List of people from Akron, Ohio

Last updated March 06, 2024

The following people were all born in or were residents of the city of Akron, Ohio, United States.

Name	Occupation/industry	Description	Association	Reference
Henry Eugene Abbey	Theatre	Theatre manager and producer	Born in Akron	^[1]
Richard F. Abel	Military	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General	Born in Akron	^[2]
John R. Adams	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^[3]
James E. Akins	Politician	U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976	Born and raised in Akron	^[4]
Lola Albright	Actress and singer	Starred in TV series Peter Gunn and films such as Kid Galahad	Born and raised in Akron	^[5]
Andy Alleman	Athlete	Football center for Miami Dolphins	Born in Akron	^[6]
Harold Anderson	Athlete	Basketball coach at Bowling Green State and University of Toledo	Born in Akron	^[7]
R. W. Apple, Jr.	Writer	Editor, writer for The New York Times	Born in Akron	^[8]
Joseph Arthur	Musician	Musician and artist	Born and raised in Akron	^[9]
Dan Auerbach	Musician	Solo musician, guitarist for The Black Keys, owner of Akron Analog Recording Studios	Born and raised in Akron	^[10]
William Hanes Ayres	Politician	Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives	Represented Akron in Congress	^[11]
Josh Azzarella	Artist	Artist	Born in Akron	^[12]
E.T. Barnette	Politician	Founder of Fairbanks, Alaska and its first mayor	Born in Akron	^[13]
Alice M. Batchelder	Attorney	Attorney and jurist, currently^{[ when? ]} chief judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit	Practiced in Akron	^[14]
Elsworth R. Bathrick	Politician	U.S. Representative	Worked in Akron	^[15]
Tom Batiuk	Cartoonist	Comic strip creator ( Funky Winkerbean , Crankshaft )	Born in Akron	^[16]
Cliff Battles	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron	^[17]
Margaret Baxtresser	Musician	Classical pianist	Supporter of Akron	^[18]
Art Becker	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron	^[19]
Sam H. Bell	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Terry Bevington	Athlete	Baseball player and manager	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
George Bliss	Politician	Congressman	Practiced and worked in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Ray C. Bliss	Politician	Republican Party leader	Born and worked in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jim Boeke	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Bloch	Artist	Artist	Raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Phil Boggs	Athlete	Diver, 1976 Olympic gold medalist	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Dante Booker	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Rosario Borgio	Criminal	Mobster	Worked in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
William Boyett	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Dave Brown	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Brown	Politician	Abolitionist	Worked in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Walter Hermann Bucher	Scientist	Geologist and paleontologist	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Michael Buckley	Writer	Author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
E. J. Burt	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
River Butcher	Actor	Stand-up comic, co-creator and co-star of Take My Wife	Born and raised in Akron	^[20]
Jimmy Butler	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Glen Buxton	Musician	Guitarist for Alice Cooper	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Patrick Carney	Musician	Drummer for The Black Keys, bassist for band Drummer	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Casale	Musician	Musician, Devo	Raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Gerald Casale	Musician	Musician, Devo	Raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Len Chandler	Musician	Folk musician	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
David Allan Coe	Singer	Country music artist	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Russell Coffey	Military	World War I veteran	Lived in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Arthur L. Conger	Historian	Theosophist	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Deborah L. Cook	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit	Practiced in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jarrod Cooper	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Cheryl Crawford	Theatre	Director and producer	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Croghan	Athlete	Five-time national champion in steeplechase	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Stephen Curry	Athlete	Basketball player for Golden State Warriors, four-time NBA champion	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Ruby Nash Curtis	Singer	Singer of Ruby & The Romantics	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Hammer Damage	Singer	Rock band	Formed in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Keith Dambrot	Athlete	Basketball coach	Born, raised, and worked in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jimmy Darrow	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Dean	Politician	White House counsel to Richard Nixon		^{[ citation needed ]}
Charles W. F. Dick	Politician	U.S. Senator (Republican)		^{[ citation needed ]}
Frank Dicopoulos	Actor	Actor		^{[ citation needed ]}
Michael Dokes	Athlete	Boxer, WBA World Heavyweight Champion 1982–1983	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Lloyd C. Douglas	Minister	Minister, author		^{[ citation needed ]}
Rita Dove	Writer	Poet		^{[ citation needed ]}
Hugh Downs	TV	TV journalist and personality, 20/20		^{[ citation needed ]}
Peter C. Economus	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Sidney Edgerton	Politician	19th-century politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bruce L. Edwards	Academic and author	Bowling Green State University professor and C. S. Lewis scholar	Born in Akron	^[21]
Eddie Elias	Athlete	Founder of Professional Bowlers Assn.		^{[ citation needed ]}
Harold G. Epperson	Military	Decorated U.S. Marine		^{[ citation needed ]}
Eugene C. Eppley	Corporate executive	Hotel mogul		^{[ citation needed ]}
Angie Everhart	Actress	Model and actress		^{[ citation needed ]}
Fritzi Fern	Actress	Actress		^{[ citation needed ]}
Harvey Samuel Firestone	Corporate executive	Founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company	Lived in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Leonard Firestone	Corporate executive	Industrialist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Steve Fitzhugh	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Art Fleming	TV	TV game show host, Jeopardy		^{[ citation needed ]}
Carol Folt	College executive	President, University of Southern California	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Martha Firestone Ford	Business executive	Owner and chairwoman of NFL's Detroit Lions	Born in Akron
Trent Ford	Actor	Actor, model		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mike Fox	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Elizabeth Franz	Actress	Tony Award and Obie Award-winning actress		^{[ citation needed ]}
Shirley Fry	Athlete	Tennis player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ruby Nash Garnett	Singer	Singer of Ruby & the Romantics	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
William H. Gerstenmaier	NASA	NASA administrator		^{[ citation needed ]}
Joe Glazer	Musician	Musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Dick Goddard	Scientist	Meteorologist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Harvey Gold	Musician	Musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Golic	Athlete	Football player, radio personality		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mike Golic	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Benjamin Goodrich	Corporate executive	Founder of B.F. Goodrich Company		^{[ citation needed ]}
Jim Graner	TV	Sports anchor at WKYC; color commentator for Cleveland Browns radio	Born in Akron	^[22]
Brad Guigar	Cartoonist	Cartoonist		^{[ citation needed ]}
James S. Gwin	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Kris Haines	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Dave Hampton	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Leon Harris	TV	Television journalist		^{[ citation needed ]}
James Harrison	Athlete	Football player for Pittsburgh Steelers, two-time Super Bowl champion		^{[ citation needed ]}
Dow W. Harter	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[ citation needed ]}
Umar Bin Hassan	Writer	Poet		^{[ citation needed ]}
Anne Heche	Actress	Star of films like Volcano , Psycho , Cedar Rapids		^{[ citation needed ]}
John Heisman	Actor, athlete, coach	Football and baseball coach at Buchtel College (now known as the University of Akron); Heisman Trophy named in his honor	Lived in Akron	^[23]
Carol Heiss	Athlete	Figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, five-time world champion		^{[ citation needed ]}
Daniel Hesidence	Artist	Painter
Howard Hewett	Singer	Gospel and R&B singer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Michael Holley	Writer	Sports journalist		^{[ citation needed ]}
M. Herbert Hoover	Politician	Politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Roger Hoover	Singer	Singer, musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Walter B. Huber	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[ citation needed ]}
Rex Humbard	Televangelist	Televangelist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Craig Hummer	TV	Sportscaster		^{[ citation needed ]}
Chrissie Hynde	Singer	Musician, leader of The Pretenders		^{[ citation needed ]}
James Ingram	Musician	Singer, songwriter, two-time Grammy Award winner	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Ike Isaacs	Musician	Jazz bassist	Born in Akron	^[24]
Shirley Fry Irvin	Athlete	Hall of Fame tennis player	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Lux Interior	Musician	Singer and founding member of The Cramps		^{[ citation needed ]}
Sandi Jackson	Politician	Politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
LeBron James	Athlete	Basketball player for Los Angeles Lakers, four-time NBA champion	Born and raised in Akron	^[25]
Jim Jarmusch	Filmmaker	Director of films such as Down by Law, Broken Flowers		^{[ citation needed ]}
David Jenkins	Athlete	Figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, three-time world champion		^{[ citation needed ]}
Hayes Alan Jenkins	Athlete	Figure skater, 1956 Olympic gold medalist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Helen Jepson	Singer	Soprano		^{[ citation needed ]}
Gus Johnson	Athlete	Basketball player, television sportscaster		^{[ citation needed ]}
Steve Johnson	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Grandpa Jones	Musician	Musician, comedian ( Hee-Haw )		^{[ citation needed ]}
Melina Kanakaredes	Actress	Star of television series Providence , CSI: NY		^{[ citation needed ]}
Salaria Kea	Nurse	Nurse		^{[ citation needed ]}
Maynard James Keenan	Singer	Singer, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Dean Keener	Coach	Basketball coach		^{[ citation needed ]}
Herman Keiser	Athlete	Golfer, 1946 Masters champion		^{[ citation needed ]}
Charlton Keith	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Phil Kline	Musician	Composer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Knepper	Athlete	Major League Baseball pitcher		^{[ citation needed ]}
Charles Landon Knight	Attorney	Publisher, politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
James L. Knight	Writer	Publisher		^{[ citation needed ]}
John S. Knight	Writer	Publisher		^{[ citation needed ]}
Parke Kolbe	College executive	College president		^{[ citation needed ]}
Heather Kozar	Model	Model; former Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right		^{[ citation needed ]}
Brock Kreitzburg	Athlete	Bobsledder		^{[ citation needed ]}
Art Kusnyer	Athlete	Baseball player and coach		^{[ citation needed ]}
Jani Lane	Singer	Lead singer of Glam metal band Warrant	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jerome Lane	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Lape	TV	Television journalist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mortimer Dormer Leggett	Military	Civil War officer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Lewis	Singer	Founder of Devo		^{[ citation needed ]}
Thomas Lewis	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Frank Fowler Loomis	Engineer	Inventor and city director of mechanical engineering	Born and raised in Akron	^[26]
David Lough	Athlete	Baseball player	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Liam Lynch	Musician	Musician, puppeteer, Sifl and Olly		^{[ citation needed ]}
Dylan Mabin	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron
John Magaro	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron	^[27]
Doug Marsh	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Thomas E. Martin	Politician	Iowa politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mike Massie	Politician	Wyoming politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Banjo Matthews	Athlete	NASCAR driver		^{[ citation needed ]}
Andy McCollum	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Moses McCormick	YouTuber	YouTube personality	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Gates McFadden	Actress	Actress	Born in Akron	^[28]
Frances McGovern	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[ citation needed ]}
Charles McGraw	Actor	Stage, film and television actor		^[29]
Marian Mercer	Actress	Tony Award-winning actress of stage, film and TV		^{[ citation needed ]}
Paul T. Mikolashek	Military officer	U.S. Army lieutenant general	Born and raised in Akron	^[30]
Gene Mingo	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Dan Moldea	Writer	Journalist and author		^{[ citation needed ]}
Vaughn Monroe	Singer	Recording artist, actor, bandleader on Hollywood Walk of Fame		^{[ citation needed ]}
Michael Morell	TV	ICIA director, TV analyst		^{[ citation needed ]}
Brian Mosteller	Politician	Director of Oval Office Operations for President Barack Obama		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo		^{[ citation needed ]}
Jim Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo		^{[ citation needed ]}
Scott Muni	Radio	Radio personality		^{[ citation needed ]}
Thurman Munson	Athlete	Baseball player, seven-time All-Star, 1976 American League MVP		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ron Negray	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
John Neidert	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Donnie Nickey	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Pete Nischt	Musician	Musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Gabe Norwood	Athlete	Basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters		^{[ citation needed ]}
Russell Oberlin	Musician	Musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Les Olsson	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Stanford R. Ovshinsky	Scientist	Inventor and scientist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Chris Owens	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Tim "Ripper" Owens	Singer	Singer, replaced Rob Halford in Judas Priest; inspiration for movie Rock Star	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Paige Palmer	TV	Fitness expert, TV personality		^{[ citation needed ]}
John Parry	Sports official	Football official		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ara Parseghian	Coach	Football coach, Notre Dame		^{[ citation needed ]}
Jaroslav Pelikan	Theologian	Christianity scholar		^{[ citation needed ]}
Simon Perkins	Founder	Settler, surveyor		^{[ citation needed ]}
Antonio Pittman	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ronald Phillips	Murderer	Child murderer	Executed for rape and murder of child
Terry Pluto	Writer	Sports journalist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Shawn Porter	Athlete	Professional boxer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ricky Powers	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Edward Pramuk	Artist	Artist	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Richard Quick	Athlete	Swimming coach		^{[ citation needed ]}
Robert Quine	Musician	Guitarist		^{[ citation needed ]}
Willard Van Orman Quine	Philosopher	Philosopher		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ron Rector	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Robin Reed	Biologist	Cell biologist	Born in Akron	^[31]
James W. Reilly	Politician	Politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Nikola Resanovic	Musician	Composer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Judith Resnik	NASA	Astronaut, killed in Challenger explosion	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Butch Reynolds	Athlete	Track-and-field star, gold medalist in 1988 Olympics		^[32]
Jennifer Niederst Robbins	Corporate executive	Designed the web's first commercial site		^{[ citation needed ]}
Sydne Rome	Actress	Actress		^{[ citation needed ]}
Edmund Rowe	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ed Sadowski	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Wilbur F. Sanders	Politician	Montana politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Thomas C. Sawyer	Politician	Politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bo Schembechler	Coach	Football coach, University of Michigan		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Schubert	Coach	Swimming coach	Born and raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Francis Seiberling	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[ citation needed ]}
Frank Seiberling	Corporate executive	Founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber	Born in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
John F. Seiberling	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[ citation needed ]}
Luke Sewell	Athlete	Baseball player and manager		^{[ citation needed ]}
Chuck Share	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Denny Shute	Athlete	Golfer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Matt Simon	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Harry Simpson	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
George Sisler	Athlete	Baseball player, member of Hall of Fame		^{[ citation needed ]}
Richard Smalley	Scientist	Physicist, winner of Nobel Prize		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bob Smith	Founder	Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous		^{[ citation needed ]}
Neal Smith	Musician	Drummer for Alice Cooper		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Smucker	Business executive	CEO of The J.M. Smucker Company	Resident of Akron since 2002	^[33]
Donald Ray Snodgrass	Author	Author		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Stevens	Actor	Star of films such as The Dark Corner , The Street with No Name		^{[ citation needed ]}
Betty Sutton	Politician	U.S. Representative for 13th Congressional District	Practiced in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Tyrell Sutton	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Rachel Sweet	Actress	Singer, actress and TV writer		^{[ citation needed ]}
Gene Thomas	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Nate Thurmond	Athlete	Basketball player, member of Hall of Fame		^{[ citation needed ]}
Todd Tobias	Musician	Musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Aiden Wilson Tozer	Author	Preacher, author		^{[ citation needed ]}
Bill Upham	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
William H. Upson	Politician	19th-century politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Claude Virden	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Mike Vrabel	Athlete	Former NFL player and head coach of the Tennessee Titans since 2018		^{[ citation needed ]}
Michael Wadleigh	Director	Director and cinematographer, filmed documentary of 1969 Woodstock Festival, Woodstock		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ramon Walker	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Brad Warner	Musician	Zen priest, musician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Chris Wells	Athlete	Football player for Arizona Cardinals		^{[ citation needed ]}
Michael Tarver	Athlete	Professional wrestler		^{[ citation needed ]}
Jesse White	Actor	Actor, known as Maytag Repairman in 1967–1988 commercials	Raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Josh Williams	Athlete	Professional soccer player	Born in Akron	^[34]
Wendell Willkie	Politician	Presidential candidate, lawyer	Worked in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
Melinda Windsor	Model	Playboy model		^{[ citation needed ]}
Antoine Winfield	Athlete	Football player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Ray Wise	Actor	Known for films and TV series such as Twin Peaks , 24		^{[ citation needed ]}
Sam Wise	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Gene Woodling	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[ citation needed ]}
Kim Zurz	Politician	Politician		^{[ citation needed ]}
Chris Stuckmann	Film Critic	American film critic, filmmaker, author, and YouTuber.		^{[ citation needed ]}
Dan Wilson	Musician	Jazz Guitarist	Raised in Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}
George Younce	Southern Gospel Singer	Bass vocalist for the Cathedral Quartet	Resident of Akron	^{[ citation needed ]}

Fictional people from Akron, Ohio

Jiminy Glick - fictional talk-show host portrayed by Martin Short on film and TV^{[ citation needed ]}
J.Reid, in In Too Deep , played by Omar Epps

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