List of Famous people born in Ohio, United States of America
Jean Harris
Jean Struven Harris was the headmistress of The Madeira School for girls in McLean, Virginia, who made national news in the early 1980s when she was tried and convicted of the murder of her ex-lover, Herman Tarnower, a well-known cardiologist and author of the best-selling book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet. The case is featured on the TV show Murder Made Me Famous.
Candice Keller
Candice Keller is a former state representative for the 53rd District of the Ohio House of Representatives, which includes part of Butler County. She is a Republican. In 2019, she proposed legislation to ban and criminalize abortion in Ohio.
Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. As a vaudeville singer she performed in various styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Willie "The Lion" Smith described the background of that recording in his autobiography, Music on My Mind (1964).
Derek Dietrich
Derek Richard Dietrich is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers. He also previously played with the Chicago Cubs alternate training site 60-man roster. Prior to playing professionally, Dietrich starred at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio and played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. While primarily a second baseman, he has also played left field and third base during his career.
Ted Levine
Frank Theodore "Ted" Levine is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Buffalo Bill in the film The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk (2002–2009).
Gary Trent
Gary Dajaun Trent Sr. is an American retired professional basketball player.
Malik Zaire
Malik Jamaal Zaire is a former American football quarterback He began his college football career at Notre Dame, before transferring to the University of Florida as a graduate transfer. Zaire currently works for the sports media company Overtime as on-air talent and as a producer, as well as a color commentator for college football games on the CBS Sports Network.
Andy Isabella
Andy Isabella is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Massachusetts.
Kyle Craven
Kyle Craven, commonly known by his Internet nickname "Bad Luck Brian", is an American Internet celebrity known for his ubiquitous photo posted on Reddit in 2012, which quickly became a popular Internet meme.
O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley Jr. was an American singer and one of the founding members of the family group The Isley Brothers.