List of Famous people born in Ohio, United States of America
Charles Keating
Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. was an American athlete, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, and activist best known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s.
Daniel von Bargen
Daniel von Bargen was an American character actor of film, stage and television. He was known for his roles as Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle, and Chief Grady in Super Troopers.
Nate Ebner
Nathan Ebner is an American football safety and special teamer for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), and a rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team.
Orlando Pace
Orlando Lamar Pace is a former American football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams. Pace played college football for Ohio State University, where he was twice recognized as a unanimous All-American, and was selected by the Rams first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. He spent all but one season of his professional career in St. Louis, concluding his NFL tenure as a member of the Chicago Bears.
Katie Nageotte
Kathryn Nageotte is an American athlete, specializing in pole vaulting. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Jack Thompson
John Bruce "Jack" Thompson is an American activist and disbarred attorney, based in Coral Gables, Florida. He is known for his role as an anti-video-game activist, particularly against violence and sex in video games. During his time as an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. This included rap music, broadcasts by shock jock Howard Stern, the content of video games and their alleged effects on children.
Ernest Cline
Ernest Christy Cline is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels Ready Player One, Armada, and Ready Player Two and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Neel Kashkari
Neel Tushar Kashkari is an American banker and politician who is President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. As interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability from October 2008 to May 2009, he oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) that was a major component of the U.S. government's response to the financial crisis of 2007–08. A Republican, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2014 election.
Shane Larkin
DeShane Davis Larkin is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He also represents the senior Turkish national team. He played college basketball for the University of Miami. He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 18th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft, where he was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks. He last played in the NBA in 2018 with the Boston Celtics. Larkin is the son of Hall of Fame baseball player Barry Larkin.
Chris Mack
Christopher Lee Mack is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the University of Louisville.