cincinnati)
 * Eric Kripke (writer, director) (Toledo)
 * Robert Kurtzman (film director, screenwriter) (Crestline)
 * Jerome Lawrence (writer) (Cleveland)
 * Robert E. Lee (writer) (Elyria)
 * Sorche Nic Leodhas (writer) (Youngstown)
 * Brett Leonard (film director) (Toledo)
 * Mark L. Lester (film director) (Cleveland)
 * Ann Liguori (radio personality) (Cincinnati)
 * Dwight H. Little (director) (Cleveland)
 * Carmen LoBue (filmmaker) (Cleveland)
 * Januarius MacGahan (journalist) (New Lexington)
 * Bryan Malessa (author) (Chagrin Falls)
 * Louise Markscheffel (newspaper editor and critic) (Toledo)
 * Lida Rose McCabe (author, journalist, lecturer) (Columbus)
 * J. E. McConaughy (litterateur, author) (Twinsburg)
 * Jennie McCowen (physician, medical journal editor) (Harveysburg)
 * Robin Meade (television journalist) (New London)
 * Nick G. Miller (screenwriter, producer, director) (Dayton)
 * Dan Moldea (author) (Akron)
 * Christopher Moore (author) (Toledo)
 * Patt Morrison (journalist) (Utica)
 * Toni Morrison (author) (Lorain)


 * N–Z


 * Dudley Nichols (screenwriter) (Wapakoneta)
 * Andre Norton (author) (Cleveland)
 * John O'Brien (novelist) (Oxford)
 * Frederick Burr Opper (cartoonist) (Madison)
 * P. J. O'Rourke (political satirist, author) (Toledo)
 * Paul Palnik (artist, cartoonist) (Cleveland)
 * Harvey Pekar (author) (Cleveland)
 * Jack Perkins (journalist, author) (Cleveland)
 * Eleanor Perry (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
 * Bob Peterson (animator, director) (Wooster/Dover)
 * Christopher Pfaff (producer, actor, clothing designer) (Akron)
 * Dav Pilkey (author) (Cleveland)
 * David Pogue (columnist) (Shaker Heights)
 * Dawn Powell (author) (Mount Gilead)
 * Ted Rall (editorial cartoonist) (Kettering)
 * Ellen Ratner (Fox News analyst) (Cleveland)
 * Robert Rehme (film producer) (Cincinnati)
 * Rosella Rice (writer, poet) (Perrysville)
 * Les Roberts (mystery novel writer) (author) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Effie Hoffman Rogers (editor, journalist, educator) (Jackson)
 * Terry Ryan (author) (Defiance)
 * Bill Sammon (television journalist) (Cleveland)
 * Martin Savidge (television journalist) (Rocky River)
 * John Scalzi (author) (Bradford)
 * Tara Seibel (artist, cartoonist) (Pepper Pike)
 * Dominic Sena (film director) (Niles)
 * Joe Shuster (co-creator of Superman) (Cleveland)
 * Jerry Siegel (co-creator of Superman) (Cleveland)
 * Marisa Silver (film director) (Shaker Heights)
 * David C. Smith (novelist) (Youngstown)
 * Jeff Smith (cartoonist) (Columbus)
 * Maggie Smith (poet, freelance writer, and editor)
 * Tony Snow (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
 * Steven Spielberg (film director, producer) (Cincinnati)
 * Cornelia Laws St. John (poet, biographer) (College Hill)
 * R. L. Stine (author) (Columbus )
 * Harriet Beecher Stowe (author) (Cincinnati)
 * Gertrude Strohm (author, compiler, game designer) (Greene County)
 * Lowell Thomas (commentator, author) (Woodington)
 * James Thurber (author, cartoonist) (Columbus)
 * George Trendle (radio/TV producer) (Norwalk)
 * Emma Rood Tuttle (writer, poet) (Braceville Township)
 * Lee Unkrich (film director and editor) (Cleveland)
 * Michael Wadleigh (film director) (Akron)
 * Paula Wagner (film producer) (Youngstown)
 * Brad Warner (author) (Akron)
 * Jack L. Warner (movie mogul) (Youngstown)
 * Marion E. Warner (writer) (Geneva)
 * Harvey Wasserman (author, political activist) (Columbus)
 * Lew Wasserman (studio executive) (Cleveland)
 * Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
 * Bill Watterson (cartoonist) (Chagrin Falls)
 * Sharon Waxman (born c.1963) (journalist)
 * Laura Rosamond White (author, poet, editor) (Geneva)
 * David Whitney (author) (Youngstown)
 * Gerri Willis (television journalist) (Cincinnati)
 * M. Wintermute (poet, author) (Berkshire)
 * Charles Woodson (football) (Fremont)
 * James Wright (poet) (Martins Ferry)
 * John Yang (television journalist) (Chillicothe)

Politicians, public servants, public officeholders

 * A–L


 * Charles Anderson (Ohio governor) (Dayton)
 * Frank J. Battisti (judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio) (Youngstown)
 * Albert J. Beveridge (political leader) (Highland)
 * Ken Blackwell (politician) (Cincinnati)
 * Blue Jacket (Shawnee Indian Chief) (presently known as Ross County)
 * John Boehner (U.S. Speaker of the House) (Reading/West Chester)
 * John Brough (politician, Ohio governor) (Marietta)
 * Henry Lawrence Burnett (prosecutor in trial for Abraham Lincoln assassination) (Youngstown)
 * Prescott Bush (U.S. Senator, businessman) (Columbus)
 * William Case (Cleveland)
 * Steve Chabot (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati)
 * Salmon P. Chase (Ohio governor, abolitionist, U.S.Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice) (Cincinnati)
 * Gary Cohn (National Economic Council Director) (Shaker Heights)
 * James M. Cox (Governor, Presidential candidate, Media mogul) (Dayton)
 * Ephraim Cutler (a framer of Ohio Constitution, abolitionist, longtime Ohio University Trustee (Ames Twp)
 * Charles G. Dawes (politician)
 * William R. Day (US Supreme Court Justice) (Ravenna/Canton)
 * John Dean (White House Counsel to President Nixon) (Akron)
 * R. Michael DeWine (politician, U.S. Senator) (Cedarville)
 * Steve Driehaus (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati)
 * James A. Garfield (Civil War general, 20th President of the United States) (Moreland Hills)
 * James Rudolph Garfield (U.S. Interior Secretary)
 * John J. Gilligan (politician, Ohio Governor)
 * John Glenn (U.S. Senator, astronaut)
 * Bill Gradison (politician, U.S. representative)
 * Ulysses S. Grant (soldier, politician, 18th President of the United States) (Point Pleasant)
 * Joe Hagin (White House Deputy Chief of Staff) (Indian Hill)
 * Warren G. Harding (29th President of the United States) (Blooming Grove/Caledonia)
 * Marie Harf (State Dept. spokesperson) (Granville)
 * Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor)
 * Benjamin Harrison (soldier, politician, 23rd President of the United States) (North Bend)
 * William Henry Harrison (soldier, politician, 9th President of the United States) (North Bend)
 * Rutherford B. Hayes (politician, 19th President of the United States) (Delaware)
 * Dave Hobson (politician, U.S. representative) (Springfield)
 * Darrell Issa (politician, U.S. representative) (Cleveland)
 * Cheryl Johnson (judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals) (Columbus)
 * Nathaniel R. Jones (judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit) (Youngstown)
 * Marcy Kaptur (politician, U.S. representative) (Toledo)
 * John Kasich (politician, former Representative from Ohio (1983–2001), and former Governor of Ohio) (Pittsburgh/Columbus)
 * Michael J. Kirwan (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown)
 * John Koskinen (IRS Commissioner) (Cleveland)
 * Dennis Kucinich (politician) (Cleveland)
 * Alan George Lance Sr. (judge, politician, and the National Commander of The American Legion 1999–2000) (McComb)
 * Kenesaw Mountain Landis (federal judge, baseball commissioner) (Millville)
 * Frank Lausche (Ohio Senator and Governor)
 * Susie Lee (politician, U.S. representative) (Canton)
 * Lucile Petry Leone (Cadet Nurse Corps, Assistant Surgeon General) (Preble County)


 * M–Z


 * Omarosa Manigault (Assistant to the President) (Youngstown)
 * John Michael Manos (federal judge) (Cleveland)
 * Neil H. McElroy (businessman, cabinet secretary)
 * William McKinley (25th President of the United States) (Niles)
 * Howard Metzenbaum (Senator from Ohio) (Cleveland)
 * Arthur Ernest Morgan (college president, hydraulic engineer, TVA administrator)
 * Chief Pontiac (Ottawa Indian Chief)
 * James A. Rhodes (politician, Ohio Governor) (Jackson)
 * Christina Romer (chair of Council of Economic Advisers) (Canton)
 * Edward James Roye, (5th President of Liberia) (Newark)
 * Charles Ruff (White House Counsel) (Cleveland)
 * William Saxbe (U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General, Ambassador to India) (Mechanicsburg)
 * Kathleen Sebelius (U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Governor of Kansas) (Cincinnati)
 * Donna Shalala (U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993–
 * John Sherman (U.S. Senator, brother of Gen. Sherman) (Lancaster)
 * Tony Snow (White House Press Secretary) (Cincinnati)
 * Charles Phelps Taft II (Mayor of Cincinnati)
 * Robert A. Taft I (politician) (Cincinnati)
 * Robert A. Taft II (politician, Ohio governor)
 * Robert Taft Jr.
 * William Howard Taft (politician, jurist, 27th President of the United States, chief justice) (Cincinnati)
 * Norman Thomas (politician) (Marion)
 * David Tod (governor) (Youngstown)
 * Albion Tourgée (activist for civil rights, author, lawyer) (Kingsville)
 * James Traficant (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown)
 * Clement Vallandigham (politician, activist) (Dayton)
 * Stephen Venard (lawman) (Lebanon)
 * George Voinovich (politician) (Cleveland)
 * Brand Whitlock (politician, diplomat)
 * Jay Williams (mayor) (Youngstown)
 * Mary Ellen Withrow (U.S. Treasurer) (Marion)
 * Victoria Claflin Woodhull (first woman to be nominated for president) (Homer, Licking County)

Miscellaneous celebrities



 * Clyde Beatty (animal trainer) (Chillicothe)
 * Brenda Carlin (television producer, wife of George Carlin) (Dayton)
 * Steve Cook (pool player) (Lima)
 * Mark Fischbach (YouTuber) (Cincinnati)
 * Jack Hanna (zoo director, animal expert) (Columbus)
 * The Naked Cowboy (entertainer) (Cincinnati)
 * Nettie Metcalf (farmer, chicken breeder) (Warren)
 * Daniel Nardicio (marketing director of Playgirl) (Cleveland)
 * Matthew Patrick (internet personality) (Medina)
 * Danielle Reyes (contestant on Big Brother 3) (Dayton)
 * Scott Wozniak (YouTuber)

Military leaders



 * "Mad" Ann Bailey (scout and spy for pioneers) (Harrison)
 * Phil H. Bucklew (Navy officer) (Columbus)
 * Don Carlos Buell (Civil War General) (Lowell)
 * Cook Cleland (WW2 Navy Flying Ace, Post War Air Race Winner) (Cleveland)
 * George Crook (cavalry officier) (Taylorsville)
 * George Custer (cavalry officer) (New Rumley)
 * Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (first African-American general in U.S. Air Force) (Cleveland)
 * William A. Foster (Medal of Honor Recipient) (Cleveland)
 * Dominic S. Gentile (World War II flying ace, first to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua)
 * Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War general, politician) (Point Pleasant)
 * Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor)
 * Simon Kenton (soldier, frontiersman, friend of Daniel Boone) (Urbana)
 * Isaac C. Kidd (Rear Admiral USN) (killed on USS Arizona, Medal of Honor) (Cleveland)
 * Ernest Joseph King (Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations during World War II) (Lorain)
 * Whitmore Knaggs (soldier, spy)
 * William C. Lambert (World War I aviator, fighter ace) (Ironton)
 * Justin LeHew (Sergeant Major USMC; hero of Nasiriyah; Navy Cross, Bronze Star with Combat "V"; nominated for the Medal of Honor) (Columbus Grove)
 * Curtis LeMay (founder of Strategic Air Command) (Columbus)
 * William S. Rosecrans (American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War) (Kingston Township)
 * Donald Russell Long (Medal of Honor, Vietnam)
 * Jacob Parrott (first recipient of the Medal of Honor) (Fairfield County)
 * Eddie Rickenbacker (pilot, race car driver) (Columbus)
 * Robert C. Schenck (Civil War general, politician, diplomat) (Dayton)
 * Philip Sheridan (Civil War general) (Somerset)
 * William Tecumseh Sherman (Civil War general) (Lancaster)
 * Tecumseh (Native American leader)
 * Paul Tibbets (pilot of Enola Gay, World War II) (Columbus)
 * Robert B. Wood (Civil War sailor, Medal of Honor) (New Garden)
 * Rodger Young (World War II soldier) (Fremont)

Architects, inventors, explorers, adventurers, astronauts, aviators, designers, spies



 * Conrad Keene Allen (exploration geologist) (Norwalk)
 * Neil Armstrong (astronaut, first man on the Moon) (Wapakoneta/St. Marys)
 * Christopher Bangle (automotive designer) (Ravenna)
 * George Bartholomew (inventor)
 * Norman Bel Geddes (industrial designer) (New Philadelphia)
 * Guion S. Bluford Jr. (astronaut)
 * Mark N. Brown (astronaut) (Dayton)
 * Charles Brush (inventor, industrialist) (Cleveland)
 * Kenneth D. Cameron (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * Dave Canterbury (co-star of Dual Survival)
 * Nancy Currie (astronaut)
 * Thomas Edison (inventor) (Milan)
 * Donn F. Eisele (astronaut)
 * Frederick W. Garber (architect) (Cincinnati)
 * Michael L. Gernhardt (astronaut)
 * Cass Gilbert (architect) (Zanesville)
 * Paul Gilger (architect, set designer, playwright) (Mansfield)
 * John Glenn (astronaut, politician, First American to orbit Earth) (Cambridge/New Concord)
 * Michael T. Good (astronaut)
 * Elisha Gray (inventor) (Barnesville)
 * Gary Haney (architect) (Middletown)
 * Samuel Hannaford (architect) (Cincinnati)
 * Greg Harbaugh (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * Karl G. Henize (astronaut)
 * Thomas J. Hennen (astronaut)
 * Terence T. Henricks (astronaut)
 * Tom Henricks (astronaut)
 * Charles O. Hobaugh (astronaut) (North Ridgeville)
 * Philip Johnson (architect) (Cleveland)
 * Frederick McKinley Jones (inventor) (Cincinnati)
 * Charles Kettering (inventor) (Loudenville/Dayton)
 * Jim Lovell (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * G. David Low (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * Garrett Morgan (inventor) (Cleveland)
 * Russell C. Newhouse (inventor) (Clyde)
 * Robert F. Overmyer (astronaut)
 * Ronald A. Parise (astronaut)
 * James Polshek (architect) (Akron)
 * Judith Resnik (astronaut) (Akron)
 * Ron Sega (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * Howard Dwight Smith (architect) (Dayton/Columbus)
 * Oberlin Smith (engineer) (Cincinnati)
 * Robert C. Springer (astronaut) (Ashland)
 * Kathryn D. Sullivan (astronaut)
 * Don Thomas (astronaut)
 * Ernest H. Volwiler (inventor) (Hamilton)
 * Carl Walz (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * Mary Ellen Weber (astronaut) (Cleveland)
 * Alexander Winton (inventor) (Cleveland)
 * Granville Woods (inventor) (Columbus/Cincinnati)
 * Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (inventors) (Dayton)

Businesspeople, entrepreneurs

 * John Chambers (CEO of Cisco Systems) (Cleveland)
 * Henry D. Coffinberry (industrialist) (Cleveland)
 * John R. Commons (economist) (Hollansburg)
 * Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. (developer, real estate magnate) (Youngstown)
 * Larry Dolan (owner of the Cleveland Indians) (Cleveland Heights)
 * Paul Dolan (CEO of the Cleveland Indians) (Chardon)
 * Herbert H. Dow (chemist, industrialist) (Cleveland)
 * Benjamin Franklin Fairless (steel company executive) (Pigeon Run)
 * Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone, inventor, industrialist) (Columbiana/Akron)
 * John W. Galbreath (real estate mogul, owned Pittsburgh Pirates and Darby Dan Farm) (Columbus)
 * Charles Geschke (co-founder of Adobe Systems) (Cleveland)
 * B. F. Goodrich (industrialist) (Akron)
 * Jeff Immelt (chairman and CEO of GE) (Cincinnati)
 * Charles Keating (banker, activist) (Cincinnati)
 * Charles F. Kettering (inventor, industrialist, philanthropist) (Loudonville/Dayton)
 * James Michael Lafferty CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding; prior CEO within Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco. Olympic Track and Field Coach. (Cincinnati)
 * Peter B. Lewis (entrepreneur, philanthropist, activist) (Cleveland)
 * Carl Lindner (entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist) (Cincinnati)
 * Brian Moynihan (CEO of Bank of America) (Marietta)
 * Henry Nicholas (co-founder of Broadcom Corporation) (Cincinnati)
 * Ransom Olds (automaker, Oldsmobile) (Geneva)
 * James Ward Packard (automaker) Packard (Born Warren, Died Cleveland)
 * William Doud Packard (automaker) Packard (Warren)
 * Don Panoz (entrepreneur) (Alliance)
 * John H. Patterson (industrialist) (Dayton)
 * Terren Peizer (businessperson convicted of insider trading and securities fraud)
 * Roger Penske (racing driver, entrepreneur) (Shaker Heights)
 * William Procter (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
 * Bruce Ratner (real estate developer, owned the New Jersey Nets) (Cleveland)
 * John D. Rockefeller (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland)
 * Michael J. Saylor (co-founder of MicroStrategy) (Fairborn)
 * Ernesto Schmitt (entrepreneur) (Cincinnati)
 * Frank Seiberling (industrialist) (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.)
 * Gary Shilling (financial analyst and commentator)
 * David Sinton (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
 * George Steinbrenner (shipping magnate, owned the New York Yankees) (Cleveland)
 * Ronald Wayne (co-founder of Apple Inc.) (Cleveland)
 * Ralph Wilson (Hall of Fame owner of the Buffalo Bills) (Columbus)
 * Denise DeBartolo York (co-chair of the San Francisco 49ers) (Youngstown)
 * Jed York (president and owner of the San Francisco 49ers) (Youngstown)

Publishers, media moguls

 * Roger Ailes (former chairman and CEO of Fox News) (Warren)
 * Mary Towne Burt (temperance reformer, newspaper publisher of Our Union) (Cincinnati)
 * Nettie Sanford Chapin (newspaper publisher of The Ladies Bureau) (Portage County)
 * Ethlyn T. Clough publisher and editor of The Brooklyn Exponent) (Monroeville)
 * James M. Cox (publisher of Dayton Daily News, founder of Cox Communications, politician) (Jacksonburg)
 * Larry Flynt (publisher of Hustler adult magazine) (Cincinnati)
 * Lorin Morgan-Richards (author and publisher of Celtic Family Magazine) (Strongsville/Beebetown)
 * Adolph Ochs (former owner of The New York Times) (Cincinnati)
 * Esther Pritchard (minister; editor and publisher of the Friend's Missionary Advocate) (Morrow County)
 * Esther Pugh (temperance reformer; editor and publisher of Our Union) (Cincinnati)
 * Ted Turner (founder of Turner Broadcasting, CNN) (Cincinnati)
 * Jack L. Warner (co-founder of Warner Bros. Studios) (Youngstown)
 * Les Wexner (chairman and CEO of Limited Brands) (Dayton/New Albany)

Activists, philanthropists, public agitators, advocates, lawyers

 * Rosa Miller Avery (abolitionist, reformer, writer) (Madison)
 * Daniel Carter Beard (founder of The Boy Scouts of America) (Cincinnati)
 * Elizabeth Blackwell (abolitionist, women's rights activist, first female doctor in U.S.) (Cincinnati)
 * John Brown (abolitionist) (Hudson)
 * Alice A. W. Cadwallader (philanthropist and temperance activist) (St. Clairsville)
 * Rebecca Ballard Chambers (temperance reformer) (Ohio)
 * Annie W. Clark (social reformer)
 * Sara Jane Crafts (educator, author, social reformer) (Cincinnati)
 * Ronald Daniels (activist) (Youngstown)
 * Clarence Seward Darrow (lawyer, leading member of the ACLU) (Kinsman)
 * Richard Dillingham (Quaker abolitionist) (Morrow County)
 * Susanna M. D. Fry (educator, social reformer) (Burlington)
 * Albert B. Graham (founder of 4-H) (Springfield, Clark County)
 * Linda Hirshman (lawyer, feminist) (Cleveland)
 * Esther T. Housh (social reformer, magazine editor) (Ross County)
 * William Alexander Morgan (fought in the Cuban Revolution) (Cleveland/Toledo)
 * Carl Oglesby (activist) (Akron)
 * Madalyn Murray O'Hair (activist) (Rossford)
 * John Oller (attorney, writer, biographer) (Huron)
 * Alice E. Heckler Peters (social reformer) (Dayton)
 * Utah Phillips (labor organizer) (Cleveland)
 * Achilles Pugh (publisher of The Philanthropist; anti-slavery activist) (Cadiz, Waynesville, Cincinnati)
 * Laura Rockefeller (abolitionist, philanthropist) (Wadsworth)
 * Martha Parmelee Rose (1834–1923) (journalist, social reformer, philanthropist) (Norton)
 * Rick Alan Ross (deprogrammer) (Cleveland)
 * Jerry Rubin ('60s, '70s radical activist) (Cincinnati)
 * Lee Saunders (labor leader) (Cleveland)
 * Bob Smith (doctor, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) (Akron)
 * Gloria Steinem (feminist) (Toledo)
 * Lillian Wald (activist) (Cincinnati)
 * Irvin F. Westheimer (founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters)
 * Raymond Winbush (scholar, activist) (Cleveland)
 * Victoria Woodhull (activist, stockbroker, journalist, politician) (Homer/Mount Gilead)

Criminals

 * Robert Bales (Kandahar massacre perpetrator) (Norwood)
 * Ariel Castro (rapist and kidnapper) (Cleveland)
 * Jeffrey Dahmer (serial killer) (lived in Bath)
 * Donald DeFreeze (Patty Hearst kidnapper) (Cleveland)
 * Thomas Dillon (serial killer) (Canton)
 * Martin Frankel (financier) (Toledo)
 * Jimmy Fratianno (mobster) (Cleveland)
 * Shawn Grate (serial killer) (Ashland, Mansfield, Marion)
 * Danny Greene (mobster) Cleveland
 * Gary M. Heidnik (rapist, kidnapper, murderer) (Eastlake)
 * James Oliver Huberty (murderer) (Massillon)
 * Anthony Kirkland (Cincinnati serial killer)
 * Samuel Little (serial killer) (Lorain)
 * Jeffrey Don Lundgren (cult leader, murderer) Kirtland
 * Charles Makley (bank robber) (Saint Marys)
 * Charles Manson (convicted murderer, cult/commune leader) (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills)
 * Carmen Milano (mobster) (Cleveland)
 * Peter Milano (mobster) (Cleveland)
 * Anthony Sowell (rapist and serial killer) (Cleveland)

Educators, religious leaders, lecturers, motivational speakers, self-help gurus

 * Aaron Brumbaugh (president of Shimer College) (Hartville)
 * Cynthia S. Burnett (educator and temperance reformer) (Niles)
 * John Lewis Dyer (Methodist circuit rider in Minnesota and Colorado; considered one of 16 founders of Colorado) (born in Franklin County)
 * Yusuf Estes (Islamic scholar) (born in Ohio)
 * William Holmes McGuffey (educator, author) (Tuscarawas County/Oxford/Cincinnati)
 * Raymond Moley (professor, member of FDR's "Brain Trust", author) (Berea)
 * Norman Vincent Peale (author, professional speaker, clergyman) (Bowersville)
 * Michelle Rhee (educator, education reform leader) (Toledo)
 * William P. Richardson (co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School) (Farmer Center)
 * William Strunk Jr. (educator, author) (Cincinnati)
 * Tenskwatawa (religious and political leader of the Shawnee Indians) (Ross County)

Scholars, scientists, historians, theorists, philosophers, opinionists

 * Zoltan Acs (economist) (Cleveland)
 * Mary Ainsworth (psychologist) (Glendale)
 * Gordon Allport (psychologist) (Cleveland)
 * James B. Anderson (chemical engineer) (Cleveland)
 * Edgar Bain (metallurgist) (LaRue)
 * Richard C. Banks (ornithologist) (Steubenville)
 * Brand Blanshard (philosopher) (Fredericksburg)
 * Michael Brooks (historian, journalist) (Toledo)
 * William Merriam Burton (chemist) (Cleveland)
 * William Campbell (astronomer) (Hancock County)
 * Richard E. Caves (economist) (Akron)
 * Neil W. Chamberlain (economist) (Lakewood)
 * Walker Lee Cisler (mechanical engineer) (Marietta)
 * John R. Commons (economist, historian) (Hollansburg)
 * Gustav Eckstein (writer, medical doctor, psychologist)
 * Thomas Alva Edison (scientist, inventor)
 * William A. Fowler (physicist, Nobel Prize Winner) (The Ohio State University, Lima)
 * Marye Anne Fox (organic chemist) (Canton)
 * James J. Gibson (psychologist) (McConnelsville)
 * Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (physician, writer) (Kingsville)
 * Donald A. Glaser (physicist, Nobel Prize Winner) (Cleveland)
 * Irving I. Gottesman (psychologist, behavioral geneticist) (Cleveland)
 * Charles Martin Hall (inventor, engineer) (Thompson)
 * Samuel Dana Horton (monetary theorist)
 * Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer) (Loudonville)
 * Thomas Kuhn (philosopher of science) (Cincinnati)
 * Arthur Laffer (supply-side economist) (Youngstown)
 * Harry March (football historian, doctor) (New Franklin/Canton)
 * Albert A. Michelson (physicist) (Case Institute of Technology)
 * Virginia Minnich (biologist) (Zanesville)
 * Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore (physician, newspaper editor) (Chillicothe)
 * Garrett Morgan (inventor) (Cleveland)
 * Edward W. Morley (physicist) (Western Reserve University)
 * Ralph Paffenbarger (epidemiologist) (Columbus)
 * Roy J. Plunkett (chemist) (New Carlisle)
 * Willard Van Orman Quine (logician and philosopher) (Akron)
 * Joseph Ransohoff (neurosurgeon, inventor) (Cincinnati)
 * Frederick Rentschler (aviation engineer) (Hamilton)
 * Charles Richter (physicist) (Overpeck)
 * Frank Sherwood Rowland (chemist, Nobel Prize Winner) (Delaware)
 * Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. (historian) (Xenia)
 * Zalman Shapiro (chemist, inventor) (Canton)
 * Thomas Sherwood (chemical engineer) (Columbus)
 * Thomas J. Silhavy (molecular biologist) (Wauseon)
 * Richard Smalley (chemist, Nobel Prize Winner) (Akron)
 * Oberlin Smith (engineer, magnetic recording pioneer) (Cincinnati)
 * Lee Smolin (theoretical physicist) (Cincinnati)
 * George Smoot (astrophysicist, Nobel Prize Winner) (Upper Arlington)
 * Sander Vanocur (commentator) (Cleveland)
 * John S. Wilson (economist) (Lakewood)
 * Elizabeth Witherell (editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau) (Toledo)
 * Michael S. Witherell (particle physicist, president of Fermilab) (Toledo)
 * Richard D. Wolff (Marxist economist) (Youngstown)
 * Allyn Abbott Young (economist) (Kenton)

Singers, musicians, composers, songwriters, conductors

 * A–C


 * Rita Abrams (songwriter-performer-writer) (Cleveland)
 * Lee Adams (Broadway lyricist) (Mansfield)
 * Leslie Adams [H. Leslie Adams] (composer) (Cleveland)
 * Steven Adler (musician, original drummer, Guns N' Roses) (Cleveland)
 * Harley Allen (singer-songwriter) (Dayton)
 * Ray Anthony (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Joseph Arthur (musician) (Akron)
 * Dan Auerbach (guitarist and singer, The Black Keys) (Akron)
 * Avant (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Albert Ayler (musician) (Cleveland)
 * David Baerwald (musician) (Oxford)
 * Benny Bailey (jazz trumpeter) (Cleveland)
 * Anita Baker (singer) (Toledo)
 * Julius Baker (classical flutist) (Cleveland)
 * Bobby Bare (singer) (Ironton)
 * Lou Barlow (musician) (Dayton)
 * John Bassette (singer, musician) (Cleveland)
 * Stiv Bators (musician) (Youngstown)
 * Kathleen Battle (opera singer) (Portsmouth)
 * Margaret Baxtresser (classical pianist) (Kent)
 * Andy Biersack (singer) (Cincinnati)
 * Cindy Blackman (musician) (Yellow Springs)
 * Bow Wow (rapper) (Reynoldsburg)
 * Crystal Bowersox (musician) (Toledo)
 * Don Braden (jazz saxophonist) (Cincinnati)
 * Tiny Bradshaw (jazz bandleader) (Youngstown)
 * Teresa Brewer (singer) (Toledo)..
 * Jim Brickman (musician, songwriter) (Cleveland)
 * Jerry Brightman (producer, musician, Buck Owens) (Akron)
 * Dave Burrell (jazz pianist) (Middletown)
 * Chris Butler (musician, The Waitresses) (Akron)
 * Billy Butterfield (jazz trumpeter) (Middletown)
 * Glen Buxton (guitarist, original Alice Cooper band) (Akron)
 * Casey Calvert (vocalist, Hawthorne Heights) (Dayton)
 * Eric Carmen (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Patrick Carney (drummer and producer, The Black Keys) (Akron)
 * Ralph Carney (saxophonist) (Akron)
 * Lionel Cartwright (musician, singer) (Gallipolis)
 * Gerald Casale (musician) (Kent)
 * Tracy Chapman (singer-songwriter) (Cleveland)
 * Cheetah Chrome (musician, Dead Boys) (Cleveland)
 * Charles W. Clark (operatic singer, vocalist teacher) (Van Wert)
 * Gilby Clarke (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Tammy Cochran (singer) (Austinburg)
 * David Allan Coe (singer, musician) (Akron)
 * Marc Cohn (singer) (Cleveland)
 * Bootsy Collins (musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Earl Thomas Conley (singer) (Portsmouth)
 * Cowboy Copas (singer) (Adams County)
 * Susan Cowsill (singer) (Canton)
 * Stanley Cowell (jazz pianist) (Toledo)
 * Gavin Creel (singer) (Findlay)


 * D–I


 * Tadd Dameron (jazz composer) (Cleveland)
 * Dorothy Dandridge (singer, actress) (Cleveland)
 * Dennis Russell Davies (orchestral conductor) (Toledo)
 * Bill Davison (jazz cornetist) (Defiance)
 * Doris Day (big band singer, actress) (Cincinnati)
 * Kelley Deal (musician, The Breeders) (Huber Heights/Dayton)
 * Kim Deal (musician, The Breeders) (Huber Heights/Dayton)
 * Bill DeArango (jazz guitarist) (Cleveland)
 * Jay DeMarcus (singer, bassist and keyboardist, Rascal Flatts) (Columbus)
 * Paul DeMarinis (electronic music composer) (Cleveland)
 * Jerry DePizzo (saxophonist, O.A.R.) (Youngstown)
 * Rick Derringer (singer) (Fort Recovery)
 * Frank DeVol (composer, actor) (Canton)
 * Greg Dewey (drummer, Country Joe and the Fish) (Yellow Springs)
 * Vic Dickenson (jazz trombonist) (Xenia)
 * Bethany Dillon (Christian singer-songwriter) (Bellefontaine)
 * Martin Dillon (tenor and music professor) (Portsmouth)
 * Patty Donahue (singer, The Waitresses) (Akron)
 * Mark S. Doss (operatic bass-baritone) (Cleveland)
 * Jerry Douglas (musician) (Warren)
 * Greg Dulli (singer, musician) (Hamilton)
 * Josh Dun (drummer, Twenty One Pilots) (Columbus)
 * Harry Edison (jazz trumpeter) (Columbus)
 * Halim El-Dabh (composer, musician, ethnomusicologist) (Kent)
 * James Emery (jazz guitarist) (Youngstown, Shaker Heights)
 * Donald Erb (composer) (Youngstown)
 * Eric Ewazen (composer) (Cleveland)
 * Michael Feinstein (singer) (Columbus)
 * Frederick Fennell (band conductor) (Cleveland)
 * Jim Ferguson (classical and jazz guitarist) (Dayton)
 * Bobby Few (jazz pianist) (Cleveland)
 * Anton Fier (drummer, The Golden Palominos) (Cleveland)
 * Henry Fillmore (composer) (Cincinnati)
 * Frank Foster (jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (Cincinnati)
 * Mark Foster (singer, Foster the People) (Cleveland)
 * Craig Fuller (musician) (Waverly, Columbus)
 * Larry Fuller (jazz pianist) (Toledo)
 * Sonny Geraci (singer) Outsiders (Climax) (Cleveland)
 * Neil Giraldo (guitarist, songwriter) (Cleveland)
 * Jeff Golub (jazz guitarist) (Copley)
 * Macy Gray (singer) (Canton)
 * Max Green (musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Joel Grey (singer, actor, dancer) (Cleveland)
 * Dave Grohl (musician, Nirvana and Foo Fighters (Warren)
 * Clare Grundman (composer and arranger) (Cleveland)
 * Keith Harrison (singer, musician, Dazz Band (Dayton)
 * Screamin' Jay Hawkins (musician) (Cleveland)
 * J.C. Heard (drummer) (Dayton)
 * Joe Henderson (jazz saxophonist) (Lima)
 * Jon Hendricks (jazz singer and arranger) (Newark)
 * Fred Hersch (jazz pianist) (Cincinnati)
 * Howard Hewett (singer, Shalamar) (Akron)
 * J.C. Higginbotham (jazz trombonist) (Cincinnati)
 * Christian Howes (jazz violinist) (Rocky River)
 * Pee Wee Hunt (jazz trombonist) (Mount Healthy)
 * Chrissie Hynde (musician) (Akron)
 * James Ingram (singer-songwriter, musician) (Akron)
 * Sonya Isaacs (singer) (Morrow)
 * Ernie Isley (singer) (Cincinnati)
 * Ron Isley (singer) (Cincinnati)
 * Chuck Israels (jazz bassist) (Cleveland)


 * J–M


 * Tommy James (musician) (Dayton)
 * Al Jardine (musician, The Beach Boys) (Lima)
 * Lyfe Jennings (R&B musician) (Toledo)
 * Howard Jones (lead singer, Killswitch Engage) (Columbus)
 * Tyler Joseph (musician, singer, Twenty One Pilots) (Columbus)
 * K808 (music producer) (Youngstown)
 * Mickey Katz (clarinetist, comedian) (Cleveland)
 * Sammy Kaye (swing bandleader) (Lakewood)
 * Phil Keaggy (musician, Glass Harp) (Youngstown)
 * Maynard James Keenan (musician, lead singer, Tool and A Perfect Circle) (Ravenna)
 * Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) (Cleveland)
 * Emily Keener (singer, musician) (Wakeman)
 * Khaledzou (music producer) (Youngstown)
 * Kid Cudi (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Karl King (band composer and conductor) (Paintersville)
 * Roland Kirk (musician) (Columbus)
 * Chris Kirkpatrick (singer) (Dalton)
 * Mark Kozelek (singer, musician) (Massillon)
 * Josh Krajcik (singer, musician) (Wooster)
 * Kramies (singer-songwriter, recording artist) (Cleveland)
 * Ernie Krivda (jazz saxophonist) (Cleveland)
 * Erich Kunzel (classical conductor) (Cincinnati)
 * Drew Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Nick Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Jani Lane (musician, Warrant) (Akron)
 * Neil Larsen (keyboardist) (Cleveland)
 * Peter Laughner (musician, Rocket from the Tombs) (Bay Village)
 * Griffin Layne (recording artist, singer-songwriter) (Kettering)
 * John Legend (musician) (Springfield)
 * Gerald Levert (R&B singer) (Cleveland)
 * James Levine (conductor, musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Gary LeVox (lead singer, Rascal Flatts) (Columbus/Lewis Center)
 * Bob Lewis (musician) (Akron)
 * Ted Lewis (bandleader) (Circleville)
 * Lexi (gospel singer) (Canton)
 * Tommy LiPuma (music production) (Cleveland)
 * Robert Lockwood Jr. (bluesman) (Cleveland)
 * Ty Longley (musician, guitarist, Great White) (Brookfield)
 * Lux Interior (born Erick Purkhiser) (musician) (Stow)
 * John Mack (classical oboist) (Cleveland)
 * Eli Maiman (guitarist, Walk the Moon) (Cincinnati)
 * Henry Mancini (composer) (Cleveland)
 * Marilyn Manson (musician) (Canton)
 * Brad Martin (singer) (Greenfield)
 * Dean Martin (singer, actor) (Steubenville)
 * Jessica Lea Mayfield (musician) (Kent)
 * Maureen McGovern (singer) (Youngstown)
 * Dottie McGuire (singer, The McGuire Sisters) (Middletown)
 * Phyllis McGuire (singer, The McGuire Sisters) (Middletown)
 * Ruby McGuire (singer, The McGuire Sisters) (Middletown)
 * Allen McKenzie (bass guitar, singer, FireHouse) (Jackson)
 * Andrew McMahon (musician, lead singer, Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin) (Bexley)
 * Sylvia McNair (classical singer) (Mansfield)
 * MGK (rapper) (Cleveland)
 * Donald Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
 * Harry Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
 * Herbert Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
 * John Mills Jr. (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
 * John Hutchinson Mills (musician, The Mills Brothers) (Piqua)
 * Jason Molina (musician) (Oberlin)
 * Vaughn Monroe (singer) (Akron)
 * Junie Morrison (lead singer, Ohio Players) (Dayton)
 * Seth Morrison (guitar) (Wheelersburg)
 * Bob Mothersbaugh (musician, Devo) (Akron)
 * Mark Mothersbaugh (musician, Devo) (Akron)
 * Shirley Murdock (singer) (Toledo)
 * Frank J. Myers (singer-songwriter) (Dayton)


 * N–R


 * Ruby Nash Garnett (singer, Ruby & the Romantics) (Akron)
 * Bern Nix (jazz guitarist) (Toledo)
 * Russell Oberlin (classical singer) (Akron)
 * Phil Ochs (protest singer) (Columbus)
 * Jamie O'Hara (singer-songwriter) (Toledo)
 * Benjamin Orr (musician, The Cars) (Lakewood)
 * Tim "Ripper" Owens (singer, Judas Priest) (Akron)
 * Gary Patterson (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Johnny Paycheck (singer) (Greenfield)
 * Danielle Peck (singer) (Coshocton)
 * Ken Peplowski (jazz saxophonist) (Cleveland)
 * Nicholas Petricca (singer-songwriter, musician) (Cincinnati)
 * Utah Phillips (folk singer) (Cleveland)
 * Robert Pollard (composer) (Dayton)
 * John Popper (singer, Blues Traveler (Cleveland)
 * Steve Potts (jazz saxophonist) (Columbus)
 * Robert Quine (guitarist, Richard Hell and the Voidoids) (Akron)
 * Joshua Radin (singer-songwriter) (Shaker Heights)
 * Chuck Rainey (bassist, Steely Dan) (Cleveland)
 * Kevin Ray (musician, Walk the Moon) (Columbus)
 * Trippie Redd (rapper) (Canton)
 * Conrad Reeder (singer-songwriter) (Columbus)
 * Antonio "L.A." Reid (record executive, songwriter, producer) (Cincinnati)
 * Alvino Rey (bandleader) (Cleveland)
 * Trent Reznor (musician, Nine Inch Nails) (Cleveland)
 * Marty Roe (lead singer, Diamond Rio) (Lebanon)
 * Roy Rogers (singer, actor) (Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Lucasville, McDermott)


 * Vanessa Rubin (jazz singer) (Cleveland)
 * George Russell (jazz composer) (Cincinnati)
 * John Morris Russell (classical conductor) (Cleveland, Cincinnati)


 * S–Z


 * JD Samson (musician, Le Tigre) (Cleveland)
 * Scott Savol (singer) (Cleveland)
 * Boz Scaggs (singer-songwriter) (Canton)
 * Tom Scholz (musician, inventor) (Toledo)
 * John Scofield (jazz-rock guitarist) (Dayton)
 * Jimmy Scott (jazz singer) (Cleveland)
 * Brady Seals (musician) (Fairfield)
 * Ruth Crawford Seeger (modernist composer) (East Liverpool)
 * Philip Setzer (classical violinist, Emerson String Quartet) (Cleveland)
 * Bud Shank (jazz saxophonist) (Dayton)
 * Elliott Sharp (guitarist, saxophonist) (Cleveland)
 * Scott Shriner (musician, Weezer) (Toledo)
 * Eric Singer (musician, Kiss) (Cleveland)
 * Connie Smith (singer) (Marietta)
 * Hale Smith (jazz composer) (Cleveland)
 * Mamie Smith (singer) (Cincinnati)
 * Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (Portsmouth)
 * Robert Spano (orchestral conductor) (Conneaut)
 * Stalley (rapper) (Massilon)
 * Michael Stanley (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Billy Strayhorn (jazz composer) (Dayton)
 * Rachel Sweet (musician) (Akron)
 * Chad Szeliga (drummer, Breaking Benjamin) (Elyria)
 * George Szell (orchestral conductor) (Cleveland)
 * Art Tatum (jazz pianist) (Toledo)
 * Danny Thomas (singer, comedian) (Toledo)
 * David Thomas (musician) (Akron)
 * Charles Thompson (jazz pianist) (Springfield)
 * Jeff Timmons (singer-songwriter, producer) (Cleveland)
 * Joe Trohman (guitarist, Fall Out Boy (South Russell)
 * Roger Troutman (musician, singer-songwriter) (Dayton/Hamilton)
 * Mark Turner (jazz saxophonist) (Fairborn)
 * Kate Voegele (singer-songwriter, musician) (Bay Village)
 * Abdul Wadud (jazz cellist) (Cleveland)
 * Scott Walker (singer, The Walker Brothers) (Hamilton)
 * Joe Walsh (musician) (Kent, Cleveland)
 * Robert Ward (classical composer) (Cleveland)
 * Earle Warren (jazz saxophonist) (Springfield)
 * Sean Waugaman (drummer, Walk the Moon) (Columbus)
 * Jeff Weaver (musician) (Athens)
 * Scott Weiland (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Jiggs Whigham (jazz trombonist) (Cleveland)
 * Vesta Williams (singer) (Coshocton)
 * John Finley Williamson (choral conductor) (Canton, Dayton)
 * Nancy Wilson (singer) (Chillicothe)
 * Bobby Womack (singer) (Cleveland)
 * JT Woodruff (singer, Hawthorne Heights) (Dayton)
 * Frank Yankovic (musician) (Cleveland)
 * Jimmy Yeary (singer) (Hillsboro)
 * Dwight Yoakam (singer, actor) (Columbus)
 * Snooky Young (jazz trumpeter) (Dayton)