31 Notable alumni of
Otterbein University
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Otterbein University is 1555th in the world, 540th in North America, and 508th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 31 notable alumni from Otterbein University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rachael Harris
- Enrolled in Otterbein University
- In 1989 studied theatre
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Rachael Harris is an American actress and comedian. The accolades she has received include nominations for an Independent Spirit Award and a Saturn Award.
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Jonathan Bennett
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actormodeltelevision actor
- Biography
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Jonathan David Bennett is an American actor and television host. He is known for his roles as Aaron Samuels in the 2004 comedy film Mean Girls, Bud McNulty in 2005's Cheaper by the Dozen 2, the title character in the 2009 direct-to-DVD comedy Van Wilder: Freshman Year, and his recurring role as Casey Gant in the mystery drama Veronica Mars. He was the host of the Food Network series Halloween Wars, and he previously hosted Cake Wars.
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David Graf
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Paul David Graf was an American actor, best known for his role as Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy series of films.
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Cory Michael Smith
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Cory Michael Smith is an American actor. He appeared in 2013 in Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway, which starred Emilia Clarke. He has also appeared in several of Todd Haynes's films, including Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017), and May December (2023), as well as Jason Reitman's film Saturday Night (2024).
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Sam Jaeger
- Occupations
- film producerfilm actorscreenwriterfilm directortelevision actor
- Biography
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Samuel Heath Jaeger is an American actor and screenwriter.
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Jack Hanna
- Occupations
- zoologist
- Biography
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Jack Bushnell Hanna is an American retired zookeeper and director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Commonly nicknamed "Jungle Jack", he was director of the zoo from 1978 to 1992, and is viewed as largely responsible for elevating its quality and reputation. His media appearances, particularly with David Letterman, James Corden, Good Morning America, and Maury Povich made him one of the most notable animal experts in the United States.
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Henry Clay Frick
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpatron of the artsart collector
- Biography
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Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He had extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the Neoclassical Frick Mansion in Manhattan (now designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark), and upon his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and art museum. However, as a founding member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, he was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood. His vehement opposition to unions also caused violent conflict, most notably in the Homestead Strike.
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Paul O'Neill
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Paul Andrew O'Neill is an American former baseball right fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1985–1992) and New York Yankees (1993–2001). O'Neill compiled 281 home runs, 1,269 runs batted in, 2,107 hits, and a lifetime batting average of.288. He won the American League batting title in 1994 with a.359 average. He was a five-time World Series champion and a five-time All-Star (1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998).
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Chris Jansing
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Christine Ann Kapostasy-Jansing is an American television journalist. She anchors Chris Jansing Reports airing from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET weekdays on MSNBC, having replaced MTP Daily in May 2022.
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Kazuya SHIMBA
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kazuya Shimba is a Japanese politician, the general-secretary of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is serving as a member of the House of Councillors.
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Jeremy Bobb
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Jeremy Bobb is an American actor who has appeared on stage, television and in feature films. He had a recurring role in CBS's 2013 drama Hostages as White House Chief of Staff Quintin Creasy and co-starred as Herman Barrow in the Cinemax TV series The Knick. In 2014, he played Stevie in the crime-drama film The Drop. In 2019, Bobb appeared in the Netflix series Russian Doll. In 2023, he appeared as Detective Mayhew in the Peacock mini series The Continental.
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Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi
- Occupations
- military personnelpolice officer
- Biography
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Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi is a high ranking police officer in the United Arab Emirates. He currently serves as the 30th president of Interpol and the Major general of the United Arab Emirates' interior ministry.
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Agnes Meyer Driscoll
- Occupations
- cryptographermathematiciancryptanalyst
- Biography
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Agnes Meyer Driscoll, known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as "the first lady of naval cryptology."
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Grandma Lee
- Occupations
- stand-up comedian
- Biography
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Frances Lee Strong, better known by her stage name Grandma Lee, was an American stand-up comedian who was a talent show contestant on America's Got Talent in 2009. She began performing when she was in her 60s and became known for her off-color humor.
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Jeff Gibbs
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jeffrey Gibbs is an American professional basketball player for the Koshigaya Alphas of the B.League. Gibbs played college basketball for Otterbein University and is a professional player since 2004.
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Ashley Palmer
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingerstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ashley Elizabeth Palmer is an American actress and singer best known for her appearance in the 2007 hit horror film, Paranormal Activity.
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Dee Hoty
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Dee Hoty is an American actress known for her work in musical theatre. Over the course of her career, she has appeared in numerous Broadway productions and earned three Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical, for The Will Rogers Follies (1991), The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994), and Footloose (1999).
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John Magaw
- Occupations
- U.S. Secret Service agent
- Biography
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John William Magaw is an American former police officer and administrator for the United States Federal Government. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Otterbein College, in Westerville, Ohio in 1957. He began his career in public service in 1959 as a state trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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Frank Truitt
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Frank Wilson Truitt, Jr., was a multi-sport collegiate coach and a veteran of World War II.
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Lance W. Lord
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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General Lance W. Lord is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force who served as Commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.
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Bryan Thao Worra
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Bryan Thao Worra is a Laotian American writer and poet.
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Alan Eugene Norris
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Alan Eugene Norris is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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Harold Anderson
- Occupations
- basketball playerhead coachbasketball coach
- Biography
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W. Harold Anderson was an American college men's basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. As a player, he played at Otterbein College, a small liberal arts college outside Columbus, Ohio. As a coach he was one of the first to win more than 500 games on the collegiate level. Anderson was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Chalmers Wylie
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Chalmers Pangburn Wylie was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio, who served in various public offices in that state before serving thirteen terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1993.
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Charles L. Donnelly, Jr
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Charles Lawthers Donnelly Jr. was a general in the United States Air Force who served as Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces in Europe/Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe from 1984 to 1987. Donnelly was also a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. He died of cancer in Malcolm Grow Medical Center at Andrews Air Force Base on July 3, 1994, at the age of 64.
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Gerald Rosselot
- Occupations
- physicistengineer
- Biography
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Gerald A. Rosselot was an American physicist and engineering executive at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Bendix Corporation (now owned by Honeywell). He was an IEEE Fellow.
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Abraham Lincoln Keister
- Occupations
- politicianbankerlawyer
- Biography
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Abraham Lincoln Keister was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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George W. Meeker
- Years
- 1833-1890 (aged 57)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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George W. Meeker was the 23rd mayor of Columbus, Ohio and the 21st person to serve in that office. He served Columbus for one term. His successor was James G. Bull after 1870. He died in 1890.
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John Allen Shauck
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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John Allen Shauck was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1895–1914.
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David L. Sleeper
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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David Lawrence Sleeper was a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1896-1898.
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Lillian Resler Harford
- Occupations
- writernewspaper editormissionary
- Biography
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Lillian Resler Harford was an American church organizer, editor, and author. She was an active worker in the Woman's Missionary Association of her church, the United Brethren in Christ, and delivered lectures for the Women's Missionary Society. In 1880, she was one of the two delegates sent by the Association to the World's Missionary Conference in London She became the longest-serving president of the Association. Harford died in 1935.
