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(Last Name Unknown), Lewis: Lewis was an escaped slave who sought freedom in Columbus, Ohio. . . .
(Last Name Unknown), Poindexter: Poindexter was a slave owned by a Mr. Anderson in Kentucky. In 1854, Judge S.F. Norris in the Clermont County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas awarded Poindexter his freedom. . . .
(Last Name Unknown), Watkins: Watkins was a free African-American man who was accused of being a runaway slave in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Adelaide, Mary: Mother Mary Adelaide was born Anne Sandusky on October 10, 1874, in Cincinnati, Ohio. A devout Catholic, Sandusky entered the Convent of the Sisters of St. Francis, Rochester, Minnesota, on June 6, 1893. She formally became a nun on July 16, 1902. At this time, Sandusky became Mother Mary Adelaide. . . .
Alder, Jonathan: Jonathan Alder, a captive of Native Americans, was born in Maryland, on September 17, 1773. Two years later his family moved to Wythe County, Virginia. When Alder was seven years of age, Indians captured him and his younger brother. . . .
Allen, Florence E.: Florence Ellinwood Allen was the first woman to serve as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. . . .
Allen, Richard: Richard Allen was the principal founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born on February 14, 1760, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Born a slave, Allen purchased his freedom from his master in 1785. . . .
Allen, William: William Allen was an important Ohio political leader in the mid to late Nineteenth Century. . . .
Anderson (Erie County), Elijah: Elijah Anderson was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Erie County, Ohio. . . .
Anderson (Gallia County), Elijah: Elijah Anderson was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Gallia County, Ohio. . . .
Anderson, Charles: Ohio governor Charles Anderson was born near Louisville, Kentucky, on June 1, 1814. His father, Colonel Richard Clough Anderson, had fought in the American Revolution, serving as aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Lafayette. . . .
Anderson, Sherwood: Sherwood Anderson was a prominent American author and journalist in the first half of the twentieth century. . . .
Appleby, Calvin W.: Calvin W. Appleby was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Conneaut, Ohio. . . .
Appleseed, Johnny: John Chapman was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Chapman is better known as Johnny Appleseed. . . .
Armstrong, Neil A.: Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. His parents were Stephen and Viola Armstrong. Stephen Armstrong worked as an auditor for the state of Ohio. . . .
Ashley, James: James Ashley was a prominent political and business leader in Northwest Ohio in the mid-nineteenth century, . . .
Atwater, Caleb: Caleb Atwater, one of Ohio's earliest historians and reformers, was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on Christmas day in 1778. He graduated from William's College in 1804 with a Master of Arts degree. . . .
Austin, Elsie: Elsie Austin was an attorney and the first African American woman to receive a law degree from the University of Cincinnati. . . .
Awl, William: In 1833, the Ohio legislature appointed Awl as the physician of the Ohio Penitentiary. Two years later, Awl helped organize the Ohio Medical Association. . . .
Baby, Raymond: Raymond S. Baby (pronounced "Bobby") was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1917. He attended the Western Reserve University and earned a B.S. degree in anatomy. . . .
Bacon, David: David Bacon was a prominent Congregationalist missionary in early nineteenth-century Ohio. . . .
Badger, Joseph: Most historians believe that Joseph Badger was the first missionary in the Connecticut Western Reserve. . . .
Bailey, Gamaliel: Gamaliel Bailey was a physician and an editor of anti-slavery newspapers in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Baker, Newton D.: Newton Diehl Baker was a prominent Democratic politician during the early 20th century. . . .
Baldwin, Michael: Michael Baldwin was an important political figure in the early history of Ohio. He served as the leader of the "Bloodhounds," a group of men who opposed the governor of the Northwest Territory, Arthur St. Clair. . . .
Balsley, John H.: John H. Balsley was inventior of the folding step ladder. . . .
Bancroft, Hubert H.: Hubert Howe Bancroft was a librarian, bookseller and major historian of the American West. . . .
Barber, Ohio C.: Ohio Columbus Barber founded the Barber Match Company, an important Ohio business during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Barlow, Joel: Joel Barlow was an American poet, diplomat and political figure in the early history of the United States. . . .
Barnes, Jacob: Jacob Barnes was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Mahoning County, Ohio. . . .
Bartley, Mordecai: Mordecai Bartley was the eighteenth governor of Ohio. . . .
Bartley, Thomas W.: Thomas W. Bartley was Governor of Ohio from April through December, 1844. . . .
Bassett, Charles A.: Charles Arthur Bassett was an astronaut from Dayton, Ohio. . . .
Bateham, Michael B.: Michael B. Bateham was Ohio's second Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Beard, Daniel C.: Daniel Carter Beard was a surveyor, artist and one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. . . .
Bebb, William: William Bebb was Governor of Ohio from 1846 to 1849. . . .
Beecher, Henry W.: Henry Ward Beecher was a political and social reformer and a prominent clergyman in nineteenth century America. . . .
Beecher, Lyman: Lyman Beecher was a prominent theologian, educator and reformer in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Bellows, George: George Wesley Bellows was a prominent American artist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Benedict, Aaron: Aaron Benedict was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Alum Creek. Ohio. . . .
Benedict, Platt: Platt Benedict was the first permanent white settler of Norwalk, Ohio. . . .
Benton, Lyman: Lyman Benton was a politician and abolitionist in Geauga County, Ohio. . . .
Berg, Mary G.: Ohioan, Mary Georgene Berg, better known as Mary Wells Lawrence, was prominent advertising executive during the mid-twentieth century. . . .
Berry, Wilford: Wilford Berry was the first Ohioan executed following the reestablishment of the death penalty in the United States of America in 1981. . . .
Betz, Adam: Chillicothe, Ohio resident Adam Betz spent nearly twenty years as the sergeant of arms of the Northwest Territory's legislature and then of the Ohio House of Representatives. . . .
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann: Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke was a nurse and health care provider to the Union Army during the American Civil War. . . .
Bierce, Ambrose G.: An important American author, Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio. . . .
Bigelow, Herbert S.: Herbert Seely Bigelow was a prominent progressive politician in early twentieth century Ohio. . . .
Bimeler, Joseph: Joseph Bimeler was a prominent leader of the Separatist society at Zoar, Ohio. . . .
Bird, Henry: During the American Revolution, Captain Henry Bird led a combined force of British troops and Shawnee Indians against white settlements in Kentucky. In 1779, Colonel John Bowman and a band of three hundred Kentuckians attacked Native Americans living near modern-day Xenia, Ohio. . . .
Birney, James: James Birney was an abolitionist, an opponent of slavery, in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Bisbee, Elizabeth: Elizabeth Bisbee was an early women's rights activist in Ohio. She established a newspaper, the Alliance, in Columbus before the American Civil War. . . .
Bishop, Richard M.: Richard Moore Bishop was Governor of Ohio from 1878 to 1880. . . .
Black Hoof: Black Hoof was a chief of the Shawnee Indians. Little is known about his early years. Some historians believe he was born in 1717, but this seems unlikely considering that he lived until 1831. . . .
Blackwell, Kenneth: Kenneth Blackwell has been a prominent African American educator, political leader and elected official in Ohio in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. . . .
Blennerhassett, Harman: Harman Blennerhassett was involved in Aaron Burr's conspiracy against the United States of America in the early 1800s. . . .
Bloomer, Amelia J.: Amelia Jenks Bloomer was a prominent women's rights advocate during the nineteenth century. . . .
Blue Jacket: Blue Jacket was a leader of the Shawnee Indians. The date of his birth is unknown, but it was probably in the early 1740s. His Native American name was Weyapiersenwah (also spelled Wehyehpiherhsehnwah). Historians know very little of his early years. . . .
Bolton, Frances P.: Francis Bolton was the first woman from Ohio elected to the United States House of Representatives. . . .
Bombeck, Erma: Erma Bombeck was a well-known twentieth-century American journalist and humorist. . . .
Bonham, Lazarus N.: Lazarus Noble Bonham was Ohio's eighth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Boone, Daniel: Daniel Boone was a man of the frontier in early America. As the frontier moved, he moved with it and became one of the most well-known men of his time. . . .
Bosler, Anna F.: Anna F. Bosler was the first woman sheriff in Ohio. . . .
Bosworth, Sala: Sala Bosworth was one of Ohio's earliest artists. He was born on September 15, 1805, in Halifax, Massachusetts. . . .
Bouquet, Henry: Colonel Henry Bouquet was a prominent British military commander in the Ohio Country during the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and Pontiac's Rebellion (1763). . . .
Bowles, John R.: John R. Bowles was chaplain of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and, perhaps, was the first African-American public school teacher in Ohio. . . .
Boyd, William: William Boyd was an actor in motion pictures, radio and television. He was best known in his role as a westerner named Hopalong Cassidy. . . .
Braddock, Edward: Edward Braddock was born near Perth, Scotland in 1695. He joined the British army at the age of fifteen. He rose through the ranks and had become a major general by 1754. . . .
Bradstreet, John: John Bradstreet was an English military commander in America during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion. . . .
Brant, Joseph: Joseph Brant was a prominent leader of the Mohawk Indians in the American Revolution and the years shortly thereafter. . . .
Breisch, Ernestine E.: Ernestine Elma (Breisch) Powell was born on February 16, 1906, in Moundsville, West Virginia. Soon after Breisch's birth, her family moved to Bloomsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1910, the Breisch family relocated to Martins Ferry, Ohio. . . .
Brickell, John: John Brickell was captured by the Delaware Indians when he was ten and lived among them for four years. . . .
Bricker, John W.: John William Bricker was Governor of Ohio from 1939 to 1945. . . .
Briton, Old: La Demoiselle, also called "Old Briton" by the British, was a leader of the Miami Indians at Pickawillany during the mid-1700s. . . .
Britton, Nan: Nan P. Britton claimed that she had an affair with President Warren G. Harding, an Ohioan. She also claimed that Harding was the father of her daughter, Elizabeth Ann. . . .
Brodhead, Daniel: During the American Revolution, Daniel Brodhead served for a brief time period as the commander of Fort Pitt. . . .
Bromfield, Louis: Louis Bromfield was a successful author and strong advocate of scientific agriculture and soil conservation. . . .
Brookins, Walter R.: Ohioan Walter Richard Brookins made the first night flight in world history. . . .
Brough, John: John Brough (pronounced "bruff") served as Ohio governor from 1864 to 1865. . . .
Brown Jr., Elias: Ohioan Elias Brown, Jr., was a free African American who was almost tricked into becoming a slave. . . .
Brown, Christopher: Christopher Brown assisted runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad in Ohio. . . .
Brown, Ethan A.: Ethan Allen Brown, Ohio's seventh governor, was born in Connecticut on July 4, 1776. As a young man, he trained for the law in Alexander Hamilton's law office in New York, passing the bar examination in 1802. . . .
Brown, George: George Brown was a free African-American man who was accused of being a runaway slave in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Brown, Hallie Q.: Hallie Quinn Brown was an African-American author, educator, and equal rights advocate during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Brown, Jim: Jim Brown was a counterfeiter who took advantage of the economic situation in Ohio during the 1810s. . . .
Brown, John: John Brown's obsession with ending slavery eventually led him to violence and his eventual death. . . .
Brown, John W.: John William Brown was Ohio's fifty-eighth governor. . . .
Brown, Katherine K.: Katherine Brown was a prominent Ohio Republican politician who served as advisor to John Bricker, James Rhodes, and Robert Taft. . . .
Brown, Olympia: Olympia Brown was a woman's rights advocate during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Brown, Paul: Paul Eugene Brown was a successful and innovative football coach and executive for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. . . .
Brown, Rollo W.: Rollo Walter Brown was a prominent American author. . . .
Brown, Waldo F.: Waldo F. Brown was a well-known American author and lecturer in the 1870's and 1880's. . . .
Bruce, Earle: Earle Bruce was the head football coach of The Ohio State Buckeyes from 1979 to 1988. . . .
Brush, Charles F.: Charles F. Brush was the inventor of the arc lamp. . . .
Buchtel, John R.: John R. Buchtel was a prominent Ohio businessman and philanthropist in the late eighteenth century. . . .
Buell, Don C.: Don Carlos Buell was a Union military leader from Ohio during the American Civil War. . . .
Bulkley, Robert J.: Robert Joearly Bulkley was a prominent Democratic politician in the early twentieth century. . . .
Burick , Si: Si Burick was a premier sportswriter and editor from Dayton, Ohio. . . .
Burnet, Jacob: Jacob Burnet was a political leader in Ohio in the first half of the nineteenth century. . . .
Burnside, Ambrose: Ambrose Burnside was an important military leader for the North during the American Civil War. . . .
Burr, Aaron: Aaron Burr was the third Vice President of the United States. . . .
Burrell, Almond H.: Almond Hervey Burrell was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio. . . .
Burton, Harold H.: Harold Hitz Burton was born on June 22, 1888, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. In 1909, he received his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, where he had quarterbacked the football team. He then pursued a doctorate in law from Harvard University, graduating in 1912. He began to practice law in Cleveland, Ohio, that same year. . . .
Burton, Theodore: Theodore Burton was a prominent Republican politician during the early twentieth century. . . .
Bushnell, Asa: Asa Smith Bushnell was the fortieth governor of Ohio. He was born in Rome, New York, in 1834. . . .
Butler, Richard: Richard Butler was a frontiersman and military leader in the years before, during and after the American Revolution. . . .
Byrd, Charles W.: Charles Willing Byrd was an early Ohio political leader and jurist. . . .
Calvert, Thomas L.: Thomas Lawrence Calvert was Ohio's tenth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Campana, Mary Ann: In 1933, Campana set a world's record for remaining airborne the longest in a light airplane. She remained airborne for almost twelve and a half continuous hours, demonstrating that women could be skilled pilots. . . .
Campbell, Alexander: Alexander Campbell was a physician, political leader and elected official in the early years of Ohio statehood. . . .
Campbell, James E.: Ohio governor James Edwin Campbell was born in Middletown, Ohio, on July 7, 1843, to Andrew and Laura Reynolds Campbell. . . .
Campbell, Mary: During the French and Indian War (1756-1763) the Delaware Indians captured Mary Campbell. . . .
Caniff, Milton: Milton Caniff was one of the best-known cartoonists in America for much of the twentieth century. . . .
Captain Pipe: Captain Pipe was an hereditary chief of the Munsee-Delaware Indians during and after the American Revolution. . . .
Carabelli, Joseph: Joseph Carabelli was a noted sculptor, community leader and elected official in Cleveland, Ohio in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Carey, Drew: Drew Carey is an American actor and entertainer. . . .
Carlson, Carl O.: Carl O. Carlson invented microfiche. . . .
Carr, Joseph F.: Joseph F. Carr was born on October 22, 1880 (some sources claim that his birthday was on October 23, 1879), in Columbus, Ohio. As a young man, Carr, a newspaper reporter, became fascinated with football. In 1904, he formed the Columbus Panhandles. . . .
Carruthers, George N.: Ohioan George North Carruthers was a missionary during the American Civil War. He helped African Americans in the South to gain their freedom from slavery and to begin their lives as free people. . . .
Carter, Lorenzo: Lorenzo Carter was the first permanent white settler of Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Cary, Alice: Alice and Phoebe Cary were sisters. Both became well known American poets during the middle of the nineteenth century. . . .
Cary, Phoebe: Alice and Phoebe Cary were sisters. Both became well known American poets during the middle of the nineteenth century. . . .
Case Sr., Leonard: Leonard Case, Sr., was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio during the early nineteenth century. . . .
Cass, Lewis: Lewis Cass was a prominent political leader in the early nineteenth century. . . .
Cassady, Howard "Hopalong": Howard Cassady was an outstanding athlete at The Ohio State University in the early 1950's. . . .
Cassidy, Hopalong: William Boyd was an actor in motion pictures, radio and television. He was best known in his role as a westerner named Hopalong Cassidy. . . .
Catahecassa: Black Hoof was a chief of the Shawnee Indians. Little is known about his early years. Some historians believe he was born in 1717, but this seems unlikely considering that he lived until 1831. . . .
Celebrezze Sr., Anthony J.: Anthony Joseph Celebrezze, Sr., was a prominent Ohio politician, including mayor of Cleveland, during the twentieth century. . . .
Celebrezze, Tony: Anthony Joseph Celebrezze, Sr., was a prominent Ohio politician, including mayor of Cleveland, during the twentieth century. . . .
Celeste, Richard F.: Richard F. Celeste served as Ohio's governor from January 10, 1983 to January 14, 1991. . . .
Chamberlain, William I.: William Isaac Chamberlain was Ohio's seventh Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Chapman, John: John Chapman was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Chapman is better known as Johnny Appleseed. . . .
Charch, William H.: William Hale Charch invented moisture-proof cellophane. . . .
Chase, Philander: Philander Chase was a prominent religious and educational leader during the early nineteenth century. . . .
Chase, Salmon P.: Salmon Portland Chase was an Ohio governor and prominent political leader during the mid nineteenth century. . . .
Cheadle, Rial: Rial Cheadle was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Morgan County, Ohio. . . .
Chenault, Marcus: On June 30, 1974, Marcus Chenault, a twenty-one year old, African-American man from Ohio, murdered Alberta Williams King. . . .
Cherrington, Ernest: Ernest Cherrington was an educator, journalist and leader in the temperance and prohibition movement in America. . . .
Chesnutt, Charles W.: Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an African American writer born on June 20, 1858, in Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Christensen, Martin F.: In 1902, Martin F. Christensen invented an automated machine that could manufacture glass marbles. . . .
Christy, Howard C.: Howard Chandler Christy was a prominent American artist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Clark, George R.: George Rogers Clark was born near Charlottesville, Virginia, on November 19, 1752. He received little formal schooling, but in his late teens, Clark's grandfather taught him how to survey the land. In 1772, Clark put his training to use. . . .
Clay, Henry: Henry Clay was an important political leader and public servant in nineteenth century America. . . .
Cleaveland, Moses: Moses Cleaveland was the founder of Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Clem, Johnny: Johnny Clem was a soldier in the service of the United States for most of his life. He was born on August 13, 1851, in Newark, Ohio. His actual name was John Joseph Klem. . . .
Clifford, Carrie W.: Carrie Williams Clifford was an African-American author and equal rights advocate during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Cline, Genevieve R.: Genevieve Rose Cline was the first woman to serve as an appraiser of merchandise for the United States Custom Service the first woman to be appointed as a judge on the United States Customs Court. . . .
Clover, Philip K.: Philip K. Clover was born in 1843 in Columbus, Ohio. After a childhood on the family farm, Clover became an artist and an inventor. . . .
Coffin, Levi: Coffin was born on October 28, 1798, in North Carolina. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Due to his religious beliefs, he became a strong opponent of African-American slavery. . . .
Cohon, Angie I.: Angie Cohon was a twentieth-century American author. . . .
Cole, Thomas: Thomas Cole was a popular artist in nineteenth century America. . . .
Coleman, Michael B.: Michael B. Coleman is the Mayor of Columbus, Ohio. . . .
Colley, Russell: Russell Colley was a mechanical engineer and inventor who made major contributions to the American aircraft and aerospace industries. . . .
Compton, Arthur H.: Arthur Holly Compton was a prominent scientist and inventor during the nineteenth century. . . .
Cooke, Jay: Jay Cooke was a prominent American banker and a principal financier of the Union military effort during the American Civil War. . . .
Coolidge, Calvin: Calvin Coolidge succeeded Warren Harding as President of the United States upon Harding's death in 1923. . . .
Cooper, John: John Cooper was the head football coach at The Ohio State University from 1987 through the 2000 season. . . .
Cooper, Martha K.: Martha Kinney Cooper was the principal founder of the Ohioana Library. . . .
Cooper, Myers Y.: Myers Young Cooper was the fifty-first governor of Ohio. . . .
Copas, Lloyd E. "Cowboy": Lloyd Estel Copas was a well-known American musician during the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. . . .
Copeland Jr., John A.: John Anthony Copeland, Jr., was an African-American man. He participated in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859. . . .
Cornstalk: Cornstalk was a leader of the Shawnee Indians. He was born about 1720. His Indian name was variously pronounced as Hokolesqua, Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua and was freely translated to mean "blade of corn". . . .
Corwin, Thomas: Thomas Corwin was a governor of Ohio and prominent American political leader in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Cowles, Betsy M.: Betsey Mix Cowles is known for her contributions to education and the women's rights movement in Ohio. She was also quite active in the struggle to abolish slavery. . . .
Cox, George: George Cox was a prominent Republican politician during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. . . .
Cox, Jacob D.: Jacob Dolson Cox served as Ohio governor from 1866 to 1868. . . .
Cox, James M.: Ohio governor James Middleton Cox was born on March 31, 1870, in Butler County, Ohio. His parents were Gilbert and Eliza Cox. Cox spent his childhood on his parents farm. After attending the public schools, Cox briefly became a teacher. . . .
Cox, Samuel S.: Samuel S. Cox was a prominent nineteenth century Ohio journalist and political leader. . . .
Coxey, Jacob S.: Jacob Coxey was a prominent political figure and labor-rights advocate during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Craig-Jones, Ellen W.: Ellen Walker Craig-Jones was an African American political figure and civic leader in twentieth century central Ohio. She was born on June 5, 1906, in Franklin County, Ohio. . . .
Crane, Clarence A.: Clarence A. Crane was the inventor of Life Saver candy. . . .
Crane, Harold H.: Hart Crane was a well known twentieth-century American poet. . . .
Crawford, William: William Crawford was born in Virginia in 1732. He was a farmer and a surveyor for most of his life, although he is more commonly known for his military experiences. . . .
Creighton Jr., William: William Creighton, Jr., was Ohio's first Secretary of State. . . .
Cresap, Michael: Michael Cresap was a frontiersman born in Maryland on April 17, 1742. He spent part of his adult years in the Ohio Country as a trader and land developer. . . .
Croghan, George: George Croghan was a prominent military leader during the early nineteenth century. . . .
Crook, George: George Crook was an American military leader whose career spanned the era from the American Civil War to the closing of the Western frontier. . . .
Crosley Jr., Powel: Powel Crosley, Jr., was a prominent Cincinnati businessman during the twentieth century. . . .
Curtis, Ben: In 2003, Ohioan Ben Curtis won the British Open Golf Championship. . . .
Custer, George A.: George Armstrong Custer was an American military leader who became known as a cavalry commander for the North during the American Civil War and in the opening of the West in the years after this conflict. . . .
Cutler, Ephraim: Ephraim Cutler was an early Ohio political leader and educator. . . .
Cutler, Manasseh: Although he did not spend that much time in the state, Manasseh Cutler was a major figure in the settling of Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Dahmer, Jeffrey: Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most infamous serial killers in United States history. . . .
Dandridge, Dorothy: American actress Dorothy Dandridge was born on November 9, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio. She began singing and dancing, for audiences at the age of five. When Dandridge was nine years old, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. . . .
Darrow, Clarence S.: Clarence Seward Darrow was born on April 18, 1857, near Kinsman, Ohio. He attended local schools and eventually enrolled at the University of Michigan. . . .
Daugherty, Chris: Chris Daugherty won the million dollar prize on the television show Survivor Vanuatu in 2004. . . .
Daugherty, Harry M.: Harry Micajah Daugherty served as United States Attorney General during President Warren G. Harding's administration. . . .
Davey, John: John Davey was one of the world's leading experts on trees and tree surgery. . . .
Davey, Martin L.: Martin L. Davey was Ohio's governor from 1935 to 1939. . . .
Davids, Tice: In 1831, Tice Davids, a runaway slave, fled from his owner in Kentucky. Davids swam across the Ohio River with his owner in close pursuit in a boat. Davids reached the Ohio shore at the town of Ripley just a few minutes before his owner, but the owner could not find his slave. . . .
Davidson, Jo Ann: Jo Ann Davidson was the first woman to hold position of Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. . . .
Davis, Edwin: Edwin Davis was a physician and amateur archaeologist in Ohio in the mid-nineteenth century. He was born in 1811 in Chillicothe, Ohio. . . .
Davis, Harry L.: Harry Lyman Davis was Governor of Ohio from 1921 to 1923. . . .
Davis, Hiram: Hiram Davis was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Gallia County, Ohio. . . .
Davis, Richard L.: African-American Richard L. Davis was a prominent labor organizer during the late nineteenth century. . . .
Dawes, Beman G.: Beman Gates Dawes was a prominent Republican politician and philanthropist during the early twentieth century. . . .
Dawes, Charles G.: Charles Gates Dawes was a prominent Republican politician during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. . . .
Day, Doris: Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff, better known as Doris Day, was one of the best known actresses in America in the mid to late twentieth century. . . .
Day, William R.: William Rufus Day was a prominent jurist and Republican politician during the early twentieth century. . . .
de Bienville, Celeron: Celeron de Bienville was a French military leader and explorer of Ohio in the mid 1700's. His 1749 expedition to the Ohio Country is one of the more memorable of the era. . . .
de Guiche, Lillian: Lillian Gish was born in Springfield, Ohio, on October 14, 1893. Her given name was Lillian Diana de Guiche, but she assumed the name Gish once she embarked upon an acting career. . . .
de La Salle, Rene R.: Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle was a French explorer and the first European known to have seen the Ohio River. . . .
De Vore, Nicholas F.: Nicholas Fernando De Vore was a businessman and an abolitionist in Brown County, Ohio. . . .
Deaver, Affadilla: Affadilla Deaver was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Morgan County, Ohio. . . .
DeBartolo Sr., Edward J.: Edward John DeBartolo, Sr., was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on May 17, 1919. His parents, Anthony and Rose Paonessa, had immigrated to the United States from Italy. . . .
Debs, Eugene V.: During the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, Eugene V. Debs was a leading advocate for socialism in the United States of America. . . .
Demint, Fanny: Fanny Demint was a former slave of Thomas Worthington, who, upon gaining her freedom, followed Worthington to Ohio. . . .
Demjanjuk, John: John Demjanjuk was accused of being the notorious concentration-camp guard "Ivan the Terrible" at Treblinka. . . .
Denman, Matthias: Matthias Denman was one of the founders of the settlement that became Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Dennison Jr., William: Ohio governor William Dennison, Jr., was born in Cincinnati on November 23, 1815. His mother, Mary Carter Dennison, was originally from New England, and his father, William Dennison, Sr., was from New Jersey. . . .
Devine, Samuel L.: Samuel Devine served on the Ohio Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s. . . .
DeWine, Mike: Mike DeWine is a prominent Republican politician who has represented Ohio in the United States Senate. . . .
Dick, Charles W.: Charles William Frederick Dick was a prominent Republican politician during the early twentieth century. . . .
Diller, Phyllis: Phyllis Diller is an American author, musician and entertainer. . . .
Dillingham, Richard: Ohioan Richard Willingham was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. . . .
Dinwiddie, Robert: Robert Dinwiddie was the royal lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. He was born in Scotland in 1693. . . .
DiSalle, Michael V.: Michael Vincent DiSalle was Ohio's sixtieth governor. . . .
Ditcher, Jim: Jim Ditcher was a free African American. During the 1850s and 1860s, he lived in Ironton, Ohio, where he assisted runaway slaves in gaining their freedom. . . .
Doby, Larry: Larry Doby was a prominent American baseball player. He was born Lawrence Eugene Doby in Camden, South Carolina, on December 13, 1923. . . .
Dohrman, Arnold H.: During the American Revolution, Arnold Henry Dohrman (1749-1813) served as a representative of the Confederation Congress to Portugal. . . .
Donahey, Alvin V.: Alvin Victor Donahey was born on July 7, 1873, in West Chester, Ohio. Donahey preferred to be called "Vic." He attended public schools in West Chester and New Philadelphia. . . .
Donahey, Gertrude W.: In 1970, Donahey became the first woman to be elected to a statewide office in Ohio when she won election as state treasurer. . . .
Donahue, Phil: Phil Donahue is an American author, entertainer and television talk show host. . . .
Donalson, Israel: Israel Donalson was a representative to Ohio's first constitutional convention in 1802. . . .
Dorr, Nell B.: Nell Becker Dorr was a prominent twentieth-century American photographer. . . .
Douglas, Stephen: United States Senator and Presidential candidate Stephen Douglas was born on April 23, 1813, in Brandon, Vermont. His father trained him to be a cabinetmaker, but Douglas wanted to become an attorney. . . .
Dove, Rita: Rita Dove is an American poet, author and educator. . . .
Dow, Herbert H.: Herbert H. Dow was a prominent scientist during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Drake, Daniel: Daniel Drake played a major role in establishing the Medical College of Ohio, founded in 1819. He also helped create the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum for the State of Ohio in 1820. . . .
Driver, Phyllis: Phyllis Diller is an American author, musician and entertainer. . . .
Dudley, William: William Dudley was an important American military commander during the War of 1812. . . .
Duer, William: William Duer was a political leader and real estate entrepreneur in the years of the American Revolution and the new nation. . . .
Dunbar, Paul L.: Paul Laurence Dunbar was an important American poet. . . .
Dunlap, Ann: Ann Mary Jane (Dunlap) Hunt was a former slave in Kentucky, who settled, first, in Ohio and, then, in Canada. . . .
Dunlap, Renick W.: Renick William Dunlap was Ohio's thirteenth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio Board of Agriculture. . . .
Dunlavy, Francis: Francis Dunlavy was an early Ohio jurist and political leader. . . .
Dunmore, John M.: John Murray, Lord Dunmore was a royal governor of Virginia in the years before the American Revolution. He was born in Scotland in 1732. He came from a noble family and was descended from royalty. In 1761, at the young age of twenty-nine years, . . .
Dunmore, Lord: John Murray, Lord Dunmore was a royal governor of Virginia in the years before the American Revolution. He was born in Scotland in 1732. He came from a noble family and was descended from royalty. In 1761, at the young age of twenty-nine years, . . .
Dupree, William H.: Ohioan William H. Dupree served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and, following this conflict, became actively involved in securing equal rights for blacks with whites. . . .
Duveneck, Frank: Frank Duveneck was an artist and educator in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century America. . . .
Early, Sarah W.: Ohioan Sarah Woodson Early was an African-American woman who was active in the Temperance Movement. . . .
Ebersole, Jacob: Jacob Ebersole was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Clermont County, Ohio. . . .
Edison, Thomas A.: Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all of history. . . .
Edmonds, Helen G.: Helen Gray Edmonds was the first African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree from The Ohio State University. . . .
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Dwight David Eisenhower was the thirty-fourth President of the United States. . . .
Elliott, Matthew: Matthew Elliott was a British Indian Agent and militia officer in the years between the American Revolution and the War of 1812, Born in Ireland about 1739, Elliott migrated to America in 1761, . . .
Ellsworth, Lincoln: Lincoln Ellsworth was an important explorer during the 1920s and 1930s. . . .
Embrey, Nora: Nora Embrey was the second woman sheriff in Ohio. . . .
Emmett, Daniel D.: Musician and performer Daniel Decatur Emmett was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on October 29, 1815. As a child, Emmett had an interest in music. . . .
Esiason, Boomer: Julius "Boomer" Esiason was a professional football player and is a television sports commentator. . . .
Esiason, Julius "Boomer": Julius "Boomer" Esiason was a professional football player and is a television sports commentator. . . .
Esselborn, Julius: In 1889, Julius Esselborn became the owner of the Portsmouth Brewery, an important business in Portsmouth, Ohio during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Evans, Bob: Restaurant founder Bob Evans was born on May 30, 1918, in Sugar Ridge, Ohio. His parents were Stanley L. Evans and Elizabeth Lewis Evans. After Evans married his childhood sweetheart, Jewell, the couple raised their family on a farm near Rio Grande, Ohio. . . .
Fairbanks, Charles W.: Charles Warren Fairbanks was a prominent Republican politician during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Fall, Albert B.: Albert B. Fall served as Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America during President Warren G. Harding's administration. . . .
Farny, Henry F.: Henry Francis Farny was a well known Ohio artist. While he became famous for his paintings of the American West, he spent most of his life in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Fergason, James L.: James L. Fergason is a prominent scientist and inventor. . . .
Fett, George L.: George Leonard Fett was a prominent cartoonist from Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Findlay, James: James Findlay was an early Ohio military and political leader . . .
Finley, James: James Finley served as a missionary to the Wyandot Indians living at Upper Sandusky. . . .
Finney, Charles: Charles Grandison Finney is best known for his contribution to the religious movement known as the Second Great Awakening during the 1830s. . . .
Firestone, Harvey S.: Harvey Samuel Firestone established the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. . . .
Fiste, Erma L.: Erma Bombeck was a well-known twentieth-century American journalist and humorist. . . .
Fleming, James W.: James W. Fleming was Ohio's sixth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Flemming, Arthur S.: Arthur S. Flemming was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was a 1927 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. . . .
Folck, Blair E.: Blair E. Folck was instrumental in the founding of the All-American Quarter Horse Congress. . . .
Follis, Charles W.: Charles W. Follis was the first African American to receive pay as a professional football player. He was born on February 3, 1879, in Cloverdale, Virginia. In 1901, he enrolled at the College of Wooster. . . .
Foote, Allen R.: During the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, Ohioan Allen Ripley Foote sought to educate others about public finance issues. . . .
Foraker, Joseph B.: Joseph Benson Foraker served as Ohio's Governor from 1886 to 1890. . . .
Forbes, Charles: Charles Forbes served as Chairman of the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs during President Warren G. Harding's administration. . . .
Ford, Seabury: Seabury Ford was the twentieth governor of Ohio. . . .
Fossett, Peter: Peter Fossett was a former slave of President Thomas Jefferson, who, upon gaining his freedom, moved to Ohio. . . .
Fossett, Sarah M.: Sarah Mayrant Fossett was an important advocate for African-American rights in Cincinnati, Ohio during the nineteenth century. . . .
Foster, Charles: Ohio governor Charles Foster was born on April 12, 1828. His father, Charles W. Foster opened a store in 1832 in the small community of Rome in Seneca County, Ohio. . . .
Fowler, Chauncey: Chauncey Fowler was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Mahoning County, Ohio. . . .
Fox, Mamie E.: Mamie Eloise Fox was an African-American poetess during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Francis, Bevo: Clarence "Bevo" Francis was a prominent basketball star during the late twentieth century. . . .
Francis, Clarence "Bevo": Clarence "Bevo" Francis was a prominent basketball star during the late twentieth century. . . .
Fraze, Ermal: Ermal "Ernie" Fraze invented the pull-top beverage can. . . .
Freed, Alan: Alan Freed was a radio personality and creator of the term "Rock and Roll". . . .
Friedman, Theodore L.: Theodore Friedman, later known as Ted Lewis , was a well known American entertainer and musician in the first half of the twentieth century. . . .
Frisch, David: David Frisch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1902,. He eventually created one of the most successful restaurant chains in the United States -- Frisch's Big Boy. . . .
Fulton, Mary: Mary Fulton was a missionary for the Presbyterian Church. She was born in Ashland, Ohio. . . .
Fulton, Robert: Robert Fulton created the first economically-viable, commercial steamboat. . . .
Gable, Clark: Clark Gable was one of the great actors in the history of the motion picture in America. . . .
Gage, Frances D.: Frances Dana Gage was an influential participant in the abolitionist, temperance and women's rights movements in Ohio in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Galloway, Samuel: Samuel Galloway was a political leader and public servant from Ohio. He was born on March 20, 1811, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. . . .
Gant, Nelson T.: Nelson Gant was a former slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad. . . .
Gardner, Ozem: Ozem Gardner was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Franklin County, Ohio. . . .
Garfield, James A.: James Abram Garfield was the twentieth President of the United States. . . .
Garfield, Lucretia: Lucretia Rudolph married James A. Garfield in 1858 and became First Lady of the United States in 1881. . . .
Garford, Arthur: Arthur Garford was a prominent Ohio businessman during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Garner, Margaret: Margaret Garner was a slave woman with a national reputation in the years before the American Civil War. In January 1856, she fled with her husband and four children (some sources say that she had six children) from her owner in Kentucky. . . .
Garrett, Melissa: Melissa Garrett was born in Adams County, Ohio in 1834. She eventually married W.H. Timmons, and upon his death, she wed William Terrell. . . .
Garrison, William L.: William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American advocate of the abolition of the institution of slavery. . . .
Gayman, Benjamin F.: Benjamin Franklin Gayman was Ohio's twelfth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Geddes, James: James Geddes was born on July 22, 1763, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He worked on his parents' farm and taught school for a few years before moving to Kentucky in the early 1780s. . . .
Gee, John: John Gee moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, as a young man. He eventually became one of the community's largest landowners. . . .
Gelelemend: Killbuck was a tribal leader of the turtle clan of the Unami branch of the Delaware Indians. He became a chief when his grandfather, Newcomer, died in 1776. . . .
Gentile, Dominic S.: Ohioan Dominic (Don) Salvatore Gentile shot down more enemy planes in World War II than any other pilot from Ohio. . . .
Gentile, Don: Ohioan Dominic (Don) Salvatore Gentile shot down more enemy planes in World War II than any other pilot from Ohio. . . .
George Jr., Edward N.: Edward (Eddie) Nathan George, Jr., was a football star running back and Heisman Trophy winner at The Ohio State University. . . .
George, Eddie: Edward (Eddie) Nathan George, Jr., was a football star running back and Heisman Trophy winner at The Ohio State University. . . .
George, Henry: Henry George was a journalist, writer, and political economist in the United States in the nineteenth century. . . .
George, Peter T.: Ohioan Peter T. George was an Olympic medalist in weightlifting during the 1940s and 1950s. . . .
Giddings, Joshua R.: Joshua Reed Giddings was an abolitionist. He spent most of his life in Ohio and represented the state in the United States House of Representatives. . . .
Gilbert, Cass: Cass Gilbert was a well-known American Architect in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Gilligan, John J.: John Joyce Gilligan was Ohio's governor from 1971 to 1975. . . .
Gillmore, Quincy: Quincy Gillmore was a Civil War military leader from Ohio. He was born on February 28, 1825, at Black River, Ohio. His father was a staunch supporter of President John Quincy Adams, and named his son Quincy Adams Gillmore. . . .
Gilman, Joseph: Joseph Gilman was an early jurist and political leader in the Northwest Territory in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Girty, Simon: Simon Girty was a notable frontiersman in the Ohio Country in the years before, during, and following the American Revolution. . . .
Gish, Lillian D.: Lillian Gish was born in Springfield, Ohio, on October 14, 1893. Her given name was Lillian Diana de Guiche, but she assumed the name Gish once she embarked upon an acting career. . . .
Gist, Christopher: Christopher Gist was an explorer, surveyor and accomplished frontiersman. He was born about 1706 in Maryland to Richard and Zipporah Gist. Little is known of Gist's early years. . . .
Gist, Samuel: Samuel Gist was a resident of Great Britain and Virginia. In his will, Gist freed all slaves that he owned in Virginia. Many of these newly freed people moved to Ohio, hoping to live a better life. . . .
Gladden, Washington: Washington Gladden was a prominent minister, local politician and social reformer in late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century Ohio. . . .
Glenn Jr., John H.: John Herschel Glenn, Jr., was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921. While Glenn was still an infant, the family moved to nearby New Concord, Ohio, where his father owned his own plumbing business and car dealership. . . .
Gompers, Samuel: During the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, Samuel Gompers was a prominent labor activist in the United States of America. . . .
Goodrich, Benjamin F.: Benjamin Franklin Goodrich was a prominent businessman and founder of the the B.F. Goodrich Company. . . .
Goshorn, Alfred T.: Alfred Traber Goshorn was a business and civic leader from Cincinnati Ohio who became well known as a planner of industrial expositions. He was born on July 15, 1833, in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Graham, John: Ohioan John Graham was an important social reformer during the first part of the nineteenth century. . . .
Grandin, Philip: Philip Grandin was a prominent real estate speculator in early Ohio. . . .
Grant, Julia D.: Julia Dent Grant was a First Lady of the United States of America. Her husband was Ohioan Ulysses S. Grant. . . .
Grant, Ulysses S.: Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth President of the United States. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. . . .
Gray, Elisha: Elisha Gray was an educator and inventor in nineteenth-century America. . . .
Gray, Macy: Natalie McIntyre, better known as Macy Gray, is an American actress, musician and singer. . . .
Gray, Thomas L.: Thomas L. Gray was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Morgan County, Ohio. . . .
Green, Barrett K.: Barrett K. Green was a prominent twentieth-century scientist and inventor. . . .
Green, John: Elisha Young was a runaway slave from Kentucky, who settled in Morrow County, Ohio. . . .
Green, John P.: John Patterson Green introduced the legislation that established Labor Day in Ohio. He was born in 1845 in New Bern, North Carolina, to free African-American parents. . . .
Green, Perry L.: Perry L. Green was Ohio's third Director of Agriculture. The Director of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. . . .
Green, Shields: Shields Green, sometimes reported as Greene, was an African-American man. He participated in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859. . . .
Greene, Bob: Bob Greene is an American journalist and author. . . .
Greene, Shields: Shields Green, sometimes reported as Greene, was an African-American man. He participated in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859. . . .
Greenman, Emerson F.: Emerson F. Greenman was an archaeologist at the Ohio Historical Society during the 1920s and 1930s. . . .
Greenwood, Miles: Industrial innovator Miles Greenwood was born on March 19, 1807, in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 1817, he moved with his father to Ohio, settling near Cincinnati. . . .
Grey, Zane: Zane Grey was a popular and widely read novelist of the American West. . . .
Griffin, Archie: Archie Griffin was a star football running-back and two-time Heisman Trophy winner at The Ohio State University. . . .
Grimes, Anne: Anne Grimes was a journalist, musician and historian of American folklore. . . .
Groesbeck, William: Ohio political leader William Groesbeck was born on July 24, 1815, in Kinderhook, New York. While he was still a baby, his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Grossman, Mary B.: Mary Belle Grossman served as a municipal court judge for thirty-six years and was one of the first two women to be admitted to the American Bar Association. . . .
Guilford, Nathan: Nathan Guilford's greatest contribution to Ohio's history was his immense support for publicly funded education. . . .
Gyser, John: John Gyser was an African-American Ohioan who purportedly assisted slave catchers in returning fugitive slaves to their owners. . . .
Hall, Charles M.: Charles Martin Hall was born in Thompson, Ohio, on December 6, 1863. He spent much of his youth in Oberlin, Ohio. As a child, Hall was an avid reader. After reading his father's college chemistry textbook, Hall decided to become a chemist. . . .
Hall, Ernest C.: Ernest C. Hall was an important aviation figure during the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. . . .
Hallock, Robert L.: Robert Lay Hallock was a prominent nineteeth-century inventor. . . .
Halstead, Murat: Murat Halstead was a nineteenth-century American journalist, editor and author. . . .
Hamilton, Henry: Henry Hamilton was the Lieutenant Governor of Canada and British commander of Fort Detroit during the American Revolution. . . .
Hamilton, Scott: Scott Hamilton is one of the more famous male figure skaters in history. He was born on August 28, 1958, but he never knew his birth parents, as he was adopted by a family in Bowling Green, Ohio, at six weeks of age. . . .
Hammond, Charles: Charles Hammond was an attorney, journalist and early Ohio political leader. . . .
Hanby, Benjamin: Benjamin Hanby was a minister, abolitionist and American musician in mid-nineteenth century Ohio. He was born in 1833 in Rushville, Ohio. In 1847, his father, William Hanby, helped establish Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. He moved his family to Westerville in 1853. . . .
Hand, Edward: Edward Hand was an American military and political leader in the American Revolution and the early years of the new nation. . . .
Hanks, Jarvis F.: Jarvis Frary Hanks was a prominent Ohio artist during the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s. . . .
Hanna, Jack: Jack Hanna is Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and a well-known zoological advocate and educator. . . .
Hanna, Marcus A.: Marcus Alonzo Hanna was a prominent politician and United States Senator from Ohio during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Hardin, John: John Hardin was a soldier in the American Revolution and in the early years of the new nation. He was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1753. . . .
Harding, Warren G.: Warren Gamaliel Harding was born on November 2, 1865, in Corsica, Ohio. He spent most of his youth at nearby Caledonia, Ohio. Beginning in 1879, Harding attended Ohio Central College. Three years later, he and a friend purchased the Marion Star, a newspaper in Marion, Ohio. . . .
Harkness, Stephen V.: Stephen V. Harkness was one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company. . . .
Harmar, Josiah: Josiah Harmar was born on November 10, 1753, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although he attended a Quaker school, he did not share the religious beliefs of the Society of Friends. . . .
Harmon, Judson: Ohio governor and United States Attorney General Judson Harmon was born in Newton, Ohio, on February 3, 1846. His father was a Baptist minister. Harmon attended Denison University and the Cincinnati Law School before setting up a practice in Cincinnati in 1869. . . .
Harper, William R.: William Rainey Harper was born on July 26, 1856, in New Concord, Ohio. He attended the Muskingum College preparatory institute beginning in 1864. . . .
Harris, Andrew L.: Andrew L. Harris was Governor of Ohio from 1906 to 1909. . . .
Harris, John: John Harris was a doctor in Bainbridge, Ohio, who specialized in dentistry. He moved from Cincinnati to Bainbridge during the mid 1820s, and in 1827, Harris began to teach students the basics of medicine to prepare them for medical school. . . .
Harrison, Benjamin: President Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio. His great-grandfather was John Cleves Symmes, and his grandfather was President William Henry Harrison. . . .
Harrison, Caroline L.: Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison was born on October 1, 1832, in Oxford, Ohio. Her father, John Witherspoon Scott, was a professor of science and math at Miami University in Oxford. . . .
Harrison, William H.: William Henry Harrison was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. . . .
Harvey, Elizabeth B.: Elizabeth Burgess Harvey was a Quaker and an abolitionist in Warren County, Ohio during the 1830s and 1840s. Along with her husband, Jesse Harvey, Elizabeth was also responsible for founding the community of Harveysburg, Ohio. . . .
Harvey, Jesse: Jesse Harvey was an abolitionist in Warren County, Ohio during the 1830s and 1840s. He was responsible for founding the community of Harveysburg, Ohio. . . .
Harvey, Thomas: Thomas Harvey was born on November 18, 1821, in New London, New Hampshire. In 1833, his family moved to Concord Township in Ohio. Unhappy with farming life, at the age of fifteen, Harvey left home and moved to Painesville. He took a job in a publisher's office, learning the publishing trade over the next six years. . . .
Haskell, Coburn: Coburn Haskell was the founder of the Haskell Golf Ball Co. and a co-inventor of the modern golf ball. . . .
Haven, James L.: James L. Haven was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. Little is known of his early life. He eventually formed James L. Haven & Co. in Cincinnati. . . .
Hay, John M.: Ohioan John Milton Hay was a prominent politician and author during the late nineteenth century. . . .
Hayden, Gillette: Gillette Hayden was the third woman to graduate from Ohio State's dental school and eventually became nationally known as an expert in the treatment of periodontal diseases. . . .
Hayes, Lucy: Lucy Ware Webb was an advocate for the abolition of slavery and the rights of women in nineteenth century America. She was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. . . .
Hayes, Rutherford B.: President Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, on October 4, 1822. His parents had moved to Ohio from Vermont in 1817. . . .
Hayes, Wayne W. "Woody": Wayne Woodrow Hayes was born on February 14, 1913, in Clifton, Ohio. He was known as Woody Hayes. . . .
Hayes, Woody: Wayne Woodrow Hayes was born on February 14, 1913, in Clifton, Ohio. He was known as Woody Hayes. . . .
Haygood, Wil: Wil Haygood is a prominent American journalist and author of several best-selling biographies and other works of non-fiction. . . .
Hazard, Ernest R.: In 1907, Ernest R. Hazard supposedly invented the banana split. He owned a restaurant in Wilmington, Ohio, and he hoped that a new ice cream treat would attract students from Wilmington College. . . .
Hazen, William B.: William Hazen a military leader in the Army of the United States in the American Civil War and after. He was born on September 27, 1830, at West Hartford, Vermont. . . .
Heckewelder, John G.: John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder was a Moravian Missionary in the Ohio Country in the American Revolution and the early years of the new nation. . . .
Heft, Robert G.: Ohioan Robert G. Heft designed the fifty-star United States flag. . . .
Heisman, Johann: John Heisman was one of the leading football coaches of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. He was born on October 25, 1869, in Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Heisman, John W.: John Heisman was one of the leading football coaches of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. He was born on October 25, 1869, in Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Hendricks, Thomas A.: Vice-President Thomas Andrews Hendricks was born on September 7, 1819, near Zanesville, Ohio. In 1822, his family moved to Shelby County, Indiana. Thomas Hendricks never again resided in Ohio. . . .
Henry, Robert C.: In 1966, Robert C. Henry became the first African American to serve as mayor of a city (Springfield) in the State of Ohio and in the United States of America. . . .
Herbert, Thomas J.: Thomas J. Herbert served as Ohio's governor from 1947 to 1949. . . .
Herrick, Myron T.: Myron T. Herrick was Governor of Ohio from 1904 to 1906. . . .
Hessenmueller, Edward: Edward Hessenmueller was a prominent German American, who spent much of his life in Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Hill, Alexander: Alexander Hill was once sheriff of Washington County, Ohio. He also was an important furniture maker during the early nineteenth century. . . .
Hill, Katherine: Katherine Hill created the T. Marzetti Company's Original Slaw Dressing and remained a vital employee of the firm for nearly seventy years. . . .
Hill, Leverett B.: Leverett B. Hill was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Huron County, Ohio. . . .
Hoadly, George: George Hoadly was the thirty-sixth Governor of Ohio. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 31, 1826. . . .
Hokolesqua: Cornstalk was a leader of the Shawnee Indians. He was born about 1720. His Indian name was variously pronounced as Hokolesqua, Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua and was freely translated to mean "blade of corn". . . .
Holbrook Jr., Harold R. "Hal": Hal Holbrook was born on February 17, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio. His birth name was Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr., but he adopted the name Hal Holbrook upon embarking upon an acting career. . . .
Holbrook, Hal: Hal Holbrook was born on February 17, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio. His birth name was Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr., but he adopted the name Hal Holbrook upon embarking upon an acting career. . . .
Hollister, Nancy P.: Nancy Putnam Hollister was Ohio's first female governor. . . .
Hoover, Herbert C.: Herbert Clark Hoover was President of the United States from 1929 to 1933. . . .
Hoover, William H.: William Hoover was born in 1849. As a young man, he became involved in the leather business, working as a tanner. He remained involved in the tannery business until the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1908, Hoover purchased John Murray Spangler's patent for the upright vacuum cleaner. . . .
Hope, Bob: Leslie Townes Hope, better known as Bob Hope, was born on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England. In 1908, Hope's family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Bob Hope officially became an American citizen in 1920. During his lifetime, Hope emerged as one of the leading comedians and actors in the United States. . . .
Hope, Leslie T. "Bob": Leslie Townes Hope, better known as Bob Hope, was born on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England. In 1908, Hope's family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Bob Hope officially became an American citizen in 1920. During his lifetime, Hope emerged as one of the leading comedians and actors in the United States. . . .
Horvath, Les: Les Horvath was a star football running-back and Heisman Trophy winner at The Ohio State University. . . .
Howard, Edward: Edward Howard was a runaway slave from Virginia, who sought freedom in Canada. . . .
Howell, Thomas N.: Thomas N. Howell developed an exploding shell that was buried underground above a coffin to deter grave-robbing. . . .
Howells, William D.: American author and journalist William Dean Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Belmont County, Ohio. . . .
Hubbard, William: William Hubbard was an abolitionist and operator of a stop on the Underground Railroad in the years before the American Civil War. He was born in 1787. . . .
Hubbard, William D.: William DeHart Hubbard was the first African American to win a gold medal in an individual competition in the Olympic Games. He was born on November 25, 1903, in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Huber, Charles B.: Charles B. Huber was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Clermont County, Ohio. . . .
Hull, William: William Hull was a military and political leader in the Midwest in the years after the American Revolution. He was born in 1753 in Massachusetts. . . .
Humphrey, George M.: George Magoffin Humphrey was born on March 8, 1890, in Cheboygan, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a law degree in 1912, and he spent the next several years practicing law with his father in Saginaw, Michigan. . . .
Hunt, Ann M.: Ann Mary Jane (Dunlap) Hunt was a former slave in Kentucky, who settled, first, in Ohio and, then, in Canada. . . .
Huntington, Samuel: Samuel Huntington was Ohio's third governor, serving from 1808 to 1810. . . .
Hussey, Obed: Obed Hussey was a prominent inventor who developed a horse-drawn reaper. . . .
Hutchins, Thomas: Thomas Hutchins was an American surveyor, mapmaker and the first "geographer of the United States." . . .
Hutton, Massey: Massey Hutton was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Atwater, Ohio. . . .
Hyde, Udney H.: Udney Hyde was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. . . .
Issacs, Tucker: Tucker Isaacs assisted runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad in Ohio. . . .
Jackson, Andrew: Andrew Jackson was an American military and political leader and the seventh President of the United States. He was born on March 15, 1767, at Waxhaw, South Carolina. . . .
Jackson, Jim: James (Jim) Arthur Jackson was a basketball star who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes and numerous teams in the National Basketball Association. . . .
Janowicz, Victor F.: Victor F. Janowicz was born on February 26, 1930, in Elyria, Ohio. He became one of the greatest football players in The Ohio State University's history. . . .
Jefferson, Thomas: Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. . . .
Jemison, Mary: Mary Jemison was a British woman that was taken captive by the French and the Shawnee during the French and Indian War. She spent the remainder of her life living as an Indian. . . .
Jenkins, Charles F.: Charles Francis Jenkins was a prominent inventor during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Jessing, John J.: John Joseph Jessing was born on November 17, 1836, in Germany. His father died while Jessing was still a boy. Jessing worked in a print shop to support his mother and two siblings. Upon reaching adulthood, he joined the Prussian Army, where he performed admirably. . . .
Jewett, Hugh: Hugh Jewett was a prominent attorney, politician and business leader in nineteenth century Ohio. . . .
Johnson, Andrew: Andrew Johnson was the seventeenth President of the United States. . . .
Johnson, Lyndon B.: Lyndon Baines Johnson was President of the United States of America from 1963 to 1969. . . .
Johnson, Richard M.: Richard Mentor Johnson was a military and political figure in the American Midwest in the early years of the new nation. He was born in Kentucky on October 17, 1781. . . .
Johnson, Tom L.: Tom Loftin Johnson was Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in the early twentieth century, . . .
Johnston, John: John Johnston (also spelled Johnson) was an Indian Agent in Ohio in the early years of the new state. He was born in 1775 in Ireland. While he was a young child, his family moved to Pennsylvania. . . .
Johnston, John B.: During the mid nineteenth century, John Black Johnston was a prominent minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America in Ohio. . . .
Jones, Frederick M.: On May 17, 1893, Frederick McKinley Jones was an African American inventor with a large number of U.S. patents. He was born on May 17, 1893 in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Jones, Samuel M.: Samuel M. Jones was born on August 3, 1846, in Wales. His family immigrated to the United States in 1849. . . .
K'ung, Hsiang-his: K'ung Hsiang-his, also known as H.H. Kung, was born in the Shanxi Province of China in 1881. As a teenager, he attended schools run by missionaries from Oberlin College in Taigu, China. . . .
Kasich, John R.: John Kasich has been an elected official, political leader, author, educator and television personality. . . .
Kaukonen, Amy A.: Amy Kaukonen was the first woman elected mayor of a community in Ohio. She also was one of the first women elected mayor in the entire United States. . . .
Kazel, Dorothy L.: Dorothy L. Kazel was an Ursuline Sister from Ohio who was abducted and killed by El Salvadoran National Guardsmen during a civil war in El Salvador in 1980, . . .
Keifer, Joseph W.: Joseph Warren Keifer was a prominent nineteenth century Ohio political and military leader. . . .
Kelley, Alfred: Alfred Kelley was born in Middlefield, Connecticut, on November 7, 1789, and then moved with his family to Lowville, New York, at the age of ten. He trained as a lawyer under New York Supreme Court justice Jonas Platt beginning in 1807. . . .
Kennedy, John F.: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. . . .
Kenton, Simon: Simon Kenton was a legendary frontiersman in Ohio and the Midwest. . . .
Kettering, Charles F.: Charles Franklin Kettering was born on a farm near Loudonville, Ohio, on August 29, 1876. He came from a poor background but still managed to obtain an education. Kettering graduated from The Ohio State University in 1904 with a degree in engineering. . . .
Kidwell, Newton J.: Newton Kidwell was a former Confederate soldier who lived in central Ohio after the Civil War but never lost his loyalty to the South. . . .
Kilbourne, James: James Kilbourne was the founder of Worthington, Ohio and a surveyor, merchant and political leader in the early years of Ohio statehood. . . .
Killbuck: Killbuck was a tribal leader of the turtle clan of the Unami branch of the Delaware Indians. He became a chief when his grandfather, Newcomer, died in 1776. . . .
King Jr., Martin L.: Martin Luther King, Jr., was a prominent civil rights activist during the 1950s and 1960s. . . .
King, Alexander: Alexander King was an abolitionist in Ashtabula County, Ohio and assisted John Brown in planning his attack on the federal arsenal located in Harper's Ferry, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia). . . .
King, Ernest J.: Ernest Joseph King was born on November 23, 1878, in Lorain, Ohio. He attended local schools and, as a youth, dreamed of attending the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. King received his wish in 1897. . . .
Kingsbury, James: James Kingsbury was the first permanent white settler of the Connecticut Western Reserve. . . .
Kirker, Thomas: Thomas Kirker was an early governor of Ohio and political leader. . . .
Kirtland, Jared: Jared Kirtland was born on November 10, 1793, in Wallingford, Connecticut. His father was a representative of the Connecticut Land Company and moved to Poland, Ohio, in 1803. . . .
Klem, Johnny: Johnny Clem was a soldier in the service of the United States for most of his life. He was born on August 13, 1851, in Newark, Ohio. His actual name was John Joseph Klem. . . .
Klippart, John H.: John Hancock Klippart was Ohio's fifth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. Klippart served in this position longer than any other person. . . .
Knight, Bobby: Robert (Bobby) Montgomery Knight was a controversial, yet highly successful college basketball coach who also played on The Ohio State University national championship team in 1960. . . .
Knight, Robert M.: Robert (Bobby) Montgomery Knight was a controversial, yet highly successful college basketball coach who also played on The Ohio State University national championship team in 1960. . . .
Knowlton, Ephraim: Ephraim Knowlton was born in 1803. He came to the Cincinnati area in the early 1820s to supervise workmen on the Miami and Erie Canal. Knowlton founded the town of Cumminsville, named for David Cummins, one of the community's earliest residents. . . .
Konieschquanoheel: Captain Pipe was an hereditary chief of the Munsee-Delaware Indians during and after the American Revolution. . . .
Koquethagechton: White Eyes was a leader of the Delaware Indians. His Indian name was Koquethagechton. Due to his fair coloring, he was known to the settlers and frontiersmen as White Eyes. . . .
Kosar Jr., Bernie J.: Bernie Kosar was a popular and successful quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during the 1980s and early 1990s. . . .
Krichbaum, John G.: During the nineteenth century, numerous inventors tried to devise a means for prematurely buried people to signal those people aboveground. One of these inventors was John G. Krichbaum of Youngstown, Ohio. . . .
Kroger, Barney: Barney Kroger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1860. As a young man, he embarked on a career in grocery sales, establishing the Great Western Tea Company in 1883. This business eventually became the first of many stores that operated under the Kroger name. . . .
Kung, H. H.: K'ung Hsiang-his, also known as H.H. Kung, was born in the Shanxi Province of China in 1881. As a teenager, he attended schools run by missionaries from Oberlin College in Taigu, China. . . .
La Demoiselle: La Demoiselle, also called "Old Briton" by the British, was a leader of the Miami Indians at Pickawillany during the mid-1700s. . . .
Lambert, John W.: In 1890, John William Lambert, a resident of Ohio City, Ohio, built the first gasoline-powered single-cylinder automobile. . . .
Lamme, Benjamin: Benjamin Lamme was born on January 12, 1864, near Springfield, Ohio. He attended The Ohio State University, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1888. After spending several months as a farmer, Lamme accepted a position with the Westinghouse Company in 1889. . . .
Langham, Elias: Elias Langham was an important political figure in Ohio's early history. . . .
Langston, John M.: John Mercer Langston was the first African-American man to pass Ohio's bar exam. He also was an outspoken advocate of equal rights for African Americans with whites. . . .
Langston, Mercer: John Mercer Langston was the first African-American man to pass Ohio's bar exam. He also was an outspoken advocate of equal rights for African Americans with whites. . . .
Lansdowne, Zachary: Ohioan Zachary Lansdowne was the commander of the USS Shenandoah. . . .
Latrobe, Benjamin H.: Benjamin Latrobe was a prominent nineteenth-century American architect and engineer. . . .
Lausche, Frank J.: Frank John Lausche was Ohio's only five-term governor. . . .
Lawrence, Mary: Ohioan, Mary Georgene Berg, better known as Mary Wells Lawrence, was prominent advertising executive during the mid-twentieth century. . . .
Leary, Lewis S.: Lewis Sheridan Leary was an African-American man who participated in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859. . . .
Leggett, Mortimer: Mortimer Leggett was an attorney, educator and military leader in nineteenth century Ohio. . . .
LeMay, Curtis "Bombs Away LeMay, Iron Ass": Curtis LeMay was a prominent and controversial United States Air Force commander during the mid-twentieth centurty. . . .
Lenski, Lois: Lois Lenski was an artist and one of the best-known American book illustrators of the twentieth century. . . .
Lerner, Al: Al Lerner was a prominent Ohio real estate executive who was also majority owner of the Cleveland Browns from 1998 until 2002. . . .
Lewis, Samuel: The Ohio legislature appointed Samuel Lewis as Ohio Superintendent of Common Schools in 1838. His chief purpose as superintendent was to help the Ohio legislature establish standards that teachers and public school districts needed to meet to insure that students received a quality education. He also played an important role in determining how Ohio should fund its public schools. . . .
Lewis, Ted: Theodore Friedman, later known as Ted Lewis , was a well known American entertainer and musician in the first half of the twentieth century. . . .
Libenson, Terri: Terri Libenson is an American artist, graphic designer and cartoonist. . . .
Lichtenstein, Roy: Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent twentieth century American artist. . . .
Lilienthal, Max: Max Lilienthal was born on November 6, 1815, in Munich, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Munich in 1837, and he accepted an appointment as principal of a Jewish school in Riga, Russia, in 1839. . . .
Lincoln, Abraham: Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. . . .
Lingo, Walter: Walter Lingo was a resident of La Rue, Ohio. During the 1920s, he owned the Oorang Dog Kennels and sponsored the Oorang Indians professional football team. . . .
Little Turtle: Little Turtle was a war chief of the Miami Indians. He was born circa 1752 twenty miles northwest of modern-day Fort Wayne, Indiana. His Native American name was Michikinikwa. . . .
Livingston, Alexander W.: Alexander W. Livingston was born on October 14, 1822, near Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He grew up on his family's farm and received limited schooling. . . .
Lochry, Archibald: Archibald Lochry was a Pennsylvania militia leader in the American Revolution. . . .
Locke, John: John Locke was born on February 19, 1792, in Fryeburg, Massachusetts (now Maine). In 1819, Locke graduated from Yale Medical School and briefly served as an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy. . . .
Loebell, Ernst: Ernst Loebell was an early researcher of rocketry and founder of the Cleveland Rocket Society. . . .
Logan: The American Indian leader who came to be called Logan was born in Pennsylvania circa 1725. His father was a Cayuga Indian named Shikellamy. . . .
Logan, Benjamin: Benjamin Logan was a military and political leader in the Ohio Country during the American Revolution and in the early years of the new nation. . . .
Logan, James: James Logan was a public servant and political leader in colonial Pennsylvania. He was born in Ireland in 1674. Logan was descended from Scottish royalty, and his parents made certain that their son was well educated. . . .
Longworth IV, Nicholas: Nicholas Longworth was born on November 5, 1869, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the great-grandson of Nicholas Longworth, one of the wealthiest men in the United States by 1850 and a leading horticulturalist. . . .
Longworth, Nicholas: Nicholas Longworth was an American political leader, elected official and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. . . .
Looker, Othniel: Othniel Looker was the fifth governor of Ohio and the only governor of Ohio who actually fought in the American Revolution. . . .
Loveberry, Clarence: Clarence Loveberry was a an archaeologist at the Ohio Historical Society in the late-nineteenth century. . . .
Lucas, Robert: Robert Lucas was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia), on April 1, 1781. Not much is known about Lucas's early life, other than the fact that he received some training as a surveyor. . . .
Ludlow, Israel: During the 1780s and 1790s, Israel Ludlow was a surveyor and town planner in the Northwest Territory. . . .
Lundy, Benjamin: Benjamin Lundy was an abolitionist opponent of slavery in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Madison, James: James Madison was the fourth President of the United States. . . .
Magee, Elizabeth: In 1920, a sufficient number of states ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment granted women the right to vote. This amendment marked a dramatic improvement for women and their rights, however, efforts to improve women's rights did not just center on the right to vote. . . .
Mahan, Asa: Asa Mahan was an educator, reformer and the first President of Oberlin College. . . .
Mann, Horace: Horace Mann was born on May 4, 1796, in Franklin, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1819 and proceeded to study the law. . . .
Manson, Marilyn: Brian Warner is the birth name of musician and entertainer Marilyn Manson. . . .
Marotta Sr., Vincent: Vincent Marotta, Sr., spent his youth in Cleveland, Ohio. The son of Italian immigrants, Marotta assisted his father, who could not speak English, in operating the family business, which was coal mining. . . .
Martinek, Joseph: A native of Czechoslovakia, Joseph Martinek was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio during the early twentieth century. . . .
Marzetti, Teresa: Teresa Marzetti was the founder of the T. Marzetti Company in Columbus, Ohio. . . .
Massie, Nathaniel: Nathaniel Massie was a surveyor and land developer who helped to organize the Virginia Military District in Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Mather, William W.: William Williams Mather was Ohio's third Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Matthews, Eva L.: Eva Lee Matthews and Beatrice Henderson founded an Episcopal religious order in Ohio known as the Community of the Transfiguration. . . .
Matthews, Sister Eva: Eva Lee Matthews and Beatrice Henderson founded an Episcopal religious order in Ohio known as the Community of the Transfiguration. . . .
Matthews, Stanley: Stanley Matthews was born on July 21, 1824, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended public schools in Cincinnati, before enrolling in Kenyon College. Matthews graduated from Kenyon in 1840 and began to study the law. . . .
Mauchly, John: John Mauchly was born on August 30, 1907, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He spent most of his youth in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In 1925, he enrolled as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, receiving his undergraduate degree in just two years. . . .
McArthur, Duncan: Duncan McArthur, Ohio's eleventh governor, was born in New York on January 14, 1772. . . .
McBride, John: John McBride was born in Ohio in 1854. His father was a mineworker. McBride followed in his father's footsteps, but he is best remembered for fighting for the rights of the workingman. . . .
McCarthy, Joseph R.: Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a United States Senator from Wisconsin during the 1940s and 1950s. . . .
McClain, William: During the nineteenth century, William McClain was a ship captain on the Ohio River. . . .
McClellan, George B.: George B. McClellan was a prominent nineteenth century American military and political leader. . . .
McClelland, Helen G.: Ohioan Helen Grace McClelland was one of only three women to receive the Distinguished Service Cross, the United States of America's second highest combat award. She also received the British Royal Red Cross for her actions during World War I. . . .
McCook, Alexander: Alexander McCook was born on April 22, 1831, in Columbiana County, Ohio. The next year, he moved with his parents to Carroll County. In 1848, McCook received an appointment to West Point, graduating in 1842. McCook would spend the rest of his life in the United States Army. . . .
McCormick, Cyrus: Cyrus McCormick was born on February 15, 1809, near Lexington, Virginia. Hoping to reduce the workload on his farm, Robert McCormick, Cyrus's father, had tried to develop a mechanical harvester in the early nineteenth century. . . .
McCormick, Elizabeth A.: Elizabeth Anne O'Hare McCormick was a prominent twentieth century American journalist, author and public figure. . . .
McDowell, Irvin: Irvin McDowell was a nineteenth century American military leader. . . .
McElroy, Neil H.: Ohioan, Neil Hosler McElroy served as United States Secretary of Defense under President Dwight Eisenhower during the 1950s. . . .
McGuffey, William H.: William McGuffey was born on September 23, 1800, in Pennsylvania. When he was two years of age, his family moved to the Western Reserve, near Youngstown, Ohio. . . .
McIntyre, Natalie: Natalie McIntyre, better known as Macy Gray, is an American actress, musician and singer. . . .
McKendree, William: William McKendree was born in King William County, Virginia, on July 6, 1757. As a young man, he fought in the American Revolution against the British. Once the war was over, he became more and more interested in religious matters. . . .
McKinley Jr., William: Ohioan William McKinley, Jr., was President of the United States of America from 1897 to 1901. . . .
McLean, John: John McLean was a an attorney, political leader and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. . . .
McLean, John R.: John R. McLean was born on September 17, 1848, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The same year that McLean was born, his father, Washington McLean, acquired the Cincinnati Enquirer, a local newspaper. . . .
McPherson, James B.: General James Birdseye McPherson was the highest ranking Ohio soldier to die in the American Civil War. . . .
McQuerry, George W.: George Washington McQuerry was an escaped slave from Kentucky, who sought his freedom in Ohio. . . .
McVicker, Joseph: Joseph McVicker was born in 1929 to Irma McVicker and Cleo McVicker. With Cleo McVicker's death in 1949, Irma McVicker hired her son, Joseph, and her son-in-law, Bill Rhodenbaugh, to head Kutol Products Company, a Cincinnati, Ohio firm, formerly headed by Cleo, that produced soap and wallpaper cleaner. . . .
Me-sa-sa: Turkey Foot or Me-sa-sa was a chief of the Ottawa Indians. . . .
Medary, Samuel: Samuel Medary was a nineteenth century Ohio journalist and political leader. . . .
Medill, William: William Medill was the twenty-second Governor of Ohio. . . .
Meigs, Jr, Return J.: Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a legislator, jurist and the fourth Governor of Ohio. . . .
Menches, Frank: Although its history remains unclear, some historians claim that Canton, Ohio, residents Frank and Robert Menches invented the hamburger. In 1885, these two brothers were selling pork sandwiches at the Erie Agricultural Fair in Hamburg, New York. . . .
Menches, Robert: Although its history remains unclear, some historians claim that Canton, Ohio, residents Frank and Robert Menches invented the hamburger. In 1885, these two brothers were selling pork sandwiches at the Erie Agricultural Fair in Hamburg, New York. . . .
Mendenhall, Thomas C.: Thomas Corwin Mendenhall was born on October 4, 1841, in Hanoverton, Ohio. In 1851, the Mendenhall family moved to Marlboro, Ohio, where Thomas enrolled in the Union school, the local high school. . . .
Merrick, Myra K.: Dr. Myra King Merrick was the first woman medical doctor in Ohio. She moved to Cleveland to set up her practice in 1852. . . .
Metzenbaum, Howard M.: Howard Morton Metzenbaum was a prominent United States Representative and Senator from Ohio during the late twentieth century. . . .
Michikinikwa: Little Turtle was a war chief of the Miami Indians. He was born circa 1752 twenty miles northwest of modern-day Fort Wayne, Indiana. His Native American name was Michikinikwa. . . .
Midgley Jr., Thomas: Thomas Midgley, Jr., was born on May 18, 1889. He graduated from Cornell University in 1911, and he soon found employment with Delco, a company in Dayton, Ohio. . . .
Miller, Dayton C.: Dayton Clarence Miller was a mathematician, physicist and educator in Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Miller, Thomas: Thomas Miller served as chairman of the Office of Alien Property during President Warren G. Harding's administration. . . .
Miller, Wells W.: Wells W. Miller was Ohio's ninth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Miller, William: William Miller founded Millerism. Miller, a farmer from New York, claimed to have discovered when Jesus Christ would return to Earth as stated in the Bible. Miller formed this belief in the 1820s but did not begin to share it with other people until the 1830s. . . .
Mills, Victor: Victor Mills was a prominent inventor who eventually became head of Procter & Gamble's Exploratory Development Division. . . .
Mills, William C.: William Corless Mills was born and raised on a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio in 1860. His interest in archaeology began as a boy while collecting Indian artifacts from local farm fields. He attended the Ohio State University and the Cincinnati School of Pharmacy from which he graduated in 1885. . . .
Mitchel, Ormsby M.: Ormsby McKnight Mitchel was an attorney, educator, astronomer and Union army military leader in the American Civil War. . . .
Mitchell, Sophia: Sophia Mitchell was the first African-American woman to serve as a mayor in Ohio. . . .
Mock, Geraldine F.: Newark, Ohio native, Geraldine Fredritz Mock was the first woman to fly around the world. . . .
Mock, Jerrie: Newark, Ohio native, Geraldine Fredritz Mock was the first woman to fly around the world. . . .
Modell, Arthur B.: Arthur (Art) B. Modell was born on June 23, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York. As a young man, he amassed a fortune working in television production in New York City. In 1961, he purchased the Cleveland Browns, a National Football League (NFL) team, for four million dollars. . . .
Moerlein, Christian: Christian Moerlein was born in Truppack, Bavaria, in 1818. He immigrated to the United States in 1841, eventually settling in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1842. In 1853, Moerlein established a brewery in Over-the-Rhine, a predominantly German neighborhood in Cincinnati. . . .
Montgomery, Betty D.: Betty D. Montgomery was a prominent Ohio politician during the late twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries. . . .
Moorehead, Warren K.: Warren K. Moorehead was the first Curator of Archaeology for the Ohio Historical Society. Born in Siena, Italy in 1866, his family later moved to Xenia, Ohio where he was raised. He attended both Denison University and the University of Pennsylvania, but did not graduate from either institution. . . .
Morgan, Arthur E.: Arthur Ernest Morgan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1878. Soon after his birth, the Morgan family moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota, where Morgan grew up. . . .
Morgan, Garrett A.: Garrett Morgan was an inventor and businessman in Cleveland in the first half of the 20th Century. . . .
Morgan, John H.: John Hunt Morgan was a prominent Confederate cavalry officer in the American Civil War. . . .
Morgan, Marabel: Marabel Morgan was a bestselling author and an anti-feminist during the 1970s. . . .
Morgan, Richard G.: Richard G. Morgan was born in Middletown, Ohio in 1903. He attended the Ohio State University and earned a B.A. degree in 1926 followed by the M.A. degree in 1929. His field of study was geology, but he had a strong interest in archaeology as well. . . .
Morrison, Toni: Toni Morrison is a noted author and educator and the first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. . . .
Morrow, Jeremiah: Jeremiah Morrow was a legislator, political leader and the ninth Governor of Ohio. . . .
Mort, Paul R.: Paul R. Mort was born in 1894 in Elsie, Michigan. He graduated from Indiana University in 1916, and he spent the next six years teaching in Indiana and in Arizona. In 1922, he enrolled in Columbia University to earn his Masters degree. . . .
Moses, Phoebe A.: Phoebe Anne Moses was a world famous markswoman and entertainer who was better known by her stage name of "Annie Oakley." . . .
Moulton, Lydia: Lydia Moulton was an early settler of Marietta, Ohio. A group of real estate speculators, the Ohio Company of Associates, founded Marietta, originally known as Adelphia, in 1788. . . .
Moulton, William: William Moulton was one of the original settlers of Marietta, Ohio. A group of real estate speculators, the Ohio Company of Associates, founded Marietta, originally known as Adelphia, in 1788. . . .
Mozee, Phoebe A.: Phoebe Anne Mozee was a world famous markswoman and entertainer who was better known by her stage name of "Annie Oakley." . . .
Myers, David N.: David N. Myers was a prominent twentieth-century businessman and philanthropist. . . .
Nash, George K.: George Kilbon Nash was Ohio 41st governor. . . .
Nast, Wilhelm: Wilhelm Nast was born in Germany in 1807. He immigrated to the United States in 1828, eventually settling in Ohio. He became a professor at Kenyon College and served as a circuit rider, seeking converts to the Methodist faith. . . .
Neolin: During the early 1760s, Neolin, a spiritual leader of the Delaware Indians, gained favor among many native societies in the Ohio Country. Dismayed by the Indians' reliance on English and French manufactured goods, Neolin called for the natives to adopt more traditional Indian practices. . . .
Ness, Eliot: Eliot Ness was born on April 19, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1927 with dual degrees in business and law. . . .
Netawatwees: Newcomer was born around 1686. His Indian name was Netawatwees. He eventually became the leader of the Turtle Clan of the Delaware Indians in the Ohio Country. . . .
Newcomer: Newcomer was born around 1686. His Indian name was Netawatwees. He eventually became the leader of the Turtle Clan of the Delaware Indians in the Ohio Country. . . .
Newton, Carson W.: Wayne Newton is an American singer, actor and entertainer. . . .
Newton, Wayne: Wayne Newton is an American singer, actor and entertainer. . . .
Nichols, Eli: Eli Nichols was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in New Castle, Ohio. . . .
Nickens, David L.: David Leroy Nickens was probably the first African American to be ordained as a minister in Ohio. . . .
Nicklaus, Jack: Jack Nicklaus was born on January 21, 1940, in Columbus, Ohio. He began playing golf at ten years of age and quickly became a dominant player, winning six Ohio State Junior titles. . . .
Nixon, Richard M.: Richard Milhous Nixon was President of the United States of America from 1969 to 1974. . . .
Norton, Fred: Lieutenant Fred Norton was from Columbus, Ohio. Like fellow Columbus resident Edward V. “Eddie” Rickenbacker, Norton served as a pilot during World War I. . . .
Noyes, Edward F.: Edward Follansbee Noyes was the thirtieth Governor of Ohio. . . .
O'Neill, C. W.: C. William O'Neill was Ohio's fifty-ninth governor. . . .
Oakley, Annie: Phoebe Anne Mozee was a world famous markswoman and entertainer who was better known by her stage name of "Annie Oakley." . . .
Oakley, Annie: Phoebe Anne Moses was a world famous markswoman and entertainer who was better known by her stage name of "Annie Oakley." . . .
Oldfield, Barney: Barney Oldfield was born on June 3, 1878, in Wauseon, Ohio. His name was originally Berna Eli Oldfield. . . .
Opper, Frederick B.: Frederick Opper was a well-known American newspaper cartoonist for more than sixty years. . . .
Osborn, Charles: Charles Osborn was a journalist and outspoken opponent of slavery in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Osborn, Ralph: Ralph Osborn was Ohio's state auditor during the Panic of 1819. . . .
Otis, George K.: Ohioan George K. Otis was a famous businessman and Christian evangelist. . . .
Owens, Jesse: Jesse Owens was one of America's greatest participants in track and field athletic competition. He won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games. . . .
Owens, Michael J.: Michael J. Owens was born on January 1, 1859, in Mason County, West Virginia. As a teenager, he went to work for a glass manufacturer in Newark, Ohio. . . .
Paige, Leroy: Leroy "Satchel" Paige played professional baseball for four decades and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. . . .
Paige, Satchel: Leroy "Satchel" Paige played professional baseball for four decades and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. . . .
Parker, Hortense: Hortense Parker was the daughter of John Parker, an abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad. She was born in Ripley, Ohio, in 1859. . . .
Parker, John P.: John Parker was an active participant in the Underground Railroad in Ohio and helped runaway slaves escape to freedom in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Parmalee, Phillip: Phillip Parmalee was an important pilot during the first two decades of the twentieth century. . . .
Parsons, Samuel H.: Samuel Holden Parsons was an American political and military leader in the years following the American Revolution. He was one of the first settlers in the Northwest Territory and one of its most prominent early leaders. . . .
Patterson, Isaac: Isaac Patterson was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Northwood, Ohio. . . .
Patterson, John H.: John Henry Patterson was born on December 13, 1844, near Dayton, Ohio. He spent his early years attending public schools in Dayton, as well as working in his father's saw and gristmills. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army but served only one hundred days near the war's conclusion. . . .
Patterson, Robert: Robert Patterson was a soldier and early settler in Ohio after the American Revolution. . . .
Pattison, John M.: John M. Pattison served as Ohio's governor for six months in 1906 before dying while in office. . . .
Peale, Norman V.: Norman Vincent Peale was born on May 31, 1898, in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and became one of the most influential ministers of the twentieth century. . . .
Pease, Calvin: Calvin Pease was born on September 9, 1776, in Suffield, Connecticut. Pease studied law and, in 1798, passed the Connecticut bar exam. Shortly after becoming a lawyer, Pease moved to the Northwest Territory. . . .
Pease, Seth: Seth Pease helped survey the Connecticut Western Reserve in the late 1790s. . . .
Peltier, Leslie C.: Ohioan, Leslie C. Peltier was a famous astronomer. . . .
Pendleton, George: George Pendleton was a prominent nineteenth century Ohio political leader who strongly supported federal civil service reform. . . .
Perkins, Simon: Simon Perkins was an early settler of the Western Reserve of Connecticut in what would become northeast Ohio. Over a long and active life he would become involved in many of the most important economic and political events of his time. . . .
Perry, Oliver H.: Oliver Hazard Perry commanded the victorious American naval forces in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812. . . .
Peter, Sarah: Sarah Worthington King Peter was a nineteenth-century American philanthropist and patron of the arts. . . .
Phelps, Oliver: Oliver Phelps was a political leader, soldier and early investor in land in Ohio after the American Revolution. . . .
Phillipps, Thomas: Thomas Phillips (sometimes reported as Phillipps or Philipps) was one of the first Welsh migrants to Ohio in the late eighteenth and the early nineteenth centuries. . . .
Phillips, Caroline F. "Carrie": Caroline (Carrie) Fulton Phillips had an affair with President Warren G. Harding, an Ohioan. The affair occurred before Harding won election to the presidency. . . .
Phillips, Carrie: Caroline (Carrie) Fulton Phillips had an affair with President Warren G. Harding, an Ohioan. The affair occurred before Harding won election to the presidency. . . .
Phillips, Thomas: Thomas Phillips (sometimes reported as Phillipps or Philipps) was one of the first Welsh migrants to Ohio in the late eighteenth and the early nineteenth centuries. . . .
Pickrell, Henry: Henry Pickrell was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Logan County, Ohio. . . .
Playfair, William: William Playfair (1759-1823) was a real estate speculator in the Northwest Territory. . . .
Plunkett, Roy J.: Roy J. Plunkett was born on June 26, 1910, in New Carlisle, Ohio. Plunkett received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Manchester College in 1932 and his doctoral degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University in 1936. . . .
Polk, James: James Polk was the 11th President of the United States. . . .
Pollard, Frederick D.: Frederick Douglass Pollard was a prominent college and professional football player and coach in the first half of the twentieth century. . . .
Pollard, Fritz: Frederick Douglass Pollard was a prominent college and professional football player and coach in the first half of the twentieth century. . . .
Pomeroy, Alanson: Alanson Pomeroy was a politician, a businessman, and a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. . . .
Pontiac: Pontiac was born circa 1720. His father was an Ottawa Indian, and his mother was a Chippewa. His family raised Pontiac as an Ottawa, although he had numerous friends among his mother's people. . . .
Powderly, Terence: Terence Powderly was born in 1849, in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. While still a teenager, Powderly became an apprentice in a machine shop. Unhappy with working conditions in his chosen industry, Powderly joined the Machinists and Blacksmiths National Union in 1871. Within one year, Powderly had become this union's president. . . .
Powell Sr., Adam C.: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., was an important African-American clergyman in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. . . .
Powell, Dawn: Dawn Powell was a notable Twentieth Century American novelist and playwright. . . .
Powell, Ernestine: Ernestine Elma (Breisch) Powell was born on February 16, 1906, in Moundsville, West Virginia. Soon after Breisch's birth, her family moved to Bloomsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1910, the Breisch family relocated to Martins Ferry, Ohio. . . .
Powell, William: William Powell was the first African American to design and construct a professional golf course. In 1946, he began construction of the Clearview Golf Course in East Canton, Ohio. . . .
Preston, Roberta: Roberta Preston was the first African-American woman to serve as a postmaster in Ohio and in the United States of America. . . .
Price, John: John Price, a runaway slave, became the center of the Oberlin Wellington Rescue Case of 1858. . . .
Procter, Henry: Henry Procter was a British military leader in and around the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. . . .
Procter, William C.: William Cooper Procter was born on August 25, 1862, in Glendale, Ohio. He was the grandson of William Procter, who established Procter & Gamble in 1837, in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Pugh, Achilles: Achilles Pugh was the founder of the A.H. Pugh Printing Company, a publishing firm located in Cincinnati. Pugh's company began publishing James Birney's abolitionist newspaper The Philanthropist in April 1836. . . .
Purcell, John: John Purcell was a prominent leader in the Roman Catholic Church in Ohio for much of the nineteenth century. . . .
Putnam, Frederic W.: Frederic Ward Putnam was one of the earliest and most influential archaeologists in the United States. . . .
Putnam, Israel: Israel Putnam was a political and military leader during and after the American Revolution. . . .
Putnam, Rufus: Rufus Putnam was a soldier and early settler of Ohio after the American Revolution. . . .
Pyke, Bernice S.: In 1920, Bernice Secrest Pyke was the first woman appointed to serve as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. . . .
Quantrill, William C.: William Clarke Quantrill was a leader of Confederate guerrilla forces during the American Civil War. . . .
Quinby, Ephraim: Ephraim Quinby was the founder of Warren, Ohio. . . .
Rahal, Bobby: Ohioan, Robert (Bobby) Woodward Rahal was a highly successful racecar driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1986. . . .
Rahal, Robert W.: Ohioan, Robert (Bobby) Woodward Rahal was a highly successful racecar driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1986. . . .
Randolph, John: John Randolph was an early American political leader, long time member of Congress and a United States ambassador to Russia. . . .
Rankin, John: John Rankin was a Presbyterian minister and a prominent member of the Underground Railroad network that assisted runaway slaves in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Ranney, Rufus: Rufus Ranney was a prominent nineteenth-century politician who served as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. . . .
Rarey, John S.: John Solomon Rarey was a world-famous trainer of horses who gained the nickname, the “Horse Whisperer,” due to his unique style toward wild horses. . . .
Ray, Joseph: Joseph Ray was a mathemmatics teacher who authored the most widely used math books in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. . . .
Reemelin, Charles: Charles Reemelin was an important figure in Ohio politics during the middle part of the nineteenth century. . . .
Rees, Theophilus: Theophilus Rees was one of the first Welsh migrants to Ohio in the late eighteenth and the early nineteenth centuries. . . .
Reinhart, Angie: Angie Cohon was a twentieth-century American author. . . .
Rend, William P.: William P. Rend was a prominent businessman in Ohio during the late nineteenth century. . . .
Resnik, Judith: Astronaut Judith Resnik, the second American woman to travel to outer space, was a member of the crew who tragically died when the Challenger space shuttle exploded in 1986. . . .
Reynolds, Emma A.: Emma Ann Reynolds was the first African-American woman admitted to the Medical College of Chicago at Northwestern University. . . .
Rhodes, James A.: James Allen Rhodes was served as governor of Ohio for four terms during the late twentieth century. . . .
Rice, Helen S.: Helen Steiner Rice was a twentieth century author, poet and editor. . . .
Richter, Charles F.: Charles Francis Richter worked with Beno Gutenberg to develop a rating scale for earthquakes. . . .
Rickenbacker, Edward V.: Edward Vernon “Eddie” Rickenbacker was born in Columbus, Ohio, on October 8, 1890. His parents were Swiss immigrants to the United States. . . .
Rickey, Branch: Branch Rickey was a prominent player, coach and manager of collegiate and professional baseball in America. . . .
Rieveschl, George: George Rieveschl was the inventor of Benadryl, an antihistamine used for allergy sufferers. . . .
Riffe Jr., Vernal G.: Vernal G. Riffe, Jr., was a dominant force in the Ohio House of Representatives for much of the late twentieth century. . . .
Ritty, James: James Ritty, with the assistance of his brother, invented the first cash register. . . .
Roberts, Geraldine: Geraldine Roberts, a Cleveland, Ohio resident, began organizing African-American women working as domestic servants in 1965. . . .
Rockefeller, John D.: John D. Rockefeller was a prominent industrialist and co-founder of the Standard Oil Company. . . .
Rodgers, Calbraith P.: Calbraith (usually reported as Galbraith) Perry Rodgers lived for several years in Dayton, Ohio. On September 27, 1911, Rodgers boarded his airplane, the Vin Fiz, and attempted to make the first transcontinental flight across North America. . . .
Rodgers, Galbraith: Calbraith (usually reported as Galbraith) Perry Rodgers lived for several years in Dayton, Ohio. On September 27, 1911, Rodgers boarded his airplane, the Vin Fiz, and attempted to make the first transcontinental flight across North America. . . .
Rogers, Roy: Roy Rogers was a twentieth-century American singer and actor. . . .
Rollins, Ida G.: Ida G. Rollins spent her youth in Cincinnati, Ohio. She eventually enrolled in the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1890. Upon graduating, Rollins became a dentist. It is believed that she was the first African-American woman dentist in the United States. . . .
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nation's only four-term president, led the United States through two perilous crises, the Great Depression and World War II. . . .
Roosevelt, Theodore: Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City. In 1880, he graduated from Harvard University and immediately embarked upon a political career, winning election to the New York Assembly as a member of the Republican Party in 1881. . . .
Rose, Pete: Peter (Pete) Edward Rose, Sr., was a star baseball player and manager for the Cincinnati Reds whose career was marred by gambling allegations in 1989. . . .
Rose, Peter E.: Peter (Pete) Edward Rose, Sr., was a star baseball player and manager for the Cincinnati Reds whose career was marred by gambling allegations in 1989. . . .
Rosecrans, William S.: William Starke Rosecrans was a major military leader in the American Civil War. . . .
Rudolph, Lucretia: Lucretia Rudolph married James A. Garfield in 1858 and became First Lady of the United States in 1881. . . .
Sabin, Albert: Albert Sabin developed the first oral vaccine to prevent infection from the polio virus. . . .
Sandles, Alfred P.: Alfred Putnam Sandles was Ohio's eleventh Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Sandusky, Anne: Mother Mary Adelaide was born Anne Sandusky on October 10, 1874, in Cincinnati, Ohio. A devout Catholic, Sandusky entered the Convent of the Sisters of St. Francis, Rochester, Minnesota, on June 6, 1893. She formally became a nun on July 16, 1902. At this time, Sandusky became Mother Mary Adelaide. . . .
Sargent, Winthrop: Winthrop Sargent was the first Secretary of the Northwest Territory. . . .
Sauder, Erie J.: Erie J. Sauder was a prominent Ohio businessman and founder of the Sauder Woodworking Company, . . .
Sawyer, Charles W.: Charles W. Sawyer was a prominent politician from Ohio, during the mid-twentieth century, who held several important federal positions. . . .
Saxbe, William B.: Ohioan, William Bart Saxbe was a prominent twentieth-century politician who served in the United States Senate and as Attorney General of the United Stated. . . .
Schembechler, Bo: Glenn Edward Schembechler was a famous football coach at Miami University and the University of Michigan. . . .
Schembechler, Glenn E. "Bo": Glenn Edward Schembechler was a famous football coach at Miami University and the University of Michigan. . . .
Schenck, Robert C.: Robert Schenck was a political and military leader in nineteenth century Ohio. . . .
Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M.: Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr.was a leading authority on the history of the united States. . . .
Schott, Marge U.: Marge Unnewehr Schott was the controversial, controlling owner of the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1999. . . .
Schumacher, Ferdinand: Ferdinand Schumacher was born in Germany in 1822. In 1851, he immigrated to Akron, Ohio, where he established a small grocery store. . . .
Scripps, Edward W.: Edward Wyllis Scripps was a journalist and newspaper publisher. . . .
Seiberling, Frank: In 1898, Frank Seiberling founded the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron. . . .
Seid, Ruth: Ruth Seid was an American author of novels, short stories and television scripts. . . .
Semon, Waldo: Waldo Semon was a prominent twentieth-century scientist and inventor. . . .
Semple, William F.: Many historians credit William Finley Semple with receiving the first patent in the United States for chewing gum on December 28, 1869. This claim is false, as Toledo, Ohio, resident Amos Tyler patented chewing gum on July 27, 1869. . . .
Sessions, Lucy: Lucy Sessions was the first African-American woman to receive a college degree. Little is known about her early life. . . .
Shannon, Wilson: Wilson Shannon served as Ohio Governor from 1842 to 1844. . . .
Shaw, Norman E.: Norman Ewing Shaw was Ohio's fifteenth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Sheppard, Sam: Dr. Samuel Sheppard was a physician and the center of one of the best-known murder cases in American history. . . .
Sheridan, Philip H.: Philip Sheridan was major figure in the military history of the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century. . . .
Sherman, John: During the late nineteenth century, John Sherman was a prominent United States Senator and Secretary of the Treasury from Ohio. . . .
Sherman, William T.: William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent nineteenth century military leader from Ohio. . . .
Sherwood, Isaac: Isaac R. Sherwood was born in Stanford, New York, on August 13, 1835. After attending the local public schools, Sherwood attended the Hudson River Institute in Claverack, New York, and Antioch College in Ohio. . . .
Shetrone, Henry C.: Henry Clyde Shetrone was born in Fairfield County, Ohio in 1876. He became interested in archaeology while working as a reporter and writing stories about William C. Mills' astonishing discoveries at the Adena Mound and other sites. He became friends with Mills who eventually hired him in 1913 as an assistant. . . .
Shipherd, John: John Shipherd is the founder of Obelin College. . . .
Shuster, Joe: Joe Shuster was an American artist and one of the creators of the Superman comic book character. . . .
Siegel, Jerry: Jerry Siegel was an American author and one the creators of the Superman comic book character. . . .
Silliman, Wyllys: Wyllys Silliman was a lawyer and prominent politician during Ohio's early statehood period. . . .
Silver, Abba H.: Abba Hillel Silver was a prominent Jewish and Lithuanian-American resident of Cleveland, Ohio during the twentieth century. . . .
Sims, Marcus: Marcus Sims, a free African American, was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Clermont County, Ohio. . . .
Sleet, Will: Will Sleet, a free African American, was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Clermont County, Ohio. . . .
Sloane, Rush: Rush Sloane was an important nineteenth century northern Ohio political and business leader. . . .
Slye, Leonard F.: Roy Rogers was a twentieth-century American singer and actor. . . .
Smetona, Antanas: Antanas Smetona was the last president of the Republic of Lithuania. Forced into exile in 1940, Smetona eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Smith, Adam: Adam Smith was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Meigs County, Ohio. . . .
Smith, Harry C.: Harry C. Smith was an African American journalist, publisher and legislator from Cleveland, Ohio in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Smith, Helen N.: Helen Norman Smith was a professor of health and physical education at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . .
Smith, James: James Smith was a frontiersman and early settler of the Ohio River Valley in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Smith, James F.: James Floyd Smith invented the first parachute to use a ripcord. His invention was the predecessor of the modern parachute. . . .
Smith, Jess: Jess Smith served as an aide to United States Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty during President Warren G. Harding's administration. . . .
Smith, John: John Smith was a clergyman and political leader in the early years of Ohio statehood. . . .
Smith, Katie: Katie Smith was a star basketball player at The Ohio State University who later played for several professional teams and who helped the United States Basketball Team win gold medals in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. . . .
Smith, Lucien B.: On June 25, 1867, Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, patented barbed wire. Shortly thereafter, several other inventors patented inventions for similar products, but Smith patented his first, allowing him to claim that he invented barbed wire. . . .
Smith, Troy: As of this writing, Troy Smith is the starting quarterback for The Ohio State University football team. He was the Heisman Trophy winner for 2006. . . .
Smith, Winthrop: Winthrop Smith was one of the founders of the Truman and Smith Publishing Company. . . .
Smither, Ethel L.: Ethel Lyle Smither was a well-known twentieth-century author of children's religious books. . . .
Smucker, Jerome M.: Jerome Monroe Smucker founded the J.M. Smucker Company, which produces a wide array of jams, jellies, and other food items. . . .
Spafford, Amos: Amos Spafford helped survey the Connecticut Western Reserve in the late 1790s. He also was one of the first settlers of Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Spangler, James M.: While working as a janitor at a department store in Canton, Ohio, James Murray Spangler invented a portable electric vacuum cleaner. . . .
Spencer, Platt R.: Platt Rogers Spencer was an educator and developer of a popular style of penmanship. . . .
Sprague, George: George Sprague was Ohio's fourth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Sprigg, William: William Sprigg was an attorney and an Ohio Supreme Court Justice during Ohio's early statehood period. . . .
Springer, Jerry: Jerry Springer has been a journalist, elected official, and television talk show host. . . .
Squier, Ephraim: Ephraim Squier was a newspaper editor and amateur archaeologist in Ohio in the mid-nineteenth century. Squier was born in 1821. He worked in both New York and Connecticut as a newspaper reporter before settling in Ohio in the mid 1840s. . . .
St. Clair, Arthur: Arthur St. Clair was a political and military leader in the Ohio country in the years of the American Revolution and the new nation. He was the first governor of the Northwest Territory. . . .
Stanley, David S.: David S. Stanley was a military leader in the Army of the United States for much of the last half of the nineteenth century. . . .
Stanton, Edwin M.: Edwin McMasters Stanton was the Secretary of War in the Lincoln administration during the American Civil War. . . .
Stauffer, George A.: George A. Stauffer was Ohio's fourteenth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Steedman, James: James Steedman was an Ohio political and military leader in nineteenth century America. . . .
Steinem, Gloria: Gloria Steinem is an author, journalist and well-known advocate of women's rights. . . .
Stephenson, William: William Stephenson was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Logan County, Ohio. . . .
Stevens, A. L.: A. Leo Stevens was an important balloonist and parachutist in the early twentieth century. . . .
Stevens, Harry M.: Harry Mosley Stevens was the inventor of the hotdog. . . .
Stewart, Charles: Charles Stewart was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Trumbull County, Ohio. . . .
Stewart, Eliza D.: Eliza Daniel Stewart was an important temperance advocate during the latter half of the nineteenth century. She began her career in public service during the American Civil War. . . .
Stewart, Potter: Potter Stewart was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. . . .
Stibitz, George R.: George R. Stibitz is considered to be the father of the modern computer. . . .
Stilwell, Charles: On June 12, 1883, the U.S. Patent Office granted Charles Stilwell a patent for a machine that manufactured a square-bottom bag with pleated sides. . . .
Stine, R.L.: R. L. Stine is an American author. . . .
Stokes, Carl B.: Carl Burton Stokes was a political leader and public official from Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Stokes, Louis: Louis Stokes is a political leader and elected official from Cleveland, Ohio. . . .
Stone, Lucy: Lucy Stone was a prominent leader of the woman's rights movement in nineteenth century America. . . .
Stowe, Harriet B.: Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Strickland, Ted: Ted Strickland became the 68th Governor of Ohio in 2007. . . .
Sullivan, Charles: Charles Sullivan was an important Ohio artist during the nineteenth century. . . .
Sullivant, Lucas: Lucas Sullivant was a surveyor, soldier and settler in central Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Sullivant, William S.: William Starling Sullivant was a surveyor and prominent naturalist during the mid-nineteenth century. . . .
Sunday, Billy: William Ashley “Billy” Sunday was an evangelist and religious fundamentalist who was nationally know for his fire and brimstone style of sermons, particularly against the consumption of alcohol. . . .
Sunday, William A. "Billy": William Ashley “Billy” Sunday was an evangelist and religious fundamentalist who was nationally know for his fire and brimstone style of sermons, particularly against the consumption of alcohol. . . .
Sutliff, Levi: Levi Sutliff was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Trumbull County, Ohio. . . .
Svoboda, Frank J.: A native of Czechoslovakia, Frank J. Svoboda was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio during the early twentieth century. . . .
Swayne, Noah H.: Noah Swayne was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in nineteenth century America. . . .
Swayne, Wager: Wager Swayne was a military leader from Ohio during the American Civil War. . . .
Symmes, John C.: John Cleves Symmes was a political leader, businessman, and real estate entrepreneur in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Taber, Lewis J.: Lewis John Taber was Ohio's first Director of Agriculture. The Director of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. . . .
Taft II, Robert A.: Robert (Bob) Alphonso Taft II was Ohio's governor from 1999 to 2007. . . .
Taft Jr., Robert: Robert Taft, Jr. was a prominent political who was elected to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate during the mid-twentieth century. . . .
Taft, Alphonso: lphonso Taft was born on November 5, 1810, in Townsend, Vermont. Taft's father participated in the Vermont legislature but earned his living principally through farming. . . .
Taft, Robert A.: Robert Alphonso Taft was a prominent United States Senator from Ohio in the mid twentieth century. . . .
Taft, William H.: William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 15, 1857. His father was Alphonso Taft, who had been President Ulysses S. Grant's secretary of war and then attorney general. . . .
Tallentire, John R.: John Rubie Tallentire was a Methodist minister and also a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ashland, Ohio. . . .
Tappan, Arthur and Lewis: Arthur and Lewis Tappan were successful businessmen and early leaders of the movement to abolish slavery in America. . . .
Tarhe: Tarhe was born near present-day Detroit, Michigan, in 1742. He was a Wyandot Indian and eventually became one of the leaders of his people. Tarhe was also known by the nickname "The Crane." Some accounts state that this name is in reference to his tall, slender build. . . .
Taylor, Carl R.: Carl R. Taylor, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, attended the World's Fair in 1904. He became fascinated with ice cream and the ice cream cone. He returned to Cleveland and spent the next twenty years developing a machine that could manufacture ice cream cones much more cheaply and quickly than the Menches brothers' process. . . .
Taylor, Halsey W.: Halsey W. Taylor invented the non-squirting drinking fountain. . . .
Taylor, Lucy H.: Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first woman in the world to receive a doctorate in dentistry. . . .
Taylor, Zachary: Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784, in Orange County, Virginia. The following year, Taylor’s family moved to Kentucky. . . .
Tecumseh: Tecumseh was born in 1768, probably at Old Piqua, along the Mad River in Ohio. He was a Shawnee Indian and eventually became one of their greatest leaders. their greatest chiefs. . . .
Tenskwatawa: Tenskwatawa (also known as The Prophet ), a member of the Shawnee Indians, was born in 1775. . . .
Terrell, Melissa G.: Melissa Garrett was born in Adams County, Ohio in 1834. She eventually married W.H. Timmons, and upon his death, she wed William Terrell. . . .
Thayendanegea: Joseph Brant was a prominent leader of the Mohawk Indians in the American Revolution and the years shortly thereafter. . . .
The Prophet: Tenskwatawa (also known as The Prophet ), a member of the Shawnee Indians, was born in 1775. . . .
Thoburn, Isabella: Isabella Thoburn was the first woman Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India. She was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1840. . . .
Thomas, Dave: Rex David (Dave) Thomas was the founder of the Wendy's restaurant chain. . . .
Thomas, Edith: Edith Matilda Thomas was an American author and poet in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Thomas, James M.: James M. Thomas, a resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, was the first president of the United States Independent Telephone Association. . . .
Thomas, Nathan M.: Nathan M. Thomas was a physician and abolitionist who spent his youth in Ohio. . . .
Thomas, Norman: Norman Thomas was an American social worker, minister, author and longtime presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America. . . .
Thomas, Rex D.: Rex David (Dave) Thomas was the founder of the Wendy's restaurant chain. . . .
Thompson, Eliza J.: Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson lived in the community of Hillsboro, Ohio. She was the daughter of former Ohio governor Allen Trimble and the wife of a local judge. . . .
Thompson, William O.: William Oxley Thompson was a prominent educator who served as president of Miami University and The Ohio State University. . . .
Thorpe, Jim: Legendary football player and coach James Frances "Jim" Thorpe was born near Prague, Oklahoma, on May 28, 1888. His parents were Hiram and Charlotte Thorpe. . . .
Thurber, James G.: Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, on December 8, 1894. As a child, Thurber suffered an injury that caused his eyesight to deteriorate and later caused him to become nearly blind. . . .
Thurman, Allen G.: Allen Granberry Thurman was born on November 13, 1813, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He moved with his family to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1819. . . .
Tibbets Jr., Paul W.: Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr., was born on February 23, 1915, in Quincy, Illinois. He spent much of his youth in Florida, where he had his first experience flying at twelve years of age. As a teenager, he attended the Western Military Academy and then enrolled in the University of Florida, followed by the University of Cincinnati, where he pursued a medical degree. . . .
Tiffin, Edward: Edward Tiffin was the first governor of Ohio. . . .
Tod, David: David Tod was the twenty-fifth governor of Ohio. . . .
Tod, George: George Tod was a lawyer and prominent jurist who served as an Ohio Supreme Court Justice from 1806 to 1810. . . .
Traficant Jr., James A.: James Anthony Traficant, Jr., was a prominent and controversial Ohio politician in the late twentieth century. . . .
Tressel, Jim: James (Jim) Tressel is a highly successful college football coach who has won national championships while coaching Youngstown State University and The Ohio State University. . . .
Trimble, Allen: Allen Trimble served as governor of Ohio during the first portion of the nineteenth century. . . .
Trotter, James M.: James Monroe Trotter served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and, following this conflict, became the first African American to find employment in the Boston, Massachusetts division of the United States Post Office. . . .
Truax, Charles V.: Charles Vilas Truax was Ohio's second Director of Agriculture. The Director of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. . . .
Truman, Harry S.: Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri. He spent most of his youth in Independence, Missouri, where he attended the local public schools. Upon graduating from high school, Truman went to work to help support his parents and his siblings. . . .
Truth, Sojourner: Sojourner Truth was born in 1797, in a Dutch community in the State of New York. She was born a slave. Her original name was Isabella Baumfree. . . .
Tupper, Benjamin: Benjamin Tupper was a prominent early settler of the Northwest Territory. . . .
Tuppins, Isaiah: Isaiah Tuppins was the first African American to serve as a mayor in Ohio. He also was the first black man to earn his medical degree in Ohio. . . .
Turkey Foot: Turkey Foot or Me-sa-sa was a chief of the Ottawa Indians. . . .
Tyler, Amos: On July 27, 1869, Amos Tyler received the first patent in the United States for chewing gum. . . .
Tytus Jr., John B.: John Butler Tytus, Jr., invented a process to manufacture continuously rolling sheets of steel. This process reduced the manufacturing time and cost of sheet steel. . . .
Unger, Brian: Brian Unger is an American humorist, writer and television producer. . . .
Untermeyer, Jeanette S.: Jeanette Starr Untermeyer was an important twentieth century American poet. . . .
Upton, Harriet T.: Harriet Taylor Upton was a leading women's rights advocate who served as president of the Ohio Womans Suffrage Association from 1899 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1920. . . .
Vallandigham, Clement: Clement Vallandigham was a leader of the Ohio Democratic Party and an opponent of the American Civil War. . . .
Van Schaik, Peter N.: Peter N. Van Schaik invented a propulsion backpack that allowed astronauts to maneuver in space outside of a space vehicle. . . .
Van Zandt, Gilbert: Gilbert Van Zandt was one of the youngest Ohioans to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War. . . .
Van Zandt, John: John Van Zandt was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Hamilton County, Ohio. . . .
Vance, Joseph: Joseph Vance was Ohio's thirteenth governor. . . .
Varnum, James: James Varnum was an early American political leader and one of the first judges of the Northwest Territory in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Veeck, Bill: Bill Veeck was a prominent professional baseball executive during the twentieth century. . . .
Voinovich, George V.: George Victor Voinovich is a prominent Ohio politician who has served as Ohio Governor, United States Senator, and mayor of Cleveland. . . .
Volwiler, Ernest H.: Ernest H. Volwiler invented Pentothal, an anesthetic used in surgery. . . .
Von Kappelhoff, Doris: Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff, better known as Doris Day, was one of the best known actresses in America in the mid to late twentieth century. . . .
Wade, Benjamin F.: Benjamin Franklin Wade was a political leader from Ohio and a Radical Republican in the Reconstruction years after the American Civil War. . . .
Wadsworth, Elijah: Elijah Wadsworth was an American general during the War of 1812. . . .
Waite, Morrison R.: Morrison R. Waite was a chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court who spent much of his adult life in Ohio. . . .
Walker, William O.: Dr. William O. Walker was a prominent journalist, publisher and political leader in Cleveland, Ohio for much of the mid to late twentieth century. . . .
Wallace, Lewis "Lew": Lewis Wallace was a well-known American soldier, political figure and author in nineteenth century America. . . .
Warner, Albert: The Warner Brothers were exhibitors, distributors and producers of motion pictures. . . .
Warner, Brian: Brian Warner is the birth name of musician and entertainer Marilyn Manson. . . .
Warner, Harold M. "Harry": The Warner Brothers were exhibitors, distributors and producers of motion pictures. . . .
Warner, Harry: The Warner Brothers were exhibitors, distributors and producers of motion pictures. . . .
Warner, Jack: The Warner Brothers were exhibitors, distributors and producers of motion pictures. . . .
Warner, Sam: The Warner Brothers were exhibitors, distributors and producers of motion pictures. . . .
Washington, George: George Washington was the first president of the United States. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on February 22, 1732. . . .
Watson, David K.: David Kemper Watson was a prominent politician during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, who served as Ohio's Attorney General and who represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. . . .
Wayne, Anthony: Anthony Wayne was an important American military leader during and after the American Revolution. . . .
Webb, Lucy W.: Lucy Ware Webb was an advocate for the abolition of slavery and the rights of women in nineteenth century America. She was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. . . .
Weisenborn, Clara E.: Clara Weisenborn was a prominent politician in Ohio from the 1950s to the 1970s. . . .
Weiss, Isaac M.: Cincinnati resident, Isaac Mayer Weiss was a nationally prominent Jewish leader in the late-nineteenth century. . . .
Weitzel, Godfrey: Godfrey Weitzel was a Union army officer in the American Civil War. . . .
Weld, Theodore D.: Theodore Dwight Weld was a prominent nineteenth century American reformer and educator. . . .
Wells, Bezaleel: Bezaleel Wells founded Steubenville on the ruins of Fort Steuben in 1797. . . .
Wells, William: William Wells was one of the best known frontiersmen in the Ohio Country in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Wentworth, Ella: Ella Wentworth, a resident of Cincinnati, was a woman far ahead of her times. Wentworth began editing The Literary Journal in the city in 1853. . . .
Wetzel, Lewis: Lewis Wetzel was a well-known and controversial frontiersman who lived in the Ohio Country in the years of the American Revolution and the early nation. . . .
Wexner, Leslie: Leslie Wexner is a prominent Ohio business executive who founded The Limited, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and numerous other leading retail establishments that cater to women. . . .
Weyapiersenwah: Blue Jacket was a leader of the Shawnee Indians. The date of his birth is unknown, but it was probably in the early 1740s. His Native American name was Weyapiersenwah (also spelled Wehyehpiherhsehnwah). Historians know very little of his early years. . . .
Wheeler, Wayne B.: Wayne Bidwell Wheeler was a nationally prominent leader in the Prohibition Movement during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. . . .
White Eyes: White Eyes was a leader of the Delaware Indians. His Indian name was Koquethagechton. Due to his fair coloring, he was known to the settlers and frontiersmen as White Eyes. . . .
White Jr., Samuel: Samuel White, Jr., was a prominent resident of Granville, Ohio during the early nineteenth century. He was a Welsh American. . . .
White, Addison: Addison White was an slave from Kentucky who escaped to Ohio in 1856. . . .
White, George: George White was a prominent twentieth-century political leader who served as Ohio's Governor from 1931 to 1935. . . .
White, Jackie: Jackie White, a former resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was the first African American to work as a referee at a National Basketball Association (NBA) game. . . .
Whiteley, William N.: William Needham Whiteley was an important Ohio industrialist during the nineteenth century. . . .
Whiteman, Marjorie M.: Marjorie Mellace Whiteman was born in Liberty Township, Ohio, in 1898. She would emerge as one of the leading experts on international law during the 1950s and the 1960s. . . .
Whitlock, Brand: Brand Whitlock was an American attorney, author, elected official and diplomat in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Whittlesey, Charles: Charles Whittlesey was a prominent soldier, attorney and scholar in nineteenth century Ohio. . . .
Willard, Archibald: Artist Archibald Willard was born in Bedford, Ohio, in 1836. . . .
Williams, Alice M.: Alice Moon Williams was a missionary for the Congregationalist Church. She was born on May 22, 1860, in Reedsburg, Ohio. . . .
Williams, George L.: George Louis Williams was a missionary for the Congregational Church. He was born on October 4, 1858, in Stonington, Connecticut. . . .
Williams, George W.: George Washington Williams was the first African American elected to the Ohio General Assembly. . . .
Williamson, David: David Williamson was a militia officer and public official in the Ohio Country in the years of the American Revolution and the early nation. . . .
Willis, Bill: William (Bill) Karnet Willis was the first African American to play in the All-America Football Conference. . . .
Willis, Frank B.: Ohio governor Frank Bartlett Willis was born in Lewis Center, Ohio, on December 28, 1871. He grew up on a farm. After attending the local public schools, Willis enrolled at Ohio Northern University. . . .
Willis, William K.: William (Bill) Karnet Willis was the first African American to play in the All-America Football Conference. . . .
Willkie, Wendell L.: Wendell Lewis Willkie was a nationally prominent member of the Democratic Party during the Great Depression Era who practiced law in Akron, Ohio. . . .
Wilson, Blaine: Ohioan, Blaine Wilson is a prominent male gymnast who helped the American gymnastic team win a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics. . . .
Wilson, Robert: Robert Wilson was a conductor on the Underground Railroad near Loudonville, Ohio. . . .
Wilson, Thomas W.: Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. . . .
Wilson, Woodrow: Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. . . .
Winder, C. B.: C.B. Winder was the first man to become a pilot for any National Guard unit in the United States of America. . . .
Winton, Alexander: Alexander Winton immigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1878. He was only twenty-two years old when he settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and began to manufacturer bicycles at the Winton Bicycle Company. . . .
Wise, Isaac: Cincinnati resident, Isaac Mayer Weiss was a nationally prominent Jewish leader in the late-nineteenth century. . . .
Withrow, Mary Ellen: In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Mary Ellen Withrow as United States Treasurer. The United States Senate confirmed her unanimously, making Withrow the first person to become U.S. Treasurer who also had served in a similar capacity at both the local and state levels. . . .
Wofford, Chloe A.: Toni Morrison is a noted author and educator and the first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. . . .
Wonders, J.C.: J.C. Wonders is often referred to as the father of concrete paving because of his decision to pave the street surrounding the courthouse square in Bellefontaine, Ohio with Portland cement concrete, in 1891. . . .
Wood, Reuben: Reuben Wood was a governor of Ohio during the early 1850s. . . .
Woodhull, Victoria C.: Homer, Ohio native, Victoria Claffin Woodhull, was a prominent magazine editor and women's rights advocate during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. . . .
Woodruff, Amos: Amos Woodruff was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Hinckley, Ohio. . . .
Woods, Granville T.: Granville T. Woods was an African-American inventor and was born on April 23, 1856, in Columbus, Ohio. . . .
Worthington, Sarah: Sarah Worthington King Peter was a nineteenth-century American philanthropist and patron of the arts. . . .
Worthington, Thomas: Thomas Worthington was an early Midwestern political leader and the sixth governor of Ohio. . . .
Wright, John C.: John Crafts Wright was a journalist and political leader in Ohio in the years before the American Civil War. . . .
Wright, Orville: Aviator Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio. His parents were Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright. Orville Wright was the Wrights' fourth child. He attended the local public schools with his siblings but never graduated from high school or attended college. . . .
Wright, Wilbur: Aviator Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, in Millville, Indiana. His parents were Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright. Wilbur Wright was the third of the Wrights' four children. When Wright was only a child, the family moved to Dayton, Ohio. He attended the local public schools with his siblings but never graduated from high school or attended college. . . .
Yoder, Samuel: Samuel Yoder was a political leader form Ohio in the years after the American Civil War. . . .
Young, Elisha: Elisha Young was a runaway slave from Kentucky, who settled in Morrow County, Ohio. . . .
Young, Rodger W.: Ohioan, Rodger Wilton Young posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. . . .
Young, Thomas L.: Thomas Lowry Young served as Ohio's Governor for slightly less than one year, beginning in 1877, when he succeeded Rutherford B. Hayes, who resigned to become President of the United States. . . .
Zane, Ebenezer: Ebenezer Zane was an early settler and town builder in the Ohio Country in the years after the American Revolution. . . .
Zeisberger, David: David Zeisberger was a Moravian missionary in the Ohio Country during the American Revolution and the early years of the new nation. . . .