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The following is a list of people from
Dayton, Ohio.
Actors, entertainers, and models
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Tom Aldredge, actor
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Ralph Byrd, actor
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Nancy Cartwright, voice artist
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Damian Chapa, actor
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Max Charles, actor
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Mystro Clark, actor, comedian, and TV host
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Willis "Bing" Davis, visual artist and teacher
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Dr. Creep aka Barry Hobart, actor
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Charles Michael Davis, actor
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Mel Epstein, film producer
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Dorothy Gish, silent actress
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Luke Grimes, actor
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Dorian Harewood, actor
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Drew Hastings, comedian, actor, writer
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Allison Janney, actress
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Ken Jenkins, actor
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Toccara Jones, fashion model and TV personality
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Gordon Jump, actor
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Chad Lowe, actor
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Rob Lowe, actor
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Aaron O'Connell, actor
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Maulik Pancholy, actor, voice actor, author
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Dan Patrick (Pugh), sports anchor
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Wendy Pepper, reality TV star and fashion designer
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Keith Prentice, actor
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Ted Ross, actor
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Gary Sandy, actor
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Sherri Saum, actress
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Martin Sheen, actor
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Beth Stelling, comedian
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Andrea Thompson, actress
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De'Angelo Wilson, actor
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Jonathan Winters, comedian and actor
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Vincent M. Ward, actor
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Katt Williams, comedian and actor
Athletes
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Deveon Everhart Aikens, pro wrestler
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Will Allen, NFL safety
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Michael Bennett,
NFL defensive tackle
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Pauline Betz,
Hall of Fame tennis player, four-time U.S. Open champion
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Howie Brown, NFL guard
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David Bruton, NFL strong safety
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Tonja Buford-Bailey, Olympic 400m hurdler
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Derek Bunch, NFL linebacker
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Keith Byars, NFL running back
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Roosevelt Chapman, basketball hall of famer and all-time leading scorer at the
University of Dayton
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Roger Clemens,
MLB pitcher
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Norris Cole,
NBA player
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Kurt Coleman, NFL safety
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Marco Coleman, NFL defensive tackle
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Cris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver, sports commentator
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Daequan Cook, NBA player
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Greg Cook, NFL quarterback
[1]
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Charles Daniels, Olympic freestyle swimmer
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Megan Duffy,
WNBA player
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Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder,
Alien Workshop
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Claire Falknor, professional soccer player
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Doug France, NFL Player
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Nikki Fuller, professional bodybuilder
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Na'Shan Goddard, NFL offensive lineman
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Jeff Graham, NFL receiver
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Joe Greene, two-time Olympic bronze medalist long jumper
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Andy Harmon, NFL player
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Ron Harper, basketball player
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A. J. Hawk, NFL linebacker
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Victor Heflin, NFL defensive back
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Vince Heflin, NFL wide receiver
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John Henderson, NFL wide receiver
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Kirk Herbstreit, Ohio State quarterback, football analyst
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Chris Hero, pro wrestler
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Brady Hoke,
Ball State University linebacker
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Todd Hollandsworth, baseball player
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Darrell Jackson, NFL wide receiver
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Will Johnson, football player
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Kerry Kittles, NBA player
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Dave Krynzel, MLB player
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Frank Lockhart, race car driver
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Ron Lyle, boxer
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Holley Mangold, Olympic weightlifter
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Nick Mangold, NFL offensive lineman
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Justin Masterson, baseball pitcher
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Don May, NBA player
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Brandon McKinney, NFL nose tackle
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Mike Mickens, NFL defensive back
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Braxton Miller, NFL wide receiver
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Mike Mohler, baseball pitcher
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Edwin C. Moses, Olympic gold medalist hurdler
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Sean Murphy, MLB Catcher
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Josh Myers, NFL center
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Mike Nugent, NFL kicker
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Ifeadi Odenigbo, NFL Defensive End
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Jim Paxson Jr., NBA player and executive
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John Paxson, basketball player, coach, manager, broadcaster
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Peerless Price, NFL wide receiver
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Scott Rettich, racing driver
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Javon Ringer, NFL running back
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Chris Rolfe, soccer player
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Brett Salisbury, quarterback
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Joe Schilling, kickboxer
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Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame baseball player
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Bryan Sellers, race car driver
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Donald Smith, NBA player
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Scott Stamper, NFL running back
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Joe Thomasson (born 1993), basketball player
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Al Tucker, Jr, NBA basketball player
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T. J. Turner, NFL player
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Sam Underhill, English Rugby Union player
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Salt Walther, Indy car driver
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Taylor Ward, baseball player
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Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle
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Tamika Williams, WNBA player
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Jerel Worthy, NFL defensive end
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Chris Wright, NBA forward
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Steve Yeager, MLB player
Writers and cartoonists
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Natalie Clifford Barney, playwright, poet and novelist
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Eva Best (1851–1925), story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist
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Erma Bombeck, columnist and author
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Richard H. Brodhead, author and president of Duke University
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Si Burick, sports editor and columnist
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Milton Caniff, cartoonist
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Ritter Collett, sports editor and columnist
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Charlotte Reeve Conover, historian
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, early African-American poet
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Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
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Marj Heyduck, journalist, columnist, editor
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Hunter Lewis, author
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Hal McCoy, baseball writer
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Terry Oroszi, terrorism researcher and author
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Clarence Page, journalist and syndicated columnist
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Maulik Pancholy, author
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Mike Peters, opinion cartoonist
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Tim Waggoner, horror and fantasy writer
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Roz Young, columnist
Entrepreneurs
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Larry Augustin, member of the OpenSource community
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Larry Connor, founder of The Connor Group
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Edward A. Deeds, engineer, inventor, industrialist
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Philip Haas, inventor, plumbing specialties manufacturer
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George Huffman, founder of Huffy Corporation
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Paul Iams,
Iams founder
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Charles Kettering, inventor of the automobile self-starter
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Carl Lindner, Jr., businessman
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Nancy Lynn, business owner, pilot, and public speaker
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John H. Patterson, founder of National Cash Register
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James Ritty, inventor of the
cash register
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Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, inventors of the airplane
Military
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Charles G. Bickham,
Medal of Honor recipient
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Llewellyn Morris Chilson, United States Army career soldier who served during World War II
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Richard E. Cole, Air Force pilot who took part in the Doolittle Raid in 1942
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Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient
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Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the
United States Pacific Command
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Joseph G. Lapointe Jr, Medal of Honor recipient
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Jack V. Mackmull, founded the
United States Army Aviation Branch
[2]
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Joe C. Paul, Medal of Honor recipient
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Sidney Souers, first Director of the
CIA
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Tony Stein, Medal of Honor recipient
Musicians
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Little Axe, blues musician
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Leroy Bonner, musician/producer, The Ohio Players
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Stevie Brock, pop singer
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Kim Deal, rock musician, member of
Pixies,
The Amps, and
The Breeders
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Kelley Deal, rock musician, member of The Amps and The Breeders
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Rick Derringer, rock musician
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Jim Ferguson, classical/jazz guitarist, composer, author, educator, and music journalist
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Tommy James, rock musician and singer of "Mony Mony"
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Walter "Junie" Morrison, musician and producer
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Vess Ossman, 5-string banjoist
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Dottie Peoples, gospel singer
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M Ross Perkins, songwriter
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Robert Pollard, founder and singer of lo-fi rock band
Guided By Voices and other aliases thereof
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Harry Reser, banjoist and leader of the Clicquot Club Eskimos
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Kim Richey,
singer/songwriter
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John Scofield, jazz
guitarist
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John Schmersal, guitarist/singer for
Brainiac, who went on to form
Enon
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Bud Shank, jazz saxophonist
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Margo Smith,
country music singer, known for her
yodeling
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Tyler Smith, singer (
The Word Alive)
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Billy Strayhorn, jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger
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Roger Troutman and
Zapp, musicians/producers
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Johnnie Wilder Jr., founder and lead singer, and Keith Wilder, founder,
Heatwave, R&B group
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Booty Wood, jazz trombonist
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Snooky Young, jazz trumpeter
Politicians
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James Middleton Cox, Congressman, Ohio governor, 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, founder of
Cox Enterprises
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Richard Clay Dixon, former mayor of Dayton
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Dave Hall, former mayor of Dayton
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Tony P. Hall, former US Congressman
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William A. Halteman, member of the Washington House of Representatives in 1895–1897 and 1907–1909
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Paul Leonard, former mayor of Dayton and lieutenant governor of Ohio
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James H. McGee, former mayor of Dayton
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C. J. McLin, former Ohio State Representative
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Mike Rohrkaste, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman
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Mike Turner, US Congressman, former mayor of Dayton
Other
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China P. Arnold, convicted murderer serving life without parole for murdering and cooking her daughter, Paris in a microwave
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Jordan Anderson, former slave and author of "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master"
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Charles Bassett, astronaut
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Jayananda Dasa, pioneer of
ISKCON in
San Francisco
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Phil Donahue, talk-show host, began his eponymous show in Dayton, where he spent over a decade
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Ronnie and Donnie Galyon (1951–2020), oldest set of conjoined twins in the world
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Steve Gibson, computer programmer
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George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
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Ahad Israfil, gunshot victim
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Virginia Kettering (1907–2003), philanthropist
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William H. Lough (1881–1940s), economist
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W. S. McIntosh, civil rights activist
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Jessica Moore, journalist
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Robert R. Nathan, economist
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Mike Nawrocki, co-creator of
VeggieTales
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Melvin Lorrel Nichols, emeritus professor of chemistry,
Cornell University
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Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845-1921), social reformer
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Jane Reece, photographer
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Amy Schneider,
Jeopardy! champion, and the first openly
transgender contestant to qualify for the
Tournament of Champions
[3]
[4]
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Constantine Scollen (1841-1902), renowned Irish missionary and "
Whoop-Up Trail" priest among the native peoples of Canada and US.
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Howard Dwight Smith, architect of
Ohio Stadium
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Dorothy Stang (1931–2005), Catholic nun of the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and
Amazonian activist
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Norman Steenrod, mathematician
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Strobe Talbott, writer and diplomat
References