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Columbus, OH
CITY
Official Website: http://ci.columbus.oh.us/
Chamber of Commerce: Columbus Chamber of Commerce Visitors Bureau: http://www.experiencecolumbus.com/ Population: 711470 (2000 census) Founding Date: 1812 County: Delaware County, Fairfield County, Franklin County
NEWSPAPERS
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
Majel Barrett |
Actor |
23-Feb-1932 |
18-Dec-2008 |
Widow of Gene Roddenberry |
Warner Baxter |
Actor |
29-Mar-1889 |
7-May-1951 |
In Old Arizona |
George Bellows |
Painter |
12-Aug-1882 |
8-Jan-1925 |
American realist painter |
Richard Biggs |
Actor |
18-Mar-1961 |
22-May-2004 |
Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5 |
Bizzy Bone |
Rapper |
12-Sep-1976 |
|
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
Andrea Bowen |
Actor |
4-Mar-1990 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
Kevin Boyce |
Politician |
5-Oct-1971 |
|
Treasurer of Ohio, 2009-11 |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
Novelist |
2-Nov-1949 |
|
The Vorkosigan Saga |
Walter Dean Burnham |
Scholar |
15-Jun-1930 |
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Democracy in the Making |
Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
Bruce L. Byrnes |
Business |
29-Mar-1948 |
|
Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble, 2004-08 |
Joe Carr |
Football |
22-Oct-1880 |
20-May-1939 |
NFL President, 1921-39 |
Howard "Hopalong" Cassady |
Football |
2-Mar-1934 |
|
Winner, 1955 Heisman Trophy |
Robert F. Chandler |
Educator |
22-Jun-1907 |
23-Mar-1999 |
International Rice Research Institute |
Richard Cordray |
Government |
3-May-1959 |
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Acting Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
Ben Curtis |
Golf |
26-May-1977 |
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Winner, 2003 British Open |
Beverly D'Angelo |
Actor |
15-Nov-1951 |
|
National Lampoon's Vacation |
Jay DeMarcus |
Country Musician |
26-Apr-1971 |
|
Vocalist, Rascal Flatts |
Michael Duffy |
Journalist |
7-Sep-1958 |
|
TIME reporter |
David W. Dyer |
Judge |
28-Jun-1910 |
7-Jun-1998 |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76 |
Michael Feinstein |
Singer |
7-Sep-1956 |
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Revives the Great American Songbook |
Guy Fieri |
Chef |
22-Jan-1968 |
|
Face of the Food Network |
Alana De La Garza |
Actor |
18-Jun-1976 |
|
Connie Rubirosa on Law & Order |
Dody Goodman |
Actor |
28-Oct-1914 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Mother on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
Maggie Grace |
Actor |
21-Sep-1983 |
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Shannon Rutherford on Lost |
Alex Grey |
Artist |
29-Nov-1953 |
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Chapel of Sacred Mirrors |
Archie Griffin |
Football |
21-Aug-1954 |
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Winner, 1974 and 1975 Heisman Trophy |
Wil Haygood |
Journalist |
19-Sep-1954 |
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The Butler |
Eileen Heckart |
Actor |
29-Mar-1919 |
31-Dec-2001 |
Butterflies Are Free |
Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
Gary LeVox |
Country Musician |
10-Jul-1970 |
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Lead singer, Rascal Flatts |
John B. McCoy |
Business |
11-Jun-1943 |
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CEO of Bank One, 1987-99 |
Patrick McCrory |
Politician |
17-Oct-1956 |
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Governor of North Carolina |
Irvin McDowell |
Military |
15-Oct-1818 |
4-May-1885 |
Defeated at First Battle of Bull Run |
Grant Mitchell |
Actor |
17-Jun-1874 |
1-May-1957 |
Father Is a Prince |
Jack Nicklaus |
Golf |
21-Jan-1940 |
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Golf legend, Winner of 18 Majors |
William J. Patterson |
Business |
27-Jan-1962 |
24-Sep-2010 |
SPO Partners & Co. |
Jack Plotnick |
Actor |
30-Oct-1968 |
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Xandir on Drawn Together |
Tom Poston |
Actor |
17-Oct-1921 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Handyman on Newhart |
Brady Quinn |
Football |
27-Oct-1984 |
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Free-agent NFL quarterback |
Josh Radnor |
Actor |
29-Jul-1974 |
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How I Met Your Mother |
Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
James A. Ryder |
Business |
28-Jul-1913 |
25-Mar-1997 |
Founder of Ryder System |
Randy Savage |
Wrestling |
15-Nov-1952 |
20-May-2011 |
WWF and WCW heavyweight champion |
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
Bob Shamansky |
Politician |
18-Apr-1927 |
11-Aug-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83 |
Claire Shipman |
Journalist |
1962 |
|
Good Morning America |
Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
Donald Ogden Stewart |
Author |
30-Nov-1894 |
2-Aug-1980 |
The Philadelphia Story |
Jermaine Stewart |
Singer |
7-Sep-1957 |
17-Mar-1997 |
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
R. L. Stine |
Author |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
Goosebumps series |
Philip Michael Thomas |
Actor |
26-May-1949 |
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Det. Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice |
James Thurber |
Author |
8-Dec-1894 |
2-Nov-1961 |
Short story writer and cartoonist |
Pat Tiberi |
Politician |
21-Oct-1962 |
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Congressman, Ohio 12th |
Hal Williams |
Actor |
14-Dec-1938 |
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Lester Jenkins on 227 |
Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
Ralph Wilson, Jr. |
Football |
17-Oct-1918 |
25-Mar-2014 |
Founding Owner, Buffalo Bills |
DEATHS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John W. Bricker |
Politician |
6-Sep-1893 |
22-Mar-1986 |
Governor of Ohio, 1939-45 |
Samuel P. Bush |
Relative |
4-Oct-1863 |
8-Feb-1948 |
Father of Senator Prescott Bush |
Joe Carr |
Football |
22-Oct-1880 |
20-May-1939 |
NFL President, 1921-39 |
Cozy Cole |
Jazz Musician |
17-Oct-1909 |
29-Jan-1981 |
Topsy Part 2 |
Dimebag Darrell |
Guitarist |
20-Aug-1966 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Lead guitarist for Pantera |
Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
A. Victor Donahey |
Politician |
7-Jul-1873 |
8-Apr-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1923-29 |
John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
8-Dec-2016 |
First American to orbit earth |
Vic Janowicz |
Football |
26-Jan-1930 |
27-Feb-1996 |
Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy |
Thomas J. Moyer |
Judge |
18-Apr-1939 |
2-Apr-2010 |
Ohio Chief Justice, 1987-2010 |
C. William O'Neill |
Politician |
14-Feb-1916 |
20-Aug-1978 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
Hjalmar Petersen |
Politician |
2-Jan-1890 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1936-37 |
James A. Rhodes |
Politician |
13-Sep-1909 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Twice Governor of Ohio |
Andrew A. Sorensen |
Educator |
20-Jul-1938 |
17-Apr-2011 |
President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08 |
Allen G. Thurman |
Politician |
13-Nov-1813 |
12-Dec-1895 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1869-81 |
Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
Chalmers P. Wylie |
Politician |
23-Nov-1920 |
14-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93 |
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