This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Athletics Emma Gatewood, known as Grandma Gatewood, long-distance hiker, first woman to through-hike the Appalachian Trail Karl George, former NFL guard Jerry Lucas, basketball player Dave Roberts, former Major League Baseball pitcher
Arts and entertainment Skip Battin, musician and former member of the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers Lionel Cartwright, country music singer Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, writer born in Gallipolis Alice S. Deletombe, published poet Jenny Holzer, public artist Loretta Cessor Manggrum, composer O. O. McIntyre, syndicated columnist Minnie E. Neal (1858–1945), photographer and temperance leader
Education, politics and service James B. Aleshire, U.S. Army major general Jean-Joseph de Barth, leader of the "French 500" and as such one of the municipality's founders. Richard H. Cain, minister, abolitionist and U.S. Representative of South Carolina Frank Cremeans, former U.S. Congressman Olivia A. Davidson, a future teacher and vice-principal at Tuskegee Institute, attended school here.Dorsey, Carolyn A. "The Pre-Hampton Years of Olivia A. Davidson," The Hampton Review 14. Fall 1988. 44–52. Brereton Jones, former Governor of Kentucky Geoffrey D. Miller, retired U.S. Major General William H. Nash (1834–1902), US Army brigadier general Nathaniel C. Sears (1854–1934), judge of the Illinois Appellate Court and Cook County Superior Court; 1897 Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago Ryan Smith, former Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives Marian Spencer, civil rights activist and former Vice-Mayor, Cincinnati, Robert M. Switzer, former U.S. Congressman Samuel Finley Vinton, former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior Nancy L. Zimpher, former president, University of Cincinnati, chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY)
Other Bob Evans, Bob Evans Restaurants founder, bought a small diner in Gallipolis in 1948
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