List of people from Toledo, Ohio

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Art Tatum, at the Vogue Room, New York (between 1946 and 1948)

The city of Toledo, Ohio, the largest city and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Toledo, Ohio and includes people that were born or lived in Toledo, Ohio and the surrounding area. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Arts and entertainment[]

Architecture and design[]

  • Norman Bel Geddes – industrial designer, Hollywood set designer, noted modernist architect
  • – co-founder and former president of Society of Industrial Designers
  • Lutah Maria Riggs – architect, known for her work in Santa Barbara, California

Art[]

  • Richard DeVore – ceramic artist
  • Sheree Hovsepian – Iranian-American collage artist and photographer, raised in Toledo.[1]
  • Joseph Kosuth – conceptual artist
  • Paul Timman – Hollywood tattoo artist
  • Israel Abramofsky – modern artist

Journalism[]

Gloria Steinem, pictured here in 1972, is a feminist icon.
  • Emily St. John Bouton – journalist, author, educator
  • Amy Braunschweiger – freelance journalist for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
  • Christine Brennan – USA Today sports columnist; ESPN, ABC, and NPR sports analyst; author of seven books
  • Janet Cooke – disgraced journalist, forced to return a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story[2]
  • Steve Hartman – CBS News reporter[3]
  • Louise Markscheffel – journalist, editor, critic
  • David Ross Locke – journalist and political commentator during American Civil War under pen name Petroleum V. Nasby
  • P. J. O'Rourke – political satirist, journalist, writer
  • Gloria Steinem – founder of Ms.; feminist icon; journalist; women's rights advocate

Literature and poetry[]

  • Mildred Benson – author of the original books in the Nancy Drew series
  • Michael Brooks – historian and journalist
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar – poet, originally from Dayton, Ohio
  • Edward Eager – author of children's books
  • Louis Effler – medical writer and doctor
  • Mari Evans – author, dramatist
  • Margaret Wynne Lawless (1847–1926) – poet, author, educator, philanthropist[4]
  • Christopher Moore – novelist
  • Scott Nearing – conservationist, peace activist, educator, writer
  • Allen Saunders – cartoonist, creator of Mary Worth and Steve Roper comic strips
  • Scott Smith – novelist, author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins
  • Mildred D. Taylor – author of various novels concerning race relations, particularly Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and its sequels
  • Elizabeth Witherell – editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau

Modeling[]

  • Runa Lucienne – model, actress, social media influencer
  • Cynthia Myers – Playboy Playmate, model, actress
  • Jan Roberts – Playboy Playmate, model

Music[]

Tom Scholz was a member of the 1970s rock band Boston.
  • Rance Allen – gospel singer
  • Anita Baker – R&B singer, eight-time Grammy Award winner
  • Crystal Bowersox – singer-songwriter
  • Teresa Brewer – singer and actress
  • Chris Byrd – gospel singer
  • Stanley Cowell – pianist, composer
  • Citizen – rock band
  • Larry Fuller – jazz pianist
  • Jon Hendricks – member of the jazz group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
  • Chester "Lyfe" Jennings – singer
  • Johnny and the Hurricanes – rock band
  • Koufax – alternative rock band
  • Lollipop Lust Kill – heavy metal/alternative band
  • Gary Louris – singer and guitarist for The Jayhawks
  • Shirley Murdock – R&B singer
  • Helen O'Connell – singer and TV personality
  • Frank Proffitt – banjoist
  • Jim Riggs – musician and music educator, University of North Texas Regents Professor Emeritus of Music
  • Sanctus Real – Christian rock band
  • Tom Scholz – founder of 1970s rock group Boston
  • Scott Shriner – bassist of the rock band Weezer
  • Ruby Starr – rock singer
  • Static Rituals – alternative rock band
  • Statik Link (member, Josh Andres) – electronic music producer
  • Stylex – electroclash/new wave band
  • Art Tatum – jazz pianist, recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • This Beautiful Republic – Christian rock band
  • Cecile Vashaw, composer and music educator
  • We are the Fury – alternative rock band
  • Mary Zilba – singer

Theater and film[]

Jamie Farr played Maxwell Klinger on the long-running TV series M*A*S*H.
  • Dusty Anderson – actress and model
  • Cliff Arquette – actor, comedian, grandfather of David, Patricia, Alexis, and Rosanna Arquette
  • Jonathan Bennett – film actor
  • Casey Biggs – actor
  • William Blinn – screenwriter of Purple Rain (film), Roots (1977 miniseries), Fame (1982 TV series), Brian's Song and Eight Is Enough.
  • Pat Brady – actor, born Robert Ellsworth Patrick Aloysious
  • Joe E. Brown – actor, comedian
  • Daws Butler – voice actor, voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound
  • Jason Cameron – actor, television presenter, model
  • John Cromwell – actor, film producer and director, father of James Cromwell
  • Jason Dohring – actor
  • Dominick Evans – filmmaker and activist
  • Jamie Farr – actor
  • Teresa Ganzel – actress
  • Philip Baker Hall – actor
  • Sandy Helberg – film and television actor
  • Katie Holmes – actress
  • Rich Iott – television and film producer
  • Eric Kripke – television writer, director, and producer
  • Otto Kruger – actor
  • Lenore Lonergan – actress
  • Phyllis Welch MacDonald – actress
  • Brent Miller – film and television producer
  • Shirley Mitchell – radio and television actress
  • Cassie Okenka – Broadway actress and former reality TV star
  • Adrianne Palicki – film and television actress
  • Kate Shindle – Broadway actress
  • Robert B. Sinclair – film and theater director
  • Alyson Stoner – actress and dancer
  • Lloyd Thaxton – producer, director, writer, hosted self-titled TV show in 1960s
  • Danny Thomas – actor, comedian, singer and father of Marlo Thomas
  • Bonnie Turner – creator of That '70s Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun
  • Derek Westerman – film director, screenwriter, and producer
  • Afton Williamson – television and film actress
  • Robert Drew – director and pioneer of cinéma-verité
  • Lizze Broadway – film and television actress

Government[]

  • Stephen Bolles – U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
  • Walter Folger Brown – former Postmaster General of the United States
  • Doug Ducey – Arizona Secretary of the Treasury, then Governor
  • Ernest E. Debs – Los Angeles City Council member and county supervisor, born in Toledo
  • Thomas Francis Ford – member of the U.S. Congress, elected to Los Angeles City Council by write-in vote
  • Samuel M. Jones – Mayor 1897-1904
  • Marcy Kaptur – U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district
  • Kristina Keneally – Premier of New South Wales, Australia
  • Stephanie Rader – OSS spy in WWII
  • Jason Sheppard – member of the Michigan House of Representatives[5]
  • Brand Whitlock – Mayor and U.S. Ambassador to Belgium during World War I

Business[]

  • Doug Dohring – former CEO and co-founder of Neopets
  • Martin Frankel – former financier convicted in 2002 of insurance fraud, racketeering and money laundering
  • Edward Drummond Libbey – glassmaker, philanthropist


Science and technology[]

NASA flight director Gene Kranz
  • – physician, inventor, founder of his namesake corporation in Toledo. DeVilbiss atomizers.
  • Eugene F. "Gene" Kranz – retired NASA flight director who served during the Gemini and Apollo space programs, known for his role in the rescue of Apollo 13
  • Lyman Spitzer Jr. – theoretical physicist, astronomer, driving force behind the Hubble Space Telescope
  • Michael S. Witherell – particle physicist, former director of Fermilab, and presently director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sports[]

Baseball[]

  • A.J. Achter – MLB pitcher
  • Roger Bresnahan – player, manager and Baseball Hall of Fame member; also owned Toledo Mud Hens
  • Stan Clarke – MLB player for Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals
  • Gene Cook – longtime executive of Toledo Mud Hens, International League Hall of Fame member
  • Jack Hallett – MLB player for Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants
  • Terry Harmon – MLB player for Philadelphia Phillies
  • Brad Hennessey – MLB player for the San Francisco Giants
  • Addie Joss – pitcher, member of Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Jim Joyce – MLB Umpire best known for his incorrect call in Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game in June 2010
  • Bill Laskey – MLB pitcher for San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians
  • Jim Leyland – manager of Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Zach McClellan – MLB player
  • Bob Meyer – MLB player for New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers
  • Doug Mientkiewicz – MLB player, one of five American players to win both an Olympic gold medal and a World Series championship
  • George Mullin – MLB pitcher; had five 20-win seasons for the Detroit Tigers
  • Lee Richmond – baseball player; pitched first perfect game in MLB history
  • Ron Rightnowar – MLB player for Milwaukee Brewers

Basketball[]

Football[]

Fred Davis played tight end for the Washington Redskins.

Ice hockey[]

Golf[]

Wrestling and boxing[]

  • Robert Easter Jr. – professional boxer, IBF lightweight world champion
  • Mark Kerr – Syracuse University Division I champion, US Senior Champion, professional mixed martial arts fighter
  • Wilbert McClure – gold medalist in boxing in 1960 Summer Olympics
  • Sawyer Fulton – professional Wrestler, Former WWE Wrestler
  • Devin Vargas – professional boxer, former Olympian
  • Greg Wojciechowski – 1980 Olympic wrestler, unable to compete due to U.S. boycott; alternate in 1984 and 1988
  • Sonny Fredrickson – professional boxer

Other Sports[]

  • – professional harness racing driver
  • Gretchen Bleiler – silver medalist at 2006 Turin Olympics in snowboarding; three-time X Games champion (2003, 2005, 2008)
  • Paul Chamberlin – professional tennis player
  • Edmund Coffin – saddle maker, equestrian Olympic gold medalist
  • Terry Cook – driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
  • Iggy Katona – ARCA and NASCAR driver
  • Erik Kynard – silver medalist in men's high jump at 2012 London Olympics
  • Brenda Morehead – 100 meter sprinter, competed in 1976 Montreal Olympics. Graduate of Toledo Scott
  • Frances Schroth – swimmer, winner of one gold and two bronze medals in 1920 Olympic Games
  • - Cyclist, Team USA. 2018 Paralympics Track Cycling National Championships, individual pursuit & time trial, gold [8] [9]

Other notables[]

  • Henry Noble MacCracken – longtime president of Vassar College, a founder of Sarah Lawrence College
  • Ernest M. McSorley – captain of the ill-fated lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald
  • Selma Rubin – environmental activist based in Santa Barbara, California
  • Rosa L. Segur – suffragist
  • Ella P. Stewart – pharmacist (one of the first black female pharmacists in the United States), civic leader, and philanthropist
  • – Fashion Tech Specialist (one of the first to embark on META-fashion and how trends predict changes to technology), fashion icon, and tech enthusiast

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mellin, Haley (August 21, 2020). "The Musings of Sheree Hovsepian". Garage. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ THE PLAYERS: It Wasn't a Game - The Washington Post
  3. ^ "Steve Hartman". CBS News. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. ^ Curtis, Georgina Pell; Elder, Benedict (1911). The American Catholic Who's who. Vol. 1 (Public domain ed.). NC News Service. pp. 359–.
  5. ^ "Legislator Details - Jason Sheppard". Library of Michigan. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ^ NHL Goaltenders from Toledo, Ohio | QuantHockey.com
  7. ^ NHL Players from Toledo, Ohio | QuantHockey.com
  8. ^ https://www.teamusa.org/para-cycling/athletes/Josephine-Fouts#profile
  9. ^ https://www.theproscloset.com/blogs/news/para-cyclist-josie-fouts-isnt-afraid-of-the-impossible
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