This is a list of famous residents of Cincinnati.
Politics [edit]
- Stan Aronoff – former president of the Ohio Senate
- William E. Arthur (1825–1897), born in Cincinnati, United States Congressman from Kentucky[1]
- Walt Bachrach – long-serving Mayor of Cincinnati
- Ken Blackwell – former Republican Ohio Secretary of State and unsuccessful 2006 candidate for Governor of Ohio
- James G. Birney – abolitionist and Liberty Party presidential candidate
- Kim Bobo – labor activist
- John Boehner – Congressman and current Speaker of the House
- William K. Bond – Whig Congressman, 1849–1853
- Stanley E. Bowdle – Democratic Congressman, 1913–1915
- Thomas D. Boyatt – former United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Colombia
- John Bridgeland – lawyer and activist
- Tom Brinkman – Republican Ohio House of Representatives member
- Ethan Allen Brown – 7th Governor of Ohio
- Henry Francis Bryan – United States Navy Rear Admiral and the 17th governor of American Samoa.
- Jacob Burnet – U.S. Senator, 1828–1831
- Phillip Burton – Democratic Congressman from California
- Benjamin Butterworth – Republican Congressman, 1879–1883, 1885–1891
- Mary Edith Campbell – Board of Education
- Samuel Fenton Cary – Congressman and temperance movement leader
- Steve Chabot – Republican Congressman, 1995–2009; 2011-
- Thomas R. Chandler – perennial candidate
- Donald D. Clancy – former Republican Congressman
- Aaron H. Conrow – Confederate congressman and general
- David T. Disney – Democratic Congressman, 1849–1855
- Ozro J. Dodds – Democratic Congressman, 1872–1873
- Steve Driehaus – Democratic Congressman, 2009–present
- Alexander Duncan – Physician, Democratic Congressman, 1837–1841, 1843–1845
- Thomas O. Edwards – Whig Congressman, 1847–1849
- Edwin Einstein – Republican Congressman from New York, 1879–1881
- Richard Kenneth Fox – United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1977–79
- George Fries – Physician, Democratic Congressman, 1845–1849
- James W. Gazlay – Republican Congressman, 1823–1825
- Thomas Geoghegan – labor lawyer
- John J. Gilligan – former Governor of Ohio
- Herman P. Goebel – Republican Congressman, 1903–1911
- Bill Gradison – Republican Congressman, former mayor of Cincinnati
- William S. Groesbeck – lawyer, Democratic Congressman, 1857–1859
- John A. Gurley – Republican Congressman, 1859–1863
- George W. Hayes – slave, Republican Ohio House of Representatives member
- Rutherford B. Hayes – 19th President of the United States, city solicitor of Cincinnati from 1858 to 1861.
- William E. Hess – Republican Congressman, 1929–1937, 1939–1949, 1951–1961
- Dave Hobson – former Republican congressman
- Cynthia Hogan – counsel to Joe Biden
- Henry Thomas Hunt – former mayor of Cincinnati, 1912–1913
- William J. Keating – former Republican Congressman, brother of Charles Keating
- Simon L. Leis, Jr. – Hamilton County, Ohio prosecutor and sheriff
- Nicholas Longworth– former Speaker of the House and Majority Leader
- Charlie Luken – former Congressman and Mayor of Cincinnati
- Tom Luken – former Congressman
- Robert Todd Lytle – Congressman, 1833–35
- Mark L. Mallory – current mayor of Cincinnati
- William L. Mallory, Sr. – first African-American Ohio House of Representatives majority leader
- Sam Malone – former Cincinnati city councilman
- Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. – United States Solicitor General, 1893–1895
- Neil H. McElroy – Secretary of Defense, 1957–59
- John McLean – Congressman, 1813–16, U.S. Postmaster General, 1823–29, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1829–61
- Alexander C. Mitchell – Republican congressman from Kansas, 1911
- Tom Mooney – teacher, labor union activist
- Harold G. Mosier – Democratic congressman, 1937-9
- Edward Follansbee Noyes – Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to France
- Kabaka Oba – civil rights activist
- Aaron F. Perry – Congressman, 1871-2
- Rob Portman – former Congressman, United States Trade Representative, current Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- James B. Ray – Governor of Indiana, 1825–1831
- Jerry Rubin – political activist, Chicago Seven
- Charles W. Sawyer –United States Secretary of Commerce, 1948–1953 under President Harry Truman
- Milton Sayler – Cincinnati city councilman, Congressman, 1873-9
- Bob Schaffer – former Republican Congressman from Colorado
- Bob Schuler – Ohio State Senator, 2002-9
- Kathleen Sebelius – former Governor of Kansas, current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
- William B. Shattuc – Congressman, 1897–1903
- Potter Stewart – Supreme Court Justice
- Bellamy Storer (1796–1875) – lawyer, Congressman, 1835-7
- Bellamy Storer (1847–1922) – Congressman, 1891-5, diplomat
- Bob Taft – former Governor of Ohio
- Charles Phelps Taft II – Mayor of Cincinnati from 1955 to 1957
- Robert A. Taft – "Mr. Republican" and Senate leader.
- William Howard Taft – 27th President, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Business [edit]
- Marcellus Bailey – patent attorney for Alexander Graham Bell
- Powel Crosley, Jr. – inventor and entrepreneur
- Francis L. Dale – lawyer, Cincinnati Reds owner, Republican Party operative
- Maxwell Dane – advertising executive
- William Edenborn – industrialist and inventor, lived in Cincinnati in the latter 1860s
- James Gamble – co-founder of Procter & Gamble
- Alfred T. Goshorn – businessman, civic booster, founder of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team
- Louise McCarren Herring – leader of the credit union movement
- Jeffrey R. Immelt – CEO of General Electric
- Charles Keating – banker, involved in savings and loan crisis of the 1980s
- Bernard Kroger – founder of the Kroger supermarket chain
- Isaac Herbert Kempner – founder of Imperial Sugar
- Carl Lindner, Jr. – businessman and co-founder of United Dairy Farmers and founder of American Financial Group
- William F. Nast – diplomat, railroad businessman
- Henry Nicholas – communications technology entrepreneur
- Stephen Sanger – former chairman of General Mills
- Marge Schott – women's business pioneer and former owner of the Cincinnati Reds
- David Sinton – pig iron industrialist
- Ted Turner – founder of Turner Broadcasting System
- Douglas A. Warner III – banker
- Granville Woods – African American inventor
Science [edit]
Journalism and media [edit]
- Jon Arthur – syndicated radio personality
- Gamaliel Bailey – journalist and abolitionist
- Delilah L. Beasley – first African American woman to be published regularly in a major metropolitan newspaper
- Thom Brennaman – sports broadcaster
- Gary Burbank – radio personality
- Nick Clooney – journalist, anchorman, and television host
- Gail Collins – journalist, former editor of The New York Times editorial page
- Bill Cunningham – attorney, radio and television talk show host
- Paul Dixon – Cincinnati-area daytime television host
- Elizabeth Drew – political journalist and author
- John Eckberg – journalist and true crime and business author
- Courtis Fuller – local news anchor
- Bill Hemmer – Fox News Channel anchor and correspondent; former CNN anchor and reporter
- Steven L. Herman – Voice of America bureau chief and correspondent
- Derrin Horton – sportscaster
- Joe Kernen – CNBC News anchor
- Dan La Botz – journalist, author and socialist activist
- Alan Light – former editor of 'VIBE and Spin
- Ruth Lyons – radio and television personality
- Edward Deering Mansfield – 19th-century newspaper editor
- William Maxwell – engraver, printer, publisher of the first newspaper in Cincinnati
- Mike McConnell – syndicated radio talk show host
- John Roll McLean – owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Washington Post
- Washington McLean – owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Washington Post
- David Mendell – journalist and Barack Obama biographer
- Dan Patrick – Sportscaster and Radio Personality (from Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Wally Phillips – radio personality
- James S. Robbins – opinion journalist, author and scholar
- Glenn Ryle – television personality
- Al Schottelkotte – television news anchor and reporter
- Bob Shreve – early television personality
- Larry Smith – Puppeteer and children's television host
- Tony Snow – news commentator, former White House Press Secretary for the George W. Bush administration
- Dale Sommers – radio personality also known as "the Truckin' Bozo"
- Anne Marie Tiernon – local news anchor
- Linda Vester – Fox News Channel anchor
- Dick VonHoene – news anchor, talk show host and one-time horror movie show host, better known as "The Cool Ghoul"
- Eliza Yang – MTV K VJ
- Katherine Zoepf – freelance journalist
Artists and entertainment [edit]
Acting, motion pictures, and television [edit]
- Kevin Allison – actor, sketch comedian (The State)
- Theda Bara – silent film actress
- Thom Barry – television actor (Cold Case)
- Powhatan Beaty – American Civil War soldier and stage actor
- Louise Beavers – actress
- Mark Boone Junior – actor
- Lee Bowman – film and television actor
- Bob Braun – local television and radio personality
- Don Brodie – actor and director
- Rebecca Budig – soap opera and television actress
- Marty Callner – music video director
- Rocky Carroll – actor
- Marguerite Clark – stage and silent film actress
- Rosemary Clooney – singer, Emmy nominated actress
- Majel Coleman – actress and model
- Ray Combs – host of Family Feud, 1988–1994
- Shamika Cotton – actress
- Iman Crosson – actor, Internet celebrity and Obama impersonator
- Joel Crothers – actor
- Doris Day – popular singer and actress
- John Diehl – actor
- John Dierkes – actor
- Phyllis Diller – comedienne, actress
- Missy Doty – actress
- Carmen Electra – born Tara Leigh Patrick – actress, singer
- Vera-Ellen – actress and dancer
- Cliff 'Fatty' Emmich – actor
- Susan Floyd – actress
- Trixie Friganza – vaudeville and film actress
- Stephen Geoffreys – film, stage, and gay pornography actor
- Sidney M. Goldin – silent film director
- Charles Guggenheim – movie director
- Julie Hagerty – model and actress
- Emily Harper – actress
- Woody Harrelson – actor (born in Midland, Texas but raised in Lebanon, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati))
- Tiffany Hines – actress
- Libby Holman – torch singer and actress
- Josh Hutcherson & ndash; actor (from Union, Kentucky)
- Arthur V. Johnson – silent film actor and director
- Noah Keen – actor
- Dagney Kerr – actress
- Mike Kleinhenz – voice actor
- Eric Lange – actor LOST and Victorious
- Marcia Lewis – actress
- Vicki Lewis – actress (NewsRadio)
- Hudson Leick – actress
- Edward LeSaint – silent film actor and director
- Todd Louiso – actor
- Irene Manning – actress and singer
- Jack Manning – actor
- Ann May – silent film actress
- Blanche Mehaffey – showgirl and actress
- Gertrude Michael – film and television actress
- Fanny Midgley – silent film actress
- Harry F. Millarde – silent film actor and director
- J. Madison Wright Morris – actress and model
- Kathryn Morris – actress
- Heidi Mueller – actress
- Pamela Myers – Broadway and television actress
- Stephen Nichols – actor
- Sarah Jessica Parker – actress
- Richard M. Powell – television and film screenwriter
- Tyrone Power – actor
- Lee Roy Reams – Broadway actor and director actually from Covington. Kentucky,
- Theresa Rebeck – television (NYPD Blue) and film screenwriter
- Theodore Reed – movie director
- Hari Rhodes – television actor
- Sy Richardson – actor
- Diana-Maria Riva – actress
- Roy Rogers – actor
- Nipsey Russell – comedian, writer, game show panelist (attended University of Cincinnati in 1936)
- Iva Shepard – silent film actress
- Gertrude Short – silent film actress
- Josh Sneed – stand-up comedian
- Hal Sparks – actor and comedian
- Shane Sparks – choreographer
- Steven Spielberg – movie director
- Jerry Springer – former mayor of Cincinnati and current talk show host (born in London, of Austrian parents)
- Pat Stanley – actress, dancer, and singer
- Amanda Tepe – actress
- Daniel von Bargen – actor
- Patricia Wettig – actress and playwright
- Robert J. Wilke – actor
- Katt Williams – stand-up comedian and actor
- Amy Yasbeck – actress
- Wolfgang Zilzer – actor
- Bonnie Rotten – pornstar
- Marty Balin – founder and original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane
- Adrian Belew – guitarist and vocalist (Frank Zappa, King Crimson)
- Matt Berninger – lead singer of The National
- LaKiesha Berri – R&B singer
- Boom Bip – electronic musician
- Andy Biersack– rock singer (Black Veil Brides)
- Bobby Borchers – country music singer-songwriter
- Earl Bostic – jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist
- Tiny Bradshaw – bandleader, vocalist, arranger, and producer of rhythm and blues musicians.
- James Brown – singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, originator of funk music
- Mia Carruthers – Singer-songwriter
- Mel Carter – R&B singer
- Bootsy Collins – Parliament Funkadelic funk bass player [Producer]
- Danny Cox – folk singer/songwriter
- Gustav Dannreuther – violinist and conductor
- Carl Dobkins, Jr. – rockabilly singer
- George Duning – trumpet and piano player
- Fat Jon – hip hop producer
- Stephen Foster – songwriter and arranger
- Grandpa Jones – entertainer, banjo player and "old time" country and gospel singer
- Homer and Jethro – Grammy-winning country comedy duo
- H-Bomb Ferguson – Jump blues singer
- Henry Fillmore – march music composer
- Peter Frampton– musician, currently lives in Cincinnati
- Jane French – singer/songwriter
- Larry Hall – singer ("Sandy")
- Hi-Tek – Rapper and Producer
- Patrick Keeler – (From Bright, Indiana) drummer for The Greenhornes and The Raconteurs
- Steve Kipner – songwriter ("Let's Get Physical")
- Drew Lachey – winner of Dancing With The Stars
- Nick Lachey – lead singer of 98 Degrees
- James Levine – conductor
- Scott Lindroth – composer
- Lonnie Mack – Blues artist
- Len Mink – Christian evangelist and musician
- Sonny Moorman – Blues guitarist
- Nicole C. Mullen – songwriter and choreographer
- Naked Cowboy – busker
- Antonio "L.A." Reid – record executive
- Katie Reider – Singer-songwriter
- Sheldon Reynolds – R&B guitarist
- Saucy Sylvia – Canadian-born entertainer, pianist, comedienne, humorist
- Mamie Smith – Blues singer
- Merle Travis – country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Leon Wesley Walls – Singer-songwriter
- David Wolfenberger – Singer-songwriter
- Andy Williams – pop singer
Groups [edit]
Authors [edit]
Visual artists [edit]
Sports [edit]
Baseball [edit]
- Mike Adams – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Ethan Allen – Major League Baseball player, coach at Yale University[2]
- Walter Alston – Hall of Fame manager (born in Venice, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Nick Altrock – Major League Baseball pitcher[3]
- Charlie Armbruster – Major League Baseball catcher[4]
- Skeeter Barnes – Major League Baseball Utility player[5]
- Al Bashang – Major League Baseball outfielder[6]
- Charlie Bell – Major League Baseball pitcher[7]
- David Bell – Major League Baseball third baseman
- Frank Bell – Major League Baseball player
- Mike Bell – Major League Baseball third baseman
- Ralph Birkofer – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Red Bittmann – Major League Baseball second baseman
- Jim Bolger – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Barry Bonnell – Major League Baseball player
- Daryl Boston – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Buzz Boyle – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Jack Boyle – Major League Baseball player[8]
- Jimmy Boyle – Major League Baseball catcher
- Andrew Brackman – Minor League Baseball pitcher in New York Yankees organization
- Ed Brinkman – Major League Baseball player
- Jim Bunning – Hall of Fame pitcher, Senator from Kentucky (from Southgate, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Nelson Burbrink – Major League Baseball catcher and scout
- Moe Burtschy – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jack Bushelman – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Flea Clifton – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Joe Crotty – Major League Baseball catcher
- Bob Daughters – Major League Baseball player
- Zach Day – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Dory Dean – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Red Dooin – Major League Baseball player and manager
- Bill Doran – Major League Baseball player
- Richard Dotson – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Leon Durham – Major League Baseball player
- Joe Ellick – Major League Baseball player
- Buck Ewing – Hall of Fame catcher and manager
- Charlie Grant – Negro League second baseman
- Bob Gilks – Major League Baseball player
- Ed Glenn – Major League Baseball player
- Charlie Gould – National League baseball player
- Ken Griffey, Jr. – Major League Baseball outfielder (born in Donora, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Cincinnati)
- Tommy Griffith – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Heinie Groh – Major League Baseball third baseman
- August Herrmann – Cincinnati Reds president, 1903–1920
- Johnny Hodapp – Major League Baseball infielder
- Miller Huggins – Major League Baseball player, Hall of Fame manager for the New York Yankees
- Tom Hume – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
- Lance Johnson – Major League Baseball player
- David Justice – Major League Baseball player
- Al Kaiser – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Dorothy Kamenshek – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League first baseman
- Scott Klingenbeck – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Eddie Kolb – Major League Baseball pitcher, businessman
- Al Lakeman – Major League Baseball player
- Barry Larkin – Major League Baseball, 1995 National League MVP
- Sam Leever – Major League Baseball player (born in Suburb of Goshen)
- Jensen Lewis – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jim Leyritz – Major League Baseball catcher
- Bill Long – Major League Baseball pitcher[9]
- Garry Maddox – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Art Mahaffey – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Lefty Marr – Major League Baseball third baseman
- Wally Mayer – Major League Baseball catcher
- Roger McDowell – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
- Bobby Mitchell – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ralph Miller – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Charles Murphy – sportwriter, owner of the Chicago Cubs
- Tim Naehring – Major League Baseball player
- Chris Nichting – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bob Nieman – Major League Baseball player
- Russ Nixon – Major League Baseball player and manager (born in Cleves, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Joe Nuxhall – Actually from Hamilton, Ohio, pitcher, later long-time color commentator for Cincinnati Reds games
- Ron Oester – Major League Baseball player
- Jayhawk Owens – Major League Baseball player
- Dave Parker – Major League Baseball player, born in Mississippi, grew up in Cincinnati
- George Pechiney – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Dave Pember – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Eduardo Pérez – Major League Baseball player, son of Tony Pérez
- Icicle Reeder – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Tuffy Rhodes – Major League and Japanese player
- Pete Rose – All Star Major League Baseball player, holds record for most hits in a career
- Pete Rose, Jr. – minor league baseball player
- Jeff Russell – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Scott Sauerbeck – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jimmy Shevlin – Major League Baseball first baseman
- John Shoupe – 19th-century shortstop
- Joe Smith – Major League Baseball player
- Rudy Sommers – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ed Sperber – Major League Baseball outfielder
Basketball [edit]
Military [edit]
Other notable people [edit]
- Joseph H. Albers – first bishop of Lansing, Michigan
- Anthony Allaire – New York City Police inspector
- Levi Addison Ault – businessman, naturalist, donor of Cincinnati's Ault Park
- Daniel Carter Beard – founder Sons of Daniel Boone
- Kitty Burke – nightclub entertainer who attempted to bat in a baseball game
- Oba Chandler – rapist and murderer on death row in Florida
- Peter H. Clark – African American abolitionist and educator
- Lewis Strong Clarke – Louisiana sugar planter and Republican politician was a produce dealer in Cincinnati prior to 1870.[10]
- Levi Coffin – abolitionist
- Lorenzo Collins – mentally ill man shot by Cincinnati police in 1997
- Robert Daniel Conlon – Roman Catholic Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
- Jonathan Edwards – first president of Washington & Jefferson College
- William Henry Elder – long-serving Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati
- Audrey Emery – heiress and socialite
- Mary Emery – philanthropist
- T. Higbee Embry – aviation enthusiast and co-founder of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Bernard T. Espelage – first Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico
- Thomas Milton Gatch – president of Willamette University, Oregon State University and University of Washington
- Nelson Glueck – rabbi and archaeologist
- Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009), President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement.[11]
- Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann – first Bishop of Evansville
- Alice Claypoole Gwynne – wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
- Don Helbig – Guinness World Record holder for roller coaster riding
- John R. Hicks – murderer executed by the State of Ohio
- Alice Stone Ilchman – eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College
- James L. Jelinek – eighth bishop of Minnesota, sometime rector of St. Michael and All Angels Church, 3626 Reading Road, Cincinnati
- Joseph Jonas – first Jew to settle in Cincinnati, founder of the Old Jewish Cemetery
- Posteal Laskey – serial killer nicknamed the "Cincinnati Strangler"
- William Mackey Lomasney – Irish revolutionary
- Longworth family – early leading Cincinnati family
- Lytle family – early leading Cincinnati family
- Mike Mangold – pilot
- Helen Taft Manning – daughter of William Howard Taft, historian
- Charles Manson – musician, cult leader
- Carl K. Moeddel – auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati from 1993 to 2007
- Sara Murphy – socialite, Pablo Picasso portrait subject
- Anthony John King Mussio – first Roman Catholic bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
- David Leroy Nickens – freed slave, first African American licensed minister in Ohio
- David Philipson – Reform Judaism rabbi
- John Baptist Purcell – long-serving Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati
- George Remus – bootlegger
- Robert Ruwe – United States Tax Court judge
- Jeff Schare – Cincinnati Police Department homicide detective
- William Knox Schroeder – student killed in the Kent State shootings
- Hermann, Freiherr von Soden – biblical scholar
- Joseph Strauss – Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Irvin F. Westheimer – founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
References [edit]
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
- ^ "Ethan Allen Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ "Nick Altrock Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ "Charlie Armbruster Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ "Skeeter Barnes Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ "Al Bashang Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ "Charlie Bell Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th edition ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
- ^ "Bill Long Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ "Clarke, Lewis Strong". Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.com). Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ Martin, Douglas. "Alfred Gottschalk, 79, Scholar of Reform Judaism, Is Dead", The New York Times, September 15, 2009. Accessed September 16, 2009.
