List of people from Cleveland

A

• Tony Abbott, author of children's books
• Richard F. Abel, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
• Tony Adamle, football player
• Steven Adler, original drummer of Guns N' Roses, also performed with Road Crew, Bullet Boys, and Adler's Appetite
• Corey Allen, film and television director, writer, producer, and actor
• RaShaun Allen, football player
• Gordon Allport, psychologist
• Ernie Anderson, radio and TV personality
• Ray Anthony, bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor
• Graham Armstrong, football player
• Avant, singer
• Max M. Axelrod, businessman and sports pioneer
• Nathaniel Ayers, musician
• Albert Ayler, musician
• Brian Azzarello, comic book writer

  B

• Catherine Bach, actress
• Jim Backus, actor
• Benny Bailey, musician
• Rodney Bailey, football player
• Richard "Machine Gun Kelly" Baker, rapper
• Newton D. Baker, mayor, Secretary of War
• Bill Balas, screenwriter, director and producer
• Kaye Ballard, actress
• John Banaszak, football player, current coach at Robert Morris University
• Robert Bardwell, former organist for the Cleveland Indians
• Vanessa Bayer, comedian, Saturday Night Live
• William Bayer, author
• Brian Michael Bendis, comic book writer
• Haley Bennett, actress
• LeCharles Bentley, football player
• Halle Berry, Academy Award-winning actress
• Leon Bibb, TV news anchor
• 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
• Flesh N Bone, rapper
• Krayzie Bone, rapper
• Layzie Bone, rapper
• Wish Bone, rapper
• Emma Scarr Booth, writer
• Lynn Borden, actress
• Marvin Bower, business theorist
• Earl Boykins, basketball player
• Christopher A. Boyko, United States Federal Judge
• Alva Bradley, Indians owner, 1927–46
• Lynn Brenne, Illinois state representative
• Regina Brett, author, inspirational speaker and newspaper columnist
• Jim Brickman, songwriter
• Dana Brooke, pro wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness competitor, model
• Robert Elton Brooker, business executive
• Chris Broussard, sports analyst
• Jim Brown, Hall of Fame football player
• Paul Brown, NFL coach
• Yvette Nicole Brown, actress
• Charles Brush, inventor
• Christian Bryant, football player
• Eliza Bryant, humanitarian
• Henrietta Buckmaster, journalist and author
• Jan Buckner Walker, cruciverbalist, author and games creator
• Hy Buller, All-Star NHL ice hockey player
• Isabel Burgess, Arizona state legislator
• Beatrice Burton, romance writer
• Steve Burton, actor
• Judith Butler, philosopher

  C

• Anthony O. Calabrese Jr., judge
• Jerrod Calhoun, basketball coach for the Youngstown State Penguins
• Jane L. Campbell, mayor
• Drew Carey, comedian
• Mary Carey, adult film actress
• Eric Carmen, singer and musician
• Wynona Carr, gospel singer
• Wesley Carroll, football player
• Drew Carter, football player
• Janis Carter, actress
• William Case, 12th mayor of Cleveland
• Ray Cash, rapper
• Ariel Castro, kidnapper
• Andy Cannavino, football player
• Richard Celeste, Ohio governor
• Chris Chambers, football player
• Jason Champion, singer
• Tracy Chapman, singer
• Tim Cheatwood, Ohio State and pro football player, Cleveland Gladiators of Arena Football League and Canadian Football League all-star
• Cheetah Chrome, punk rock guitarist for Rocket from the Tombs and The Dead Boys
• Charles Chesnutt, author
• Howie Chizek, radio personality
• John Choma, football player
• Frank Clark, football player
• Gilby Clarke, musician
• Bill Cobbs, actor
• Henry D. Coffinberry, industrialist
• Marc Cohn, musician
• Davon Coleman, football player
• Tim Conway, comedian and actor
• Rita Corrigan, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Tom Cousineau, football player
• James Cotton, football player
• Franklin Cover, actor
• Delbert Cowsette, football player
• Jacob Cramer, activist
• Wes Craven, film director
• Susan Crile, painter
• Dartanyon Crockett, competitive Judo athlete
• Matt Cross, professional wrestler
• Francis Earl Curran, 28th mayor of San Diego, California
• 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
• Tony Discenzo, football player
• Charles Dolan, media mogul
• Larry Dolan, owner of the Cleveland Indians
• Patty Donahue, singer
• 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
• Jerry Dybzinski, baseball player

  E

• Mike Easler, baseball player
• Dennis E. Eckart politician
• Geraldine Edwards, baseball player
• Kevin Edwards, basketball player
• Eric Ehrmann, journalist
• Paul Eiding, voice actor
• Judyann Elder, actress
• Jayrone Elliott, football player
• Harlan Ellison, author
• John A. Ellsler, acting teacher
• Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
• Lee Evans, football player
• John C. Ewers, ethnologist

  F

• Sean Faris, actor
• William Feather, publisher and author
• Ed Feighan, politician
• Bob Feller, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
• Dick Feagler, newspaper columnist, playwright and TV personality
• Frederick Fennell, conductor
• Cristina Ferrare, TV personality
• George Fett, cartoonist
• Bobby Few, musician
• Rich Fields, meteorologist
• Antwone Fisher, writer
• Flesh-N-Bone, rapper
• London Fletcher, football player
• Miriam Flynn, actress
• Quinton Flynn, voice actor
• Dezső Földes, Hungarian-born two-time Olympic champion saber fencer
• William Perry Fogg, author and adventurer
• George L. Forbes, president of Cleveland City Council, 1974–1989
• Dave Ford, baseball player
• Mark Foster, singer with Foster the People
• Alan Freed, radio personality
• Jonathan Freeman, Broadway and voice actor
• Benny Friedman, Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback
• Dan Friedman, graphic designer
• Dan Fritsche, hockey player
• William Otto Frohring, biochemical researcher, inventor, and business executive
• Dorothy Fuldheim, television journalist
• Caroline Furness, astronomer

  G

• Denise Galik, actress
• James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States
• Johnny Gargano, professional wrestler
• Teri Garr, actress
• Joe Gentile, author
• Sonny Geraci, musician
• Redmond Gerard, Olympic snowboarder
• Willie Gilbert, playwright
• Ted Ginn Jr., football player
• Ted Ginn Sr., Glenville High School football and basketball coach
• Lillian Gish, actress
• Donald A. Glaser, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Gary Glover, baseball player
• Jim Glover, folk singer
• Carlin Glynn, actress
• Brad Goldberg, MLB baseball pitcher
• Bob Golic, football player
• Mike Golic, football player
• Anthony Gonzalez, football player
• Jim Graner, sportscaster
• Elvis Grbac, football player
• Danny Greene, mobster
• Norm Greeney, football player
• Dorian Gregory, actor
• Joel Grey, actor
• Roger William Gries, bishop
• Tom Griswold, radio personality
• DeJuan Groce, football player
• Gordon Gund, NBA and NHL team owner
• Mark Gunn, football player
• John Guzik, football player
• Stephen Gyllenhaal, film director, writer, and producer

  H

• Kathryn Hahn, actress
• Imani Hakim, actress
• Arsenio Hall, television personality
• Roy Hall, football player
• Charles Hamilton, rapper
• Margaret Hamilton, actress, the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz
• Anthony Hancock, football player
• Greg Harbaugh, astronaut
• Bill Hardman, musician
• Dorothy Hart, actress
• Kevin Hart, baseball player
• Steve Harvey, comedian, actor
• Mickey Hatcher, baseball player and coach
• Jeff Hatrix, musician
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins, singer
• Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., law professor
• John Hay, statesman
• Patricia Heaton, actress
• Anne Heche, actress
• John Heisman, football coach
• Jerry Heller, music manager
• John Henton, actor
• Kim Herring, football player
• John Hicks
• Dave Hill, comedian
• Jermale Hines, NFL player
• Wilson Hirschfeld, journalist
• Alphonso Hodge, football player
• Hal Holbrook, actor
• Brian Holzinger, hockey player
• Bob Hope, iconic comedian and actor
• William R. Hopkins, politician, airport namesake
• Desmond Howard, football player
• Terrence Howard, actor
• Stephanie Howse, politician
• 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
• Diana Hyland, actress

  I

• Mary Bigelow Ingham, educator, writer, social reformer
• Darrell Issa, Republican U.S. Representative of California's 49th congressional district

  J

• Frank G. Jackson, current mayor of Cleveland
• Tom Jackson, football player, ESPN sportscaster
• Jeff Johnson
• Larry Johnson, baseball player
• Philip Johnson, architect
• Cardale Jones, football player
• Dre'Mont Jones, football player
• Rajiv Joseph, Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
• Joe Jurevicius, football player

  K

• Sean Kanan, actor
• Carol Kane, actress
• Sidney Katz, physician
• Sammy Kaye, bandleader
• Roger A. Keats, businessman and politician
• Jason Kelce, football player
• Travis Kelce, football player
• Clark Kellogg, basketball player, sportscaster
• Jayne Kennedy, television personality
• Kid Cudi, hip-hop artist
• Mary Jo Kilroy, politician
• 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

  L

• Marshon Lattimore, NFL player
• Dale Launer, screenwriter
• Peter Laughner, musician, Rocket from the Tombs, Pere Ubu
• Frank Lausche, Cleveland mayor, Ohio governor and senator
• Jantel Lavender, basketball player
• Jerry Lawler, wrestler and commentator
• Jerome Lawrence, playwright
• Layzie Bone, rapper
• Hal Lebovitz, sportswriter
• Mike Lebowitz, attorney
• Shawna Leneé, adult film actress
• Nicole Marie Lenz, actress
• Al Lerner, pianist, composer
• Gerald Levert, singer
• Sean Levert, singer
• D. A. Levy, poet
• Matthew N. Levy, physiologist
• Fannie Lewis, Cleveland's longest serving female council member
• Jazsmin Lewis, actress
• Peter B. Lewis, businessman
• David Lighty, basketball player
• 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

• Mac Danzig, MMA fighter
• James S. Mace, politician
• Michael Malatin, businessman
• Steve Malovic, American-Israeli basketball player
• Henry Mancini, Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer
• Madeline Manning, track and field Olympic gold medalist
• Flora Stone Mather, philanthropist
• Samuel Mather, philanthropist, industrialist
• Diane McBain, actress
• Liz McComb, singer
• Michael McElroy, actor
• Tim McGee, football player
• Tommy Mercer, professional wrestler
• Burgess Meredith, actor
• Biagio Messina, TV producer, filmmaker, actor
• Howard Metzenbaum, former State Representative and U.S. Senator
• Bill Mitchell, automotive designer
• Nick Mileti, sports mogul
• Tim Misny, lawyer
• The Miz, pro wrestler
• Antwaun Molden, football player
• Isabela Moner, singer and actress
• Richard Montanari
• Toccara Montgomery, Olympic wrestler
• Rudy Ray Moore, actor
• Anthony Morgan, football player
• Daniel E. Morgan, politician
• Garrett Morgan, inventor of the Safety Hood
• Lorin Morgan-Richards, author and illustrator, primarily of children's books.
• Tom Moriarty, football player
• Greg Morris, actor
• Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
• Albert Reynolds Morse, businessman and philanthropist
• Bob Mrosko, football player
• Scott Mruczkowski, football player

  N

• Tom Nagel, actor, film director, and producer
• Paul Newman, Oscar-winning actor, director, auto racer, philanthropist
• Jonathan Newsome, NFL player
• Kenneth Nichols, civil engineer and contributor to the Manhattan Project
• Chuck Noll, coach of Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers
• Andre Norton, science-fiction writer

  O

• Charles Oakley, basketball player
• John O'Brien, author
• Kelly O'Donnell, television journalist
• Terrence O'Donnell, judge
• Ron O'Neal, actor
• Susan Orlean, journalist and author
• Benjamin Orr, musician, The Cars
• Jesse Owens, iconic athlete, Olympic champion
• Walter Owens, Negro League Baseball player
• Mehmet Oz, doctor, television personality

  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
• Virginia Patton, actress
• Jake Paul, internet celebrity
• Logan Paul, internet celebrity
• Henry B. Payne, politician
• Roger Peckinpaugh, baseball player
• Harvey Pekar, comic book creator
• Charles B. Perry, lawyer, politician
• Dav Pilkey, children's book author
• Terry Pluto, sportswriter
• Frank Pokorny, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Ohio
• Michael Polensek, member of the Cleveland City Council
• 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
• Henry Prusoff, tennis player
• Bob Ptacek, football player

  R

• Stanley Radwan, strongman and professional wrestler
• Doria Ragland, mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• Raz-B, real name DeMario Thornton, singer
• Devine Redding, football player
• Marge Redmond, actress
• Lili Reinhart, actress
• Jack Reynolds, broadcaster and professional wrestling announcer
• Trent Reznor, singer-songwriter
• James Ford Rhodes, industrialist and historian
• Florence Rice, actress
• Bill Rieth, football player
• Eric Riley, basketball player
• Jack Riley, actor
• Bumper Robinson, actor
• John D. Rockefeller, co-founder of Standard Oil
• Wilbur M. Root, Wisconsin politician
• Terry Rozier, basketball player
• Alan Ruck, actor
• Michael Ruhlman, author
• Rudolph Rummel, political scientist
• Michael Rupp, hockey player
• Alex Russo, actress
• Anthony Russo, film director
• Joe Russo, director
• Steve Ruzich, football player
• Joe Ryan, Alaska politician

  S

• JaKarr Sampson, pro basketball player
• Steve Sanders
• Perry Saturn, pro wrestler
• Ollie Savatsky, football player
• Scott Savol, singer, American Idol
• Moe Savransky, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Tom Schoen, football player
• Xen C. Scott, football player, football, baseball, and basketball coach, and sportswriter
• Ron Sega, astronaut, Air Force major-general
• Ed Seward, 19th-century baseball player
• Michael Shane, lawyer, actor
• Molly Shannon, comedian and actress
• Sam Sheppard, physician, convicted murderer
• Henry Sherwin, co-founder of Sherwin-Williams paint
• Cecil Shorts, football player
• Phillip Shriver, historian, former college administrator, and former president of Miami University
• Don Shula, Hall of Fame football coach
• Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman
• Larry Shyatt, basketball coach
• Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman
• Ruth Simpson, lesbian activist, author
• Eric Singer, musician, Kiss
• Matija Škerbec, priest
• Barbara Smith, activist
• Beverly Smith, activist
• Chuck Smith, baseball player and current mayor of Woodmere, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb
• Martha Smith, actress, Animal House
• Patricia Haynes Smith, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Troy Smith, football player
• Frank Solich, football player and current head coach for Ohio University
• Ray Solomonoff, founder of artificial intelligence
• Charles Somers, coal and baseball exec
• Kath Soucie, voice actress
• Tris Speaker, Hall of Fame baseball player
• Nancy Spero, artist
• Frank Stalletto, pro wrestler
• Michael Stanley, singer-songwriter
• George Steinbrenner III, owner of the New York Yankees
• Brian Stepanek, actor
• Lucy Stanton, abolitionist
• Tom Stincic, football player
• Carl B. Stokes, first African American mayor of a major US city, mayor of Cleveland 1968–71
• Louis Stokes, 15-term U.S. Representative to Congress
• Amasa Stone, philanthropist, railroad magnate, bridge builder
• Robert D. Storey, philanthropist, university trustee, corporate director
• Rich Stotter, football player
• Vernon Stouffer, founder of Stouffer's foods and restaurants; Cleveland Indians owner
• Brad Stuver, professional soccer player
• Ed Sustersic, football player
• Michael Symon, chef, restaurateur, TV personality

  T

• Josh Robert Thompson, actor, voice actor, and impressionist
• John Patrick Treacy, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse
• Jack Trice, football player; first African-American athlete at Iowa State College ; 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
• Stephanie Tubbs Jones, politician
• Barbara Turner
• Julia Tuttle, businesswoman, the "mother of Miami"

  U

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

  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
• Joe Vosmik, baseball player

  W

• Stephen Waldschmidt, playwright, actor
• Neal Walk, basketball player
• Joe Walsh, musician, The Eagles
• Carl Walz, astronaut
• Larry Wanke, football player
• Robert Ward, composer
• Josephine Turpin Washington, 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
• Lindsey Witten NFL player
• Bobby Womack, singer
• Cecil Womack, singer
• Mike Woods, football player
• Pierre Woods, football player
• Frank Wright, jazz musician
• Shane Wynn, NFL player

  X

• Clyde X, leader in the Nation of Islam

  Y

• Frank Yankovic, musician, polka king

  Z

• Ray Zeh, football player
• Joe Zelenka, football player
• Dolph Ziggler, pro wrestler

  Groups

• all five members of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• all six members of Chimaira, heavy metal band
• all eleven members of Dazz Band, 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
• The Outsiders, 1960s band: smash hit "Time Won't Let Me"
• Pere Ubu, experimental rock group
• The Poni-Tails, girl group noted for their 1958 hit "Born Too Late"
• Raspberries, 1970s band; smash hit "Go All the Way"
• The Secrets, girl group noted for their 1963 hit "The Boy Next Door"