List of Famous people born in Ohio, United States of America
Homer Marshman
Homer Marshman was the first owner of the Cleveland Rams, now known as the Los Angeles Rams. Mr. Marshman, a prominent Cleveland, Ohio lawyer and businessman who received his law degree from Harvard School of Law, served as special counsel to Ohio's attorney general from 1934 to 1947. He founded the Rams along with player-coach Damon "Buzz" Wetzel in 1936, when it played one successful yet financially disastrous year in the American Football League, then acquired a National Football League franchise for the team on February 13, 1937. Marshman and the other Rams stockholders paid $10,000 for the NFL franchise, then put up $55,000 to capitalize the new club.
Jacob Hamblin
Jacob Hamblin was a Western pioneer, Mormon missionary, and diplomat to various Native American tribes of the Southwest and Great Basin. He aided European-American settlement of large areas of southern Utah and northern Arizona, where he was seen as an honest broker between Mormon settlers and the Natives. He is sometimes referred to as the "Buckskin Apostle," or the "Apostle to the Lamanites." In 1958, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
J. Warren Keifer
Joseph Warren Keifer was a major general during the Spanish–American War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio from 1877 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1911. From 1881 to 1883 he was Speaker of the House.
James J. Jeffries
James Jackson "Jim" Jeffries was an American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion.
Wilson Shannon
Wilson Shannon was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th Governor of Ohio, and was the first Ohio governor born in the state. He was the second governor of the Kansas Territory.
Edward Hennig
Edward August Hennig was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Summit County, Ohio.
James Bush
James Bush was an American actor from the 1930s until the early 1950s. He appeared in more than 100 television shows and films, more than 80 of them being feature films.
Ralph P. Lowe
Ralph Phillips Lowe was the fourth Governor of Iowa.
Jeff Gibbs
Jeffrey Gibbs is an American professional basketball player. Gibbs played college basketball for Otterbein University and is a professional player since 2004.
Charles C. Gossett
Charles Clinton Gossett was an American politician who served as the 20th Governor of Idaho and a United States Senator from Idaho, but was in both offices less than a year in the 1940s. He was a member of the Democratic Party.