List of people from Dayton, Ohio

The following is a list of people from Dayton, Ohio .

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Actors, entertainers, and models

Dorothy Gish

Martin Sheen

• Tom Aldredge, actor
• Ralph Byrd, actor
• Nancy Cartwright, voice artist
• Damian Chapa, actor
• Max Charles, actor
• Mystro Clark, actor, comedian, and TV host
• Willis "Bing" Davis, visual artist and teacher
• Dr. Creep aka Barry Hobart, actor
• Charles Michael Davis, actor
• Mel Epstein, film producer
• Dorothy Gish, silent actress
• Luke Grimes, actor
• Dorian Harewood, actor
• Drew Hastings, comedian, actor, writer
• Allison Janney, actress
• Ken Jenkins, actor
• Toccara Jones, fashion model and TV personality
• Gordon Jump, actor
• Chad Lowe, actor
• Rob Lowe, actor
• Aaron O'Connell, actor
• Maulik Pancholy, actor, voice actor, author
• Dan Patrick (Pugh), sports anchor
• Wendy Pepper, reality TV star and fashion designer
• Keith Prentice, actor
• Ted Ross, actor
• Gary Sandy, actor
• Sherri Saum, actress
• Martin Sheen, actor
• Beth Stelling, comedian
• Andrea Thompson, actress
• De'Angelo Wilson, actor
• Jonathan Winters, comedian and actor
• Vincent M. Ward, actor
• Katt Williams, comedian and actor

Athletes

Roger Clemens

Norris Cole

Daequan Cook

• Will Allen, NFL safety
• Michael Bennett, NFL defensive tackle
• Pauline Betz, Hall of Fame tennis player, four-time U.S. Open champion
• Howie Brown, NFL guard
• David Bruton, NFL strong safety
• Tonja Buford-Bailey, Olympic 400m hurdler
• Derek Bunch, NFL linebacker
• Keith Byars, NFL running back
• Roosevelt Chapman, basketball hall of famer and all-time leading scorer at the University of Dayton
• Roger Clemens, MLB pitcher
• Norris Cole, NBA player
• Kurt Coleman, NFL safety
• Marco Coleman, NFL defensive tackle
• Cris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver, sports commentator
• Daequan Cook, NBA player
• Greg Cook, NFL quarterback ^[1]
• Charles Daniels, Olympic freestyle swimmer
• Megan Duffy, WNBA player
• Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder, Alien Workshop
• Claire Falknor, professional soccer player
• Doug France, NFL Player
• Nikki Fuller, professional bodybuilder
• Na'Shan Goddard, NFL offensive lineman
• Jeff Graham, NFL receiver
• Joe Greene, two-time Olympic bronze medalist long jumper
• Andy Harmon, NFL player
• Ron Harper, basketball player
• A. J. Hawk, NFL linebacker
• Victor Heflin, NFL defensive back
• Vince Heflin, NFL wide receiver
• John Henderson, NFL wide receiver
• Kirk Herbstreit, Ohio State quarterback, football analyst
• Chris Hero, pro wrestler
• Brady Hoke, Ball State University linebacker
• Todd Hollandsworth, baseball player
• Darrell Jackson, NFL wide receiver
• Will Johnson, football player
• Kerry Kittles, NBA player
• Dave Krynzel, MLB player
• Frank Lockhart, race car driver
• Ron Lyle, boxer
• Holley Mangold, Olympic weightlifter
• Nick Mangold, NFL offensive lineman
• Justin Masterson, baseball pitcher
• Don May, NBA player
• Brandon McKinney, NFL nose tackle
• Mike Mickens, NFL defensive back
• Braxton Miller, NFL wide receiver
• Mike Mohler, baseball pitcher
• Edwin C. Moses, Olympic gold medalist hurdler
• Sean Murphy, MLB Catcher
• Josh Myers, NFL center
• Mike Nugent, NFL kicker
• Ifeadi Odenigbo, NFL Defensive End
• Jim Paxson Jr., NBA player and executive
• John Paxson, basketball player, coach, manager, broadcaster
• Peerless Price, NFL wide receiver
• Robin Renegade & Charlotte Renegade pro wrestler
• Scott Rettich, racing driver
• Javon Ringer, NFL running back
• Chris Rolfe, soccer player
• Brett Salisbury, quarterback
• Joe Schilling, kickboxer
• Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame baseball player
• Bryan Sellers, race car driver
• Donald Smith, NBA player
• Scott Stamper, NFL running back
• Joe Thomasson (born 1993), basketball player
• Al Tucker, Jr, NBA basketball player
• T. J. Turner, NFL player
• Sam Underhill, English Rugby Union player
• Salt Walther, Indy car driver
• Taylor Ward, baseball player
• Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle
• Tamika Williams, WNBA player
• Jerel Worthy, NFL defensive end
• Chris Wright, NBA forward
• Steve Yeager, MLB player
• Wes Lee, pro wrestler

Writers and cartoonists

Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Natalie Clifford Barney, playwright, poet and novelist
• Erma Bombeck, columnist and author
• Richard H. Brodhead, author and president of Duke University
• Si Burick, sports editor and columnist
• Milton Caniff, cartoonist
• Ritter Collett, sports editor and columnist
• Charlotte Reeve Conover, historian
• Paul Laurence Dunbar, early African-American poet
• Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
• Marj Heyduck, journalist, columnist, editor
• Hunter Lewis, author
• Hal McCoy, baseball writer
• Terry Oroszi, terrorism researcher and author
• Clarence Page, journalist and syndicated columnist
• Maulik Pancholy, author
• Mike Peters, opinion cartoonist
• Tim Waggoner, horror and fantasy writer
• Roz Young, columnist

Entrepreneurs

• Larry Augustin, member of the OpenSource community
• Larry Connor, founder of The Connor Group
• Edward A. Deeds, engineer, inventor, industrialist
• Philip Haas, inventor, plumbing specialties manufacturer
• George Huffman, founder of Huffy Corporation
• Paul Iams, Iams founder
• Charles Kettering, inventor of the automobile self-starter
• Carl Lindner, Jr., businessman
• Nancy Lynn, business owner, pilot, and public speaker
• John H. Patterson, founder of National Cash Register
• James Ritty, inventor of the cash register
• Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, inventors of the airplane

Military

Admiral Timothy J. Keating

• Charles G. Bickham, Medal of Honor recipient
• Llewellyn Morris Chilson, United States Army career soldier who served during World War II
• Richard E. Cole, Air Force pilot who took part in the Doolittle Raid in 1942
• Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient
• Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the United States Pacific Command
• Joseph G. Lapointe Jr, Medal of Honor recipient
• Jack V. Mackmull ^[2]
• Joe C. Paul, Medal of Honor recipient
• Sidney Souers, first Director of the CIA
• Tony Stein, Medal of Honor recipient

Musicians

Jim Ferguson

• Little Axe, blues musician
• Leroy Bonner, musician/producer, The Ohio Players
• Stevie Brock, pop singer
• Kim Deal, rock musician, member of Pixies, The Amps, and The Breeders
• Kelley Deal, rock musician, member of The Amps and The Breeders
• Rick Derringer, rock musician
• Jim Ferguson, classical/jazz guitarist, composer, author, educator, and music journalist
• Tommy James, rock musician and singer of "Mony Mony"
• Walter "Junie" Morrison, musician and producer
• Vess Ossman, 5-string banjoist
• Dottie Peoples, gospel singer
• M Ross Perkins, songwriter
• Robert Pollard, founder and singer of lo-fi rock band Guided By Voices and other aliases thereof
• Harry Reser, banjoist and leader of the Clicquot Club Eskimos
• Kim Richey, singer/songwriter
• John Scofield, jazz guitarist
• John Schmersal, guitarist/singer for Brainiac, who went on to form Enon
• Bud Shank, jazz saxophonist
• Margo Smith, country music singer, known for her yodeling
• Tyler Smith, singer (The Word Alive)
• Billy Strayhorn
• Roger Troutman and Zapp, musicians/producers
• Johnnie Wilder Jr., founder and lead singer, and Keith Wilder, founder, Heatwave, R&B group
• Booty Wood, jazz trombonist
• Snooky Young, jazz trumpeter

Politicians

James Cox

• James Middleton Cox, Congressman, Ohio governor, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, founder of Cox Enterprises
• Richard Clay Dixon, former mayor of Dayton
• Dave Hall, former mayor of Dayton
• Tony P. Hall, former US Congressman
• Paul Leonard, former mayor of Dayton and lieutenant governor of Ohio
• James H. McGee, former mayor of Dayton
• C. J. McLin, former Ohio State Representative
• Mike Rohrkaste, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
• Mike Turner, US Congressman, former mayor of Dayton

Other

• China P. Arnold, convicted murderer serving life without parole for murdering and cooking her daughter, Paris in a microwave
• Jordan Anderson, former slave and author of "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master"
• Charles Bassett, astronaut
• Phil Donahue, talk-show host, began his eponymous show in Dayton, where he spent over a decade
• Ronnie and Donnie Galyon (1951–2020), oldest set of conjoined twins in the world
• Steve Gibson, computer programmer
• George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
• Ahad Israfil, gunshot victim
• Jayananda Dasa, pioneer of ISKCON in San Francisco
• Virginia Kettering (1907–2003), philanthropist
• William H. Lough (1881–1940s), economist
• W. S. McIntosh, civil rights activist
• Jessica Moore, journalist
• Robert R. Nathan, economist
• Mike Nawrocki, co-creator of VeggieTales
• Melvin Lorrel Nichols, emeritus professor of chemistry, Cornell University
• Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845-1921), social reformer
• Jane Reece, photographer
• Amy Schneider, Jeopardy! champion, and the first openly transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions ^{[3] [4]}
• Constantine Scollen (1841-1902), renowned Irish missionary and "Whoop-Up Trail" priest among the native peoples of Canada and US.
• Howard Dwight Smith, architect of Ohio Stadium
• Dorothy Stang (1931–2005), Catholic nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and Amazonian activist
• Norman Steenrod, mathematician
• Strobe Talbott, writer and diplomat

References

1. "Gregory Lynn Cook". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
2. Mackmull, Beverly (2011). "Memorial, Jack V. Mackmull". USMA1950.com. West Point, NY: USMA Class of 1950. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
3. UPDATE: The reigning 'Jeopardy' champion. Who is Dayton's own Amy Schneider?
4. Amy Schneider on Twitter: "The Neon Movies, DAI, the Oregon District. I also love how downtown has revived, when I was at C-J in the mid nineties it was a *much* different vibe" / Twitter