100 Notable alumni of
Ohio University

Updated:

EduRank

Ohio University is 313th in the world, 132nd in North America, and 125th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Ohio University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Paul Newman

    Paul Newman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1925-2008 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterphilanthropiststage actormilitary personnel
    Biography

    Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, racing car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

  2. Logan Paul

    Logan Paul
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    screenwriterYouTubervloggershowmanactor
    Biography

    Logan Alexander Paul is an American influencer, professional wrestler, entrepreneur, boxer and actor. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel Logan Paul Vlogs, and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest-paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021. He is the co-founder of beverage company Prime and snack brand Lunchly. Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over four million YouTube subscribers. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since June 2022 where he performs on a part-time basis as part of the Raw brand and is a former WWE United States Champion.

  3. Ed O'Neill

    Ed O'Neill
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    comediantelevision actorAmerican football playerfilm actorteacher
    Biography

    Edward Leonard O'Neill is an American actor, comedian and former football player. Over his career he has earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

  4. Piper Perabo

    Piper Perabo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in theatre
    Occupations
    television produceractorfilm actorstage actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Piper Lisa Perabo is an American actress. Following her breakthrough in the comedy-drama film Coyote Ugly (2000), she starred in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), its sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), The Prestige (2006), Angel Has Fallen (2019), and as CIA agent Annie Walker in the USA Network spy drama series Covert Affairs (2010–2014), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.

  5. Roger Ailes

    Roger Ailes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1940-2017 (aged 77)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    businesspersonpoliticiantelevision producer
    Biography

    Roger Eugene Ailes was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, and for Rudy Giuliani's 1989 New York City mayoral election. In July 2016, he left Fox News after allegations of sexually harassing female Fox employees, including on-air hosts Gretchen Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Andrea Tantaros.

  6. Richard Dean Anderson

    Richard Dean Anderson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    ice hockey playeractortelevision actorfilm actortelevision producer
    Biography

    Richard Dean Anderson is an American actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). He later appeared in films such as Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Pandora's Clock (1996), and Firehouse (1997).

  7. Matt Lauer

    Matt Lauer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Studied telecommunication
    Occupations
    news presenterjournalisttelevision presenteractor
    Biography

    Matthew Todd Lauer is a former American television news personality, best known for his work with NBC News. After serving as a local news personality in New York City on WNBC, his first national exposure was as the news anchor for NBC's Today from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, Lauer was moved from the news desk to the host's chair and was co-anchor of Today from 1997 to 2017. He was also a frequent contributor to the evening news magazine Dateline NBC. With NBC, Lauer hosted the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and co-hosted the opening ceremonies of several Olympic Games.

  8. Jerry Heller

    Jerry Heller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1940-2016 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    talent managertalent agentDJ producerwritermusic publisher
    Biography

    Gerald Elliot Heller was an American music manager and businessman. He was best known for his management of West Coast rap and gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A and Eazy-E. He rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s representing Journey, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, War, Eric Burdon, Crosby Stills & Nash, Ike & Tina Turner, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, the Who, REO Speedwagon, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Styx, the Grass Roots, and the Standells, among many others.

  9. Nancy Cartwright

    Nancy Cartwright
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    screenwritervoice actoractorcomedian
    Biography

    Nancy Jean Cartwright is an American actress. She is the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Maggie Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Nelson Muntz. She is also the voice of Chuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon series Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!, succeeding Christine Cavanaugh.

  10. Arsenio Hall

    Arsenio Hall
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    television producervoice actortelevision presenterfilm actorcomedian
    Biography

    Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted a late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014.

  11. Roy Lichtenstein

    Roy Lichtenstein
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1923-1997 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    jewelry designerpainterlithographerarchitectural draftspersonartist
    Biography

    Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relationship between fine art, advertising, and consumerism.

  12. Abyss

    Abyss
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    professional wrestler
    Biography

    Christopher Joseph Park is an American retired professional wrestler, who is signed to WWE as a producer. He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Abyss.

  13. Vanessa Bell Calloway

    Vanessa Bell Calloway
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    film actorscreenwriterfilm directortelevision actordancer
    Biography

    Vanessa Bell Calloway is an American actress. Beginning her career as a dancer, Bell Calloway became known for her film roles as Princess Imani Izzi in the 1988 comedy Coming to America and its sequel. Since then, Bell Calloway appeared in more than 150 film and television productions. She is a nine-time NAACP Image Awards nominee.

  14. Bob Huggins

    Bob Huggins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    basketball coachbasketball player
    Biography

    Robert Edward Huggins, nicknamed "Huggy Bear", is an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

  15. Mike Schmidt

    Mike Schmidt
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Michael Jack Schmidt is an American former professional baseball third baseman who spent his entire 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1989. Schmidt was a 12-time All-Star and a three-time winner of the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player award (MVP), and he was known for his combination of power hitting and strong defense. As a hitter, he compiled 548 home runs and 1,595 runs batted in (RBIs), and led the NL in home runs eight times and in RBIs four times. As a fielder, Schmidt won the National League Gold Glove Award for third basemen ten times. Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 in his first year of eligibility, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest third basemen in baseball history.

  16. Allie LaForce

    Allie LaForce
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    journalistbasketball playerbeauty pageant contestant
    Biography

    Alexandra Leigh LaForce is an American journalist, model and beauty queen who won Miss Teen USA 2005. She is a reporter for TNT Sports, covering the NBA on TNT. She was previously the lead reporter for SEC college football games, a courtside reporter for college basketball games, and the host of We Need to Talk on the CBS Sports Network. LaForce also worked as a broadcast sports anchor and reporter for the Cleveland, Ohio, FOX affiliate WJW. She won a 2011 Emmy award for anchoring FOX 8's Friday Night Touchdown high school football show. She was Miss Teen USA in 2005, and played college basketball at Ohio University.

  17. Thom Brennaman

    Thom Brennaman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    sports commentator
    Biography

    Thomas Wade Brennaman is an American television sportscaster, currently the lead announcer for CW Sports college football games. He is the son of former Cincinnati Reds radio sportscaster Marty Brennaman. He served as a play-by-play commentator for Fox Sports since its inception in 1994 through 2020, the television voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks from 1998 to 2006, and as the voice of the Cincinnati Reds from 2007 through 2020. His career with the Reds and Fox Sports ended abruptly when he was caught on a hot mic making a homophobic statement during a game broadcast. His on-air apology, in which he interrupted himself to call "a drive into deep left field by Castellanos", became an internet meme. Since leaving the Reds, he has served as a commentator for the Roberto Clemente League and for Chatterbox Sports.

  18. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

    Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    In 1976 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in physics
    Occupations
    chemistbiochemistbiophysicistbiologistmolecular biologist
    Biography

    Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is a British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes.

  19. Jonathan Freeman

    Jonathan Freeman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    television actorvoice actorstage actorcinematographer
    Biography

    Jonathan Freeman is an American actor. He is known for voicing Jafar in Disney's Aladdin franchise, as well as the Kingdom Hearts franchise and the 2011 Aladdin musical.

  20. Betty Thomas

    Betty Thomas
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues.

  21. Eileen Heckart

    Eileen Heckart
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1919-2001 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
    Biography

    Anna Eileen Heckart was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years.

  22. Tommy Lee Wallace

    Tommy Lee Wallace
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm editorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Thomas Lee Wallace is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror genre, directing films such as Halloween III: Season of the Witch and Fright Night Part 2 and also directing the 1990 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It. He is a long-time collaborator of director John Carpenter, receiving his first credit as art director on Carpenter's directorial debut Dark Star. Along with Charles Bornstein, he edited both the original Halloween film and The Fog.

  23. Tony Musante

    Tony Musante
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1936-2013 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
    Biography

    Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (2000–2003). In movies, he achieved fame relatively early in his career, starring or having significant roles in such films as Once a Thief (1965), The Incident (1967), The Detective (1968) and The Last Run (1971), and also in a number of Italian productions, including The Mercenary (1968), Metti, una sera a cena (1969) and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970).

  24. George Voinovich

    George Voinovich
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1936-2016 (aged 80)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    In 1958 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in government
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    George Victor Voinovich was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011. He previously served as the 65th governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998 and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989; he is the last Republican to serve in that office.

  25. Swapna Dutt

    Swapna Dutt
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    businesspersonfilm producertelevision producer
    Biography

    Swapna Dutt Chalasani is an Indian film producer known for her work in Telugu cinema. She is the daughter of C. Ashwini Dutt, a well-known Indian film producer and the founder of Vyjayanthi Movies.

  26. Marie Tharp

    Marie Tharp
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1920-2006 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    cartographergeologistoceanographer
    Biography

    Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she collaborated with geologist Bruce Heezen to produce the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Her cartography revealed a more detailed topography and multi-dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom.

  27. Jim Dine

    Jim Dine
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    artistdesignerphotographerdraftspersonsculptor
    Biography

    Jim Dine is an American artist. Dine's work includes painting, drawing, printmaking (in many forms including lithographs, etchings, gravure, intaglio, woodcuts, letterpress, and linocuts), sculpture, and photography.

  28. Jericka Duncan

    Jericka Duncan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Jericka Duncan is an American national TV news correspondent for CBS News in New York City and the anchor of the CBS Weekend News. In 2018, she made headlines when she came forward with texts that Jeff Fager sent to her as she covered sexual allegations made towards him.

  29. Mohammad Eslami

    Mohammad Eslami
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mohammad Eslami is the Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization in the government of President Raisi and was the Minister of Roads and Urban development and the Governor of Mazandaran in the government of Hassan Rouhani.

  30. Joe Dolce

    Joe Dolce
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    songwritermusiciancomposersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Joseph Dolce is an American-Australian singer, songwriter, poet and essayist.

  31. Richard E. Cole

    Richard E. Cole
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1915-2019 (aged 104)
    Occupations
    farmermilitary personnel
    Biography

    Richard Eugene Cole was a United States Air Force colonel. During World War II, he was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 1942. He served as the co-pilot to Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle in the lead airplane of the raid by sixteen B-25 bombers, which for the first time took off from an aircraft carrier on a bombing mission.

  32. Vasu Sangsingkeaw

    Vasu Sangsingkeaw
    Born in
    Thailand Flag Thailand
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Vasu Sangsingkeo is a Thai actor, host and singer.

  33. Jay Mariotti

    Jay Mariotti
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    journalistpodcaster
    Biography

    Jay Mariotti is an American sports journalist and commentator who currently hosts the sports-related podcast Unmuted. He previously spent 17 years as a Chicago Sun-Times columnist and eight years as a regular panelist on the ESPN sports-talk program Around the Horn.

  34. Jason Preston

    Jason Preston
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1999-.. (age 26)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Jason Preston is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract for the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats.

  35. Mary Murphy

    Mary Murphy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    choreographerdancer
    Biography

    Mary Ann Murphy is an American ballroom dance champion, accredited dance judge, and a judge and choreographer on the Fox dance competition-reality show So You Think You Can Dance.

  36. Alan Schaaf

    Alan Schaaf
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Alan Schaaf, also known as MrGrim, is an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and former CEO of the image sharing app and website Imgur.

  37. Bob Brenly

    Bob Brenly
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Robert Earl Brenly is an American baseball sportscaster and a former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a catcher with the San Francisco Giants. After retiring as a player, Brenly worked as a broadcaster with the Chicago Cubs, then as a coach with the Giants, then as a broadcaster for Fox. He was hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks for the 2001 season, and won the franchise's only championship his first year, becoming the fourth rookie manager to win a World Series and first since 1961. In 2004, Brenly was released by the Diamondbacks and again became a broadcaster with the Cubs until 2012. He now serves as a color commentator for Diamondbacks broadcasts.

  38. Maurice Ndour

    Maurice Ndour
    Born in
    Senegal Flag Senegal
    Years
    1992-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Maurice Daly Ndour is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Brescia of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats and has represented the Senegalese national team, where he participated in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

  39. Fred Singer

    Fred Singer
    Born in
    Austria Flag Austria
    Years
    1924-2020 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    atmospheric physicistphysicistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Siegfried Fred Singer was an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia, trained as an atmospheric physicist. He was known for rejecting the scientific consensus on several issues, including climate change, the connection between UV-B exposure and melanoma rates, stratospheric ozone loss being caused by chlorofluoro compounds, often used as refrigerants, and the health risks of passive smoking.

  40. Mike Mitchell

    Mike Mitchell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Studied in 2005-2009
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Michael Mitchell is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft. Mitchell spent four seasons each with the Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers, in addition to being a member of the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts for one season each.

  41. Alex Pacheco

    Alex Pacheco
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    animal rights advocatefilm director
    Biography

    Alexander Fernando Pacheco is an American animal rights activist. He is the founder of 600 Million Dogs, co-founder and former chairman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and a member of the advisory board of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

  42. Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    songwritermusiciansingerguitaristsinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Jonathan Edwards is an American country and folk singer-songwriter best known for his 1971 hit single "Sunshine".

  43. D. J. Cooper

    D. J. Cooper
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Donell "D. J." Cooper Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). After a successful four years of college basketball at Ohio University, Cooper entered the 2013 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. As a player at Ohio University, Cooper cracked the top 25 all-time Division I assists leaders list early in his final season and steadily rose up on the record as the season has progressed. He was named the preseason Mid-American Conference Player of the Year by the league's media, a prediction which proved correct when he was named Player of the Year after the regular season. In 2021-22, he led the Israeli Basketball Premier League in both assists per game and steals per game.

  44. Jerri Nielsen

    Jerri Nielsen
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-2009 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    explorer
    Biography

    Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be evacuated safely.

  45. Edward Lachman

    Edward Lachman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    cinematographerfilm director
    Biography

    Edward Lachman is an American cinematographer and director. He has primarily worked in independent film, and has served as director of photography on films by Todd Haynes (including Far from Heaven in 2002 and Carol in 2015, both of which earned Lachman Oscar nominations), Ulrich Seidl, Wim Wenders, Steven Soderbergh and Paul Schrader. His other work includes Werner Herzog's La Soufrière (1977), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (1999), Robert Altman's final film A Prairie Home Companion (2006), and Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime (2009). He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

  46. Rick Charls

    Rick Charls
    Occupations
    competitive diver
    Biography

    Rick Charls is an American former high diver who held the world record for the highest dive of 172 feet.

  47. Mahmood Sariolghalam

    Mahmood Sariolghalam
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    historianphilosopher
    Biography

    Mahmood Sariolghalam is a professor of international relations at the School of Economics and Political Science in Shahid Beheshti University (formerly Iran National University) since 1987. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1959. He received his B.A. degree in political science/management from California State University, Northridge in 1980 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1982 and 1987, respectively. Sariolghalam also completed a postdoctorate program at Ohio University in 1997. During the 2009–2010 academic year, he taught at Kuwait University. He is currently a professor at Loyola Marymount University continuing to teach international relations.

  48. Danny White

    Danny White
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    basketball playerathletic director
    Biography

    Daniel J. White is an American university sports administrator. He is the athletic director for the Tennessee Volunteers. White held the same position at the University at Buffalo from 2012 to 2015 and the University of Central Florida from 2015 to 2021. Prior to his tenure at Buffalo, he was the senior associate athletic director for Ole Miss.

  49. Dave Malloy

    Dave Malloy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    playwrightlyricistsongwriterstage actorpianist
    Biography

    Dave Malloy is an American composer, playwright, lyricist, singer, orchestrator, and actor. He has written several theatrical works, often based on classic works of literature. His most well known work is the Tony Award winning Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on War and Peace. His other works include Ghost Quartet, a song cycle about "love, death, and whiskey"; Preludes, a musical fantasia set in the mind of romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninoff; Octet, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; and Moby-Dick, an adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel.

  50. Chuck Swirsky

    Chuck Swirsky
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    sports commentatorradio personalitybasketball player
    Biography

    Chuck Swirsky is an American–Canadian radio sports announcer. He is the play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Swirsky's association with Chicago sports started in 1979 with his WCFL AM 1000 talk show, which debuted on August 27 of that year. Outside Chicago, Swirsky called play-by-play for both University of Michigan basketball and football and was formerly the play-by-play voice of the Toronto Raptors.

  51. Larry Connor

    Larry Connor
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    astronautracing driver
    Biography

    Larry Connor is an American real estate and technology business person, as well as a private astronaut certified by NASA. Connor is the head of the Connor Group, a real estate investment firm located in Dayton, Ohio.

  52. Jennifer Lahmers

    Jennifer Lahmers
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    journalisttelevision presenter
    Biography

    Jennifer Lynn Lahmers is an American television news reporter, news anchor and model. She was a correspondent on Extra, a syndicated television newsmagazine reporting entertainment news from 2019 to 2023. Before joining Extra, Lahmers co-anchored Good Day Wake Up on Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City and was a reporter and weekend anchor at several local television stations.

  53. Yousef Al-Othaimeen

    Yousef Al-Othaimeen
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    20th Century
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    In 1982 studied political sociology
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen is a Saudi Arabian politician who served as secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons, to 29 November 2020.

  54. Martin Savidge

    Martin Savidge
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in journalism
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Martin Savidge is a Canadian-American television news correspondent.

  55. Brandon Hunter

    Brandon Hunter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1980-2023 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Brandon Hunter was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

  56. Clarence Page

    Clarence Page
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    columnistwriterjournalistactor
    Biography

    Clarence Page is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and senior member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board.

  57. Edward James Roye

    Edward James Roye
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1815-1872 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    judgepolitician
    Biography

    Edward James Roye was a Liberian merchant and politician who served as the fifth president of Liberia from 1870 until his overthrow in the 1871 Liberian coup d'état and subsequent death. He had previously served as the fourth Chief Justice of Liberia from 1865 until 1868. He was the first member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as president.

  58. Wesley Lowery

    Wesley Lowery
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Wesley Lowery is an American journalist who serves as an associate professor of investigative journalism at American University. He previously worked at both CBS News and The Washington Post. He was a lead on the Post's "Fatal Force" project that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2016.

  59. Sammy Kaye

    Sammy Kaye
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1910-1987 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    recording artistbandleaderconductorsongwritercomposer
    Biography

    Sammy Kaye was an American bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. The expression springs from his first hit single in 1937, "Swing and Sway" (U.S. no. 15). He was the first to record and release the standard "Blueberry Hill" in 1940. During World War II, he co-wrote and recorded the anthemic "Remember Pearl Harbor" (U.S. No. 3). He was the first to record and release the no. 1 song "Daddy" in 1941. His signature tune was "Harbor Lights", a number-one hit in 1950.

  60. Leon Harris

    Leon Harris
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    journalistnews presenter
    Biography

    Leon Harris is an American journalist and newscaster with NBC owned-and-operated WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Harris formerly anchored at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, and at Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate WJLA-TV.

  61. Thomas Ewing

    Thomas Ewing
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1789-1871 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Thomas Ewing Sr. was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate and also served as the fourteenth secretary of the treasury and the first secretary of the interior. He is also known as the foster father (and subsequently father-in-law) of famous American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.

  62. Steve Swisher

    Steve Swisher
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    baseball managerprofessional baseball player
    Biography

    Steven Eugene Swisher is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres from 1974 to 1982. Swisher was elected to the 1976 National League All-Star team with the Cubs but did not play in the game. He is the father of former MLB first baseman Nick Swisher.

  63. Lee Rich

    Lee Rich
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1918-2012 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    film producer
    Biography

    Lee Rich was an American film and television producer, who won the 1973 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy award for The Waltons as the producer. He is also known as the co-founder and former chairman of Lorimar Television.

  64. Kao Kim Hourn

    Kao Kim Hourn
    Born in
    Cambodia Flag Cambodia
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kao Kim Hourn CM is the current Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He previously served two terms as Minister Delegate attached to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia (2013-2022) and two terms as Secretary of State of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2003-2013). Dr. Kao, his formal Cambodian name, is a Member of the Supreme National Economic Council, Senior Fellow at the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, and a Member of the Global Council of The Asia Society.

  65. Jeff Kuhner

    Jeff Kuhner
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    political punditcolumnisttalk show hostpunditpolitical activist
    Biography

    Jeffrey Thomas Kuhner is an American talk radio host and political commentator, heard on weekdays from 6 am to 10 am on WRKO AM 680 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the editor of Insight on the News and a regular contributor to the commentary pages of The Washington Times, and his articles have appeared in Human Events, National Review Online, and Investor's Business Daily.

  66. Ilmar Raag

    Ilmar Raag
    Born in
    Estonia Flag Estonia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorjournalistactor
    Biography

    Ilmar Raag is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film The Class. He was CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a well known columnist in many prestigious Estonian newspapers (Postimees, Eesti Päevaleht). He has written many scripts and directed critically acclaimed films, notably August 1991 and The Class.

  67. Dow Finsterwald

    Dow Finsterwald
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1929-2022 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    golfer
    Biography

    Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. was an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

  68. Michael Buckley

    Michael Buckley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    writerchildren's writer
    Biography

    Michael William Buckley is an American children's author whose works include The Sisters Grimm, the N.E.R.D.S. book series, and Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox. He is also the co-creator of the animated TV series Robotomy.

  69. Charlie Wilson

    Charlie Wilson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-2013 (aged 70)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of General Studies
    Occupations
    business executivepoliticianfuneral director
    Biography

    Charles A. Wilson Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 6th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.

  70. Mark Sears

    Mark Sears
    Years
    2002-.. (age 23)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Mark Christopher Sears is an American college basketball player for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Ohio Bobcats.

  71. A. J. Ouellette

    A. J. Ouellette
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    Canadian football playerAmerican football player
    Biography

    A. J. Ouellette is an American professional football running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has previously played for the Toronto Argonauts.

  72. Robert F. Mager

    Robert F. Mager
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1923-2020 (aged 97)
    Occupations
    psychologistpedagogue
    Biography

    Robert Frank Mager [meɪgɜ:] was an American psychologist and author. Concerned with understanding and improving human performance, he is known for developing a framework for preparing learning objectives, and criterion referenced instruction (CRI), as well as addressing areas of goal orientation, student evaluation, student motivation, classroom environment, educational change, performance technology, and instructional design.

  73. Philip H. Gordon

    Philip H. Gordon
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Biography

    Philip H. Gordon is an American diplomat and international relations scholar. From March 21, 2022 to January 20, 2025 he served as Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. Earlier in his career, he was Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf Region (2013–2015) during the Obama administration.

  74. Rohani Abdul Karim

    Rohani Abdul Karim
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Rohani binti Abdul Karim is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Mustapa Mohamed and Noh Omar from March 2008 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batang Lupar from March 2004 to November 2022 and for Santubong from October 1990 to March 2004. She is a member of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions.

  75. John Swofford

    John Swofford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    athletic directorsports executiveAmerican football player
    Biography

    John Douglas Swofford is an American former college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1980 to 1997 and as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1997 to 2021.

  76. Geno Ford

    Geno Ford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    basketball coachbasketball player
    Biography

    Gene A. "Geno" Ford is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player. He is currently the men's head coach for the Stony Brook Seawolves, a position he has held since 2019. He was previously the head coach at Shawnee State University, Muskingum University (then Muskingum College), Kent State University (2008–2011) and Bradley University (2011–2015).

  77. Megan Griffiths

    Megan Griffiths
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorcinematographer
    Biography

    Megan Griffiths is an American film and television director who resides in Seattle, and is a board member of Northwest Film Forum.

  78. William O'Neill

    William O'Neill
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    William Michael O'Neill is an American lawyer, judge and political figure. He was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2012, for a term beginning January 2013. He served as an appellate judge on the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals for 10 years. Twice, O'Neill was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative in Ohio's 14th congressional district. He announced on October 29, 2017, as a candidate for Ohio Governor in the 2018 election. On December 8, 2017, he announced he would resign from the Supreme Court on January 26, 2018.

  79. Samuel S. Cox

    Samuel S. Cox
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1824-1889 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalistdiplomatlawyerwriter
    Biography

    Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

  80. Michael Krasny

    Michael Krasny
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1944-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    journalistradio personality
    Biography

    Michael Jay Krasny is a professor and retired American radio host of Forum, a news and public affairs program on San Francisco public radio station KQED-FM, covering current events, politics, and culture from 1993 to 2021. Additionally, Krasny is currently a professor of English literature at San Francisco State University.

  81. George Shiras, Jr

    George Shiras, Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1832-1924 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    George Shiras Jr. was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1892 to 1903. At that time of his appointment, he had 37 years of private legal practice but had never judged a case. He is noted for his conservative voting with the majority in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. and in Plessy v. Ferguson.

  82. Joe Schiavoni

    Joe Schiavoni
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joseph L. Schiavoni is an American politician and judge who served as a member of the Ohio Senate and Ohio Senate Minority Leader. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiavoni was elected in 2020 to serve as a Judge in the Mahoning County, Ohio Court System.

  83. William Sharon

    William Sharon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1821-1885 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    politicianbankerlawyerbusinessperson
    Biography

    William Tang Sharon was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode.

  84. David J. Skal

    David J. Skal
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-2024 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    biographerhistorianscience fiction writernovelist
    Biography

    David John Skal was an American cultural historian, critic, writer, and on-camera commentator known for his research and analysis of horror films, horror history and horror culture.

  85. Vanessa Córdoba

    Vanessa Córdoba
    Born in
    Colombia Flag Colombia
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Vanessa Córdoba Arteaga is a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Beşiktaş.

  86. Mike Schuler

    Mike Schuler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1940-2022 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    coachbasketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    Michael Harold Schuler was an American basketball coach in both college and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers from 1986 to 1992 and compiled a win–loss record of 179–159. He won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in 1987, becoming the second rookie coach to be conferred the honor.

  87. Charles Taylor Sherman

    Charles Taylor Sherman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1811-1879 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    judgepoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Charles Taylor Sherman was an American district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

  88. Derrick Hall

    Derrick Hall
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Derrick Martin Hall is an American sports executive currently serving as the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  89. Taylor Price

    Taylor Price
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Taylor Price is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats and was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft. He was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Seattle Seahawks.

  90. Frank Crumit

    Frank Crumit
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1889-1943 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    composersinger
    Biography

    Frank Crumit was an American singer, composer, radio entertainer and vaudeville star. He shared his radio programs with his wife, Julia Sanderson, and the two were sometimes called "the ideal couple of the air."

  91. Ashok Trivedi

    Ashok Trivedi
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Occupations
    entrepreneurinvestorphilanthropist
    Biography

    Ashok Trivedi  is an  entrepreneur, investor, and  philanthropist  best known as the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of  Mastech Inc.  and  IGATE. Born in Lucknow, India, Trivedi graduated from the University of Delhi, before moving to the United States of America where he earned his MBA from Ohio University.

  92. Marlis Rahman

    Marlis Rahman
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1942-2018 (aged 76)
    Enrolled in Ohio University
    Graduated with Master of Science
    Occupations
    politicianbiologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Marlis Rahman was an Indonesian politician and academic. He served as Governor of West Sumatra for eight months between 2009 and 2010, and before that as the province's vice governor between 2005 and 2009. He was previously the rector of Andalas University.

  93. Bernadette Sanou Dao

    Bernadette Sanou Dao
    Born in
    Mali Flag Mali
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    Bernadette Sanou Dao is a Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11, her family returned to Upper Volta from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagadougou and later Ohio University in the United States and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. From 1986 to 1987 she was Burkina Faso's Minister for Culture. She lives in Ouagadougou. She writes poetry, short-stories and children's stories.

  94. Hsu Shu-hsiang

    Hsu Shu-hsiang
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    pedagogue
    Biography

    Hsu Shu-hsiang is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. In December 2024, he became the incumbent Vice President of the Examination Yuan.

  95. Frank Baumholtz

    Frank Baumholtz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1918-1997 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbaseball player
    Biography

    Frank Conrad Baumholtz was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He was an outfielder for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds (1947–49), Chicago Cubs (1949 and 1951–55) and Philadelphia Phillies (1956–57). He played two seasons of professional basketball for the Youngstown Bears of the National Basketball League during the 1945–46 season, and the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America during the 1946–47 season. He was born in Midvale, Ohio.

  96. Zheng Ji

    Zheng Ji
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1900-2010 (aged 110)
    Occupations
    nutritionistbiochemistuniversity teacherbiologistchemist
    Biography

    Zheng Ji also known as Libin T. Cheng (his last name was spelled as Cheng in the Wade-Giles system before Pinyin was used to spell the names of Chinese people and places), was a Chinese nutritionist and biochemist, sometimes regarded as the founder of modern nutrition science in China. He was reputed to be the world's oldest professor, having lived to the age of 110.

  97. Lee Saunders

    Lee Saunders
    Occupations
    trade unionist
    Biography

    Lee A. Saunders is a leader of the labor movement in the United States. He was elected to succeed Gerald W. McEntee as President of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of the largest and most politically active unions in the AFL-CIO, on June 21, 2012, during the union's 40th International Convention in Los Angeles. Saunders served as Secretary-Treasurer of AFSCME from 2010 to 2012.

  98. Yvette McGee Brown

    Yvette McGee Brown
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Yvette McGee Brown became the first African American female justice on the Ohio Supreme Court when she took office on January 1, 2011. She was the founding president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and was a judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for nine years.

  99. Vernon Sykes

    Vernon Sykes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianprofessor
    Biography

    Vernon Sykes is an American politician who served as the state Senator for the 28th district of the Ohio Senate from 2017 to 2024. The district included Akron, Barberton, Green, Portage Lakes, Sawyerwood, Lakemore and portions of Cuyahoga Falls, Mogadore and Tallmadge in Summit County.

  100. Chuck Stobart

    Chuck Stobart
    Years
    1934-2022 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    head coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    Charles R. Stobart was an American college football player and coach. He played as a quarterback at Ohio University in the 1950s. He was a football coach at various schools for 42 years from 1959 to 2000, including 36 consecutive seasons as a coach at Division I collegiate programs.