List of people from Mansfield, Ohio
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The following is a list of people from Mansfield, Ohio. These people were born, lived, or worked in and around the city.
[edit] Architecture
[edit] Astronaut
[edit] Athletics
- Ernie Beam, former baseball player
- Hugh Douglas, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end
- Pete Henry, professional football player
- Dick Logan, professional football player
- Ricky Minard, professional basketball player
- Don Nehlen, former head football coach
- Bill Peterson, former head football coach at Florida State, Rice University and with the Houston Oilers. Peterson was the head coach at Mansfield Senior High in the early 1950s.
- Ryan Pore, Professional Soccer player Major League Soccer Kansas City Wizards
- Jacob Soliday, professional football player, wide receiver Arizona Cardinals
- Marc Wilkins, former Major League Baseball player
[edit] Authors and writers
- Jacob Brinkerhoff, jurist, congressman, and author
- Roeliff Brinkerhoff, lawyer, editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald, and later a bank president
- Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Stacy Dittrich, true crime author and mystery novelist[1]
- Terry Hertzler, poet and writer
- Christopher Moore, author
- Vera E. Scott, poet
[edit] Entertainment
- Lee Adams, stage lyricist
- Jenni Barber,[citation needed] actress The Electric Company
- John Bishop, playwright and film writer
- Lester Cowan,[citation needed] (b. April 1, 1906) Producer: (film) My Little Chickadee (with Mae West and W. C. Fields), You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, Main Street to Broadway; Past Executive Director of the Motion Picture Academy
- Amy Douglas,[citation needed] (b. December 21, 1902) Actress: (film) The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Please Don't Eat the Daisies; (television) Marcus Welby, M.D., Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- James Lapine, playwright and director
- Martha Mansfield, stage actress
- Michael McConnohie, voice actor
- Sylvia McNair, operatic soprano
- Jessie Miller,[citation needed] television writer "Community (TV series)" [2]
- Luke Perry, actor (television) Beverly Hills, 90210
- Daniel Roemer, film director, screenwriter
- Robert F. Simon, actor
[edit] Entrepreneurs
[edit] Military
[edit] Musicians and bands
- Ohio Express, Rock Group-Doug Grassel (rhythm guitar), Dale Powers (lead guitar), Dean Kastran (bass), Jim Pfahler (keyboards), and Tim Corwin (drums)
- Music Explosion, Rock Group-James "Jamie" Lyons (singer, percussion), Donald Atkins (guitar), Richard Nesta (guitar), Burton Stahl (bass), Robert Avery (drums). Top Ten hit in 1967, "Little Bit O'Soul."
- Switch, Motown R&B/soul group
- Ronnie Hughes, Lead Guitarist for "The Godz"
- Betty Nickell,[citation needed] singer inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
[edit] Politicians
- Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, D-Ohio
- Jay Goyal, Ohio State Representative, D-Mansfield
- William Johnston, was a U.S. Representative, D-Ohio from 1863 to 1865
- Lovana Jones, served as an Illinois State Representative
- Winfield S. Kerr, was a U.S. Representative, R-Ohio from 1895 to 1901
- B. F. Langworthy, served as a Minnesota State Representative
- Robert Byington Mitchell, was Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1866 to 1869
- William Patterson, was a U.S. Representative from Ohio
[edit] Zooarchaeology
- Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (b. circa 1955), Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Public Liaison Director for President Reagan, Senior Vice President Continental Airlines.
- Rose Knox, née Markward (November 18, 1857–1950), American businesswoman (Knox Gelatin Factory).
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