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

William K. Howard was an American film director, writer, and producer. Considered one of Hollywood's leading directors, he directed over 50 films from 1921 to 1946, including The Thundering Herd (1925), The Power and the Glory (1933), Fire Over England (1937), and Johnny Come Lately (1943).

Theodore Elijah Burton was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

Samuel Vernon Stewart was a Democratic Party politician, an attorney, former Montana Supreme Court Justice and the sixth Governor of Montana.

Walter Miller was an American actor of the silent era and the early sound era. He appeared in 248 films between 1911 and 1940. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48. His interment is located at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.

James Avery Hopwood was an American playwright of the Jazz Age. He had four plays running simultaneously on Broadway in 1920.

Dr. John Wesley Hoyt was an American politician and educator. Hoyt was the third Governor of Wyoming Territory.

John Philo Hoyt was an American politician and jurist. He served as the fourth Governor of Arizona Territory and was nominated to become Governor of Idaho Territory but declined the position. In his later life he served as President of Washington's constitutional convention and as a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.

Jesse Fuller McDonald was an American public official civil engineer and surveyor, born in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Frank John Lausche was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland and the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and also served as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms (1957–1969).

Addison Whittaker Richards, Jr. was an American actor of film and television. Richards appeared in more than three hundred films between 1933 and his death.