The following is a list of people from Dayton, Ohio.
Actors, entertainers, and models
- Tom Aldredge, actor
- Ralph Byrd, actor
- Nancy Cartwright, voice artist
- Damian Chapa, actor
- Max Charles, actor
- Mystro Clark, actor, comedian, and TV host
- Willis "Bing" Davis, visual artist and teacher
- Dr. Creep aka Barry Hobart, actor
- Charles Michael Davis, actor
- Mel Epstein, film producer
- Dorothy Gish, silent actress
- Luke Grimes, actor
- Dorian Harewood, actor
- Drew Hastings, comedian, actor, writer
- Allison Janney, actress
- Ken Jenkins, actor
- Toccara Jones, fashion model and TV personality
- Gordon Jump, actor
- Chad Lowe, actor
- Rob Lowe, actor
- Aaron O'Connell, actor
- Maulik Pancholy, actor, voice actor, author
- Dan Patrick (Pugh), sports anchor
- Wendy Pepper, reality TV star and fashion designer
- Keith Prentice, actor
- Ted Ross, actor
- Gary Sandy, actor
- Sherri Saum, actress
- Martin Sheen, actor
- Beth Stelling, comedian
- Andrea Thompson, actress
- De'Angelo Wilson, actor
- Jonathan Winters, comedian and actor
- Vincent M. Ward, actor
- Katt Williams, comedian and actor
Athletes
- Will Allen, NFL safety
- Michael Bennett, NFL defensive tackle
- Pauline Betz, Hall of Fame tennis player, four-time U.S. Open champion
- Howie Brown, NFL guard
- David Bruton, NFL strong safety
- Tonja Buford-Bailey, Olympic 400m hurdler
- Derek Bunch, NFL linebacker
- Keith Byars, NFL running back
- Roosevelt Chapman, basketball hall of famer and all-time leading scorer at the University of Dayton
- Roger Clemens, MLB pitcher
- Norris Cole, NBA player
- Kurt Coleman, NFL safety
- Marco Coleman, NFL defensive tackle
- Cris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver, sports commentator
- Daequan Cook, NBA player
- Greg Cook, NFL quarterback[1]
- Charles Daniels, Olympic freestyle swimmer
- Megan Duffy, WNBA player
- Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder, Alien Workshop
- Claire Falknor, professional soccer player
- Doug France, NFL Player
- Nikki Fuller, professional bodybuilder
- Na'Shan Goddard, NFL offensive lineman
- Jeff Graham, NFL receiver
- Joe Greene, two-time Olympic bronze medalist long jumper
- Andy Harmon, NFL player
- Ron Harper, basketball player
- A. J. Hawk, NFL linebacker
- Victor Heflin, NFL defensive back
- Vince Heflin, NFL wide receiver
- John Henderson, NFL wide receiver
- Kirk Herbstreit, Ohio State quarterback, football analyst
- Chris Hero, pro wrestler
- Brady Hoke, Ball State University linebacker
- Todd Hollandsworth, baseball player
- Darrell Jackson, NFL wide receiver
- Will Johnson, football player
- Kerry Kittles, NBA player
- Dave Krynzel, MLB player
- Frank Lockhart, race car driver
- Ron Lyle, boxer
- Holley Mangold, Olympic weightlifter
- Nick Mangold, NFL offensive lineman
- Justin Masterson, baseball pitcher
- Don May, NBA player
- Brandon McKinney, NFL nose tackle
- Mike Mickens, NFL defensive back
- Braxton Miller, NFL wide receiver
- Mike Mohler, baseball pitcher
- Edwin C. Moses, Olympic gold medalist hurdler
- Sean Murphy, MLB Catcher
- Josh Myers, NFL center
- Mike Nugent, NFL kicker
- Ifeadi Odenigbo, NFL Defensive End
- Jim Paxson Jr., NBA player and executive
- John Paxson, basketball player, coach, manager, broadcaster
- Peerless Price, NFL wide receiver
- Robin Renegade & Charlotte Renegade pro wrestler
- Scott Rettich, racing driver
- Javon Ringer, NFL running back
- Chris Rolfe, soccer player
- Brett Salisbury, quarterback
- Joe Schilling, kickboxer
- Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Bryan Sellers, race car driver
- Donald Smith, NBA player
- Scott Stamper, NFL running back
- Joe Thomasson (born 1993), basketball player
- Al Tucker, Jr, NBA basketball player
- T. J. Turner, NFL player
- Sam Underhill, English Rugby Union player
- Salt Walther, Indy car driver
- Taylor Ward, baseball player
- Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle
- Tamika Williams, WNBA player
- Jerel Worthy, NFL defensive end
- Chris Wright, NBA forward
- Steve Yeager, MLB player
- Wes Lee, pro wrestler
Writers and cartoonists
- Natalie Clifford Barney, playwright, poet and novelist
- Erma Bombeck, columnist and author
- Richard H. Brodhead, author and president of Duke University
- Si Burick, sports editor and columnist
- Milton Caniff, cartoonist
- Ritter Collett, sports editor and columnist
- Charlotte Reeve Conover, historian
- Paul Laurence Dunbar, early African-American poet
- Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
- Marj Heyduck, journalist, columnist, editor
- Hunter Lewis, author
- Hal McCoy, baseball writer
- Terry Oroszi, terrorism researcher and author
- Clarence Page, journalist and syndicated columnist
- Maulik Pancholy, author
- Mike Peters, opinion cartoonist
- Tim Waggoner, horror and fantasy writer
- Roz Young, columnist
Entrepreneurs
- Larry Augustin, member of the OpenSource community
- Larry Connor, founder of The Connor Group
- Edward A. Deeds, engineer, inventor, industrialist
- Philip Haas, inventor, plumbing specialties manufacturer
- George Huffman, founder of Huffy Corporation
- Paul Iams, Iams founder
- Charles Kettering, inventor of the automobile self-starter
- Carl Lindner, Jr., businessman
- Nancy Lynn, business owner, pilot, and public speaker
- John H. Patterson, founder of National Cash Register
- James Ritty, inventor of the cash register
- Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, inventors of the airplane
Military
- Charles G. Bickham, Medal of Honor recipient
- Llewellyn Morris Chilson, United States Army career soldier who served during World War II
- Richard E. Cole, Air Force pilot who took part in the Doolittle Raid in 1942
- Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient
- Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the United States Pacific Command
- Joseph G. Lapointe Jr, Medal of Honor recipient
- Jack V. Mackmull[2]
- Joe C. Paul, Medal of Honor recipient
- Sidney Souers, first Director of the CIA
- Tony Stein, Medal of Honor recipient
Musicians
- Little Axe, blues musician
- Leroy Bonner, musician/producer, The Ohio Players
- Stevie Brock, pop singer
- Kim Deal, rock musician, member of Pixies, The Amps, and The Breeders
- Kelley Deal, rock musician, member of The Amps and The Breeders
- Rick Derringer, rock musician
- Jim Ferguson, classical/jazz guitarist, composer, author, educator, and music journalist
- Tommy James, rock musician and singer of "Mony Mony"
- Walter "Junie" Morrison, musician and producer
- Vess Ossman, 5-string banjoist
- Dottie Peoples, gospel singer
- M Ross Perkins, songwriter
- Robert Pollard, founder and singer of lo-fi rock band Guided By Voices and other aliases thereof
- Harry Reser, banjoist and leader of the Clicquot Club Eskimos
- Kim Richey, singer/songwriter
- John Scofield, jazz guitarist
- John Schmersal, guitarist/singer for Brainiac, who went on to form Enon
- Bud Shank, jazz saxophonist
- Margo Smith, country music singer, known for her yodeling
- Tyler Smith, singer (The Word Alive)
- Billy Strayhorn
- Roger Troutman and Zapp, musicians/producers
- Johnnie Wilder Jr., founder and lead singer, and Keith Wilder, founder, Heatwave, R&B group
- Booty Wood, jazz trombonist
- Snooky Young, jazz trumpeter
Politicians
- James Middleton Cox, Congressman, Ohio governor, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, founder of Cox Enterprises
- Richard Clay Dixon, former mayor of Dayton
- Dave Hall, former mayor of Dayton
- Tony P. Hall, former US Congressman
- Paul Leonard, former mayor of Dayton and lieutenant governor of Ohio
- James H. McGee, former mayor of Dayton
- C. J. McLin, former Ohio State Representative
- Mike Rohrkaste, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
- Mike Turner, US Congressman, former mayor of Dayton
Other
- China P. Arnold, convicted murderer serving life without parole for murdering and cooking her daughter, Paris in a microwave
- Jordan Anderson, former slave and author of "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master"
- Charles Bassett, astronaut
- Phil Donahue, talk-show host, began his eponymous show in Dayton, where he spent over a decade
- Ronnie and Donnie Galyon (1951–2020), oldest set of conjoined twins in the world
- Steve Gibson, computer programmer
- George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
- Ahad Israfil, gunshot victim
- Jayananda Dasa, pioneer of ISKCON in San Francisco
- Virginia Kettering (1907–2003), philanthropist
- William H. Lough (1881–1940s), economist
- W. S. McIntosh, civil rights activist
- Jessica Moore, journalist
- Robert R. Nathan, economist
- Mike Nawrocki, co-creator of VeggieTales
- Melvin Lorrel Nichols, emeritus professor of chemistry, Cornell University
- Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845-1921), social reformer
- Jane Reece, photographer
- Amy Schneider, Jeopardy! champion, and the first openly transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions[3][4]
- Constantine Scollen (1841-1902), renowned Irish missionary and "Whoop-Up Trail" priest among the native peoples of Canada and US.
- Howard Dwight Smith, architect of Ohio Stadium
- Dorothy Stang (1931–2005), Catholic nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and Amazonian activist
- Norman Steenrod, mathematician
- Strobe Talbott, writer and diplomat
References
- ^ "Gregory Lynn Cook". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ Mackmull, Beverly (2011). "Memorial, Jack V. Mackmull". USMA1950.com. West Point, NY: USMA Class of 1950. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ UPDATE: The reigning 'Jeopardy' champion. Who is Dayton's own Amy Schneider?
- ^ Amy Schneider on Twitter: "The Neon Movies, DAI, the Oregon District. I also love how downtown has revived, when I was at C-J in the mid nineties it was a *much* different vibe" / Twitter