List of people from Steubenville, Ohio

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Steubenville, Ohio, and its surrounding metropolitan area. People born in Steubenville are printed in bold.

Arts[]

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835-1915) – painter
Thomas Cole (1801-1848) – artist, oil painter, founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting
Alexander Doyle (1857-1922) – sculptor
Eugene Louis Faccuito (born 1925) – jazz dancer and teacher, choreographer
Albert Newsam (1809-1864) – artist^[1]

Athletics[]

Danny Abramowicz (born 1945) – former NFL wide receiver
Chinedu Achebe (born 1977) – Arena Football League linebacker
Johnny Bates (1882-1949) – former MLB outfielder
Zinn Beck (1885-1981) – former MLB infielder
Ray Bracken (1891-1974) – Olympic gold medal-winning sport shooter
Zach Collaros (born 1988) – CFL quarterback
Chip Coulter (born 1945) – former MLB infielder
Sylvia Crawley (born 1972) – former ABL forward, women's basketball head coach
Audrey Deemer (1930-2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Rich Donnelly (born 1946) – former MLB coach
Rollie Fingers (born 1946) – former MLB pitcher, National Baseball Hall of Famer
Tom "Knute" Franckhauser (1937-1997) – former NFL cornerback
Joe Gilliam, Sr. (c. 1923-2012) – Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer, former college football quarterback and coach
Mike Gulan (born 1970) – former MLB infielder
Paul Hoover (baseball) (born 1976) – former MLB player and current field coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays
Jim Hudson (1943-2013) – former NFL and AFL safety
Tony Jeter (born 1944) – former NFL tight end
Cal Jones (1933-1956) – All-American football player at Iowa in College Football Hall of Fame
Don Joyce (1929-2012) – former NFL and AFL defensive end, wrestler
George Kaiserling (1893-1918) – FL and MLB pitcher
Eddie Kazak (1920-1999) – former MLB infielder
Chuck Mather (1915-2006) – Kansas football head coach, Chicago Bears assistant coach
Tom Needham (1879-1926) – former MLB catcher
Tom Perko (born 1954) – former NFL linebacker
Wally Pesuit (born 1954) – former NFL and USFL offensive and defensive lineman
Eric Piatkowski (born 1970) – former NBA forward
Adam Riggs (born 1972) – former MLB and Japanese Central League infielder
Will Robinson (1911-2008) – first African-American head coach at a Division I school
Chaz Roe (born 1986) – MLB Pitcher
Gene Trosch (born 1945) – former AFL defensive lineman
Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856-1924) – first African-American MLB player
Weldy Walker (1860-1937) – second African-American MLB player
Johnny Wilson (1915-2002) – former NFL tight end
Quincy Wilson (born 1981) – former NFL running back
Bobby Joe Young (born 1959) – former welterweight boxer

Business[]

Dard Hunter (1883-1966) – papermaker, authority on printing

Literature[]

Richard C. Banks (born 1931) – ornithologist, writer
Bob Borden (born 1969) – writer
Richard Hague (born 1947) – poet and novelist
Jeffrey Hatcher – playwright, screenwriter
Tad Mosel (1922-2008) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Mary Tappan Wright (1851-1916) – novelist

Military[]

John S. Mason (1824-1897) – Union Army general during the Civil War, Indian fighter
Anson G. McCook (1835-1917) – Union Army general during the Civil War, U.S. Congressman
Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834-1864) – Union Army general during the Civil War
Edward M. McCook (1833-1909) – Union Army general, U.S. Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii (1866-1868)
George Wythe McCook (1821-1877) – Union Army general, Ohio attorney general
Henry Christopher McCook (1837-1911) – Union Army chaplain and officer, minister
John James McCook (1806 1865) – patriarch of the "Fighting McCooks" U.S. Army family, physician
Robert Latimer McCook (1827-1862) – Union Army general
Cas Myslinski (1920-1993) – USAF officer, athletic director of The University of Pittsburgh (1968-1982)
Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (1929-2003) – USAF major general

Movies, television, and media[]

John Buccigross (born 1966) – ESPN sportscaster
Big Bully Busick (1954-2018) – former WWF wrestler
Traci Lords (born 1968) – adult film actress
Al Mancini (1932-2007) – actor
Dean Martin (1917-1995) – singer, actor, entertainer.^[2] His daughter, Deana Martin, and her husband John Griffith, established the Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville. It is held annually in mid-June. Gail Martin, also a singer and another of Dean Martin's daughters, was born in Steubenville.
Will McMillan (1944-2015) – film and TV actor
Tad Mosel (1922-2008) – playwright and screenwriter
Jon Nese – meteorologist, TV weather channel personality
Charles Stanton Ogle (1865-1940) – actor
John Scarne (1903-1985) – magician, authority and writer on card manipulation
Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (1918-1996) – bookmaker, sports commentator

Music[]

4th Disciple, a.k.a. El-Divine Amir Bey – record producer
Ed Crawford, a.k.a. ed fROMOHIO (born 1964) – musician, guitarist
Paul Howard (1895-1980) – musician, bandleader
Kinetic 9, a.k.a. Beretta 9 – musician, rapper
Robert Porco – choral conductor
Rza (born 1969) – musician, rapper, music producer
Dorothy Sloop (1913-1998) – jazz musician, pianist
The Stereos (formed c. 1955-disbanded c. 1968) – doo-wop/pop group
Patricia Welch (born 1954) – singer
Wild Cherry (formed 1970-disbanded 1979) – funk rock band

Politics[]

Douglas Applegate (born 1928) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977-1995)
Ted Brown (born 1960) – politician nicknamed "the perennial candidate"
Ed Buck (born 1954) – Democrat political activist, convicted murderer, and fundraiser^[3]
Jacob Pitzer Cowan (1823-1895) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1875-1877)
Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902) – United States Senator (1866-1871)
John M. Goodenow (1782-1838) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1829-1830)
Robert H. Hatton (1826-1862) – United States Congressman, confederate during the Civil War
Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843-1847)
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797-1870) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1837–1841)
Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1830-1833, 1833-1834), United States district court judge
William C. McCauslen (1796-1863) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843-1845)
Anson G. McCook (1835-1917) – Union Army general, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1883)
B. Frank Murphy (1867-1938) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1919-1933)
Rees G. Richards (1842-1917) – politician
Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) – lawyer, Secretary of War (1862-1868)
Samuel Stokely (1796-1861) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1841-1843)
Andrew Stuart (1823-1872) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1855)
Henry Swearingen (c. 1792-1849) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1838-1841)
Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) – founder of the city of Ravenna, Ohio, U.S. Senator (1839-1845)
Edward Vincent (1934-2012) – politician
Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) - theologian, father of President Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813-1894) – jurist and judge, legislator
Jack Yost (born 1945) – politician

Religion[]

Charles Clinton Beatty (1800-1882) – Presbyterian minister, founder of Steubenville Female Seminary
Daniel DiNardo (born 1949) – Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Roger Joseph Foys (born 1945) – 10th bishop of Covington
John McDowell Leavitt (1824-1909) – lawyer, Episcopal priest
Hlib Lonchyna (born 1954) – Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London
Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born 1963) – fifth Bishop of Steubenville
Stephen Return Riggs (1812-1883) – Christian missionary with the Dakota people, linguist
David Stanton Tappan (1845-1922) – Presbyterian minister
Edward F. Walker (1852-1918) – Minister, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1911-1918)
Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) – Presbyterian theologian; father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Miscellaneous[]

Dino Cellini (1914-1978) – mafioso, ran casinos for Meyer Lansky
Charles Dillon Perrine (1867-1951) – astronomer
Eli Todd Tappan (1824-1888) – educator
Richard Timberlake (1922-2020) – professor of economics

References[]

^ "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb". The Library Company of Philadelphia. World Digital Library. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
^ Wilson, Earl (November 27, 1969). "Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars". The Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. A33. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
^ https://www.wehoville.com/2017/08/16/who-is-ed-buck/

[WDL1-1] "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb". The Library Company of Philadelphia. World Digital Library. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

[2] Wilson, Earl (November 27, 1969). "Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars". The Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. A33. Retrieved May 22, 2015.

[3] ttps://www.wehoville.com/2017/08/16/who-is-ed-buck/

[1]

[2]

[3]