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

Jeffrey John "J. J." Wolf is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 83 on 15 August 2022. Wolf played collegiately at The Ohio State University. Wolf began playing semi-pro tennis in 2016 and three years later, in July 2019, signed with Topnotch Management to play professionally.

Kenneth Leonard "Ki-Jana" Carter is a former American football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for Penn State University, and earned All-American honors. He was the No. 1 draft pick in the 1995 NFL Draft, and he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins and New Orleans Saints, but his career was cut short by an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Mike Priefer is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He has almost two decades of pro coaching experience.

Antonio Robert Daniels is an American retired professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the television color analyst for the New Orleans Pelicans on FOX Sports New Orleans and co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

Henry Thompson "Nick" Nicholas III was a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and is a former co-chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of the company. He is also a philanthropist and leader of the victim's rights movement.

Kathryn Susan Morris is an American actress, best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush in the CBS series Cold Case.

Robert Easter Jr. is an American professional boxer who held the IBF lightweight title from 2016 to 2018. He challenged once for the WBC lightweight title in 2018, and once for the vacant WBA and IBO lightweight titles in 2019. As of November 2020, he is ranked as the world's eighth best active light welterweight by BoxRec.

Mary Ellen Cook, known professionally as Mary Carey, is an American former adult film actress, Playboy model, radio host, film director and politician known for her appearance on the VH1 reality TV series Celebrity Rehab and Sober House.

Ronald Jason Klein is an American politician and lawyer who is a former member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party and chairs the Jewish Democratic Council of America. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He is currently employed by the law firm Holland & Knight.

Gary Michael Heidnik was an American murderer who kidnapped, tortured, and raped six women, killing two of them, while holding them prisoner in a pit in his basement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Heidnik was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in July 1999.