Founded 1833 by Presbyterian ministers John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart, as Oberlin Collegiate Institute. In 1835 it opened admission to blacks, the first college in America to do so. In 1837 women were first admitted, again becoming the first college in America to do so. In 1850 it changed its name to Oberlin College.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Frederick B. Artz |
Historian |
19-Oct-1894 |
20-Jul-1983 |
Reaction and Revolution, 1814-1832 |
| Peter Baker |
Journalist |
2-Jul-1967 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| Thomas A. Balmer |
Judge |
1952 |
|
Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| Alison Bechdel |
Cartoonist |
10-Sep-1960 |
|
Dykes to Watch Out For |
| Eric Bogosian |
Actor |
24-Apr-1953 |
|
Talk Radio |
| Ira S. Bowen |
Astronomer |
21-Dec-1898 |
6-Feb-1973 |
Debunked nebulium |
| Avery Brooks |
Actor |
2-Oct-1948 |
|
Sisko on Star Trek: DS9 |
| Blanche K. Bruce |
Politician |
1-Mar-1841 |
17-Mar-1898 |
US Senator, former slave |
| William T. Butler |
Doctor |
c. 1932 |
|
Baylor College of Medicine |
| John Cazale |
Actor |
12-Aug-1935 |
12-Mar-1978 |
Fredo in The Godfather |
| Tracy Chevalier |
Novelist |
1962 |
|
Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| Yvette Clarke |
Politician |
21-Nov-1964 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 11th |
| Patrick L. Clawson |
Government |
30-Mar-1951 |
|
Washington Institute For Near East Policy |
| Rachel Cline |
Author |
? |
|
What to Keep |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Marc Cohn |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Jul-1959 |
|
Walking In Memphis |
| Johnnetta B. Cole |
Educator |
19-Oct-1936 |
|
President of Spelman College, 1987-97 |
| Richard N. Current |
Historian |
5-Oct-1912 |
26-Oct-2012 |
The Lincoln Nobody Knows |
| Martin L. Davey |
Politician |
25-Jul-1884 |
31-Mar-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1935-39 |
| Michael Duffy |
Journalist |
7-Sep-1958 |
|
TIME reporter |
| Lena Dunham |
Actor |
13-May-1986 |
|
Girls |
| Wallace J. Eckert |
Astronomer |
19-Jun-1902 |
24-Aug-1971 |
First scientist hired by IBM |
| Adrian Fenty |
Politician |
7-Dec-1970 |
|
Mayor of Washington DC, 2007-11 |
| Lee Fisher |
Politician |
7-Aug-1951 |
|
Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2007-11 |
| Nancy Giles |
Actor |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
China Beach |
| William Goldman |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1931 |
|
Marathon Man |
| Melissa Fay Greene |
Author |
30-Dec-1952 |
|
Praying for Sheetrock |
| Jerry Greenfield |
Business |
14-Mar-1951 |
|
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. |
| Erwin Griswold |
Attorney |
14-Jul-1904 |
19-Nov-1994 |
US Solicitor General, 1967-73 |
| John Gutfreund |
Business |
14-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91 |
| Richard Haass |
Government |
28-Jul-1951 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| David M. Halperin |
Scholar |
2-Apr-1952 |
|
One Hundred Years of Homosexuality |
| Martin Harwit |
Astronomer |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy |
| Jacob Heilbrunn |
Journalist |
c. 1965 |
|
They Knew They Were Right |
| Walter W. Heller |
Economist |
27-Aug-1915 |
15-Jun-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64 |
| Ed Helms |
Comic |
24-Jan-1974 |
|
The Daily Show |
| Edward Everett Horton |
Actor |
18-Mar-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Prolific 1930s comedic actor |
| Robert M. Hutchins |
Educator |
17-Jan-1899 |
17-May-1977 |
President, University of Chicago, 1929-51 |
| Bill Irwin |
Actor |
11-Apr-1950 |
|
My Blue Heaven |
| Robert Jervis |
Historian |
1940 |
|
The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy |
| John Kander |
Composer |
18-Mar-1927 |
|
Top Broadway composer |
| Fred Kaplan |
Columnist |
? |
|
Slate columnist |
| Robert Kuttner |
Editor |
17-Apr-1943 |
|
The American Prospect |
| Christopher J. LaFleur |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Malaysia, 2005-07 |
| John Mercer Langston |
Politician |
14-Dec-1829 |
15-Nov-1897 |
First black Congressman elected from Virginia |
| Henrietta Swan Leavitt |
Astronomer |
4-Jul-1868 |
12-Dec-1921 |
Cepheid variable |
| Rex Lee |
Actor |
7-Jan-1969 |
|
Lloyd on Entourage |
| John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
| Michelle Malkin |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1970 |
|
Syndicated conservative columnist |
| Michael E. Marks |
Business |
31-Dec-1950 |
|
CEO of Flextronics, 1994-2006 |
| Rollo May |
Psychologist |
21-Apr-1909 |
22-Oct-1994 |
Love and Will |
| John McEntire |
Drummer |
1970 |
|
Tortoise |
| George Herbert Mead |
Philosopher |
27-Feb-1863 |
26-Apr-1931 |
Pragmatist, social behaviorist |
| Daniel N. Mendelson |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
President of Avalere Health |
| J. Hillis Miller |
Critic |
5-Mar-1928 |
|
Deconstructionist literary critic |
| Robert A. Millikan |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1868 |
19-Dec-1953 |
Determined the charge of an electron |
| Lloyd N. Morrisett |
Administrator |
2-Nov-1929 |
|
President, Markle Foundation, 1969-98 |
| Tony Musante |
Actor |
30-Jun-1936 |
26-Nov-2013 |
Toma |
| James C. Napier |
Government |
9-Jun-1845 |
21-Apr-1940 |
Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank |
| Karen O |
Singer |
22-Nov-1978 |
|
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| Merton J. Peck |
Economist |
17-Dec-1925 |
1-Mar-2013 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Liz Phair |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Apr-1967 |
|
Exile in Guyville |
| John Wesley Powell |
Geologist |
24-Mar-1834 |
23-Sep-1902 |
Exploration of the Colorado River |
| Charles B. Purvis |
Doctor |
14-Apr-1842 |
14-Dec-1929 |
Pioneering African-American physician |
| Willard Van Orman Quine |
Philosopher |
25-Jun-1908 |
25-Dec-2000 |
Two Dogmas of Empiricism |
| David Rees |
Cartoonist |
22-Jun-1972 |
|
Get Your War On |
| Edwin O. Reischauer |
Diplomat |
15-Oct-1910 |
1-Sep-1990 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66 |
| Marcie B. Ries |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Albania, 2004-07 |
| Josh Ritter |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Oct-1976 |
|
So Runs the World Away |
| Carl Rowan |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1925 |
23-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Sun-Times columnist |
| William A. Rugh |
Diplomat |
10-May-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87 |
| Charles Sawyer |
Government |
10-Feb-1887 |
7-Apr-1979 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53 |
| Jack Schaefer |
Novelist |
19-Nov-1907 |
24-Jan-1991 |
Shane |
| David Schlesinger |
Journalist |
15-Apr-1960 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Reuters |
| William F. Schulz |
Activist |
14-Nov-1949 |
|
Director, Amnesty International, 1994-2006 |
| Allan H. Spear |
Politician |
24-Jun-1937 |
11-Oct-2008 |
President, Minnesota Senate, 1993-2001 |
| Roger W. Sperry |
Scientist |
20-Aug-1913 |
17-Apr-1994 |
"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology |
| Corey Stoll |
Actor |
14-Mar-1976 |
|
Peter Russo on House of Cards |
| Lucy Stone |
Activist |
13-Aug-1818 |
18-Oct-1893 |
American Women's Suffrage Association |
| Julie Taymor |
Film Director |
15-Dec-1952 |
|
Across the Universe |
| John Vinocur |
Journalist |
? |
|
International Herald Tribune correspondent |
| George Vradenburg |
Attorney |
14-Mar-1943 |
|
Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner |
| Kenneth N. Waltz |
Scholar |
8-Jun-1924 |
12-May-2013 |
Man, the State, and War |
| Thornton Wilder |
Novelist |
17-Apr-1897 |
7-Dec-1975 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| Pete Williams |
Politician |
10-Dec-1919 |
17-Nov-2001 |
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
| Wendell Willkie |
Politician |
18-Feb-1892 |
8-Oct-1944 |
Defeated by Roosevelt in 1940 |
