List of Famous people born in Ohio, United States of America

Haywood Christopher Owens is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played the power forward position.

Cliff Emmich is an American film, stage and television actor.

Jenni N. Meno is an American former competitive pair skater. With her husband Todd Sand, she is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist, and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96).

Eugene Walter was a playwright. He was the author of the hit play The Easiest Way.

Milton Jerrold Shapp was the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania. He was also the first governor of Pennsylvania to take advantage of an amendment to the state constitution lifting the ban on state governors succeeding themselves in office and authorizing them to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms at a time, while still requiring a minimum of four years out of office between any two stints.

Thomas Steven "T. S." Cook was an American screenwriter and producer, perhaps best known for writing The China Syndrome (1979), sharing with Mike Gray and James Bridges, which garnered him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.

Hari Rhodes was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning around 1960.

Steve Downes is an American DJ and voice actor. He is best known for his work as the voice of the Master Chief in the Halo video game series. He worked as a disc jockey at Los Angeles, California Album-oriented Rock radio stations KWST (1978-1981), KEZY-AM (1981-1982) and KLSX (1994), but is best remembered working evening drive at KLOS from 1982 to 1991. He frequently hosted the live call-in talk show, Rockline in the early 1990s. Most recently, he worked as the morning show host for 97.1 WDRV "The Drive" in Chicago, Illinois. Downes also hosts the nationally syndicated radio show "The Classics". He is married to fellow voice actress Liz Zweifler.

Mary Ellen Weber is an American executive, scientist, aviator, speaker, and a former NASA astronaut.

Harley Edwin Rouda Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from the state of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The district encompasses south-western coastal portions of Orange County including the cities of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He first ran for office in the 2018 elections, where he defeated 15-term incumbent Dana Rohrabacher. He was defeated for reelection by Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel in 2020. On January 13, 2021, Rouda announced he was running against Steel in the 2022 election.