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Politicsβ»
- Stan Aronoff β member of Ohio Senate 1967β1996, its president from 1989β96
- William Evans Arthur (1825β1897) β born in Cincinnati, United States Congressman from Kentucky
- Steve Austria β Republican Congressman, 2009β2013
- Jess L. Baily β United States Ambassador to North Macedonia, 2015β2019
- Walt Bachrach β long-serving Mayor of Cincinnati
- Ken Blackwell β former mayor of Cincinnati 1999β2007, Republican, Ohio Secretary of State and unsuccessful 2006 candidate for Governor of Ohio
- James G. Birney β abolitionist and Liberty Party presidential candidate
- John Boehner β Congressman and former Speaker of the House
- William K. Bond β Whig Congressman, 1849β1853
- Stanley E. Bowdle β Democratic Congressman, 1913β1915
- John Bridgeland β lawyer and activist
- Tom Brinkman β Republican Ohio House of Representatives member
- Ethan Allen Brown β 7th Governor of Ohio
- Frank Brogan β 15th Lieutenant Governor of Florida
- Henry Francis Bryan β United States Navy Rear Admiral and the 17th governor of American Samoa
- Jacob Burnet β U.S. Senator, 1828β1831
- Phillip Burton β Democratic Congressman from California
- Benjamin Butterworth β Republican Congressman, 1879β1883, 1885β1891
- Mary Edith Campbell β Suffragette, Board of Education member
- Samuel Fenton Cary β Congressman and temperance movement leader
- John Cranley β former mayor of Cincinnati, 2013β2022
- Steve Chabot β Republican Congressman, 1995β2009; 2011β2023
- Thomas R. Chandler β perennial candidate
- Donald D. Clancy β former Republican Congressman
- Levi Coffin β Abolitionist, member of the Underground Railroad
- Aaron H. Conrow β Confederate congressman and general
- Moses Dickson β Abolitionist leader
- David T. Disney β Democratic Congressman, 1849β1855
- Ozro J. Dodds β Democratic Congressman, 1872β1873
- Steve Driehaus β Democratic Congressman, 2009β2011
- Alexander Duncan β physician, "Democratic Congressman," 1837β1841, 1843β1845
- Thomas O. Edwards β Whig Congressman, 1847β1849
- Edwin Einstein β Republican Congressman from New York, 1879β1881
- Richard Kenneth Fox β United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1977β1979
- George Fries β physician, Democratic Congressman, 1845β1849
- James W. Gazlay β Republican Congressman, 1823β1825
- Thomas Geoghegan β labor lawyer
- John J. Gilligan β former Governor of Ohio
- Herman P. Goebel β Republican Congressman, 1903β1911
- Bill Gradison β Republican Congressman, former mayor of Cincinnati
- Buddy Gray β activist and social worker
- William S. Groesbeck β lawyer, Democratic Congressman, 1857β1859
- John A. Gurley β Republican Congressman, 1859β1863
- George W. Hayes β slave, Republican Ohio House of Representatives member
- William E. Hess β Republican Congressman, 1929β1937, 1939β1949, 1951β1961
- Dave Hobson β former Republican congressman
- Cynthia Hogan β counsel to Joe Biden
- Henry Thomas Hunt β former mayor of Cincinnati, 1912β1913
- Andy Ireland β Democrat/Republican Congressman from Florida, 1977β1993
- B. Todd Jones lawyer, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 2011β2015
- Joel Hills Johnson - Utah Territorial legislator, 1849-1850
- William J. Keating β former Republican Congressman, brother of Charles Keating
- Simon L. Leis, Jr. β Hamilton County, Ohio prosecutor and sheriff
- Mark Lippert β former ambassador to South Korea
- Nicholas Longworth β former Speaker of the House and Majority Leader
- Charlie Luken β former Congressman and Mayor of Cincinnati
- Tom Luken β former Congressman
- Greg Landsman β Democratic Congressman, 2023β
- Robert Todd Lytle β Congressman, 1833β1835
- Mark L. Mallory β former mayor of Cincinnati, 2005β2013
- William L. Mallory, Sr. β first African-American Ohio House of Representatives majority leader
- Sam Malone β former Cincinnati city councilman
- Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. β United States Solicitor General, 1893β1895
- Neil H. McElroy β Secretary of Defense, 1957β1959
- John McLean β Congressman, 1813β16, U.S. Postmaster General, 1823β1829, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1829β1861
- Alexander C. Mitchell β Republican congressman from Kansas, 1911
- Tom Mooney β teacher, labor union activist
- Harold G. Mosier β Democratic congressman, 1937β1939
- Edward Follansbee Noyes β Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to France
- Kabaka Oba β civil rights activist
- Lucy Evelyn Peabody β conservation activist
- Aaron F. Perry β Congressman, 1871β1872
- Rob Portman β Congressman, United States Trade Representative; Director of Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Senator 2011β2023
- Todd Portune β former Cincinnati city councilman
- Trey Radel β former Republican Congressman from Florida
- James B. Ray β Governor of Indiana, 1825β1831
- Lindsay Reynolds β chief of staff to First Lady of the United States Melania Trump
- Carl West Rich β Republican Congressman, three-time mayor of Cincinnati
- Eugene P. Ruehlmann β Mayor of Cincinnati, 1967β1971
- Jerry Rubin β political activist, Chicago Seven
- Charles W. Sawyer β United States Secretary of Commerce, 1948β1953 under President Harry Truman
- Milton Sayler β Cincinnati city councilman, Congressman, 1873β1879
- Bob Schaffer β former Republican Congressman from Colorado
- Jean Schmidt β Republican Congresswoman, 2005β2013; Ohio State Senator 2001β2004, 2021β
- Bob Schuler β Ohio State Senator, 2002β2009
- P.G. Sittenfeld β former Cincinnati city councilman, convicted of felony bribery
- Kathleen Sebelius β Governor of Kansas 2003β2009, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services 2009β14
- William B. Shattuc β Congressman, 1897β1903
- Christopher Smitherman β former Cincinnati city councilman
- Potter Stewart β lawyer, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1958β1981
- Bellamy Storer (1796β1875) β lawyer, Congressman, 1835β1837
- Bellamy Storer (1847β1922) β Congressman, 1891β1895, diplomat
- Bob Taft β Governor of Ohio, 1999β2007
- Charles Phelps Taft II β Mayor of Cincinnati, 1955β1957
- Robert A. Taft β Senate leader; son of William Howard Taft
- Robert Taft Jr. β Congressman 1963β1965, 1967β1971; U.S. Senator 1971β1976
- William Howard Taft β 27th President of the United States, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Businessβ»
- Marcellus Bailey β patent attorney for Alexander Graham Bell
- Emma Beckwith β bookkeeper, optician, inventor, suffragette
- Powel Crosley Jr. β inventor and entrepreneur
- Francis L. Dale β lawyer, Cincinnati Reds owner, Republican Party operative
- Maxwell Dane β advertising executive
- Sam Dunham β Executive Chef at Red Cedar Flats
- James Gamble β co-founder of Procter & Gamble
- Alfred T. Goshorn β businessman, civic booster, founder of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team
- Lou Groen β entrepreneur, inventor of the Filet-O-Fish sandwich
- Kevin Harrington β infomercial entrepreneur
- Bob Herbold β former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Microsoft Corporation
- Louise McCarren Herring β leader of the credit union movement
- Charles R. Hook Sr. β steel industrialist
- Ronald Howes β inventor of the Easy-Bake Oven
- Jeffrey R. Immelt β CEO of General Electric
- Charles Keating β banker involved in savings and loan crisis of the 1980s
- Jim Koch β founder of Boston Beer Company
- Bernard Kroger β founder of the Kroger supermarket chain
- Chris Kempczinski β President & CEO of McDonald's Corporation (born in Boston, raised in Cincinnati)
- Isaac Herbert Kempner β founder of Imperial Sugar
- James Michael Lafferty β CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding. Former Regional CEO for Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and British American Tobacco; Olympic Track and Field Coach
- Harry Ward Leonard β electrical engineer and inventor
- Carl Lindner, Jr. β businessman and co-founder of United Dairy Farmers; founder of American Financial Group
- William F. Nast β diplomat, railroad businessman
- Henry Nicholas β communications technology entrepreneur
- Stephen Sanger β former chairman of General Mills
- Marge Schott β women's business pioneer; former owner of the Cincinnati Reds
- David Sinton β pig iron industrialist
- Ted Turner β founder of Turner Broadcasting System
- David Uible β businessman and county commissioner
- Douglas A. Warner III β banker
- Joseph Ray Watkins β born in city, was an entrepreneur and founder of Watkins Incorporated
- Luman Watson β 19th century clockmaker
- Granville Woods β inventor
- Vivek Ramaswamy β biopharmaceutical entrepreneur, Republican Party presidential candidate
Scienceβ»
- Cleveland Abbe β meteorologist
- C. David Allis β geneticist
- Richard Allison β Surgeon General of the Army
- Ellen Harding Baker β astronomer and teacher
- Charles J. Bates β food scientist
- Amanda Bauer β astronomer
- George Robert Carruthers β physicist
- Robin T. Cotton β pediatrician
- Naomi Deutsch β nurse and educator
- Michael Dine β theoretical physicist
- William Doherty β entomologist
- Joseph Leo Doob β mathematician
- Ronald G. Douglas β mathematician and university provost
- Daniel Drake β physician and writer
- Richard S. Hamilton β mathematician
- Olive Hazlett β mathematician
- Henry Heimlich β co-developer of the Heimlich maneuver
- Karl Gordon Henize β NASA astronaut
- Robert Kistner β gynecologist, textbook author
- Thomas Samuel Kuhn β science historian
- John Mauchly β physicist, co-designer of ENIAC
- Ann Moore β pediatric nurse, inventor of the Snugli baby carrier
- Sharlotte Neely -anthropologist
- Louis Harry Newburgh - Professor of Clinical Investigation
- Joseph Ransohoff β neurosurgeon
- Samuel Mitja Rapoport β biochemist, Communist activist in Cincinnati in the 1930s
- Tom Rapoport β cell biologist at the Harvard Medical School
- Marion Rawson β archaeologist
- George Rieveschl β inventor of Benadryl
- Rae Robertson-Anderson β biophysicist
- Albert Sabin β discoverer of oral polio vaccine
Journalism and mediaβ»
- Jon Arthur β syndicated radio personality
- Gamaliel Bailey β journalist and abolitionist
- Delilah L. Beasley β first African American woman to be published regularly in a major metropolitan newspaper
- Marty Brennaman β Cincinnati Reds radio play-by-play announcer 1974β2019
- Thom Brennaman β sports broadcaster
- Gary Burbank β radio personality
- Nick Clooney β journalist, anchorman, and television host, father of George Clooney
- Gail Collins β columnist for The New York Times
- The Cool Ghoul, real name Dick VonHoene β news anchor, talk show and horror-movie show host
- Bill Cunningham β attorney, radio and television talk show host
- Paul Dixon β Cincinnati-area daytime television host
- Elizabeth Drew β political journalist and author
- Sara Eisen β CNBC news anchor
- Courtis Fuller β local news anchor
- Bill Hemmer β Fox News Channel anchor and correspondent; former CNN anchor and reporter
- Steven L. Herman β Voice of America bureau chief and correspondent
- Derrin Horton β sportscaster
- Mary Coffin Johnson - newspaper publisher, activist
- Joe Kernen β CNBC news anchor
- Dan La Botz β journalist, author and socialist activist
- Alan Light β former editor of VIBE and Spin
- Ruth Lyons β radio and television personality
- Edward Deering Mansfield β 19th-century newspaper editor
- William Maxwell β engraver, printer, publisher of the first newspaper in Cincinnati
- Mike McConnell β syndicated radio talk show host
- John Roll McLean β owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Washington Post
- Washington McLean β owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Washington Post
- Erin McPike β White House Correspondent for Independent Journal Review, formerly with CNN and NBC News
- David Mendell β journalist and Barack Obama biographer
- Dan Patrick β sportscaster and radio personality (from Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Virginia Payne β radio actress
- Wally Phillips β radio personality
- James S. Robbins β opinion journalist, author and scholar
- Glenn Ryle β television personality
- Al Schottelkotte β television news anchor and reporter
- Bob Shreve β early television personality
- Larry Smith β Puppeteer and children's television host
- Tony Snow β news commentator, White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush administration
- Dale Sommers β radio personality also known as "the Truckin' Bozo"
- Estelle Sternberger β radio commentator and women's activist
- Anne Marie Tiernon β local news anchor
- Linda Vester β Fox News Channel anchor
- Carolyn Washburn β former vice president and editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer
- Liz Wheeler β conservative political commentator, formerly with One America News Network
- Todd Wright β Sports radio personality
- Frederick Ziv β television producer and syndication pioneer
Artists and entertainmentβ»
Acting, motion pictures. And televisionβ»
- Kevin Allison β actor, sketch comedian (The State)
- Patti Astor β Underground film actress
- Theda Bara β silent film actress
- Powhatan Beaty β American Civil War soldier and stage actor
- Louise Beavers β actress
- Andy Blankenbuehler β dancer and choreographer
- Ron Bohmer β singer and actor
- Zach Bolton β voice actor and ADR director affiliated with Funimation
- Mark Boone Junior β actor
- Lee Bowman β film and television actor
- Bob Braun β local television and radio personality
- Don Brodie β actor and director
- Nana Bryant β actress
- Mabel Brownell β stage actress
- Rebecca Budig β soap opera and television actress
- Marty Callner β music video director
- Rocky Carroll β actor (NCIS)
- Marguerite Clark β stage and silent film actress
- Majel Coleman β actress and model
- Ray Combs β host of Family Feud, 1988β1994
- Walter Connolly β film actor
- Shamika Cotton β actress
- Chase Crawford β actor and producer
- Joel Crothers β actor
- Raymond Garfield Dandridge β poet
- Doris Day β popular singer and actress
- Tim de Zarn β actor
- Gabrielle Dennis β actress (The Game)
- John Diehl β actor
- John Dierkes β actor
- Pamella D'Pella β actress
- Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick) β actress, singer
- Vera-Ellen β actress and dancer (White Christmas)
- Susan Floyd β actress
- Trixie Friganza β vaudeville and film actress
- Stephen Geoffreys β film, stage, and gay pornography actor
- Sidney M. Goldin β silent film director
- Charles Guggenheim β movie director
- Julie Hagerty β model and actress (Airplane!)
- Pauline Hall β stage actress and dancer
- Porter Hall β actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
- Emily Harper β actress
- Maurice Hegeman β Broadway musical actor, lyricist, and playwright
- Tiffany Hines β actress
- Libby Holman β torch singer and actress
- Tonya Ingram β poet, disability activist, mental health advocate
- IShowSpeed, real name Darren Watkins Jr. β YouTube personality, streamer, rapper, and songwriter
- Arthur V. Johnson β silent film actor and director
- Lanny Joon β actor
- Noah Keen β actor
- Dagney Kerr β actress
- Mike Kleinhenz β voice actor
- Ida Koverman β Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film executive
- Eric Lange β actor (Lost and Victorious)
- Dorothy Layton β actress
- KiKi Layne β actress
- Hal Le Roy β dancer, singer, stage actor
- Hudson Leick β actress
- Edward LeSaint β silent film actor and director
- Marcia Lewis β actress
- Vicki Lewis β actress (NewsRadio)
- Floriana Lima β actress
- Todd Louiso β actor
- Gina Malo β actress
- Irene Manning β actress and singer
- Jack Manning β actor
- Markiplier, real name Mark Edward Fischbach β YouTube personality, originally from Honolulu, later moved to Los Angeles
- Ann May β silent film actress
- Eve McVeagh β actress
- Benjamin S. Mears β actor and playwright
- Blanche Mehaffey β showgirl and actress
- Gertrude Michael β film and television actress
- Fanny Midgley β silent film actress
- Harry F. Millarde β silent film actor and director
- Marjorie Monaghan β actress
- J. Madison Wright Morris β actress and model
- Kathryn Morris β actress (Cold Case)
- Sydney Morton β actor
- Heidi Mueller β actress
- Pamela Myers β Broadway and television actress
- Stephen Nichols β actor
- Luke Null β comedian, cast member on Saturday Night Live
- Gary Owen β stand-up comedian and actor
- Jay Patterson β actor
- Jo Ellen Pellman - actress
- Richard M. Powell β television and film screenwriter
- Tyrone Power β actor (The Mark of Zorro, Witness for the Prosecution)
- Lee Roy Reams β Broadway actor and "director," born in Covington, Kentucky
- Theresa Rebeck β television (NYPD Blue) and film screenwriter
- Theodore Reed β movie director
- Hari Rhodes β actor
- Sy Richardson β actor
- Diana-Maria Riva β actress
- Dennis Roady β actor and YouTube personality
- Wendy Robie β actress
- Roy Rogers β actor and singer, iconic western film star
- Bonnie Rotten β porn star
- Brenda Scott β actress
- Tom Segura β comedian
- Iva Shepard β silent film actress
- Gertrude Short β silent film actress
- Hal Sparks β actor and comedian
- Shane Sparks β choreographer
- Steven Spielberg β Oscar-winning film director
- Jerry Springer β mayor of Cincinnati, talk show host (born in London, of Austrian parents)
- Pat Stanley β actress, dancer, and singer
- Galadriel Stineman β actress
- Brette Taylor β actress and singer-songwriter
- Amanda Tepe β actress
- Jordan Trovillion β actress and singer
- Evelyn Venable β actress
- Daniel von Bargen β actor
- Patricia Wettig β actress and playwright
- Robert J. Wilke β actor
- Katt Williams β stand-up comedian and actor
- Jennie Worrell β 19th century burlesque actress
- Rudy Wurlitzer β screenwriter
- Amy Yasbeck β actress
- Wolfgang Zilzer β actor
Musicβ»
- Marty Balin β founder and original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane
- Matt Berninger β lead singer of The National
- LaKiesha Berri β R&B singer
- Boom Bip β electronic musician
- Andy Biersack β rock singer (Black Veil Brides)
- Bobby Borchers β country music singer-songwriter
- Earl Bostic β jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist
- Mia Carruthers β singer-songwriter
- Mel Carter β R&B singer
- Bootsy Collins β Parliament Funkadelic funk bass player
- Danny Cox β folk singer/songwriter
- Gustav Dannreuther β violinist and conductor
- Hal Davis β songwriter and record producer for Motown Records
- Carl Dobkins, Jr. β rockabilly singer
- George Duning β trumpet and piano player
- Fat Jon β hip hop producer
- Frank Foster β jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
- Stephen Foster β songwriter and arranger
- Homer and Jethro β Grammy-winning country comedy duo
- H-Bomb Ferguson β jump blues singer
- Henry Fillmore β march music composer
- Peter Frampton β musician, previously lived in Cincinnati
- Jane French β singer-songwriter
- Reed Ghazala β electronic musician and instrument builder
- Larry Hall β singer ("Sandy")
- Fred Hersch β jazz pianist
- Hi-Tek β rapper and producer
- Joel Hills Johnson - gospel songwriter called "Zion's Songster"
- Gloria Jones β singer-songwriter
- Grandpa Jones β entertainer, banjo player and "old time" country and gospel singer
- Kenna β electronic musician
- Steve Kipner β songwriter ("Let's Get Physical")
- Drew Lachey β winner of Dancing With The Stars
- Nick Lachey β lead singer of 98 Degrees
- James Levine β conductor
- Scott Lindroth β composer
- Lonnie Mack β blues artist
- Arlo McKinley β singer-songwriter
- Len Mink β Christian evangelist and musician
- Sonny Moorman β blues guitarist
- Nicole C. Mullen β songwriter and choreographer
- Naked Cowboy β busker
- Curtis Peagler β jazz saxophonist
- Ralph Penland β jazz drummer
- Awadagin Pratt - concert pianist
- Tyler Ramsey β guitarist for Band of Horses
- Antonio "L.A." Reid β record executive
- Katie Reider β singer-songwriter
- Sheldon Reynolds β R&B guitarist
- George Russell β jazz pianist and composer
- Mamie Smith β blues singer
- Sudan Archives β violinist and R&B singer
- Merle Travis β country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Constance Cochnower Virtue - composer
- Speed Walton β hip hop musician
- David Wolfenberger β singer-songwriter
- Andy Williams β pop singer
- Philippe Wynne β lead singer for The Spinners
Groupsβ»
- 98 Degrees β boy band of the 1990s
- Afghan Whigs β rock band
- Ass Ponys β rock band
- The Bears β rock band
- Beneath the Sky β metalcore band
- Black Veil Brides β rock band
- Blessid Union of Souls β rock band
- Buffalo Killers β rock band
- The Casinos β doo-wop group
- The Deele β R&B/Soul group
- Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods β 1970s pop band
- Ellery β alt-folk band
- Five Deez β Hip Hop group
- Foxy Shazam β rock band
- The Greenhornes β rock band
- Heartless Bastards β indie rock band
- The Isley Brothers β R&B/soul group
- The Lemon Pipers β pop band from the 1960s
- The National β indie rock band
- Otis Williams and the Charms β doo-wop vocal group
- Over the Rhine β rock band
- RyanDan – dual operatic singer/gospel
- Pure Prairie League β pop/country band
- Pomegranates β indie rock band
- The Students β doo-wop group
- Walk the Moon β indie-rock band
- Wussy β indie rock band
Authorsβ»
- Karen Ackerman β children's author
- Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834β1907) β poet
- Thomas Berger β author
- Eva Best - story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist
- Christopher Bollen β novelist
- Fredric Brown β author
- Alice Cary β poet
- Phoebe Cary β poet
- Stuart Archer Cohen β novelist
- Sharon Creech β novelist
- Michael Cunningham β novelist (The Hours)
- Nikki Giovanni β poet and author
- Shari Goldhagen β novelist
- Richard Hague β poet, author and educator
- Kenneth Koch β New York School poet
- Tim Lucas β film critic, novelist, author
- William Matthews β poet
- William Holmes McGuffey β educator, author of McGuffey Readers
- Karen Marie Moning β paranormal romance/thriller author
- David Quammen β science and travel writer
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips β author
- Mike Resnick β Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer
- Helen Hooven Santmyer β writer
- Stanley Schmidt β science fiction author and magazine editor
- Curtis Sittenfeld β novelist
- Henry Thew Stevenson β academic and writer
- Harriet Beecher Stowe β author and abolitionist
- Edmund White β author
- Jonathan Valin β novelist
Visual artistsβ»
- James Presley Ball β photographer and abolitionist
- Karl Bissinger β photographer
- Robert Frederick Blum β lithographer
- Jim Borgman β Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
- Jim Dine β pop artist
- Robert S. Duncanson β painter and muralist
- Frank Duveneck β figure and portrait painter
- Elliot Earls β graphic designer
- Alfred Oscar Elzner β architect
- Suzanne Farrell β ballerina
- Tim Folzenlogen β realist painter
- William H. Fry β Aesthetic movement wood carver and gilder
- Frank J. Girardin β painter
- Daniel Greene β painter
- Harry Hake β architect
- Samuel Hannaford β architect, designer of Cincinnati's Music Hall
- Charley Harper β wildlife artist
- Robert Henri β painter, leader of the Ashcan School movement
- Ida Holterhoff Holloway β painter
- Charles S. Kaelin β American Impressionist painter
- Graham Ingels β comic book and magazine illustrator
- Thomas Rogers Kimball β architect
- Janis Crystal Lipzin β multi-media artist, filmmaker, photographer
- Gary Lord (artist) β faux painter and decorator
- Mary Louise McLaughlin β ceramic painter and studio potter
- Lewis Henry Meakin β American Impressionist painter
- Henry Mosler β painter
- Alfred B. Mullett β architect
- Frank Harmon Myers β painter
- Charles Henry Niehaus β sculptor
- Thomas Satterwhite Noble β painter
- Elizabeth Nourse β painter
- Diane Pfister β artist and painter
- Edward Henry Potthast β American Impressionist painter
- Hiram Powers β sculptor
- John Ruthven β painter of wildlife
- Sara Sax β ceramic painter
- Kataro Shirayamadani β ceramic painter
- Sheida Soleimani β Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist
- Lilly Martin Spencer β painter
- Francis Marion Stokes β architect
- Maria Longworth Nichols Storer β founder of the Rookwood Pottery Company
- Adolph Strauch β landscape architect
- John Robinson Tait β landscape painter
- Tony Tasset β contemporary artist
- Mary Lee Tate β African American painter, educator
- Tom Tsuchiya β sculptor
- John Henry Twachtman β impressionist landscape painter
- Leon Van Loo β photographer
- Edward Charles Volkert β American Impressionist painter
- Tom Wesselmann β pop artist
Sportsβ»
Baseballβ»
- Mike Adams β MLB outfielder
- Ethan Allen β MLB player, coach at Yale University
- Nick Altrock β MLB pitcher
- Charlie Armbruster β MLB catcher
- Skeeter Barnes β MLB utility player
- Al Bashang β MLB outfielder
- Buddy Bell - MLB third baseman and manager
- Charlie Bell β MLB pitcher
- David Bell β MLB third baseman and Cincinnati Reds manager
- Frank Bell β MLB player
- Mike Bell β MLB third baseman
- Andrew Benintendi β MLB outfielder
- Ralph Birkofer β MLB pitcher
- Red Bittmann β MLB second baseman
- Ethan Blackaby β MLB outfielder
- Jim Bolger β MLB outfielder
- Barry Bonnell β MLB player
- Daryl Boston β MLB outfielder
- Buzz Boyle β MLB outfielder
- Jack Boyle β MLB player
- Jimmy Boyle β MLB catcher
- Andrew Brackman β former MLB pitcher
- Ed Brinkman β MLB player
- Jim Brosnan β MLB pitcher, author of The Long Season and Pennant Race
- Nelson Burbrink β MLB catcher and scout
- Moe Burtschy β MLB pitcher
- Jack Bushelman β MLB pitcher
- Flea Clifton β MLB pitcher
- Joe Crotty β MLB catcher
- Bob Daughters β MLB player
- Zach Day β MLB pitcher
- Dory Dean β MLB pitcher
- Drew Denson β MLB first baseman
- Red Dooin β MLB player and manager
- Bill Doran β MLB second baseman
- Richard Dotson β MLB pitcher
- Dick Drott β MLB pitcher
- Louis Dula β Negro leagues pitcher
- Leon Durham β MLB player
- Joe Ellick β MLB player
- Buck Ewing β Hall of Fame catcher and manager
- Bill Faul β MLB pitcher
- Tom Flanigan β MLB pitcher
- Danny Friend β MLB pitcher
- Charlie Grant β Negro leagues second baseman
- Bob Gilks β MLB player
- Ed Glenn β MLB player
- Charlie Gould β National League baseball player
- Ken Griffey Jr. β MLB outfielder, Baseball Hall of Famer (born in Donora, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Cincinnati)
- Tommy Griffith β MLB outfielder
- Heinie Groh β MLB third baseman
- Josh Harrison β MLB third baseman
- Dan Hayden β Miami University (OH) baseball coach
- August Herrmann β Cincinnati Reds president, 1903β1920
- Johnny Hodapp β MLB infielder
- Ed Hug β MLB catcher
- Miller Huggins β MLB player; Hall of Fame manager for the New York Yankees
- Roy Hughes β MLB infielder
- Tom Hume β MLB pitcher and coach
- Adam Hyzdu β MLB and Japanese baseball outfielder
- Larry Jacobus β MLB pitcher
- Betsy Jochum β All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Lance Johnson β MLB player
- David Justice β MLB player
- Al Kaiser β MLB outfielder
- Dorothy Kamenshek β All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Scott Klingenbeck β MLB pitcher
- Eddie Kolb β MLB pitcher, businessman
- Al Lakeman β MLB player
- Margie Lang β All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Barry Larkin β MLB shortstop, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Stephen Larkin β MLB first baseman
- Steve Larkin β MLB pitcher
- Charlie Leesman β MLB pitcher
- Dick LeMay β MLB pitcher
- Jensen Lewis β MLB pitcher
- Jim Leyritz β MLB catcher
- Bill Long β MLB pitcher
- Garry Maddox β MLB outfielder
- Lee Magee β MLB player and manager
- Art Mahaffey β MLB pitcher
- Lefty Marr β MLB third baseman
- Len Matuszek β MLB first baseman
- Wally Mayer β MLB catcher
- Roger McDowell β MLB pitcher and coach
- Bobby Mitchell β MLB pitcher
- Ralph Miller β MLB pitcher
- Ron Moeller β MLB pitcher
- Bobby Moore β MLB player who is currently a coach for the Atlanta Braves organization
- Red Munson β MLB catcher
- Charles Murphy β sportswriter, owner of the Chicago Cubs
- Tim Naehring β MLB player
- Russ Nagelson β MLB player
- Chris Nichting β MLB pitcher
- Bob Nieman β MLB player
- Russ Nixon β MLB player and manager (born in Cleves, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Joe Nuxhall β pitcher, later long-time color commentator for Cincinnati Reds games (from Hamilton, Ohio)
- Brian O'Connor MLB pitcher
- Ron Oester β MLB player
- Jayhawk Owens β MLB player
- Dave Parker β MLB player, born in Mississippi, grew up in Cincinnati
- George Paynter β MLB outfielder
- George Pechiney β MLB pitcher
- Dave Pember β MLB pitcher
- Shannon Penn β MLB designated hitter
- Eduardo PΓ©rez β MLB player; son of Tony PΓ©rez
- Jack Pfiester β MLB pitcher
- Cy Pfirman β MLB umpire
- Icicle Reeder β MLB outfielder
- Tuffy Rhodes β MLB and Japanese player
- Billy Riley β MLB player outfielder
- Pete Rose β All-Star MLB player, holds record for most hits in a career
- Pete Rose Jr. β minor league baseball player
- Jeff Russell β MLB pitcher
- Scott Sauerbeck β MLB pitcher
- Admiral Schlei β MLB catcher
- Jimmy Shevlin β MLB first baseman
- John Shoupe β 19th-century shortstop
- Joe Smith β MLB player
- Rudy Sommers β MLB pitcher
- Ed Sperber β MLB outfielder
- Jake Stenzel β MLB outfielder
- Shannon Stewart β MLB player
- Eric Surkamp β MLB pitcher
- Brent Suter β MLB pitcher
- Pat Tabler β MLB player and baseball analyst
- Kent Tekulve β MLB pitcher
- Bill Wegman β MLB pitcher
- Marie Wegman β All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Alex Wimmers β MLB pitcher
- Jimmy Wynn β MLB outfielder
- George Yeager β MLB catcher
- Kevin Youkilis β All-Star MLB first and third baseman
- Don Zimmer β MLB player and manager
Basketballβ»
- Luke Babbitt β NBA player
- Dennis Bell β NBA player
- Tom Boerwinkle β NBA player
- Ric Bucher β ESPN NBA analyst
- Rick Calloway β NBA player
- Jeremy Chappell β Robert Morris and European league player
- Kwan Cheatham (born 1995) - basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Semaj Christon β Xavier University and NBA Development League player
- Mick Cronin β UCLA and University of Cincinnati basketball coach
- Ralph Crosthwaite β Western Kentucky University and NBA player
- Erik Daniels β University of Kentucky and NBA player
- Dee Davis β WNBA player
- Derrek Dickey β NBA player and analyst
- Justin Doellman β Xavier University and Spanish League player
- Josh Duncan β Xavier University and European league player
- Jacob Eisner β Israeli basketball player
- Robin Freeman β 1955 and 1956 All-American at Ohio State
- Yancy Gates β player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League
- Matt Harpring β NBA player
- Tyrone Hill β Xavier University and NBA player
- Robert Hite β NBA player
- Rick Hughes β NBA player
- Brandon Hunter β NBA player
- Kannard Johnson β NBA player
- Pat Kelsey β College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball head coach
- Shane Larkin β plays in the Turkish Basketbol SΓΌper Ligi for Anadolu Efes S.K. , son of Barry Larkin
- Brad Loesing β Wofford and European league player
- Mike Mathis β NBA referee
- Kelsey Mitchell β 2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Year for Ohio State
- Louis Orr β NBA player and college coach
- Dave Robisch β NBA and ABA player
- Kelly Schumacher β WNBA basketball player
- Jordan Sibert β NBA player
- Mel Thomas β UConn player
- LaSalle Thompson β NBA player
- Bob Wiesenhahn β NBA player
- Devin Williams β West Virginia and NBA G League player
Boxingβ»
- Tim Austin β 1992 Olympic bronze medalist and bantamweight boxing champion
- Adrien Broner β light welterweight boxer
- Ezzard Charles β heavyweight champion boxer
- Larry Donald β Olympic and professional heavyweight boxer
- George Foster β featherweight boxer
- Billy Joiner β heavyweight boxer and trainer
- Freddie Miller β featherweight boxer
- Aaron Pryor β world light welterweight champion boxer
- Brad Rone β journeyman boxer who died in the ring
- Ronald Siler β 2004 Olympic flyweight boxer
- Wallace Smith β lightweight boxer
- Reggie Strickland β has the most known losses of any boxer in history
- Tony Tubbs β heavyweight boxer
- Rau'shee Warren β bantamweight boxer
- Ricardo Williams β 2000 Olympic light welterweight silver medalist boxer
- Harry Woodson β 19th century boxer
Footballβ»
- Alex Albright β NFL linebacker
- Kevin Allen β NFL offensive tackle
- Darren Anderson β NFL cornerback
- Mel Anthony β Michigan and CFL fullback; 1965 Rose Bowl MVP
- Steve Apke β replacement player during 1987 NFL players' strike
- B.J. Askew β NFL fullback
- Alex Bannister β NFL wide receiver
- Darren Barnett β NFL cornerback
- Ron Beagle β College Football Hall of Fame end for Navy
- Bruce Beekley β NFL linebacker
- Ed Biles β NFL Houston Oilers head coach, 1981β1983
- Rocky Boiman β Notre Dame and NFL linebacker, radio host
- Vaughn Booker β NFL defensive end
- Jim Boyle β NFL offensive tackle
- Colin Branch β NFL safety
- Tyrone Brown β NFL and CFL wide receiver
- Al Brosky β College Football Hall of Fame cornerback
- Dante Brown β NFL running back
- Ricky Brown β NFL linebacker for Boston College and the Oakland Raiders
- Trevor Canfield β NFL offensive lineman
- Tank Carradine β Florida State and NFL defensive tackle
- Brent Celek β NFL tight end
- Garrett Celek β NFL tight end
- Frank Clair β Canadian Football League coach
- Vinnie Clark β NFL cornerback
- Robert Cobb β NFL defensive end
- John Conner β University of Kentucky and New York Jets fullback
- Bob Crable β NFL player, businessman
- Shane Curry β NFL defensive end; murdered in 1992
- Dane Dastillung β American football player
- Jerome Davis β NFL nose tackle
- Wayne Davis β NFL cornerback
- Jerry Doerger β NFL center
- Nate Ebner β Ohio State and NFL New England Patriots safety and 2016 rugby sevens Olympian
- Dixon Edwards β NFL linebacker
- Marc Edwards β NFL fullback
- Ray Edwards β NFL defensive end
- Mark Elder β Eastern Kentucky college football head coach
- Mark Fischer β Purdue and Washington Redskins offensive lineman
- Dave Foley β Ohio State and NFL offensive tackle
- Greg Frey β Ohio State quarterback
- Bob Fry β NFL offensive lineman
- Dave Frye β NFL linebacker
- Bob Goodridge β NFL wide receiver
- Dick Gordon β Pro Bowl wide receiver
- Carlton Gray β NFL cornerback
- Gino Guidugli β University of Cincinnati quarterback
- Darryl Hardy β NFL linebacker
- Maurice Harvey β NFL safety
- Clint Haslerig β Michigan and NFL wide receiver
- Don Hasselbeck β NFL tight end
- Joel Heath β NFL defensive tackle
- Rodney Heath β NFL cornerback
- Mark Herrmann β NFL quarterback
- Jordan Hicks β NFL linebacker
- Alex Higdon β Ohio State and NFL tight end
- Darius Hillary β Wisconsin and NFL cornerback
- Robert Hoernschemeyer β NFL running back
- Jack Hoffman β NFL player
- Sam Hubbard β defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Cincinnati Bengals
- Kevin Huber β NFL punter
- Russ Huesman β college football coach
- Tony Hunter β Notre Dame and NFL tight end
- Tom Jackson β NFL player and ESPN analyst (lives in Cincinnati)
- Dan James β NFL and Ohio State offensive lineman
- Melvin Johnson β NFL safety
- Paris Johnson Jr. β Ohio State offensive lineman
- Greg Jones β NFL linebacker
- Michael Jordan β NFL offensive lineman
- Steve Junker β NFL tight end
- Mark Kamphaus β Boston College quarterback
- Eric Kattus β NFL tight end
- Terry Killens β NFL linebacker
- Austin King β NFL center
- Eric Joel Kresser β NFL quarterback
- Luke Kuechly β NFL linebacker; 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year
- David Long Jr. β NFL linebacker
- Dante Love β Ball State wide receiver
- Greg Mancz β NFL center
- Michael Matthews β NFL tight end
- Napoleon McCallum β College Football Hall of Fame running back for Navy
- Jake McQuaide β Los Angeles Rams Pro Bowl Long snapper
- Brandon Miree β NFL fullback
- Michael MuΓ±oz β Tennessee offensive tackle
- Justin Murray β NFL offensive tackle
- Leon Murray β Tennessee State quarterback
- Rico Murray β NFL cornerback
- Al Nelson β former NFL cornerback
- Steve Niehaus β first draft choice of NFL Seattle Seahawks; defensive tackle
- Ray Nolting β NFL running back, University of Cincinnati football coach
- Andrew Norwell β NFL offensive lineman, 2017 All-Pro
- David Nugent β NFL defensive lineman
- Tom O'Brien β North Carolina State Wolfpack football head coach
- Antwan Peek β NFL linebacker
- Ahmed Plummer β NFL cornerback (from Wyoming, suburb of Cincinnati)
- P. J. Pope β NFL running back
- DeVier Posey β NFL wide receiver
- George Ratterman β football player
- Reggie Redding β NFL offensive lineman
- Ike Reese β NFL linebacker and radio host
- Jack Reynolds β NFL linebacker
- J. Burton Rix β SMU and Miami (FL) head football coach
- Kurt Rocco β Arena Football League quarterback
- Kyle Rudolph β Minnesota Vikings tight end
- Marcus Rush β NFL linebacker
- Abdul Salaam β NFL defensive tackle
- Greg Scruggs β NFL linebacker
- Mike Sensibaugh β NFL safety
- Tyler Sheehan β NFL and indoor football quarterback
- Ed Shuttlesworth β Michigan and CFL fullback
- Chris Smith β NFL running back
- Sean Smith β NFL defensive end
- Kirk Springs β NFL safety
- Ryan Stanchek β NFL offensive lineman
- Ralph Staub β Cincinnati Bearcats football player and coach
- Roger Staubach β Heisman Trophy-winning Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback
- Milt Stegall β NFL and CFL wide receiver, Canadian Football Hall of Famer
- Greg Stemrick β NFL cornerback
- Ken Stone β NFL safety
- Zach Strief β NFL offensive lineman
- Dana Stubblefield β NFL defensive tackle
- Steve Sylvester β NFL offensive lineman
- Matthew Teague β NFL and CFL linebacker
- Matt Tennant β NFL offensive lineman
- Steve Tensi β NFL quarterback
- Brian Townsend β NFL linebacker
- DeJuan Tribble β NFL cornerback
- Tom Waddle β NFL wide receiver and football analyst
- Eric Wood β NFL center
- Spencer Ware β NFL running back
- Adolphus Washington β Ohio State and NFL defensive tackle
- John Wiethe β All-Pro NFL guard/linebacker and Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coach, 1946β1952
- Russell Wilson β NFL quarterback and Super Bowl XLVIII Champion
- DeShawn Wynn β NFL running back
Golfβ»
- Steve Flesch (1967-) β professional golfer
- Jim Herman (1977-) - professional golfer
- Bob Lohr (1960-) β professional golfer
- Tom Nieporte (1928-2014) β professional golfer
- Marissa Steen (1989-) β professional golfer
- Brett Wetterich (1973-) β professional golfer
Tennisβ»
- Winona Closterman (1877-1944) β tennis player
- Ruth Sanders Cordes (1890-1968) β tennis player
- Steve DeVries (1964-) β tennis player
- Nat Emerson (1874-1958) β tennis player
- Nicole Gibbs (1993-) β tennis player
- Reuben A. Holden III (1890-1967) β tennis player
- Emmy Kaiser (1990-) β Wheelchair tennis player
- Louis Kuhler (1902-1925) β tennis player
- Paul Kunkel (1903-1977) β amateur tennis player
- Barry MacKay (1935-2012) β tennis player and broadcaster
- Caty McNally (2001-) β tennis player
- Monica Nolan (1913-1995) β tennis player
- Eric Quigley (1989-) β tennis player
- Dudley Sutphin (1875-1926) β tennis player, lawyer
- Bill Talbert (1918-1999) β tennis player and administrator
- Tony Trabert (1930-2021) β tennis player and instructor
- Clara Louise Zinke (1909-1978) β tennis player
- J.J. Wolf (1998 - ) β tennis player
- Peyton Stearns (2001 - ) β tennis player
Otherβ»
- Rachael Adams β 2016 Olympic women's volleyball bronze medalist
- Eddie Arcaro β Triple Crown-winning jockey
- Amanda Borden β 1996 gold-medal winning gymnast
- Danielle Borgman β professional soccer player
- Jordan Brauninger β figure skater
- Aimee Bruder β bronze medal-winning Paralympics swimmer
- Caleb Bragg β racecar driver and automobile inventor
- Marc Burch β Major League Soccer defender
- Amber Campbell β 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games hammer thrower
- Steve Cauthen β Triple Crown-winning jockey (from Covington, Kentucky)
- Rodney Combs β NASCAR driver
- Katherine Copely β Lithuanian ice dancer
- Angelo Dawkins β WWE tag team wrestler with Street Profits
- Deena Deardurff β 1972 Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Rich Franklin β Ultimate Fighting Championship champion
- Curt Fraser β National Hockey League (NHL) player and coach
- Christina Gao β figure skater
- Mike Goldberg β Ultimate Fighting Championship play-by-play commentator
- Jonathan Good β AEW professional wrestler known as Jon Moxley; formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE
- Nick Hagglund β FC Cincinnati soccer player
- Maxwell Holt β 2016 Olympic men's volleyball bronze medalist
- Harlan Holden β track and field athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Ted Horn β race car driver
- DeHart Hubbard β first African-American to win an individual Olympic gold medal
- Joseph Hudepohl β Olympic swimmer
- Tori Huster β soccer player
- Julie Isphording β long-distance runner
- Rebecca Jasontek β 2004 bronze medal-winning synchronized swimmer
- Jenny Kemp β 1972 Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Dan Ketchum β Olympic swimmer
- Aubrey Kingsbury β professional soccer player of Washington Spirit and the United States national team
- Walter Laufer β 1928 gold medal-winning swimmer
- Rose Lavelle β 2019 World Cup champion and NWSL player
- Linda Miles β professional wrestler (WWE's "Shaniqua")
- Betsy Mitchell β 1984 Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Heather Mitts β soccer player
- Darrell Pace β 1976 and 1984 Olympic gold-medal winning archer
- David Payne β hurdler
- Erin Phenix β gold-medal winning swimmer at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Brian Pillman β NFL nose tackle and professional wrestler
- Brian Pillman Jr. β professional wrestler, son of Brian Pillman
- Lexie Priessman β gymnast
- Kerry Schall β UFC fighter
- Vivian St. John β professional wrestler
- Josh Schneider β former World Record holder, swimming
- Robert Shmalo β ice dancer
- Bridget Sloan β Olympic gymnast and 2009 world all-around champion
- Sam Stoller β sprinter and long jumper
- Les Thatcher β professional wrestler, announcer, and trainer
- Nick Thoman β 2012 swimming gold medalist
- Mary Lee Tracy β gymnastics coach
- Albertson Van Zo Post β 1904 double gold medal-winning fencer
- Bryan Volpenhein β 2004 gold medal-winning rower
- Olga Strashun Weil β amateur golfer and tennis player
- Mary Wineberg β 2008 Olympic gold medalist, track and field
- Russ Witherby β Olympic ice dancing competitor
- Brian Woermann β professional wrestler ("Matt Stryker")
- Jimmy Yang β professional wrestler
- Jeanne Zelasko β sports broadcaster
Militaryβ»
- Christian Albert β Medal of Honor recipient at Siege of Vicksburg
- Nicholas Longworth Anderson β American Civil War Colonel
- George J. Austin (c. 1881β1930), Black military officer; worked for Black representation in the "U."S. military during segregation
- Edward William Boers β Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Francis Bryan β United States Navy Rear Admiral and 17th governor of American Samoa
- James Calhoun β cavalryman killed at Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Henry M. Cist β American Civil War general
- Charles Clark β Confederate Army general, plantation owner, Confederate Governor of Mississippi
- Cordelia E Cook β first woman to receive both the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart
- John Cook β Medal of Honor recipient at Battle of Antietam
- Hubert Dilger β Civil War artillery officer
- William Dwight β Union Civil War general
- Wilson V. Eagleson II β U.S. Army Air Force officer and decorated combat fighter pilot with the prodigious Tuskegee Airmen
- James E. Earheart, Jr. β Marine killed in action during World War II
- William S. Fellers β Marine Corps Major general, Director of Staff of Inter-American Defense Board
- Manning Force β American Civil War general and Medal of Honor recipient
- John R. Fox β World War II-era Medal of Honor recipient
- Kenner Garrard β American Civil War general
- James Augustin Greer β Civil War-era Admiral
- Webb Hayes β Medal of Honor recipient, co-founder of Union Carbide
- Victor Heintz β decorated World War I veteran; Republican Congressman, 1917β1919
- Andrew Hickenlooper β American Civil War general
- Heinrich Hoffman β American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Francis Lupo β World War I soldier whose remains were discovered in 2003
- William Haines Lytle β poet; Civil War general; killed at Battle of Chickamauga (1863)
- Keith Matthew Maupin β soldier, missing and captured in Iraq for nearly four years
- Nathaniel McLean β Union Civil War general
- John Moore β Surgeon General of the Army
- Abram S. Piatt β Union Civil War general
- James Pine β United States Coast Guard Vice Admiral
- John P. Slough β Union Civil War general
- George E. Stratemeyer β Air Force general
- Melancthon S. Wade β Union Civil War general
- Godfrey Weitzel β Union Civil War general
Other notable peopleβ»
- Clara Adams β aviation pioneer
- Pierre Adrian β chef at The Maisonette
- Joseph H. Albers β first bishop of Lansing, Michigan
- Anthony Allaire β New York City Police inspector
- Michael Anthony β chef
- Levi Addison Ault β businessman, naturalist, donor of Cincinnati's Ault Park
- John Bardo β 13th President of Wichita State University, 10th Chancellor of Western Carolina University
- Samri Baldwin β stage magician
- Daniel Carter Beard β founder Sons of Daniel Boone
- Betty Blake β historic preservationist
- Kim Bobo β labor activist
- Thomas D. Boyatt β former United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Colombia
- Kitty Burke β nightclub entertainer who attempted to bat in a baseball game
- Mary Towne Burt β temperance reformer, newspaper publisher, and benefactor
- Oba Chandler β rapist and murderer on death row in Florida
- Peter H. Clark β abolitionist and educator
- Levi Coffin β abolitionist
- Lorenzo Collins β mentally ill man shot by Cincinnati police in 1997
- Robert Daniel Conlon β Roman Catholic Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
- Sara Jane Crafts (1845β1930), educator, author, social reformer
- Moses Dickson β African-American abolitionist, soldier and minister
- Jonathan Edwards β first president of Washington & Jefferson College
- William Henry Elder β long-serving Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati
- Audrey Emery β heiress and socialite
- Mary Emery β philanthropist
- T. Higbee Embry β aviation enthusiast and co-founder of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Dana Fabe β Chief Justice Alaska Supreme Court
- Bernard T. Espelage β first Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico
- Mary Jane Farell β Contract bridge player
- Susan Fessenden (1840β1932) β activist, social reformer
- Thomas Milton Gatch β president of Willamette University, Oregon State University and University of Washington
- Nelson Glueck β rabbi and archaeologist
- Alfred Gottschalk β President of Hebrew Union College and leader in Reform Judaism.
- Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann β first Bishop of Evansville
- Alice Claypoole Gwynne β wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
- Don Helbig β Guinness World Record holder for roller coaster riding
- John R. Hicks β murderer executed by the State of Ohio
- Helena Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore β heiress and socialite
- Charles L. Kuhn β art historian
- Alice Stone Ilchman β eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College
- Joseph Jonas β first Jew to settle in Cincinnati, founder of the Old Jewish Cemetery
- Stewart Judah β card magician
- Posteal Laskey β serial killer nicknamed the "Cincinnati Strangler"
- William Mackey Lomasney β Irish revolutionary
- Longworth family β early leading Cincinnati family
- Lytle family β early leading Cincinnati family
- Mike Mangold β pilot
- Helen Taft Manning β daughter of William Howard Taft, historian
- Charles Manson β cult leader, convicted murderer
- Carl K. Moeddel β auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 1993β2007
- Julian Morgenstern β rabbi, professor, and president of Hebrew Union College
- Sara Murphy β socialite, Pablo Picasso portrait subject
- Anthony John King Mussio β first Roman Catholic bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
- David Leroy Nickens β freed slave, first African American licensed minister in Ohio
- Jack Norris β dietitian and vegan activist
- Olive Peterson β Contract bridge player and teacher
- David Philipson β Reform rabbi
- John Baptist Purcell β long-serving Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati
- George Remus β bootlegger
- Robert Ruwe β United States Tax Court judge
- William Knox Schroeder β student killed in the Kent State shootings
- William Smith β murderer executed in 2005
- Hermann, Freiherr von Soden β biblical scholar
- Joseph Strauss β chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Jule Sugarman β creator of Head Start
- Denise Trauth β 9th President of Texas State University
- Myra L. Uhlfelder β classicist
- Otto Warmbier β University of Virginia student arrested in North Korea; later died in custody in 2017
- Irvin F. Westheimer β founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
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