This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Ironton, Ohio.
Athletics Coy Bacon, 3x Pro Bowler and member of the Black College Football Hall of Fame Terry Enyart, baseball player Ken Fritz, football player Bob Lutz, former football head coach George McAfee, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Arts and entertainment Bobby Bare, country music singer Country Music Hall of Fame Grammy Award winner Ritter Collett, Dayton sportswriter, winner of Spink Award from baseball's Hall of Fame Mickey Fisher, screenwriter Emily Jordan Folger, co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library David Lively, concert pianist Clint McElroy, podcaster, comic book writer, radio personality Butch Miles, legendary jazz drummer Betty Johnson, dubbed the "Black Widow" by the media for the murder of five of her husbands Gardner Rea, cartoonist Terry Waldo, pianist, bandleader and ragtime musician
Education, politics and service Harlan Hatcher, eighth president of the University of Michigan Elza Jeffords, member of the US House of Representatives from Mississippi Mary Augusta Jordan, longtime English professor at Smith College Joseph Kimball (1836-1909), Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor William C. Lambert, achieved the second-highest air victory totals for an American flying ace in World War I W. Terry McBrayer, Kentucky state legislature and politician William Henry Powell (1825-1904), Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor; born in Wales and entered service in Ironton James Ancil Shipton, senior US Army officer Kelli Sobonya, politician Marion Tinsley (1927-1995), mathematician and checkers player; widely considered the greatest player of all-time
Other Nannie Kelly Wright, only known female ironmaster
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