List of people from Steubenville, Ohio

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Steubenville, Ohio, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Arts

• Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835–1915) – painter
• Thomas Cole (1801–1848) – artist, oil painter, founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting
• Alexander Doyle (1857–1922) – sculptor
• Eugene Louis Faccuito (1925–2015) – jazz dancer and teacher, choreographer
• Albert Newsam (1809–1864)  – painter, engraver and lithographer ^[1]

Athletics

• Danny Abramowicz (born 1945) – former NFL wide receiver
• Chinedu Achebe (born 1977) – Arena Football League linebacker
• Johnny Bates (1882–1949) – former MLB outfielder
• Zinn Beck (1885–1981) – former MLB infielder
• Ray Bracken (1891–1974) – Olympic gold medal-winning sport shooter
• Zach Collaros (born 1988) – CFL quarterback
• Chip Coulter (born 1945) – former MLB infielder
• Sylvia Crawley (born 1972) – former ABL forward, women's basketball head coach
• Audrey Deemer (1930–2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Rich Donnelly (born 1946) – former MLB coach
• Rollie Fingers (born 1946) – former MLB pitcher, National Baseball Hall of Famer
• Tom "Knute" Franckhauser (1937–1997) – former NFL cornerback
• Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1927–2012) – Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer, former college football quarterback and coach
• Mike Gulan (born 1970) – former MLB infielder
• Paul Hoover (baseball) (born 1976) – former MLB player and current field coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Jim Hudson (1943–2013) – former NFL and AFL safety
• Tony Jeter (born 1944) – former NFL tight end
• Cal Jones (1933–1956) – All-American football player at Iowa in College Football Hall of Fame
• Don Joyce (1929–2012) – former NFL and AFL defensive end, wrestler
• George Kaiserling (1893–1918) – FL and MLB pitcher
• Eddie Kazak (1920–1999) – former MLB infielder
• Chuck Mather (1915–2006) – Kansas football head coach, Chicago Bears assistant coach
• Najee Murray - Defensive Back, Kent State 2013–2016 All-Mac | Current Defensive Back for Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League
• Tom Needham (1879–1926) – former MLB catcher
• Tom Perko (1954–1980) – former NFL linebacker
• Wally Pesuit (born 1954) – former NFL and USFL offensive and defensive lineman
• Eric Piatkowski (born 1970) – former NBA forward
• Adam Riggs (born 1972) – former MLB and Japanese Central League infielder
• Will Robinson (1911–2008) – first African-American head coach at a Division I school
• Chaz Roe (born 1986) – MLB Pitcher
• Gene Trosch (1945–2010) – former AFL defensive lineman
• Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856–1924) – first African-American MLB player
• Weldy Walker (1860–1937) – second African-American MLB player
• Johnny Wilson (1915–2002) – former NFL tight end
• Bobby Joe Young (born 1959) – former welterweight boxer

Business

• Dard Hunter (1883–1966) – papermaker, authority on printing

Literature

• Richard C. Banks (1931–2021) – ornithologist, writer
• Bob Borden (born 1969) – writer
• Richard Hague (born 1947) – poet and novelist
• Jeffrey Hatcher  – playwright, screenwriter
• Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
• Mary Bynon Reese (1832–1908) – poet laureate of Steubenville
• Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916) – novelist

Military

• John S. Mason (1824–1897) – Union Army general during the Civil War, Indian fighter
• Anson G. McCook (1835–1917) – Union Army general during the Civil War, U.S. Congressman
• Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834–1864) – Union Army general during the Civil War
• Edward M. McCook (1833–1909) – Union Army general, U.S. Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii (1866–1868)
• George Wythe McCook (1821–1877) – Union Army general, Ohio attorney general
• Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911) – Union Army chaplain and officer, minister
• John James McCook (1806–1865) – patriarch of the "Fighting McCooks" U.S. Army family, physician
• Robert Latimer McCook (1827–1862) – Union Army general
• Cas Myslinski (1920–1993) – USAF officer, athletic director of The University of Pittsburgh (1968–1982)
• Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (1929–2003) – USAF major general

Movies, television, and media

• John Buccigross (born 1966) – ESPN sportscaster
• Traci Lords (born 1968) – adult film actress
• Al Mancini (1932–2007) – actor
• Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer, actor, entertainer. ^[2] His daughter, Deana Martin, and her husband John Griffith, established the Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville. It is held annually in mid-June. Gail Martin, also a singer and another of Dean Martin's daughters, was born in Steubenville.
• Will McMillan (1944–2015) – film and TV actor
• Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – playwright and screenwriter
• Jon Nese  – meteorologist, TV weather channel personality
• Charles Stanton Ogle (1865–1940) – actor
• John Scarne (1903–1985) – magician, authority and writer on card manipulation
• Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (1918–1996) – bookmaker, sports commentator

Music

• 4th Disciple, a.k.a. El-Divine Amir Bey – record producer
• Ed Crawford, a.k.a. ed fROMOHIO (born 1964) – musician, guitarist
• Paul Howard (1895–1980)  – musician, bandleader
• Kinetic 9, a.k.a. Beretta 9 – musician, rapper
• Robert Porco  – choral conductor
• RZA (born 1969) – musician, rapper, producer
• Dorothy Sloop (1913–1998) – jazz musician, pianist
• The Stereos (formed c. 1955 and disbanded c. 1968) – doo-wop/pop group
• Patricia Welch (born 1954) – singer
• Wild Cherry (formed 1970 and disbanded 1979) – funk rock band

Politics

• Douglas Applegate (1928–2021) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1995)
• Ed Buck (born 1954) – Democrat political activist, convicted murderer, and fundraiser ^[3]
• Jacob Pitzer Cowan (1823–1895) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877)
• Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902) – United States Senator (1866–1871)
• John M. Goodenow (1782–1838) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1829–1830)
• Robert H. Hatton (1826–1862) – United States Congressman, confederate during the Civil War
• Joseph P. Hoge (1810–1891) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847)
• Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797–1870) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1837–1841)
• Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796–1873) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1830–1833, 1833–1834), United States district court judge
• William C. McCauslen (1796–1863) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1845)
• Anson G. McCook (1835–1917) – Union Army general, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1883)
• B. Frank Murphy (1867–1938) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1919–1933)
• Rees G. Richards (1842–1917) – politician
• Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869) – lawyer, Secretary of War (1862–1868)
• Samuel Stokely (1796–1861) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1841–1843)
• Andrew Stuart (1823–1872) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1855)
• Henry Swearingen (c. 1792–1849) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1838–1841)
• Benjamin Tappan (1773–1857) – founder of the city of Ravenna, Ohio, U.S. Senator (1839–1845)
• Edward Vincent (1934–2012) – politician
• Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) - theologian, father of President Woodrow Wilson
• Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813–1894) – jurist and judge, legislator
• Jack Yost (born 1945) – politician

Religion

• Charles Clinton Beatty (1800–1882) – Presbyterian minister, founder of Steubenville Female Seminary
• Daniel DiNardo (born 1949) – Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
• Roger Joseph Foys (born 1945) – 10th bishop of Covington
• John McDowell Leavitt (1824–1909) – lawyer, Episcopal priest
• Hlib Lonchyna (born 1954) – Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London
• Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born 1963) – fifth Bishop of Steubenville
• Stephen Return Riggs (1812–1883) – Christian missionary with the Dakota people, linguist
• David Stanton Tappan (1845–1922) – Presbyterian minister
• Edward F. Walker (1852–1918) – Minister, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1911–1918)
• Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) – Presbyterian theologian; father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Miscellaneous

• Dino Cellini (1914–1978) – mafioso, ran casinos for Meyer Lansky
• Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951) – astronomer
• Eli Todd Tappan (1824–1888) – educator
• Richard Timberlake (1922–2020) – professor of economics

References

1. "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb". The Library Company of Philadelphia . World Digital Library . Retrieved January 2, 2014.
2. Wilson, Earl (November 27, 1969). "Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars". The Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. A33. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
3. "Who is ed Buck?". August 16, 2017.