Wednesday, 25 April 2012

FAMOUS OHIOANS

Neil Alden Armstrong astronaut, Wapakoneta
George Bellows painter, lithographer, Columbus
Willard H. Bennett inventor, Findlay
Ambrose Bierce journalist, Meigs County
Albert J. Beveridge political leader, Highland
Erma Bombeck columnist, humorist, Dayton
Bill Boyd / Hopalong Cassidy actor, Cambridge
William Jennings Bryan U.S. presidential candidate, Salem
William Meriam Burton inventor, Cleveland
Milton Caniff cartoonist, Hillsboro
Nancy Cartwright voice of Bart Simpson, Kettering
John R. Commons economist, Hollansburg
Hart Crane poet, Garrettsville
George Armstrong Custer army officer, New Rumley
Dorothy Dandridge actress, Cleveland
Doris Day singer, actress, Cincinnati
Clarence Seward Darrow lawyer, Kingsman
Ruby Dee actress, Cleveland
Hugh Downs TV broadcaster, Akron
Thomas Alva Edison inventor, Milan
John Evans physician, educator, Waynesville
Clark Gable actor, Cadiz
James Abram Garfield U.S. president, Cuyahoga County
Cass Gilbert architect, Zanesville
Lillian Gish actress, Springfield
John Herschel Glenn astronaut, senator, Cambridge
Ulysses Simpson Grant U.S. president, Point Pleasant
Zane Grey author, Zanesville
Warren Gamaliel Harding U.S. president, Morrow County
Charles Martin Hall inventor, Thompson
Rutherford Hayes U.S. president, Delaware
Benjamin Harrison U.S. president, North Bend
Robert Henri painter, Cincinnati
William Dean Howells author, critic, Martins Ferry
Charles F. Kettering inventor, Loudonville
Kenisaw Mountain Landis first baseball commissioner, Millville
Maya Lin artist, sculptor, Athens
Dean Martin singer, actor, Steubenville
William McKinley U.S. president, Niles
Toni Morrison author, Lorain
George W. Norris U.S. Senator, Sandusky
Paul Newman actor, Cleveland
Jack Nicklaus golfer, Columbus
Annie Oakley markswoman, Darke County
Norman Vincent Peale clergyman, Bowersville
Roy J. Plunkett chemist, New Carlisle
Tyrone Power actor, Cincinnati
Judith Resnik astronaut, Akron
Eddie Rickenbacker aviator, Columbus
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. historian, Columbus
Donalee L. Tabern inventor, Bowling Green
William Tecumseh Sherman army general, Lancaster
Steven Spielberg director, screenwriter, Cincinnati
Gloria Steinem feminist, Toledo
William H. Taft U.S. president, Cincinnati
Joyce Kimberly Tatro educator, Toledo
Tecumseh Shawnee Indian chief, Oldtown
Ted Turner broadcasting, Cincinnati
Lowell Thomas commentator, author, Woodington
James Thurber author, cartoonist, Columbus
Ernest H. Volwiler inventor, Hamilton
Raymond Elwin Weber webmaster, Toledo
Orville Wright inventor, Dayton
Cy Young baseball player, Gilmore

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