100 Notable alumni of
Ohio University
Updated:
Ohio University is 308th 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.
-
Paul Newman
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm produceractorfilm directorstage actor
- Biography
-
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, racing 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.
-
Logan Paul
- Occupations
- boxertelevision actoractorshowmanvideo blogger
- Biography
-
Logan Alexander Paul is an American social media influencer, professional wrestler, YouTuber, and actor. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is competing on the SmackDown brand, and where he is the reigning WWE United States Champion. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021. Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over 4 million YouTube subscribers.
-
Ed O'Neill
- Occupations
- film actorplayer of American footballtelevision actorcomedianvoice actor
- Biography
-
Edward Leonard O'Neill is an American actor and comedian. His roles include Al Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes, and Jay Pritchett on the award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and won four Screen Actors Guild Awards (all four for being part of the best Ensemble in a Comedy Series). He has also appeared in the Wayne's World film series, Little Giants, Prefontaine, The Bone Collector and Sun Dogs. He has done voice-work for the Wreck-It Ralph franchise and Finding Dory.
-
Piper Perabo
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in theatre
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractortelevision producer
- Biography
-
Piper Lisa Perabo is an American actress. Following her breakthrough in the comedy-drama film Coyote Ugly (2000), she starred in 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.
-
Roger Ailes
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersontelevision 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 US 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 was forced out of Fox News after sexually harassing many female Fox employees, including on-air hosts Gretchen Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Andrea Tantaros.
-
Richard Dean Anderson
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorice hockey playervoice actor
- Biography
-
Richard Dean Anderson is a retired 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).
-
Matt Lauer
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Studied telecommunication
- Occupations
- journalistnews presenteractortelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Matthew Todd Lauer is an American former 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 The Today Show from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, he was moved from the news desk to the host's chair, and served as the co-host of NBC's Today show from 1997 to 2017. He was also a frequent contributor for 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.
-
Carlos Arsenio Mendez Hall
- Occupations
- comedianfilm actortelevision presentervoice actortelevision producer
- Biography
-
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted the late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014.
-
Roy Lichtenstein
- Occupations
- architectural draftspersonjewelry designersculptorlithographeruniversity teacher
- Biography
-
Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". His paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City.
-
Nancy Cartwright
- Occupations
- voice actorscreenwritercomedianactor
- 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 Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Nelson Muntz, and Maggie. She is also the voice of Chuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon series Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!, succeeding Christine Cavanaugh.
-
Jean Peters
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actor
- Biography
-
Elizabeth Jean Peters was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered for her siren role in Pickup on South Street (1953), Peters was known for her resistance to being turned into a sex symbol. She preferred to play unglamorous, down-to-earth women.
-
Abyss
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
-
Christopher Joseph Park is an American retired professional wrestler, who is signed to WWE as a producer and onscreen personality. He is best known for his time with TNA Wrestling under the ring name Abyss. He became a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He is the heaviest wrestler to hold the X Division Championship and was the longest reigning Television Champion. In the tag team division, he held the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with A.J. Styles, and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice, once with James Storm as The Revolution, and once with Crazzy Steve as Decay.
-
Vanessa Bell Calloway
- Occupations
- film actordancerfilm producerscreenwritervoice actor
- 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.
-
Bob Huggins
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- 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.
-
Mike Schmidt
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
-
Michael Jack Schmidt is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire 18-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 and is widely considered to be the greatest third baseman in baseball history.
-
Allie LaForce
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantjournalist
- Biography
-
Alexandra Leigh LaForce is an American journalist, model and beauty queen who won Miss Teen USA 2005. She is a reporter for Warner Bros. Discovery 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.
-
Maria Cantwell
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantpublic relations executive
- Biography
-
Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician and former businesswoman serving as the junior United States senator from Washington since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and in the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995.
-
Thom Brennaman
- Occupations
- sports commentator
- Biography
-
Thomas Wade Brennaman is an American television sportscaster. He is the son of former Cincinnati Reds radio sportscaster Marty Brennaman. He served as 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.
-
Jonathan Freeman
- Occupations
- cinematographerstage actorvoice actortelevision actor
- Biography
-
Jonathan Freeman is an American actor and singer. He is known for voicing Jafar in Disney's Aladdin franchise, as well as the Kingdom Hearts franchise and the 2011 Aladdin musical.
-
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- In 1976 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in physics
- Occupations
- biologistbiochemistinternational forum participantmolecular biologistchemist
- Biography
-
Venkatraman "Venki" 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.
-
Betty Thomas
- Occupations
- film directortelevision actorfilm actorfilm producer
- Biography
-
Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues. As of March 2018, Thomas is one of just two directors (and the only solo director) to have multiple films on the list of seventeen highest-US-grossing female-directed films. Additionally, two of her films are in the top twenty-five highest-US-grossing female-directed films.
-
Eileen Heckart
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
-
Anna Eileen Heckart was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years.
-
Jenny Holzer
- Occupations
- installation artistsculptordrawerpainterconceptual artist
- Biography
-
Jenny Holzer is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick, New York. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces and includes large-scale installations, advertising billboards, projections on buildings and other structures, and illuminated electronic displays.
-
Tony Musante
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorfilm 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).
-
George Voinovich
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- In 1958 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in government
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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, the last Republican to serve in that office.
-
Marie Tharp
- Occupations
- geologistcartographeroceanographer
- 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.
-
Jim Dine
- Occupations
- drawergraphic artistprintmakerperformance artistlithographer
- 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; his early works encompassed assemblage and happenings, while in recent years his poetry output, both in publications and readings, has increased.
-
Joe Dolce
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
-
Joseph Dolce is an American-Australian singer-songwriter, poet and essayist.
-
Vasu Sangsingkeaw
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
-
Vasu Sangsingkeo is a Thai actor, host and singer.
-
Swapna Dutt
- Occupations
- film producerbusinesspersontelevision 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.
-
Jay Mariotti
- Occupations
- podcasterjournalist
- 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.
-
Alan Schaaf
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
-
Alan Schaaf is an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and former CEO of the image sharing app and website Imgur.
-
Richard E. Cole
- Occupations
- military personnelfarmer
- 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.
-
Mary Murphy
- Occupations
- dancerchoreographer
- 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.
-
Jason Preston
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
-
Jason Preston is an American professional basketball player 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.
-
Mohammad Eslami
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- 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 President Rouhani.
-
Maurice Ndour
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
-
Maurice Daly Ndour is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). 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.
-
Fred Singer
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicistatmospheric physicist
- 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.
-
Bob Brenly
- 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.
-
Mike Mitchell
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Studied in 2005-2009
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
-
Michael Mitchell is a former American football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football at Ohio 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.
-
Alex Pacheco
- Occupations
- film directoranimal rights advocate
- 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.
-
Jonathan Edwards
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterguitaristsingermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
-
Jonathan Edwards is an American country and folk singer-songwriter best known for his 1971 hit single "Sunshine".
-
D. J. Cooper
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
-
Donell "D. J." Cooper Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. 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.
-
Jerri Nielsen
- 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.
-
Rick Charls (diver)
- Born in
-
United States - Occupations
- competitive diver
- Biography
-
Rick Charls is a former American high diver who held the world record for the highest dive of 172 feet.
-
Mahmood Sariolghalam
- Occupations
- historianinternational forum participantphilosopher
- 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.
-
Edward Lachman
- Occupations
- film directorcinematographer
- 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.
-
Danny White
- Occupations
- athletic directorbasketball player
- 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.
-
Dave Malloy
- Occupations
- composeractorpianiststage actorsongwriter
- Biography
-
Dave Malloy is an American composer, playwright, lyricist, and actor. He has written several theatrical works, often based on classic works of literature. They include Moby-Dick, an adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel; Octet, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Preludes, a musical fantasia set in the mind of romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninoff; Ghost Quartet, a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey; and the Tony Award winning Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on War and Peace.
-
Chuck Swirsky
- Occupations
- radio personalitysports commentatorbasketball 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.
-
Yousef Al-Othaimeen
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- In 1982 studied political sociology
- Occupations
- international forum participantcivil 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.
-
Martin Savidge
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in journalism
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
-
Martin Savidge is a Canadian-American television news correspondent.
-
Brandon Hunter
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
-
Brandon Hunter was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
-
Clarence Page
- Occupations
- journalistwritercolumnistactor
- Biography
-
Clarence Page is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and senior member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board.
-
Wesley Lowery
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
-
Wesley Lowery is an American journalist who has 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 as well as the author of They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement (Little, Brown, 2016). In 2017, he became a CNN political contributor and in 2020 was announced as a correspondent for 60 in 6, a short-form spinoff of 60 Minutes for Quibi. Lowery is a former Fellow at Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service.
-
Edward James Roye
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
-
Edward James Roye served as the fifth president of Liberia from 1870 to 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.
-
Leon Harris
- Occupations
- news presenterjournalist
- 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.
-
Larry Connor
- Occupations
- racing driverastronaut
- Biography
-
Larry Connor is an American real estate and technology business person, as well as a space tourist. Connor is the head of the Connor Group, a real estate investment firm located in Dayton, Ohio.
-
Sammy Kaye
- Occupations
- songwriterconductorbandleaderrecording artistcomposer
- 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.
-
Jennifer Lahmers
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- 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.
-
Thomas Ewing
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Thomas Ewing Sr. was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving 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.
-
Steve Swisher
- Occupations
- professional baseball playerbaseball manager
- 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.
-
Lee Rich
- 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.
-
Jeff Kuhner
- Occupations
- pundittalk show hostcolumnistpolitical punditeditor
- 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.
-
Ilmar Raag
- Occupations
- journalistfilm directorscreenwriteractor
- Biography
-
Ilmar Raag is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film The Class. He has served as 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.
-
Dow Finsterwald
- 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.
-
Michael Buckley
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- 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.
-
Philip Gordon
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Biography
-
Philip H. Gordon is an American diplomat and foreign policy professional. Since March 21, 2022, he has 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 presidency of Barack Obama.
-
Robert F. Mager
- Occupations
- pedagoguepsychologist
- Biography
-
Robert "Bob" 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.
-
Kao Kim Hourn
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
-
Kao Kim Hourn 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.
-
Charlie Wilson
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of General Studies
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executivefuneral 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.
-
John Swofford
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- athletic directorplayer of American footballsports executive
- 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 from 1997 to 2021.
-
Geno Ford
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- 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).
-
Megan Griffiths
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwritercinematographer
- Biography
-
Megan Griffiths is a film and television director who resides in Seattle, Washington, U.S., and is a board member of Northwest Film Forum.
-
William O'Neill
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- 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.
-
Michael Krasny
- Occupations
- radio personalityjournalist
- 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.
-
Joe Schiavoni
- 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.
-
Samuel S. Cox
- Occupations
- writerlawyerdiplomatjournalistpolitician
- 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.
-
William Sharon
- Occupations
- lawyerbankerpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
William Tang Sharon was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode.
-
Mike Schuler
- Occupations
- coachbasketball coachbasketball player
- 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.
-
A. J. Ouellette
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
-
A. J. Ouellette is an American professional gridiron football running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
-
George Shiras, Jr
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- 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 votes in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. and in Plessy v. Ferguson.
-
Taylor Price
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
-
Taylor Price is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio University. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Seattle Seahawks.
-
Derrick Hall
- 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.
-
Frank Crumit
- Occupations
- singercomposer
- 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."
-
Vanessa Córdoba
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
-
Vanessa Córdoba Arteaga is a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlético Nacional.
-
Ashok Trivedi
- Born in
-
India - Occupations
- investorentrepreneurphilanthropist
- 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.
-
Marlis Rahman
- Enrolled in Ohio University
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- university teacherbiologistpolitician
- 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.
-
Charles Taylor Sherman
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
-
Charles Taylor Sherman was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
-
Frank Baumholtz
- Occupations
- baseball playerbasketball 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.
-
Chuck Stobart
- Years
- 1934-2022 (aged 88)
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- 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.
-
Zheng Ji
- Occupations
- biologistuniversity teacherbiochemistnutritionistchemist
- 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.
-
Yvette McGee Brown
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- 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.
-
Hsu Shu-hsiang
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- pedagogue
- Biography
-
Hsu Shu-hsiang is a Taiwanese academic administrator and politician.
-
Emma Gamboa Alvarado
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
-
Emma Gamboa Alvarado, was a Costa Rican educator, recognized for her contributions to pedagogy and teaching. She was declared Benemérita de la Patria (Well-deserving of the Homeland) by the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica in 1980. She was depicted on the ten thousand colones bill of 1998.
-
Art Lewis
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
-
Arthur Everett "Pappy" Lewis was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a lineman at Ohio University from 1932 to 1935 and then in the National Football League (NFL) being a first-round draft choice by the New York Giants in 1936 and the Cleveland Rams from 1938 to 1939. Lewis also served as the interim head coach for the Rams for the last eight games of the 1938 season becoming the youngest head coach in NFL history. He was the head football coach at Washington and Lee University from 1946 to 1948 and at West Virginia University from 1950 to 1959, compiling a career college football record of 69–55–2. At West Virginia, Lewis led the Mountaineers to five Southern Conference titles and an appearance in the 1954 Sugar Bowl.
-
Wilson Shannon
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
-
Wilson Shannon was a Democratic politician from Ohio and Kansas. He served as the 14th and 16th governor of Ohio, and was the first Ohio governor born in the state. He was the second governor of the Kansas Territory.
-
Nujoom Al-Ghanem
- Occupations
- film directorwriterpoet
- Biography
-
Nujoom Alghanem is an Emirati poet, artist and film director. She has published eight poetry collections and has directed more than twenty films. Alghanem is active in her community and is considered a well established writer and filmmaker in the Arab world. Her achievements in the arts have been recognized both nationally and internationally. She is the cofounder of Nahar Productions, a film production company based in Dubai. Currently she works as a professional mentor in filmmaking and creative writing, as well as a cultural and media consultant.
-
Vernon Sykes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Vernon Sykes is an American politician serving as the state Senator for the 28th district of the Ohio Senate. The district included Akron, Barberton, Green, Portage Lakes, Sawyerwood, Lakemore and portions of Cuyahoga Falls, Mogadore and Tallmadge in Summit County.
-
Adam Stevens
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
-
Adam Gregory Stevens is a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief for Christopher Bell since 2020. In 2015, he became the first crew chief since Jeff Hammond in 1982 to win the championship in his rookie season as the crew chief for Kyle Busch.
