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

David Christopher Justice is a retired American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1989–1996), Cleveland Indians (1997–2000), New York Yankees (2000–2001), and Oakland Athletics (2002). Justice won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1990, and was a three-time MLB All-Star.

John Eugene DeFilippo is an American football coach who is the passing game coordinator & quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at James Madison University, and has served as offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker was an American professional baseball catcher who is credited with being one of the first black men to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and a star athlete at Oberlin College as well as the University of Michigan, Walker played for semi-professional and minor league baseball clubs before joining the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association (AA) for the 1884 season.

Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz is an American aerospace engineer, a former fighter pilot, and a retired NASA Flight Director and manager. Kranz served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Gemini and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He is best known for directing the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13, and was later portrayed in the major motion picture of the same name by actor Ed Harris. He is also noted for his close-cut flattop hairstyle and the dapper "mission" vests (waistcoats) of different styles and materials made by his wife, Marta Kranz, for his Flight Director missions.

Michael Louis Golic Sr. is an ESPN College Football analyst, former co-host of ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike and Golic and Wingo, and a former National Football League (NFL) defensive lineman.

Benjamin Snell Jr. is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Kentucky.

Patrick James Carney is an American music producer. Carney serves as the drummer for the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Anthony Edward Sowell was an American serial killer and rapist known as the Cleveland Strangler. He was arrested in October 2009 after the bodies of eleven women were discovered by police at his home in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.

Michael Scott Matheny is an American former professional baseball player and current manager of the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for 13 seasons as a catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants. Matheny later spent seven seasons as the manager of the Cardinals. One of the most accomplished defensive players of his era, he won four Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. As manager, Matheny's teams won one National League (NL) pennant and three NL Central division titles.

Larry Lee Householder is an American politician who is the state representative for Ohio's 72nd District and was a two-time Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. His district includes Coshocton and Perry counties, as well as about half of Licking County. Householder represented the same district from 1997 to 2004, including as speaker from 2001 to 2004. In 2016 he was elected to the Statehouse again and on January 7, 2019, he was selected to serve again as speaker.