The following is a list of notable people born in the U.S. state of Ohio, and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.
Actors, models, miscellaneous performers A–B
Jake Abel (actor) (Canton) Tom Aldredge (actor) (Dayton) Louis Aldrich (actor) (Cincinnati) Roman Atwood (YouTube personality) (Millersport) Catherine Bach (actor) (Warren) Jim Backus (actor) (Cleveland) Kaye Ballard (actor) (Cleveland) Gerry Bamman (actor) (Toledo) Lisa Banes (actor) (Chagrin Falls) Theda Bara (actor) (Cincinnati) Majel Barrett (actor) (Columbus) Wendy Barrie-Wilson (actress) (Loveland) Thom Barry (actor) (Cincinnati) Richard Basehart (actor) (Zanesville) Alan Baxter (actor) (East Cleveland) Vanessa Bayer (actor, comedian) (Cleveland) Ned Bellamy (actor) (Dayton) Jonathan Bennett (actor) (Rossford) Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland) Andy Biersack (actor and musician) (Cincinnati) David Birney (actor) (Cleveland) James R. Black (actor) (Lima, Dover) Kaitlyn Black (actor) (Copley) Susan Blackwell (actor) (Dayton) Nina Blackwood (veejay) (Cleveland) Randy Blair (actor, writer) (Ironton) J. Paul Boehmer (actor) (Dayton) Mark Boone Junior (actor) (Cincinnati) Andrea Bowen (actor) (Columbus) Bill Boyd (actor) (Hendrysburg) Bob Braun (talk show host) (Cincinnati) Thom Brennaman (sportscaster) (Cincinnati) Deanna Brooks (model) (Dayton) Richard Brooks (actor) (Cleveland) Charles Brown (actor) (Cleveland) Clancy Brown (actor) (Urbana) Joe E. Brown (actor) (Holgate/Toledo) Woody Brown (actor) (Dayton) Yvette Nicole Brown (actor) (Warrensville Heights) Tanner Buchanan (actor) (Ottawa) Rebecca Budig (actor) (Cincinnati) Jarrod Bunch (actor, ex-football player) (Ashtabula) Michelle Burke (actor) (Defiance) Brandy Burre (actor) (Sandusky) Steve Burton (actor) (Cleveland) Daws Butler (voice actor) (Toledo) Ralph Byrd (actor) (Dayton) Marion Byron (actor) (Dayton)
C–D
Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America 1922, 1923) (Columbus) John Caparulo (comedian) (East Liverpool) Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland) Rocky Carroll (actor) (Cincinnati) Nancy Cartwright (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton) George Chakiris (actor) (Norwood) Justin Chambers (actor) (Springfield) Damian Chapa (actor) (Dayton) Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs) Marguerite Clark (actor) (Avondale) Mystro Clark (actor) (Dayton) Bill Cobbs (actor) (Cleveland) Ray Combs (game show host) (Hamilton) Tim Conway (actor, comedian) (Willoughby) Chuck Cooper (actor) (Cleveland) Casey Cott (actor) (Chagrin Falls, Cleveland) Corey Cott (actor) (Chagrin Falls, Cleveland) Franklin Cover (actor) (Cleveland) Laura Cover (model) (Bucyrus) Yvonne Craig (actor) (Columbus) Jim Cummings (voice actor) (Youngstown) Stephen Curry (basketball) (Akron) Dorothy Dandridge (actor, singer) (Cleveland) Beverly D'Angelo (actor) (Columbus) Frank Daniels (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton) Charles Michael Davis (actor) (Dayton) Duane Davis (actor) (Cleveland) Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati) Alana de la Garza (actor) (Columbus) Carmella DeCesare (model) (Avon Lake) Brooklyn Decker (model) (Kettering) Ruby Dee (actor) (Cleveland) John Diehl (actor) (Cincinnati) Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima) Phil Donahue (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton) Brian Donlevy (actor) (Cleveland) Mike Douglas (actor) (Cleveland) Steve Downes (DJ and actor) (Columbus) Sue Downey (Miss USA 1965) (Lima) Hugh Downs (broadcaster) (Lima, Akron) Keir Dullea (actor) (Cleveland) Josh Dun (musician) (Columbus) Ryan Dunn (actor, stuntman) (Brockville)
E–I
Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak) Joe Estevez (actor) (Dayton) Angie Everhart (fashion model) (Akron) Mike Faist (actor) (Gahanna) Sean Faris (actor, model) (Parma) Jamie Farr (actor) (Toledo) Suzanne Farrell (dancer) (Cincinnati) Guy Fieri (restaurateur, author, television presenter) (Columbus) Susan Floyd (actor) (Cincinnati) Joe Flynn (actor) (Youngstown) Leo Ford (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton) Alan Freed (radio show host, coined phrase "rock 'n roll") (Cleveland) Emma Sheridan Fry (actor, writer) (Painesville) Clark Gable (actor) (Cadiz) Mike Gallagher (syndicated talk radio host) (Dayton) Teri Garr (actor) (Lakewood) Dorothy Gish (actor) (Dayton) Lillian Gish (actor) (Springfield) Nikki Glaser (comedian) (Cincinnati) Carlin Glynn (actor) (Cleveland) Dody Goodman (actor) (Columbus) Maggie Grace (actor) (Columbus) David Graf (actor) (Lancaster) Joel Grey (actor, singer, dancer) (Cleveland) Julie Hagerty (actor) (Cincinnati) Kathryn Hahn (actor) (Cleveland Heights) Arsenio Hall (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland) Porter Hall (actor) (Cincinnati) Margaret Hamilton (actor) (Cleveland) Scott Hamilton (ice skater) (Bowling Green) Dorian Harewood (actor) (Dayton) Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon) Rachael Harris (actress/comedian) (Worthington) Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland) Patricia Heaton (actor) (Bay Village) Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora) Eileen Heckart (actor) (Columbus) Hugh Hewitt (radio talk show host) (Warren) Tiffany Hines (actress, singer) (Cincinnati) Tony Hinchcliffe (comedian) (Youngstown) Michael Hitchcock (actor) (Defiance) John Hockenberry (broadcaster) (Dayton) Stephanie Hodge (actress) (Wilmington) Hal Holbrook (actor) (Cleveland) Michael Holley (sports commentator) (Akron) Lindsay Hollister (actress) (Columbus) John Holmes (adult entertainment performer) (Ashville) Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo) Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland) John Howard (actor) (Cleveland) Terrence Howard (actor) (Cleveland)
J–M
Sam Jaeger (actor, writer, and director) (Perrysburg) Dean Jagger (actor) (Columbus Grove) Lebron James (basketball) (Akron) Elsie Janis (actor) (Columbus) Allison Janney (actor) (Dayton) Ken Jenkins (actor) (Dayton) Toccara Elaine Jones (contestant on America's Next Top Model) (Dayton) Tyler Joseph (musician) (Columbus) Gordon Jump (actor) (Dayton) Melina Kanakaredes (actor) (Akron) Carol Kane (actor) (Cleveland) Maynard James Keenan (Musician) (Ravenna) Michael Kent (comedian/magician) (Urbana) Perry King (actor) (Alliance) Scott Klace (actor) (Westerville) Robert Knepper (actor in Prison Break) (Maumee) Heather Kozar (model) (Akron) Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermilion) Eric Lange (actor) (Hamilton) A. J. Langer (actor) (Columbus) Matt Lanter (actor) (Massillon) Dick Latessa (actor) (Cleveland) KiKi Layne (actress) (Cincinnati) Joshua LeBar (actor) (Cincinnati) Reggie Lee (actor) (Cleveland) Rex Lee (actor) (Warren) Hudson Leick (actor) (Cincinnati) Braeden Lemasters (actor) (Warren) Gloria LeRoy (actor) (Bucyrus) Ted Levine (actor) (Parma) Clea Lewis (actress) (Cleveland Heights) Mitchell Lichtenstein (actor) (Cleveland) John Lithgow (actor) (Yellow Springs) Traci Lords (actress) (Steubenville) Todd Louiso (actor) (Cincinnati) Chad Lowe (actor) (Dayton) Rob Lowe (actor) (Dayton) Paul Lynde (actor) (Mount Vernon) Mike Malloy (radio talk show host) (Toledo) Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth (reality television star) (Youngstown) Dean Martin (singer, actor, television show host) (Steubenville) Marie Masters (actor) (Cincinnati) Jacquelyn Mayer (Miss America 1963) (Sandusky) Diane McBain (actor) (Cleveland) Gates McFadden (actor) (Akron) Maeve McGuire (actor) (Cleveland) Richard McKinney (executive) (Portsmouth) Eve McVeagh (actor) (Cincinnati) Robin Meade (news anchor, Miss Ohio 1992) (New London) Burgess Meredith (actor) (Cleveland) Marilyn Meseke (Miss America 1938) (Lima) Mark Metcalf (actor) (Findlay) W. Chrystie Miller (actor) (Dayton) Walter Miller (actor) (Dayton) David Monahan (actor) (North Olmsted) Debra Monk (actor) (Middletown) Greg Morris (actor) (Columbus) Martin Mull (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville)
N–R
John Newland (actor, director, producer, scriptwriter) (Cincinnati) Paul Newman (actor) (Cleveland) Stephen Nichols (actor) (Cincinnati) Danielle Nicolet (actor) (Ashtabula) Don Novello (comedian, actor) (Lorain) Maila Nurmi, Vampira (actor) (Ashtabula) Annie Oakley (markswoman) (Greenville) Ed O'Neill (actor) (Youngstown) Mehmet Oz (cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and television personality) (Cleveland) Jack Paar (talk show host) (Canton) Lawanda Page (actor) (Cleveland) Adrianne Palicki (actress) (Toledo) Eleanor Parker (actor) (Cedarville) Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville) Dan Patrick (sportscaster, talk show host) (Mason) Robert Patrick (actor) (Cleveland) Jake Paul (boxer) Logan Paul (actor and internet personality) Austin Pendleton (actor) (Warren) CeCe Peniston (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton) Susan Perkins (Miss America 1978) (Monroe) Max Perlich (actor) (Cleveland) Luke Perry (actor) (Fredericktown) James Pickens Jr. (actor) (Cleveland) Dav Pilkey (author) (Cleveland) Tom Poston (actor) (Columbus) Monica Potter (actor) (Cleveland) Mark Povinelli (actor) (Elyria) Tyrone Power (actor) (Cincinnati) Nicole Pulliam (actor) (Columbus) Josh Radnor (actor) (Bexley) Victor Raider-Wexler (actor) (Toledo) Terry Ray (actor) (Grove City) Marge Redmond (actor) (Cleveland) Lili Reinhart (actress) (Cleveland) Gigi Rice (actor) (Westerville) Addison Richards (actor) (Zanesville) Sy Richardson (actor) (Cincinnati) Matt Rife (comedian, actor) (Columbus) Raven Riley (adult entertainment performer) Jess Robbins (actor) (Dayton) Larry Roberts (actor) (Cleveland) Zach Roerig (actor) (Montpelier) Roy Rogers (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville) Ted Ross (actor) (Dayton) Alan Ruck (actor) (Cleveland)
S–Z
Jeffrey D. Sams (actor) (Cincinnati) Gary Sandy (actor) (Dayton) Sherri Saum (actor) (Dayton) Kim Seelbrede (Miss USA 1981) (Germantown) William Edwin Self (actor) (Dayton) Joe Seneca (actor) (Cleveland) Molly Shannon (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland) Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton) Victor Slezak (actor) (Youngstown) Mamie Smith (singer, actress) (Cincinnati) Jimmy Snyder (oddsmaker, TV commentator, "Jimmy the Greek") (Steubenville) Rich Sommer (actor) (Toledo) Hal Sparks (actor) (Cincinnati) Ashley Spencer (actor) (Canton) Jerry Springer (television talk show host/former mayor of Cincinnati) (Cincinnati) Dina Spybey (actor) (Columbus) Brian Stepanek (actor) (Cleveland) Mark Stevens (actor) (Cleveland) Shannon Niquette Stewart (model) (Franklin) Alyson Stoner (actress/dancer) (Toledo) Philip Michael Thomas (actor) (Columbus) Andrea Thompson (model, broadcaster) Howard Thurston (magician/illusionist) (Columbus) Evelyn Venable (actress) (Cincinnati) Vera-Ellen (actress) (Norwood) Daniel von Bargen (actor) (Cincinnati) David Wain (comedian, actor) (Shaker Heights) Lucille Ward (actor) (Dayton) Ted Wass (actor) (Lakewood) Jerry Wasserman (actor) (Cincinnati) Jack Weston (actor) (Cleveland) Kym Whitley (actor) (Shaker Heights) Lee Wilkof (actor) (Canton) Fred Willard (actor) (Shaker Heights) Katt Williams (comedian, actor) (Dayton) De'Angelo Wilson (actor) (Dayton) Debra Winger (actor) (Cleveland Heights) Jonathan Winters (comedian, actor) (Dayton/Springfield) Ray Wise (actor) (Akron) Daniel Wisler (actor) (Fairfield) Chris Wood (actor) (Dublin) Scott Wozniak (YouTube personality) Amy Yasbeck (actor) (Cincinnati) Barrie Youngfellow (actor) (Cleveland) Chris Zylka (actor) (Howland township)
Artists, painters, sculptors, photographers
Diana Al-Hadid (sculptor) (Syria/Canton) Daniel Arsham (painter, sculptor) (Cleveland) William Jacob Baer (painter) (Cincinnati) George Bellows (painter) (Columbus) Charles E. Burchfield (painter) (Ashtabula Harbor) Joseph DeCamp (painter) (Cincinnati) Jim Dine (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati) Natalia Fedner (fashion designer) (Bexley) Dan Friedman (graphic designer) (Cleveland) Carl Gaertner (painter) (Cleveland) Ann Hamilton (artist) (Lima) Mark Henn (animator) (Dayton)