List of people from Shaker Heights, Ohio

The following is a list of natives, residents and former residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

A

 * Danesha Adams, soccer player
 * Griff Allen, auto racing promoter, broadcaster, engineer
 * Erick Anderson, football linebacker
 * Albert Ayler, jazz saxophonist

B

 * Jamie Babbit, director, producer, and screenwriter


 * Newton D. Baker, politician
 * Bill Balas, screenwriter, director, producer
 * Majel Barrett, actress and producer
 * William Bayer, crime fiction writer
 * Carter Bays, television writer, creator of How I Met Your Mother
 * David Mark Berger, weightlifter, one of 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Arab commandos at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
 * Peter Bergman, member of The Firesign Theatre
 * Wrestlers The Beverly Brothers (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom) were billed as hailing from Shaker Heights
 * Leon Bibb, television anchor
 * Keith Black, neurosurgeon
 * John Blackburn, songwriter
 * Sara J. Bloomfield, Executive Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 * Roberts Blossom, actor and poet
 * Andy Borowitz, comedian and satirist
 * Eric Brakey, politician and Maine State Senator
 * Jim Brickman, musician
 * Aris Brimanis, ice hockey defenseman
 * Paul Brown, football coach and owner
 * Dick Brubaker, football player for the Chicago Cardinals and Buffalo Bills
 * Judith Butler, gender theorist and philosopher

C

 * Jane L. Campbell, politician; 56th Mayor of Cleveland
 * James Card, film preservationist
 * Martha Chase, geneticist
 * Adrien Clarke, Virginia Destroyers offensive lineman
 * Ward Cleaver, fictional character in Leave It to Beaver
 * Nate Clements, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback
 * Wat T. Cluverius, diplomat
 * Anne Cochran, singer
 * Gary Cohn, President and COO of Goldman Sachs, economic advisor to the Trump Administration
 * Jim Cohn, poet
 * Bruce Cole, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
 * Constance Cook, Republican Party politician
 * Tom Corcoran, writer

D

 * Rebecca Dallet, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
 * Marc Dann, former Ohio Attorney General
 * William Daroff, director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Jewish Federations of North America
 * Arthur Carter Denison, federal judge
 * Cheri Dennis, the Princess of Bad Boy Entertainment
 * Derf Backderf, John Backderf, cartoonist
 * Samuel Deutsch, jeweler and sports franchise owner
 * Maximilian Dimoff, principal bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra
 * Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

E

 * Eric Ehrmann, author and columnist
 * Harry Eisenstat, baseball pitcher
 * James Emery, jazz guitarist

F

 * Michelle Federer, theatre and film actress
 * Danny Ferry, former NBA player; former General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
 * Bobby Few, jazz pianist
 * Eric Fingerhut, politician and academic administrator
 * Craig Finn, singer and guitarist
 * Nate Fish, American-Israeli writer, baseball player/coach
 * Lee Fisher, former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
 * James Frey, author
 * Devin Friedman, journalist
 * Marcia Fudge, congresswoman

G

 * Zelma Watson George, actress, philanthropist
 * Jeff Gerth, journalist
 * Nicole Gibbs, tennis player
 * Anand Giridharadas, writer and newspaper columnist
 * Rick Glassman, actor and comedian
 * Samuel Glazer, co-developer of Mr. Coffee
 * Maurice Goldman, composer
 * Stuart Goldman, journalist, screenwriter, musician
 * Derrick Green, musician, singer of the band Sepultura and Maximum Hedrum
 * Richard J. Green, chemist
 * Tom Griswold, co-host of The Bob & Tom Show
 * Robert Lee Grossman, computer scientist and bioinformatician
 * Matt Guerrier, baseball player

H

 * Jamey Haddad, percussionist
 * Dorothy Hart, actress
 * Jerry Heller, rap manager
 * Caroline Hoxby, economist

I

 * David Icove, former FBI Academy Instructor

J

 * Paul Jones, judge
 * Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County commissioner

K

 * Paul Kantor, violin teacher
 * Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, rapper
 * Donald James Kirk, accountant
 * Freddie Kitchens, NFL head coach
 * Archibald Klumph, founder of the Rotary Foundation
 * Andrew Kober, stage actor
 * Ralph Kohl, football player, coach and scout
 * Ralph and Terry Kovel, antiques writers and television hosts

L

 * Jaime Laredo, violinist
 * Al Lerner, late owner of the Cleveland Browns and former chairman of MBNA
 * Michael Lesy, writer and professor
 * Eddie Levert, lead singer of The O'Jays
 * Gerald Levert, musician
 * Sean Levert, musician
 * Mark F. Lindsay, Assistant to the President of the United States for Management and Administration under Bill Clinton
 * Tommy LiPuma, music producer
 * Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post journalist
 * Matthew Luckiesh, physicist

M

 * Lorin Maazel, conductor
 * Machine Gun Kelly, born Colson Richard Baker, rapper
 * Kevin Mackey, college basketball coach
 * Gordon Macklin, businessman
 * Wade Manning, NFL wide receiver
 * Bill Mason, jewel thief
 * Lance Mason, politician
 * Michael McElroy, actor
 * Marc Mencher, video game industry executive
 * Howard Metzenbaum, U.S. senator
 * Aaron David Miller, American Middle East analyst, author, and negotiator
 * Creighton Miller, attorney who helped organize the National Football League Players Association
 * Thomas Modly, former United States Secretary of the Navy
 * Justin Morrow, MLS soccer player
 * Ted Mosby, fictional character in How I Met Your Mother
 * Otis Moss III, pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ
 * Felice Mueller, rower

N

 * Paul Newman, actor and auto racer
 * Billy Newton-Davis, R&B, jazz and gospel singer-songwriter
 * Celeste Ng, writer

O

 * Susan Orlean, journalist
 * Peter Ostrum, actor

P

 * Paula Jai Parker, actress
 * Harvey Pekar, comic book writer
 * Roger Penske, race car driver, team owner, and business entrepreneur
 * David Pogue, technology writer, journalist and commentator
 * James Alan Polster, novelist, movie producer and journalist
 * Dan A. Polster, judge
 * Greg Pruitt, football running back

R

 * Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter
 * Bruce Ratner, philanthropist and real estate developer; on the board of directors for Forest City Enterprises
 * Ellen Ratner, news analyst
 * Mark Ratner, chemist
 * Michael Ratner, attorney and human rights activist
 * Matthew Rhodes, American film producer
 * Beth Richie, professor of African American Studies, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies, and Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago
 * Laurel J. Richie, current president of the Women's National Basketball Association
 * Geraldo Rivera, attorney and talk show host
 * Sharon Robinson, cellist
 * Michael Roizen, physician
 * Chris Rose, NFL Network sportscaster
 * Terry Rozier, basketball player
 * Michael Ruhlman, writer
 * Campy Russell, basketball player
 * John Morris Russell, conductor

S

 * Marlene Sanders, journalist
 * Scott Savol, American Idol finalist
 * Leonard Sax, MD/PhD, physician and author
 * Michael Scharf, law professor and director of Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
 * Alan Schechter, film producer
 * Kathryn Schulz, journalist and writer
 * Molly Shannon, comedian
 * Maria Siemionow, surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic
 * Charlie Sifford, African American former professional golfer who helped to desegregate the PGA of America
 * Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, rabbi, Zionist spokesman and leader
 * Marisa Silver, author, screenplay writer, and director
 * Ben Simon, NHL ice hockey center
 * Jamil Smith, print and television journalist
 * Charles E. Spahr, Sohio President and CEO
 * David Spero, DJ, music manager
 * Stephen Stucker, actor
 * Bob Switzer, inventor
 * Michael Symon, Iron Chef, restaurateur, and television host
 * George Szell, former conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra

T

 * Bill Taft, rock musician
 * Kingsley A. Taft, politician
 * Milan Tiff, Olympic triple jumper

U

 * Loung Ung, Cambodian American human rights activist and author

V

 * William R. Van Aken, politician
 * Van Sweringen brothers, real estate developers of Shaker Heights and railroad tycoons
 * Ralph Vince, football player and coach
 * Daniel Vovak, political comedian and author
 * Vronsky & Babin, duo-piano team

W

 * David Wain, actor, filmmaker and comedian
 * Clay Weiner, director
 * Dr. Robert J. White, neurosurgeon
 * Shereé Whitfield, from The Real Housewives of Atlanta
 * Kym Whitley, comedian and actress
 * Fred Willard, comedian
 * Milton A. Wolf, real estate developer and U.S. Ambassador
 * Sidney M. Wolfe, drug safety activist

Z

 * Jack Zwerner, professional poker player and entrepreneur