List of people from Dayton, Ohio

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

Actors, entertainers, and models

Dorothy Gish

Martin Sheen

• Tom Aldredge, actor
• Tina Bockrath, Playboy's Miss May 1990
• Ralph Byrd, actor
• Nancy Cartwright, voice artist
• Mystro Clark, actor, comedian, and TV host
• Willis "Bing" Davis, visual artist and teacher
• Dr. Creep aka Barry Hobart, actor
• Mel Epstein, film producer
• Dorothy Gish, silent actress
• Luke Grimes, actor
• Dorian Harewood, actor
• Drew Hastings, comedian, actor, writer
• Allison Janney, actress
• Ken Jenkins, actor
• Toccara Jones, fashion model and TV personality
• Gordon Jump, actor
• Chad Lowe, actor
• Rob Lowe, actor
• Dan Patrick (Pugh), sports anchor
• Wendy Pepper, reality TV star and fashion designer
• Ted Ross, actor
• Gary Sandy, actor
• Sherri Saum, actress
• Martin Sheen, actor
• Candace Smith, Miss Ohio 2003, reality TV contestant
• Andrea Thompson, actress
• Katt Williams, actor and comedian
• De'Angelo Wilson, actor
• Jonathan Winters, comedian and actor

Athletes

Roger Clemens

• Will Allen, NFL safety
• Michael Bennett, NFL defensive tackle
• Pauline Betz, four-time U.S. Open champion, Hall of Fame tennis player
• Howie Brown, NFL guard
• Tonja Buford-Bailey, Olympic 400m hurdler
• Keith Byars, former Ohio State and NFL running back
• Roosevelt Chapman, basketball hall of famer and all-time leading scorer at the University of Dayton
• Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher
• Norris Cole, NBA player, New Orleans Pelicans
• Kurt Coleman, NFL safety, Philadelphia Eagles
• Marco Coleman, NFL defensive tackle
• Cris Collinsworth, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, sports commentator
• Daequan Cook, NBA player, S.L. Benfica
• Greg Cook, former National Football League quarterback^[1]
• Charles Daniels, Olympic freestyle swimmer
• Megan Duffy, basketball player in the WNBA, New York Liberty
• Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder, Alien Workshop
• Doug France, NFL Player, Los Angeles Rams
• Nikki Fuller, professional female bodybuilder
• Na'Shan Goddard, NFL offensive lineman
• Jeff Graham, NFL receiver
• Joe Greene, two-time Olympic bronze medalist long jumper
• Andy Harmon, NFL player for the Philidephia Eagles
• Ron Harper, basketball player
• A. J. Hawk, NFL linebacker, Cincinnati Bengals
• Victor Heflin, former NFL defensive back
• Vince Heflin, former NFL wide receiver
• John Henderson, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings
• Kirk Herbstreit, former Ohio State quarterback, current football analyst
• Chris Hero, pro wrestler
• Brady Hoke, former Ball State University linebacker
• Todd Hollandsworth, baseball player
• Darrell Jackson, NFL wide receiver
• Will Johnson, football player
• Kerry Kittles, basketball player, Villanova, first-round draft pick in the NBA
• Dave Krynzel, baseball player, Baltimore Orioles
• Frank Lockhart, race car driver
• Ron Lyle, boxer
• Holley Mangold, Olympic weightlifter
• Nick Mangold, NFL offensive lineman, New York Jets
• Justin Masterson, baseball player, pitcher
• Don May, NBA player 1968-75 (New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Kansas City Kings)
• Mike Mickens, NFL defensive back, Cincinnati Bengals
• Braxton Miller, NFL wide receiver Houston Texans
• Edwin C. Moses, Olympic gold medalist hurdler
• Mike Nugent, NFL kicker, Cincinnati Bengals
• Jim Paxson Jr., NBA player 1979-90 (Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics); Cleveland Cavaliers general manager
• John Paxson, basketball player, coach, manager, broadcaster
• Peerless Price, NFL wide receiver
• Scott Rettich, USF2000 driver
• Javon Ringer, NFL running back, Tennessee Titans
• Chris Rolfe, soccer player
• Brett Salisbury, quarterback
• Joe Schilling, kickboxer
• Mike Schmidt, baseball player
• Bryan Sellers, sportscar race driver
• Donald Smith, University of Dayton, Philadelphia 76ers
• Al Tucker, Jr, NBA basketball player
• T. J. Turner, NFL player
• Salt Walther, Indy car driver
• Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle
• Tamika Williams, basketball player in the WNBA, Connecticut Sun
• Jerel Worthy, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers
• Chris Wright, NBA forward, Milwaukee Bucks
• Steve Yeager, baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers

Writers and cartoonists

Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Natalie Clifford Barney, playwright, poet and novelist
• Erma Bombeck, columnist and author
• Richard H. Brodhead, author and president of Duke University
• Si Burick, sports editor and columnist
• Milton Caniff, cartoonist
• Ritter Collett, sports editor and columnist
• Paul Laurence Dunbar, early African-American poet
• Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
• Hunter Lewis, author
• Hal McCoy, baseball writer
• Mike Peters, opinion cartoonist
• Tim Waggoner, horror and fantasy writer

Entrepreneurs

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

Military

Timothy J. Keating

• Charles G. Bickham, Medal of Honor recipient
• Llewellyn Morris Chilson, United States Army career soldier who served during World War II
• Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient
• Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the United States Pacific Command
• Joseph G. Lapointe Jr, Medal of Honor recipient
• Maria Lauterbach, pregnant marine who went missing and was later pronounced dead
• Joe C. Paul, Medal of Honor recipient
• Sidney Souers, first Director of the CIA
• Tony Stein, Medal of Honor recipient

Musicians

Jim Ferguson

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

Bands

• Brainiac, rock group, and singer John Schmersal, who went on to form Enon
• A Day in the Life, rock band that later became Hawthorne Heights
• Dayton, funk/R&B group
• Dead Poetic, rock group
• The Devil Wears Prada, Christian metalcore/hardcore
• Guided By Voices, lo-fi band
• Hawthorne Heights, post hardcore group
• Heartless Bastards, blues rock band
• Lab Partners, rock group
• Lakeside, funk group
• Miss May I, metalcore group
• Mouth of the Architect, sludge metal group
• Mulchmen, modern surf rock group
• Ohio Players, funk group
• Slave, funk group
• Sun, R&B group
• Swearing at Motorists, rock group
• Toxic Reasons, punk rock pioneers

Politicians

James Cox

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

Other

• Jordan Anderson, former slave and author of "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master"
• Charles Bassett, astronaut
• Phil Donahue, talk-show host, began his eponymous show in Dayton, where he spent over a decade
• Hugh Downs, journalist and television personality
• Steve Gibson, computer programmer
• George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
• Ahad Israfil, gunshot victim
• William H. Lough (1881-1940s), economist
• W. S. McIntosh, civil rights activist
• Jessica Moore, journalist
• Robert R. Nathan, economist
• Mike Nawrocki, co-creator of VeggieTales
• Melvin Lorrel Nichols, emeritus professor of chemistry, Cornell University
• Jane Reece, photographer
• Howard Dwight Smith, architect of Ohio Stadium
• Dorothy Stang (1931-2005), Catholic nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and Amazonian activist
• Norman Steenrod, mathematician
• Strobe Talbott, writer and diplomat

Fictional

• Black Alice, a DC Comics sorceress and antihero
• Robert Bruce Banner, the alter ego of the Incredible Hulk^[2]
• Krystle Carrington, a character in Dynasty
• C.J. Cregg, a character in The West Wing^[3]
• Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, a character in Scrubs
• Joe Gillis, in the Billy Wilder film noir Sunset Blvd (1950)
• Mr. Tanner, a singer from the Harry Chapin song of the same name

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