List of people from Cleveland

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Richard F. Abel, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General

Tony Abbott, author of children's books

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

Graham Armstrong, football player

Avant, singer

Nathaniel Ayers, musician

Albert Ayler, musician

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Catherine Bach, actress (The Dukes of Hazzard)

Jim Backus, actor (Gilligan's Island, Mister Magoo)

Benny Bailey, musician

Rodney Bailey, football player

Richard "Machine Gun Kelly" Baker, rapper

Newton D. Baker, mayor, Secretary of War

Bill Balas, screenwriter

Kaye Ballard, actress

Vanessa Bayer, comedian, Saturday Night Live

William Bayer, author

Brian Michael Bendis, comic book writer

Haley Bennett, actress

LeCharles Bentley, football player

Halle Berry, Oscar-winning actress

Earl Billings, actor

David Birney, actor

Nina Blackwood, radio personality

Randy Blake, kickboxer

Hanne Blank, historian

Mark Bloch, artist

Max Bohm, artist

Bizzy Bone, rapper

Lynn Borden, actress

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

Jan Buckner Walker, cruciverbalist, author and games creator

Hy Buller, hockey player

Isabel Burgess, Arizona state legislator

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

Janis Carter, actress

William Case, 12th mayor of Cleveland

Ray Cash, rapper

Chris Chambers, football player

Tracy Chapman, singer

Charles Chesnutt, author

Howie Chizek, radio personality

John Choma, football player

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

Matt Cross, professional wrestler

Catalina Cruz, adult film actress

Francis Earl Curran, 28th mayor of San Diego, California

Stephen Curry, basketball player for the Golden State Warriors

Harvey Cushing, neurosurgeon

D

Tadd Dameron, composer

Dorothy Dandridge, actress

William H. Daniels, cinematographer

Mac Danzig, mixed martial artist

Khashyar Darvich, documentary filmmaker

Harry L. Davis, mayor, governor

Ruby Dee, actress

Donald DeFreeze, leader of Symbionese Liberation Army

Ed Delahanty, baseball player

Cheri Dennis, singer

Dominic Dieter, radio personality

Rick DePiro, jazz musician, producer, country artist

Tony Discenzo, football player

Charles Dolan, media mogul

Larry Dolan, owner of the 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

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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

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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

London Fletcher, football player

Miriam Flynn, actress

Quinton Flynn, voice actor

Alan Freed, radio personality

Jonathan Freeman, Broadway and voice actor

Benny Friedman, football player

Dan Friedman, graphic designer

Dorothy Fuldheim, television journalist

Caroline Furness, astronomer

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James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States

Teri Garr, actress

Joe Gentile, author

Sonny Geraci, musician

Willie Gilbert, playwright

Ted Ginn Jr., football player

Lillian Gish, actress

Donald A. Glaser, Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Gary Glover, baseball player

Jim Glover, folk singer

Carlin Glynn, actress

Brad Goldberg, baseball pitcher

Bob Golic, football player

Mike Golic, football player

Anthony Gonzalez, football player

Jim Graner, sportscaster

Elvis Grbac, football player

Norm Greeney, football player

Dorian Gregory, actor

Joel Grey, actor

Tom Griswold, radio personality

DeJuan Groce, football player

Gordon Gund, NBA and NHL team owner

John Guzik, NFL player

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Kathryn Hahn, actress

Arsenio Hall, television personality

Margaret Hamilton, actress, the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz

Greg Harbaugh, astronaut

Bill Hardman, musician

Kevin Hart, baseball player

Steve Harvey, comedian, actor

Mickey Hatcher, baseball player and coach

Jeff Hatrix, musician

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, singer

John Hay, statesman

Patricia Heaton, actress

Anne Heche, actress

John Heisman, football coach

Jerry Heller, music manager

John Henton, actor

Kim Herring, football player

W. Scott Heywood, member of the Louisiana State Senate

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

Benjamin Watson Hubbard, politician

Adella Prentiss Hughes, orchestra patron

Langston Hughes, poet and playwright

Ross Hunter, film producer

Michael Hutter, pro wrestler

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Darrell Issa, Republican U.S. Representative of California's 49th congressional district

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Tom Jackson, football player, ESPN sportscaster

Philip Johnson, architect

Rajiv Joseph, Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Joe Jurevicius, football

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

Richard J. Kramer, CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Krayzie Bone, rapper

Valdis Krebs, author

Dennis Kucinich, politician

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Ryan Lambert, performer

Dale Launer, screenwriter

Peter Laughner, musician, Rocket from the Tombs, Pere Ubu

Frank Lausche, Cleveland mayor, Ohio governor and senator

Jerry Lawler, wrestler and commentator

Seph Lawless, photographer

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

Matthew N. Levy, physiologist

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

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Mac Danzig, MMA fighter

James S. Mace, politician

Machine Gun Kelly, rapper

Michael Malatin, businessman

Steve Malovic (1956–2007), American-Israeli basketball player

Henry Mancini, Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer

Flora Stone Mather, philanthropist

Samuel Mather, philanthropist, industrialist

Diane McBain, actress

Liz McComb, singer

Michael McElroy, actor

Tommy Mercer, professional wrestler

Burgess Meredith, actor (Rocky, Grumpy Old Men, Batman)

Biagio Messina, TV producer, filmmaker, actor

Howard Metzenbaum, former State Representative and U.S. Senator

Bill Mitchell, automotive designer

Nick Mileti, sports mogul

The Miz, pro wrestler

Isabela Moner, singer and actress

Richard Montanari

Rudy Ray Moore, actor

Daniel E. Morgan, politician

Garrett Morgan, inventor of the Safety Hood

Lorin Morgan-Richards, author and illustrator, primarily of children's books.

Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Bob Mrosko, NFL player

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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

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Charles Oakley, basketball player

John O'Brien (novelist), author

Kelly O'Donnell, television journalist

Terrence O'Donnell, judge

Susan Orlean, journalist and author

Benjamin Orr, musician, The Cars

Jesse Owens, iconic athlete, Olympic champion

Mehmet Oz, doctor, television personality

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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

Harvey Pekar, comic book creator

Charles B. Perry, lawyer, politician

Dav Pilkey, children's book author

Terry Pluto, sportswriter

John Popper, musician

Jason Popson, singer

James Posey, basketball player

Joe Posnanski, sportswriter

Monica Potter, actress

Beverly Potts, schoolgirl who famously disappeared in 1951

Joe Prokop, football player

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Stanley Radwan, strongman and professional wrestler

Raz-B, real name DeMario Thornton, singer

Marge Redmond, actress

Trent Reznor, singer-songwriter

Florence Rice, actress

Bill Rieth, football player

Bumper Robinson, actor

John D. Rockefeller, co-founder of Standard Oil

Wilbur M. Root, Wisconsin politician

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

Joe Ryan, Alaska politician

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JaKarr Sampson, pro basketball player

Perry Saturn, pro wrestler

Ollie Savatsky, football player

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

Martha Smith, actress, Animal House

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 the New York Yankees

Carl B. Stokes, mayor of Cleveland 1968-71

Louis Stokes, U.S. Representative

Rich Stotter, football player

Amasa Stone, philanthropist, railroad magnate, bridge builder

Vernon Stouffer, founder of Stouffer's foods and restaurants; Cleveland Indians owner

Michael Symon, chef, restaurateur, TV personality

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John Patrick Treacy, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse

Jack Trice, football player; first African-American athlete at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University); Jack Trice Stadium is currently the only Division 1 stadium or arena to be named after an African-American

Joseph Trohman, musician, Fall Out Boy

Hal Trosky, Jr., baseball player

Julia Tuttle, businesswoman, the "mother of Miami"

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Loung Ung, author; speaker; Khmer Rouge survivor; activist against landmines

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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

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Stephen Waldschmidt, playwright, actor

Neal Walk, basketball player

Joe Walsh, musician, The Eagles

Carl Walz, astronaut

Josephine Turpin Washington (1861-1949), educator and writer

Ted Wass, actor

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

Roland West, film director

Jack Weston, actor

Michael R. White, mayor of Cleveland 1990-2002

Kym Whitley, actress

Donte Whitner, football player

Eric Wilkerson, 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, football player

Pierre Woods, football player

Frank Wright, jazz musician

X

Clyde X, leader in the Nation of Islam

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Frank Yankovic, musician, polka king

Z

Joe Zelenka, football player

Dolph Ziggler, WWE wrestler

Groups

all five members of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

all six members of Chimaira, a heavy metal band

all eleven members of Dazz Band, a funk band

James Gang

The Moonglows

Mushroomhead, heavy metal band

Nine Inch Nails

The O'Jays, hall of fame R&B group; founders Eddie Levert and Walter Williams

Old Grandma Hardcore (Barbara St. Hilaire)

The Outsiders, 1960s band: smash hit "Time Won't Let Me"

Pere Ubu, experimental rock group

The Poni-Tails, a girl group noted for their 1958 hit "Born Too Late"

Raspberries, 1970s band; smash hit "Go All the Way"

The Secrets, a girl group noted for their 1963 hit "The Boy Next Door"