Founded circa 1795 by Jonathan Dayton (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) and other Revolutionary War veterans. It became the county seat of Montgomery County in 1803.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tom Aldredge |
Actor |
28-Feb-1928 |
22-Jul-2011 |
Into The Woods |
| Barbara Cox Anthony |
Business |
8-Dec-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Cox Enterprises billionaire |
| Frederick B. Artz |
Historian |
19-Oct-1894 |
20-Jul-1983 |
Reaction and Revolution, 1814-1832 |
| Irving Babbitt |
Philosopher |
2-Aug-1865 |
15-Jul-1933 |
Early leader of Neohumanism |
| Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
| Paul S. Boyer |
Historian |
2-Aug-1935 |
17-Mar-2012 |
When Time Shall Be No More |
| Richard H. Brodhead |
Educator |
17-Apr-1947 |
|
President, Duke University |
| Ralph Byrd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1909 |
18-Aug-1952 |
Dick Tracy |
| Nancy Cartwright |
Actor |
25-Oct-1959 |
|
Voice of Bart Simpson |
| Anne Cox Chambers |
Business |
1-Dec-1919 |
|
Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium |
| Damian Chapa |
Actor |
29-Oct-1963 |
|
Street Fighter |
| Roger Clemens |
Baseball |
4-Aug-1962 |
|
Twice pitched 20 strikeouts |
| Kelley Deal |
Guitarist |
10-Jun-1961 |
|
Sometime guitarist for The Breeders |
| Kim Deal |
Bassist |
10-Jun-1961 |
|
Pixies, Breeders bassist |
| Diana Lady Dougan |
Diplomat |
13-Jan-1943 |
|
Former US Ambassador |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar |
Poet |
27-Jun-1872 |
9-Feb-1906 |
Lyrics of a Lowly Life |
| Charles A. Ford |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Honduras |
| Cathy Guisewite |
Cartoonist |
5-Sep-1950 |
|
Cathy |
| Tony P. Hall |
Politician |
16-Jan-1942 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1979-2002 |
| Chick Harbert |
Golf |
20-Feb-1915 |
1-Sep-1992 |
Winner, 1954 PGA Championship |
| Dorian Harewood |
Actor |
6-Aug-1950 |
|
Full Metal Jacket |
| John Hockenberry |
Journalist |
4-Jun-1956 |
|
The Takeaway |
| Paul Iams |
Business |
11-Aug-1915 |
26-Oct-2004 |
Pet food manufacturer |
| Tommy James |
Musician |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Crimson and Clover |
| Allison Janney |
Actor |
19-Nov-1959 |
|
C. J. Cregg on The West Wing |
| Ken Jenkins |
Actor |
28-Aug-1940 |
|
Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs |
| Gordon Jump |
Actor |
1-Apr-1932 |
22-Sep-2003 |
Maytag repairman who headed WKRP |
| Paul R. Leonard |
Politician |
3-Jul-1943 |
|
Lt. Governor of Ohio, 1987-91 |
| Carl H. Lindner |
Business |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Oct-2011 |
Cincinnati billionaire |
| Chad Lowe |
Actor |
15-Jan-1968 |
|
Jesse McKenna on Life Goes On |
| Manning Marable |
Educator |
13-May-1950 |
1-Apr-2011 |
Beyond Black and White |
| Edwin M. Martin |
Government |
21-May-1908 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68 |
| Raymond J. McGuire |
Business |
1957 |
|
Citigroup M&A executive |
| Edwin Moses |
Track and Field |
31-Aug-1955 |
|
Olympic hurdler |
| Patrick Nagel |
Artist |
25-Nov-1945 |
4-Feb-1984 |
The Nagel Woman |
| Clarence Page |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1947 |
|
Newspaper columnist, talking head |
| Daniel Edward Pilarczyk |
Religion |
12-Aug-1934 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati, 1982-2009 |
| Gary Sandy |
Actor |
25-Dec-1945 |
|
Andy Travis on WKRP |
| Mike Schmidt |
Baseball |
27-Sep-1949 |
|
Phillies third baseman |
| Martin Sheen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1940 |
|
The West Wing |
| Sidney Souers |
Government |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Jan-1973 |
CIA Director, 1946 |
| Billy Strayhorn |
Composer |
29-Nov-1915 |
31-May-1967 |
Take the A Train |
| Strobe Talbott |
Government |
25-Apr-1946 |
|
Time journalist, Deputy Secy. of State |
| Andrea Thompson |
Actor |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
Det. Kirkendall on NYPD Blue |
| Michael Turner |
Politician |
11-Jan-1960 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 3rd |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| James B. Weaver |
Politician |
12-Jun-1833 |
6-Feb-1912 |
Congressman from Iowa, 1885-89 |
| Leslie H. Wexner |
Business |
8-Sep-1937 |
|
CEO of Limited Brands |
| Charles W. Whalen, Jr. |
Politician |
31-Jul-1920 |
27-Jun-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-79 |
| Jonathan Winters |
Comic |
11-Nov-1925 |
11-Apr-2013 |
Mearth, son of Mork |
| Orville Wright |
Aviator |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Co-Inventor of the airplane |
