List of Famous people born in Ohio, United States of America
Eleanor Perry
Eleanor Perry was an American screenwriter and author.
Hoyt Sherman
Major Hoyt Sherman, a member of the prominent Sherman family, was an American banker.
Laura Clifford Barney
Laura Dreyfus-Barney was a leading American Baháʼí teacher and philanthropist.
Cecil Womack
Cecil Dale Womack was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was one of the musical Womack brothers, and had success both as a songwriter and recording artist, notably with his wife Linda as Womack & Womack. In later years he took the name Zekkariyas.
Carroll Nye
Robert Carroll Nye was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944.
Jerry Lucas
Jerry Ray Lucas is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas "Nick" Longworth III was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican.
G. David Low
George David Low was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut. He was born in 1956 to Dr. George Low, the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office. With undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics, he worked in the JPL at the California Institute of Technology in the early 80's, before being picked as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1984. In addition to holding some technical assignments, he logged more than 700 hours in space, before he left NASA in 1996 to pursue a career in the private sector.
Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Bernarda Bryson Shahn was an American painter and lithographer. She also wrote and illustrated children's books including The Zoo of Zeus and Gilgamesh. The renowned artist Ben Shahn was her "life companion" and they married in 1969, shortly before his death.
Jim Paxson
James Joseph Paxson is an American former professional basketball player. A first round selection of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1979 NBA draft, Paxson played for Portland and the Boston Celtics of the NBA from 1979–1990 and was twice an All-Star. Paxson served as general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers for six years and now works as a consultant with the Chicago Bulls where his brother John Paxson is an executive.