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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
A
- Richard F. Abel, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Steven Adler, drummer performing with Guns N' Roses, Road Crew, Bullet Boys, and Adler's Appetite
- Corey Allen, film and television director, writer, producer, and actor
- Ernie Anderson, radio and TV personality
- Ray Anthony, bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor
- Avant, singer
- Nathaniel Ayers, musician
- Albert Ayler, musician
B
- Catherine Bach, actress (The Dukes of Hazzard)
- Jim Backus, actor (Gilligan's Island, Mister Magoo)
- Vanessa Bayer, comedian, Saturday Night Live
- William Bayer, author
- Benny Bailey, musician
- Rodney Bailey, football player
- Newton D. Baker, mayor, Secretary of War
- Bill Balas, screenwriter
- Kaye Ballard, actress
- Brian Michael Bendis, comic book writer
- LeCharles Bentley, football player
- Halle Berry, Oscar-winning actress
- Earl Billings, actor
- David Birney, actor
- Bizzy Bone, rapper
- Lynn Borden, actress
- Nina Blackwood, radio personality
- Randy Blake, kickboxer
- Hanne Blank, historian
- Max Bohm, artist
- Earl Boykins, basketball player
- Alva Bradley, Indians owner 1927-46
- Jim Brickman, songwriter
- Jim Brown, Hall of Fame football player
- Yvette Nicole Brown, actress
- Charles Brush, inventor
- Eliza Bryant, (1827 – 1907), humanitarian
- Hy Buller, hockey player
- Beatrice Burton, romance writer
- Judith Butler, philosopher
C
- Anthony O. Calabrese Jr., judge
- Jane L. Campbell, mayor
- Drew Carey, comedian (The Drew Carey Show, The Price Is Right)
- Mary Carey, adult film actress
- Eric Carmen, singer and musician
- Wynona Carr, gospel singer
- Drew Carter, football player
- William Case, 12th mayor of Cleveland
- Ray Cash, rapper
- Chris Chambers, football player
- Tracy Chapman, singer
- Charles Chesnutt, author
- John Choma, football player
- Howie Chizek, radio personality
- Gilby Clarke, musician
- Bill Cobbs, actor
- Henry D. Coffinberry, industrialist
- Marc Cohn, musician
- Tim Conway, comedian and actor
- Tom Cousineau, football player
- Franklin Cover, actor
- Delbert Cowsette, football player
- Wes Craven, film director
- Susan Crile, painter
- Catalina Cruz, adult film actress
- Francis Earl Curran, 28th mayor of San Diego, California
- Harvey Cushing, neurosurgeon
D
- Tadd Dameron, composer
- William H. Daniels, cinematographer
- Mac Danzig, mixed martial artist
- Khashyar Darvich, documentary filmmaker
- Harry L. Davis, mayor, governor
- Ed Delahanty, baseball player[1]
- Dorothy Dandridge, actress
- Ruby Dee, actress
- Donald DeFreeze, leader of Symbionese Liberation Army
- Cheri Dennis, singer
- Dominic Dieter, radio personality
- Charles Dolan, media mogul
- Larry Dolan, owner of Cleveland Indians
- Phil Donahue, television personality
- Stephen R. Donaldson, novelist
- Conya Doss, singer
- Mike Douglas, singer and television personality
- Herbert H. Dow, industrialist, Dow Chemical founder
- Sharon Draper, educator
- Stan Drayton, football coach
- Keir Dullea, actor (2001: A Space Odyssey)
- Jerry Dybzinski, baseball player
E
- Mike Easler, baseball player
- Eric Ehrmann, journalist
- Paul Eiding, voice actor
- Judyann Elder, actress
- Harlan Ellison, author
- John A. Ellsler, acting teacher
- Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
- Lee Evans, football player
- John C. Ewers, ethnologist[2]
F
- Ed Feighan, politician
- Bob Feller, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
- Cristina Ferrare, TV personality
- George Fett, cartoonist
- Bobby Few, musician
- Rich Fields, meteorologist
- Flesh-N-Bone, rapper
- Mark Foster, musician
- London Fletcher, football player
- Miriam Flynn, actress
- Quinton Flynn, voice actor
- Alan Freed, radio personality
- Benny Friedman, football player
- Dan Friedman, graphic designer[3]
- Dorothy Fuldheim, television journalist
G
- James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States
- Teri Garr, actress
- Joe Gentile, author
- Sonny Geraci, musician
- Ted Ginn Jr., football player
- Willie Gilbert, playwright
- Lillian Gish, actress
- Donald A. Glaser, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Gary Glover, baseball player
- Jim Glover, folk singer
- Carlin Glynn, actress
- Bob Golic, football player
- Mike Golic, football player
- Anthony Gonzalez, football player
- Jim Graner, sportscaster
- Elvis Grbac, football player
- Norm Greeney, football player
- Joel Grey, actor
- Dorian Gregory, actor
- Tom Griswold, radio personality
- DeJuan Groce, football player
- Gordon Gund, NBA and NHL team owner
- John Guzik, NFL player
H
- Arsenio Hall, television personality
- Margaret Hamilton, actress, the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz
- Marcus Hanna, U.S. Senator
- Bill Hardman, musician
- Greg Harbaugh, astronaut
- Kevin Hart, baseball player
- Mickey Hatcher, baseball player and coach[4]
- Jeff Hatrix, musician
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins, singer
- Patricia Heaton, actress
- Anne Heche, actress
- John Heisman, football coach
- John Henton, actor
- Kim Herring, football player
- W. Scott Heywood
- Dave Hill, comedian
- Alphonso Hodge, football player
- Hal Holbrook, actor
- Bob Hope, iconic comedian and actor
- William R. Hopkins, politician, airport namesake
- Desmond Howard, football player
- Terrence Howard, actor
- Andy Hrovat, college and Olympic wrestler
- Adella Prentiss Hughes, orchestra patron
- Langston Hughes, poet and playwright
- Ross Hunter, film producer
- Michael Hutter, pro wrestler
J
- Philip Johnson, architect
- Joe Jurevicius, football player
- Tom Jackson, football player, ESPN sportscaster
- Richard J. Kramer, CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
K
- Sean Kanan, actor
- Carol Kane, actress
- Sidney Katz, physician
- Sammy Kaye, bandleader
- Clark Kellogg, basketball player, sportscaster
- Jayne Kennedy, television personality
- Kid Cudi, hip-hop artist
- King Chip, hip-hop artist
- Don King, boxing promoter
- Frederick Kohler, chief of police, mayor
- Boris Kolker, language translator
- Krayzie Bone, rapper
- Valdis Krebs, author
- Dennis Kucinich, politician
L
- Ryan Lambert, performer
- Dale Launer, screenwriter
- Frank Lausche, Cleveland mayor, Ohio governor and senator
- Jerome Lawrence, playwright
- Layzie Bone, rapper
- Hal Lebovitz, sportswriter
- Mike Lebowitz, attorney
- Shawna Lenee, adult film actress
- Gerald Levert, singer
- Sean Levert, singer
- D. A. Levy, poet
- Jazsmin Lewis, actress
- Peter B. Lewis, businessman
- Dwight Little, film director
- Frank Lockhart, auto racer, Indy 500 champion
- Steve Logan, basketball player
- Joe Lovano, saxophonist
- Jim Lovell, astronaut
- G. David Low, astronaut
- Chris Lozano, mixed martial arts fighter
M
- James S. Mace, politician
- Machine Gun Kelly, rapper
- Mac Danzig, MMA fighter
- The Miz, pro wrestler
- M-Dogg 20
- Diane McBain, actress
- Liz McComb, singer
- Michael McElroy, actor
- Henry Mancini, Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer
- Burgess Meredith, actor (Rocky, Grumpy Old Men, Batman)
- Howard Metzenbaum, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator
- Nick Mileti, sports mogul
- Rudy Ray Moore, actor
- Daniel E. Morgan, politician
- Garrett Morgan, inventor of the Safety Hood
- Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- Bob Mrosko, NFL player
N
- Nick Nemeth, wrestler
- Paul Newman, Oscar-winning actor, director, auto racer, philanthropist
- Chuck Noll, coach of Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
- Andre Norton, science-fiction writer
O
- Mehmet Oz, doctor, television personality
- Terrence O'Donnell, judge
- Kelly O'Donnell, television journalist
- Charles Oakley, basketball player
- Susan Orlean, journalist and author
- Jesse Owens, iconic athlete, Olympic champion
P
- Lawanda Page, actress
- Paul Palnik, artist
- Sam Palumbo, football player
- Paula Jai Parker, actress
- Robert Patrick, actor
- Gary Patterson, football coach
- Ruben Patterson, basketball player
- Henry B. Payne, politician[5]
- Harvey Pekar, comic book creator
- Charles B. Perry, politician
- Eleanor Perry, screenwriter
- Dav Pilkey, children's book author
- Terry Pluto, sportswriter
- John Popper, musician
- James Posey, basketball player
- Joe Posnanski, sportswriter
- Jason Popson, singer
- Monica Potter, actress
R
- Raz-B (DeMario Thornton), singer
- Marge Redmond, actress
- Trent Reznor, singer-songwriter
- Bumper Robinson, actor
- John D. Rockefeller, co-founder of Standard Oil
- Alan Ruck, actor
- Michael Ruhlman, author
- Rudolph Rummel, political scientist
- Michael Rupp, hockey player
- Anthony Russo, film director
- Joe Russo, director
- Steve Ruzich, football player
S
- Perry Saturn, pro wrestler
- Scott Savol, singer, American Idol
- Tom Schoen, football player
- Ron Sega, astronaut, Air Force major-general
- Ed Seward, 19th Century baseball player
- Molly Shannon, comedian and actress
- Sam Sheppard, physician, convicted murderer
- Henry Sherwin, co-founder of Sherwin-Williams paint
- Don Shula, Hall of Fame football coach
- Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman
- Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman
- Ruth Simpson, lesbian activist, author
- Eric Singer, musician, Kiss
- Matija Škerbec, priest
- Troy Smith, football player
- Charles Somers, coal and baseball exec
- Tris Speaker, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Frank Stalletto, pro wrestler
- Michael Stanley, singer-songwriter
- George Steinbrenner III, owner of New York Yankees
- Carl B. Stokes, mayor of Cleveland 1968-71
- Louis Stokes, U.S. Representative
- Rich Stotter, football palyer
- Vernon Stouffer, founder of Stouffer's foods and restaurants, Cleveland Indians owner
- Michael Symon, chef, restaurateur, TV personality
T
- Joseph Trohman, musician, Fall Out Boy
- Hal Trosky, Jr., baseball player
- Julia Tuttle, businesswoman, "mother of Miami"
V
- Sander Vanocur, television journalist
- Dirk Verbeuren, Belgian-born musician
- Kate Voegele, singer-songwriter
- George Voinovich, mayor of Cleveland 1980-89, governor of Ohio 1991-98, U.S. Senator 1999-2011
W
- Stephen Waldschmidt, playwright, actor
- Neal Walk, basketball player
- Joe Walsh, musician, The Eagles
- Carl Walz, astronaut
- Josephine Turpin Washington (1861-1949), educator and writer
- Lew Wasserman, entertainment agent
- Bill Watterson, artist, author of Calvin and Hobbes
- Mary Ellen Weber, astronaut
- Scott Weiland, musician, Stone Temple Pilots
- Tom Weiskopf, golfer
- Bill Wertz, baseball player
- Jack Weston, actor
- Michael R. White, mayor of Cleveland 1990 to 2002
- Kym Whitley, actress
- Donte Whitner, football player
- Archibald Willard, painter
- Fred Willard, actor
- Aaron Williams, boxer
- Doc Williams, singer
- Jawad Williams, basketball player
- Debra Winger, actress
- Alexander Winton, Scottish-born auto racer
- Wish Bone, rapper
- Bobby Womack, singer
- Cecil Womack, singer
- [Mike Woods (American football)|Mike Woods]], football player
- Pierre Woods, football player
- Frank Wright, jazz musician
Y
- Frank Yankovic, musician, polka king
Z
- Joe Zelenka, football player
Groups
- The Moonglows
- The Poni-Tails, a girl group noted for their 1958 hit "Born Too Late"
- The Secrets, a girl group noted for their 1963 hit, "The Boy Next Door"
- James Gang
- Mushroomhead, a heavy metal band
- all five members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, a rap group
- all six members of Chimaira, a heavy metal band
- all eleven members of Dazz Band a funk band
- The O'Jays, hall of fame R&B group founders Eddie Levert and Walter Williams
- Old Grandma Hardcore (Barbara St. Hilaire)
- Nine Inch Nails
- Raspberries, 1970s band: smash hit "Go All the Way"
- The Outsiders, 1960s band: smash hit "Time Won't Let Me"
- Pere Ubu, experimental rock group
See also
References
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