Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Joshua W. Alexander |
Politician |
22-Jan-1852 |
27-Feb-1936 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1919-21 |
Kevin Allison |
Actor |
16-Feb-1970 |
|
The State |
Eddie Arcaro |
Jockey |
19-Feb-1916 |
14-Nov-1997 |
Two-time Triple Crown winner |
Jean Ashbrook |
Politician |
21-Sep-1934 |
|
Congresswoman from Ohio, 1982-83 |
Steve Austria |
Politician |
12-Oct-1958 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 7th |
Marty Balin |
Musician |
30-Jan-1942 |
|
Lead singer of Jefferson Airplane |
Theda Bara |
Actor |
29-Jul-1885 |
7-Apr-1955 |
A Fool There Was |
Thom Barry |
Actor |
6-Dec-1950 |
|
Will Jeffries on Cold Case |
Louise Beavers |
Actor |
8-Mar-1902 |
26-Oct-1962 |
She Done Him Wrong |
Richard Bellamy |
Art Dealer |
3-Dec-1927 |
29-Mar-1998 |
Art dealer, NYC's Green Gallery |
Thomas Berger |
Novelist |
20-Jul-1924 |
13-Jul-2014 |
Little Big Man |
Marsha S. Berzon |
Judge |
17-Apr-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Kenneth Blackwell |
Government |
28-Feb-1948 |
|
Ohio Secretary of State, 1999-2007 |
William G. Bowen |
Educator |
6-Oct-1933 |
20-Oct-2016 |
President, Princeton University, 1972-88 |
Lee Bowman |
Actor |
28-Dec-1914 |
25-Dec-1979 |
Smash-Up |
Thomas Boyatt |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Colombia, 1980-83 |
Frank T. Brogan |
Politician |
6-Sep-1953 |
|
President, Florida Atlantic University |
John L. Burton |
Politician |
15-Dec-1932 |
|
Ex-California Senate President pro Tem |
Phillip Burton |
Politician |
1-Jun-1926 |
10-Apr-1983 |
Congressman from California, 1964-83 |
Rocky Carroll |
Actor |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
Leon Vance on NCIS |
Mel Carter |
Singer |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me |
Andrew R. L. Cayton |
Historian |
9-May-1954 |
|
Ohio: The History of a People |
Steve Chabot |
Politician |
22-Jan-1953 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 1st |
Donald D. Clancy |
Politician |
24-Jul-1921 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77 |
Bootsy Collins |
Bassist |
26-Oct-1951 |
|
This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N |
Walter Connolly |
Actor |
8-Apr-1887 |
28-May-1940 |
It Happened One Night |
Phillip R. Cox |
Business |
1947 |
|
Cox Financial Corporation |
Michael Cunningham |
Novelist |
6-Nov-1952 |
|
The Hours |
Doris Day |
Actor |
3-Apr-1924 |
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
John Diehl |
Actor |
1-May-1950 |
|
Larry Zito on Miami Vice |
Jimmie Dodd |
Talk Show Host |
28-Mar-1910 |
10-Nov-1964 |
Winsome Mickey Mouse Club host |
Elizabeth Drew |
Journalist |
16-Nov-1935 |
|
The New Yorker |
Steve Driehaus |
Politician |
24-Jun-1966 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 2009-11 |
Dana Fabe |
Judge |
29-Mar-1951 |
|
Alaska Chief Justice |
Suzanne Farrell |
Dancer |
16-Aug-1945 |
|
Ballerina, NYC Ballet |
Dexter Filkins |
Journalist |
24-May-1961 |
|
The Forever War |
Richard K. Fox |
Diplomat |
22-Oct-1925 |
|
US Ambassador to Trinidad, 1977-79 |
John J. Gilligan |
Politician |
22-Mar-1921 |
24-Aug-2013 |
Governor of Ohio, 1971-75 |
Bill Gradison |
Politician |
28-Dec-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 |
Julie Hagerty |
Actor |
15-Jun-1955 |
|
Airplane! |
Ralph F. Hake |
Business |
25-Jan-1949 |
|
CEO of Maytag, 2001-06 |
Porter Hall |
Actor |
19-Sep-1888 |
6-Oct-1953 |
Going My Way |
Bill Hemmer |
TV Personality |
14-Nov-1964 |
|
Co-Host, America's Newsroom |
Robert Henri |
Painter |
25-Jun-1865 |
12-Jul-1929 |
Art Students League of New York |
Patricia L. Herbold |
Diplomat |
24-Sep-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Singapore |
Robert J. Herbold |
Business |
24-Jul-1942 |
|
COO of Microsoft, 1994-2001 |
August Herrmann |
Baseball |
3-May-1859 |
25-Apr-1931 |
Early 20th-Century baseball executive |
David Hobson |
Politician |
17-Oct-1936 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 7th |
William H. Hudnut III |
Politician |
17-Oct-1932 |
17-Dec-2016 |
Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91 |
Miller Huggins |
Baseball |
27-Mar-1879 |
25-Sep-1929 |
Yankees Manager, 1918-29 |
Jeffrey R. Immelt |
Business |
19-Feb-1956 |
|
CEO of General Electric |
Andy Ireland |
Politician |
23-Aug-1930 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1977-93 |
Ronald Isley |
Musician |
21-May-1941 |
|
An Isley brother |
Mark Boone Junior |
Actor |
17-Mar-1955 |
|
Robert Munson on Sons of Anarchy |
David Justice |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1966 |
|
Outfielder, ex-husband of Halle Berry |
Charles Keating |
Business |
4-Dec-1923 |
1-Apr-2014 |
Morality crusader, white-collar swindler |
William J. Keating |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1927 |
|
Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92 |
Kenneth Koch |
Poet |
27-Feb-1925 |
6-Jul-2002 |
On the Great Atlantic Rainway |
Barney Kroger |
Business |
24-Jan-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
Founder of Kroger grocery empire |
Luke Kuechly |
Football |
20-Apr-1991 |
|
Carolina Panthers LB |
Thomas Kuhn |
Author |
18-Jul-1922 |
17-Jun-1996 |
Structure of Scientific Revolutions |
Drew Lachey |
Singer |
8-Aug-1976 |
|
Brother of Nick Lachey |
Reichen Lehmkuhl |
TV Personality |
26-Dec-1973 |
|
The Amazing Race |
Hudson Leick |
Actor |
9-May-1969 |
|
Callisto on Xena |
James Levine |
Conductor |
23-Jun-1943 |
|
Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera |
Vicki Lewis |
Actor |
17-Mar-1960 |
|
Redhead Beth on NewsRadio |
Nicholas Longworth |
Politician |
5-Nov-1869 |
9-Apr-1931 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31 |
Stephen Low |
Diplomat |
2-Dec-1927 |
15-Nov-2010 |
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1979-81 |
Charles J. Luken |
Politician |
18-Jul-1951 |
|
Twice Mayor of Cincinnati |
Thomas A. Luken |
Politician |
9-Jul-1925 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1977-91 |
Irene Manning |
Actor |
17-Jul-1912 |
28-May-2004 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
John William Mauchly |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1907 |
8-Jan-1980 |
ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers |
John Mendelsohn |
Biologist |
31-Aug-1936 |
|
Cancer researcher |
Kathryn Morris |
Actor |
28-Jan-1969 |
|
Lilly Rush on Cold Case |
Heidi Mueller |
Actor |
29-Jan-1982 |
|
Passions |
Dawn Clark Netsch |
Politician |
16-Sep-1926 |
5-Mar-2013 |
Comptroller of Illinois, 1991-95 |
Tom O'Brien |
Football |
5-Oct-1948 |
|
Former head coach of NCSU Wolfpack |
Adolph Ochs |
Publisher |
12-Mar-1858 |
8-Apr-1935 |
New York Times Publisher, 1896-1936 |
Donald E. Osterbrock |
Astronomer |
13-Jul-1924 |
11-Jan-2007 |
Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81 |
O'Dell M. Owens |
Doctor |
c. 1947 |
|
Coroner of Hamilton County, Ohio |
Collin Wilcox Paxton |
Actor |
4-Feb-1935 |
14-Oct-2009 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Rob Portman |
Politician |
19-Dec-1955 |
|
US Senator from Ohio |
Tyrone Power |
Actor |
5-May-1913 |
15-Nov-1958 |
Witness for the Prosecution |
Trey Radel |
Politician |
20-Apr-1976 |
|
Congressman who resigned after drug bust |
Sy Richardson |
Actor |
4-Jun-1941 |
|
Lite in Repo Man |
Oscar Riddle |
Biologist |
27-Sep-1877 |
29-Nov-1968 |
Prolactin |
Roy Rogers |
Actor |
5-Nov-1911 |
6-Jul-1998 |
Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger |
Pete Rose |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Cincinnati Reds |
Jerry Rubin |
Activist |
14-Jul-1938 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Yippie, one of the Chicago 7 |
Stephen W. Sanger |
Business |
10-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of General Mills, 1995-2007 |
Charles Sawyer |
Government |
10-Feb-1887 |
7-Apr-1979 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53 |
George A. Schaefer, Jr. |
Business |
17-May-1945 |
|
CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp, 1991-2007 |
Bob Schaffer |
Politician |
24-Jul-1962 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1997-2003 |
Jean Schmidt |
Politician |
29-Nov-1951 |
|
Congresswoman, Ohio 2nd |
Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
Kathleen Sebelius |
Politician |
15-May-1948 |
|
US Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Louis Sirkin |
Attorney |
19-Apr-1940 |
|
First Amendment defense attorney |
David Skaggs |
Politician |
22-Feb-1943 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99 |
Hal Sparks |
Actor |
25-Sep-1969 |
|
Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk |
Steven Spielberg |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1946 |
|
E.T. |
Roger Staubach |
Football |
5-Feb-1942 |
|
Five-time NFC leading passer |
Steve Stivers |
Politician |
24-Mar-1965 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 15th |
William Strunk |
Author |
1-Jul-1869 |
26-Sep-1946 |
Elements of Style |
Dudley S. Taft |
Business |
26-Apr-1940 |
|
Taft Broadcasting Company |
Helen Taft |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1861 |
22-May-1943 |
Wife of US President William Howard Taft |
Robert A. Taft |
Politician |
8-Sep-1889 |
31-Jul-1953 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1939-53 |
William Howard Taft |
Head of State |
15-Sep-1857 |
8-Mar-1930 |
27th US President, 1909-13 |
Thomas C. Theobald |
Business |
5-May-1937 |
|
CEO of Continental Bank, 1987-94 |
Ted Turner |
Business |
19-Nov-1938 |
|
Founder of Cable News Network |
Urban J. Vehr |
Religion |
30-May-1891 |
19-Sep-1973 |
Archbishop of Denver, 1941-67 |
Linda Vester |
Talk Show Host |
11-Jun-1965 |
|
Fox News Channel talk show host |
Herb Vigran |
Actor |
5-Jun-1910 |
29-Nov-1986 |
Television character actor |
Daniel von Bargen |
Actor |
5-Jun-1950 |
1-Mar-2015 |
Kruger on Seinfeld |
Lillian Wald |
Activist |
10-Mar-1867 |
1-Sep-1940 |
Henry Street Settlement |
Douglas A. Warner III |
Business |
9-Jun-1946 |
|
CEO of JP Morgan, 1995-2000 |
Patricia Wettig |
Actor |
4-Dec-1951 |
|
thirtysomething |
Edmund White |
Author |
13-Jan-1940 |
|
The Joy of Gay Sex |
Katt Williams |
Comic |
2-Sep-1973 |
|
The Pimp Chronicles |
Russell Wilson |
Football |
29-Nov-1988 |
|
Seattle Seahawks QB |
Amy Yasbeck |
Actor |
12-Sep-1963 |
|
Casey Davenport on Wings |
Father Yod |
Religion |
4-Jul-1922 |
25-Aug-1975 |
Founder and Deity of The Source Family |
Kevin Youkilis |
Baseball |
15-Mar-1979 |
|
New York Yankees infielder |
Don Zimmer |
Baseball |
17-Jan-1931 |
4-Jun-2014 |
Red Sox, Padres, Cubs, manager |
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
25-Aug-2012 |
First man on the Moon |
Paul Brown |
Football |
7-Sep-1908 |
5-Aug-1991 |
Coach and namesake, Cleveland Browns |
Donald D. Clancy |
Politician |
24-Jul-1921 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77 |
Levi Coffin |
Activist |
28-Oct-1798 |
16-Sep-1877 |
Helped thousands of slaves to freedom |
Myers Y. Cooper |
Politician |
25-Nov-1873 |
6-Dec-1958 |
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31 |
James Pollard Espy |
Scientist |
9-May-1785 |
24-Jan-1860 |
The Philosophy of Storms |
James Gamble |
Business |
3-Apr-1803 |
29-Apr-1891 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
John J. Gilligan |
Politician |
22-Mar-1921 |
24-Aug-2013 |
Governor of Ohio, 1971-75 |
Alfred Gottschalk |
Educator |
7-Mar-1930 |
12-Sep-2009 |
President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95 |
Henry Heimlich |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1920 |
17-Dec-2016 |
Heimlich maneuver |
August Herrmann |
Baseball |
3-May-1859 |
25-Apr-1931 |
Early 20th-Century baseball executive |
Isaac M. Jordan |
Politician |
5-May-1835 |
3-Dec-1890 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85 |
Carl H. Lindner |
Business |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Oct-2011 |
Cincinnati billionaire |
Alexander Long |
Politician |
24-Dec-1816 |
28-Nov-1886 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1863-65 |
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. |
Attorney |
4-May-1853 |
18-Feb-1927 |
US Solicitor General, 1893-95 |
Neil H. McElroy |
Government |
30-Oct-1904 |
30-Nov-1972 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59 |
John McLean |
Judge |
11-Mar-1785 |
4-Apr-1861 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1829-61 |
William Procter |
Business |
7-Dec-1801 |
4-Apr-1884 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
John K. Richards |
Attorney |
15-Mar-1856 |
1-Mar-1909 |
US Solicitor General, 1897-1903 |
George Rieveschl |
Chemist |
9-Jan-1916 |
27-Sep-2007 |
Discovered Benadryl |
Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
Jack Twyman |
Basketball |
11-May-1934 |
30-May-2012 |
Cincinnati Royals forward, NBA Hall-of-Famer |
Frances Wright |
Activist |
6-Sep-1795 |
13-Dec-1852 |
Utopian abolitionist |