50 Famous Celebrities From Ohio of All Time

Do you know that Ohio is a home of many famous celebrities? This article may help. In this blog post, we are going to list the top 50 famous celebrities from Ohio. They are great people with good personalities as well as talents. With hope that you enjoy it as much as possible. Whether they are currently active or retired, it still works with a list of top 50 celebrities who come from Ohio. You can find them as below:

1. LeBron James

Name	LeBron James
Date of Birth	December 30, 1984
Place of Birth	Akron, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Professional basketball player
Playing career	2003–present

LeBron Raymone James Sr. was born in Akron, Ohio, U.S on December 30, 1984. He is a professional basketball player! He plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. People often call his nickname “King James”. 

He is frequently likened to Michael Jordan in discussions about the best basketball player of all time. James has won two Olympic gold medals, three All-Star MVP awards, four NBA MVP awards, four NBA Finals MVP awards, and four NBA MVP honors.

2. Stephen Curry

Name	Stephen Curry
Date of Birth	March 14, 1988
Place of Birth	Akron, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Professional basketball player
Playing career	2009–present

Wardell Stephen Curry II was born in Akron, Ohio, U.S on March 14, 1988. He plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association as a professional basketball player. He is one of the best basketball players of all time and the best shooter in NBA history, is credited with revolutionizing the game by motivating teams and players to make more three-pointers. 

He was chosen as an eight-time NBA All-Star and eight-time All-NBA selection, four times for the first team, and was twice named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). He also won the NBA Finals MVP Award and the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award.

3. Neil Armstrong

Name	Neil Armstrong
Date of Birth	August 5, 1930
Place of Birth	Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Naval aviator, test pilot
Died	August 25, 2012 (aged 82)Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

Neil Alden Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S. on August 5, 1930. As an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, he was the first person to set foot on the moon in 1969. He passed away on August 25, 2012,. In addition, he was a test pilot, university professor, and navy aviator.

Ohio’s Wapakoneta is where Armstrong was born and raised. He was a Purdue University graduate who majored in aeronautical engineering. The U.S. Navy funded his college education through the Holloway Plan. In 1949, he was a midshipman; the following year, he was a naval aviator. He joined in the Korean War as a pilot of the Grumman F9F Panther out of the USS Essex.

4. Steven Spielberg

Name	Steven Spielberg
Date of Birth	December 18, 1946
Place of Birth	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter
Years active	1969–present

Steven Allan Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S on December 18, 1946. He is a filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He is known as the most financially successful director of all time, a key figure in the New Hollywood movement, and a creator of the contemporary blockbuster. 

Three Academy Awards, a Kennedy Center distinction, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award are just a few of the honors Spielberg has received. He was named one of the 100 most influential persons in 2013 by Time.

5. Jake Abel

Name	Jake Abel
Date of Birth	November 18, 1987
Place of Birth	Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

American actor Jacob Allen Abel was born on November 18, 1987 in Canton, Ohio, U.S. He has portrayed musician Mike Love in the biographical drama Love & Mercy as well as characters from the young adult novels Percy Jackson (2010–2013), I Am Number Four (2011), and The Host (2013). In addition to acting in movies, he also played the recurring character Adam Milligan on the CW show Supernatural. Additionally, Abel appeared as a series regular in the first season of the science fiction drama Another Life on Netflix.

6. Halle Berry

Name	Halle Berry
Date of Birth	August 14, 1966
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

Halle Maria Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on August 14, 1966. She started her career as a model. In 1986, she was second runner-up at the Miss USA competition and sixth at the Miss World contest. 

Alongside Eddie Murphy, she had her first significant film role in the romantic comedy Boomerang in 1992. From there, she went on to appear in Bulworth (1998), The Flintstones (1994), and the 1999 television movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, for which she won both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

7. Simone Biles

Name	Simone Biles
Date of Birth	March 14, 1997
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Artistic gymnast
Years on national team	2012–2016, 2018–2022 (USA)

Simone Arianne Biles was born in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. on March 14, 1997. She is an American artistic gymnast. With Shannon Miller, she shared the record for the most Olympic medals earned by an American gymnast with seven. 

She is the most decorated gymnast in history, with 25 medals from the World Championships, and she is believed to be the best gymnast who has ever lived. Joe Biden presented Biles with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022.

8. John Legend

Name	John Legend
Date of Birth	December 28, 1978
Place of Birth	Springfield, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer
Years active	1997–present

John Roger Stephens was born in Springfield, Ohio, U.S on December 28, 1978. He is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer. His stage name is John Legend. Behind the scenes, he contributed piano to Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything” and made uncredited cameo appearances on Jay-“Encore” Z’s, and Alicia Keys’s “You Don’t Know My Name” to start his musical career. 

His debut album, Get Lifted (2004), entered the top ten on the Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Then, he signed with Kanye West’s GOOD Music.

9. Richard Brooks

Name	Richard Brooks
Date of Birth	December 9, 1962
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Occupation	Actor, singer, and director
Years active	1983–present

Richard L. Brooks was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on December 9, 1962. He is an actor, singer and director. From 1990 to 1993, he portrayed assistant district attorney Paul Robinette on the NBC drama Law & Order and the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the sci-fi western Firefly. 

Then, He made an appearance as a defense lawyer on the same program. He started playing Patrick Patterson in the Being Mary Jane drama series on BET in 2013. He has been in many movies and televisions so that’s why he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award in 2018 for his distribution. 

10. Yvette Nicole Brown

Name	Yvette Nicole Brown
Date of Birth	August 12, 1971
Place of Birth	East Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation	Actress, comedian, writer, and host
Years active	1992–present

Yvette Nicole Brown was born in East Cleveland, Ohio, U.S on August 12, 1971. She is an actress, comedian, writer, and host. On Community on NBC, she played Shirley Bennett. On The Odd Couple on CBS in 2015, she played Dani. On The Mayor on ABC, she played Dina Rose. 

In television episodes like Drake & Josh, That ’70s Show, The Office, Boston Legal, Chuck, The Soul Man, Mom, and Big Shot, Brown has made guest appearances. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021 for her performance in A Black Lady Sketch Show.

11. Tanner Buchanan

Name	Tanner Buchanan
Date of Birth	December 8, 1998
Place of Birth	Ottawa, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present

Tanner Buchanan was born in Ottawa, Ohio, U.S on December 8, 1998. He is an actor.  He is famous for the ABC political drama Designated Survivor and Robby Keene in the Netflix series Cobra Kai. In addition, he is well-known for playing Mason Kendall in the Game Shakers episode of the Nickelodeon series.

Due to the high standard set for men, he also has pressure on how to be good in shape, especially for the superhero movies, he thinks that’s a very high standard and he hopes that he can do one. 

12. Dave Grohl

Name	Dave Grohl
Date of Birth	January 14, 1969
Place of Birth	Warren, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Musician, singer, songwriter, record, producer
Years active	1986–present

David Eric Grohl was born in Warren, Ohio, U.S on January 14, 1969. He is a musician. He is the founder and lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the rock group Foo Fighters. 

From 1990 through 1994, he served as Nirvana’s drummer. Grohl published his autobiography, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, in 2021. In the comedy-horror movie Studio 666 from 2022, Grohl and the Foo Fighters played themselves.

13. Guy Fieri

Name	Guy Fieri
Date of Birth	January 22, 1968
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Restaurateur,t, author, and television hos
Education	University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Guy Ramsay Fieri, was born in Columbus, Ohio, U.S on January 22, 1968. He is an author, and television host who has won Emmy Awards. He also has his business by co-owning three restaurants in California and he allows some restaurants to use his name in New York City, Las Vegas and Pittsburgh.

In addition to co-owning three eateries in California, he has name-licensing agreements with eateries in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, and New York City. He is also well-known for hosting several Food Network television programs.

14. Drew Carey

Name	Drew Carey
Date of Birth	May 23, 1958
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Comedian, actor, and host of game shows
Years of service	1981–1987

Drew Allison Carey was born  in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S, on May 23, 1958. He is a comedian, actor, and host of game shows. After serving in the U.S Marine Corps and establishing himself in stand-up comedy, he was famous for his own ABC sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and as the presenter of the American version of the improv comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? 

After that, he appeared in several movies, TV shows, music videos, made-for-TV movies, and video games. Since October 15, 2007, he has hosted The Price Is Right on CBS. He is also interested in writing. He wrote some materials and sitcoms. He shared a lot of his childhood memories in Dirty Jokes and Beer: Story of the unrefined which is known for his autobiography. 

15. Rocky Carroll

Name	Rocky Carroll
Date of Birth	July 8, 1963
Place of Birth	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1989–present

Roscoe “Rocky” Carroll was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S on July 8, 1963. He is an actor and director. He is well-known for playing Joey Emerson on the Fox comedy-drama Roc from 1991 to 1994, Dr. Keith Wilkes on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope, and NCIS Director Leon Vance on the CBS drama NCIS and its spinoffs Los Angeles and New Orleans. In the 1995 thriller Crimson Tide, he also had a supporting part.

16. Nancy Cartwright

Name	Nancy Cartwright
Date of Birth	October 25, 1957
Place of Birth	Dayton, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present

Nancy Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio, U.S on October 25, 1957. She is an actress in America. She has played Bart Simpson on the animated TV show The Simpsons for a long time. For this role, she has won an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Database, and Maggie are just a few other characters that Cartwright has voiced for the show.

17. Kid Cudi

Name	Kid Cudi
Date of Birth	January 30, 1984
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Rapper, singer, composer, record producer, fashion designer, and actor
Years active	2003–present

Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi was born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S, on January 30, 1984. He is better known by his stage name as Kid Cudi. He is a rapper, singer, composer, record producer, fashion designer, and actor from the United States. 

After the release of his first official full-length effort, a mixtape titled A Kid Named Cudi, Cudi continued to create music (2008). He started to receive significant attention, which led him to sign a record deal with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label imprint in late 2008. After being self-released on his MySpace page, his debut track, “Day ‘n’ Nite,” would become an international hit.

18. Justin Chambers

Name	Justin Chambers
Date of Birth	July 11, 1970
Place of Birth	Springfield, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actor and former model
Years active	1995–present

Justin Willman Chambers was born in Springfield, Ohio, U.S, on July 11, 1970. He is an actor and former model. His most recognizable performance was in the ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy from 2005 to 2020 as Dr. Alex Karev. 

He attended Southeastern High School in South Charleston and the HB Studio in New York to study acting. He is approached by a modeling scout in Paris and he has a chance to be a model. After that, Chambers started modeling. He became a fashion representative for some brands such as Calvin Klein, Armani, and Dolce & Gabbana. 

19. Tracy Chapman

Name	Tracy Chapman
Date of Birth	March 30, 1964
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1986–present

Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S on March 30, 1964. She is a singer-songwriter. With her two of Chapman’s top singles such as Fast Car and “Give Me One Reason”, she is most well-known.  Bob Krasnow signed Chapman to Elektra Records in 1987. 

Many years later, she released the debut album Tracy Chapman. It was certified 6 Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was considered as a commercial success by having a chance to perform at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert.

20. Dave Chappelle

Name	Dave Chappelle
Date of Birth	August 24, 1973
Place of Birth	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

David Khari Webber Chappelle was born in Washington, D.C., U.S on August 24, 1973. He  is an actor and stand-up comedian. He is most known for his satirical comedy sketch series Chappelle’s Show (2003-2006), in which he starred until he left in the third season. After taking a break, Chappelle resumed touring the country doing stand-up comedy. Chappelle was referred to as “the best” by a Billboard writer in 2013 and the “comic genius of America” by Esquire in 2006.

21. DaBaby

Name	DaBaby
Date of Birth	December 22, 1991
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Rapper
Playing career	2014–present

Rapper DaBaby was born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S on December 22, 1991. His debut album Baby on Baby (2019), which was on top ten single Suge of the Billboard Hot 100 and catapulted him to mainstream fame after he released multiple mixtapes between 2014 and 2018. He has received many awards and nominations such as: Grammy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and so on. 

In his personal life, he got married with Elaine Mendoza Efre and they have two sons and one daughter. And he has believed in his Islam reglion. He thinks it is the right way for him to learn. 

22. Ben Roethlisberger

Name	Ben Roethlisberger
Date of Birth	March 2, 1982
Place of Birth	Lima, Ohio
Occupation	former football quarterback
Weight:	240 lb (109 kg)

The American former quarterback Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr., better known by his football moniker “Big Ben,” was born on March 2, 1982, in Lima, Ohio. He spent 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). The Steelers picked him in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft after he played college football at Miami (Ohio). He also appeared in a cameo of The Dark Knight Rises film.

23. Russell Wilson

Name	Russell Wilson
Date of Birth	November 29, 1988
Place of Birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
Occupation	Football quarterback
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)

Russell Carrington Wilson, an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL), was born on November 29, 1988, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before transferring to Wisconsin in 2011, he played collegiate football and baseball for NC State from 2008 to 2010. While there, he set a single-season FBS record for passing efficiency (191.8) and guided the Badgers to a Big Ten championship and the 2012 Rose Bowl. As a second baseman, he also participated in minor league baseball for the Tri-City Dust Devils in 2010 and the Asheville Tourists in 2011.

24. Brooklyn Decker

Name	Brooklyn Decker
Date of Birth	April 12, 1987
Place of Birth	Dayton, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Model and actress
Years active	2003–present

Brooklyn Danielle Decker was born in Dayton, Ohio, U.S on  April 12, 1987. She is a model and actress. She may be best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the 2010 cover. She also contributed to Victoria’s Secret’s 2010 “Swim” collection and has dabbled in acting by making cameos on Chuck, Ugly Betty, The League, and Royal Pains. She starred in What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012) and Battleship (2012) after making her feature film debut in Just Go with It (2011), (2012).

25. George Clooney

Name	George Clooney
Date of Birth	May 6, 1961
Place of Birth	Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, screen writer
Years active	1978–present

George Timothy Clooney was born in the United States on May 6, 1961. He is an actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His first role was in Centennial which was an extra television mini series in 1978. Two Academy Awards, one for acting and the other for producing, four Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a British Academy Film Award, have been presented to him. In 2018, he was awarded the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also known for supporting Barack Obama in his presidential campaigns (in 2008 and 2012).

26. Casey Cott

Name	Casey Cott
Date of Birth	August 8, 1992
Place of Birth	Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011–present

Casey Morton Cott, an American actor best known for playing Kevin Keller on The CW’s Riverdale, was born on August 8, 1992, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S. Cott started his acting career by performing in regional Ohio theater productions, including Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Romeo and Juliet. He performed in a 2014 production of the play Parade at the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, where he co-starred with a number of his Carnegie Mellon classmates, as well as a production of Small Engine Repair at Barebone Productions.

27. Beverly D’Angelo

Name	Beverly D’Angelo
Date of Birth	November 15, 1951
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–present

Beverly Heather D’Angelo, an American actress, was born on November 15, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., and is best known for playing Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies (1983–2015). 

She has starred in more than 60 motion pictures and received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) and Stella Kowalski in the television movie A Streetcar Named Desire, respectively (1984). Sheila Franklin in the 1979 film Hair and Doris Vinyard in American History X are two of D’Angelo’s more movie roles (1998).

28. Charles Michael Davis

Name	Charles Michael Davis
Date of Birth	December 1st, 1984.
Place of Birth	Dayton, Ohio
Occupation	Actor, model, producer, and director
Years active	2005–present

Charles Michael Davis, an American actor, model, producer, and director, was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 1st, 1984. He is best known for his performances as Zane Anders on the TV Land original series Younger and Marcel Gerard on The CW television drama The Originals (2013-2018). On NCIS: New Orleans, he played Special Agent Quentin Carter. When Kygo remixed the Tina Turner song “What’s Love Got to Do with It” in 2020, Davis and Laura Harrier played a couple going through a breakup in the music video. The news that Davis would play Marcel Gerard in Legacies was released in 2022.

29. Lili Reinhart

Name	Lili Reinhart
Date of Birth	September 13, 1996
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

American actress Lili Pauline Reinhart was born on September 13, 1996, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. She is best known for playing Annabelle in Lorene Scafaria’s black comedy crime drama film Hustlers and Betty Cooper on The CW’s teen drama Riverdale (2017–present). She played Grace Town in the 2020 movie Chemical Hearts, based on Krystal Sutherland’s book Our Chemical Hearts.

30. Alexa Bliss

Name	Alexa Bliss
Date of Birth	August 9, 1991
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio.
Occupation	Professional wrestler
Billed weight	102 lb (46 kg)

Alexis Cabrera was born in Columbus, Ohio on August 9, 1991. She is an American professional wrestler. She is currently employed by WWE with the stage name Alexa Bliss and performs on the Raw brand. Bliss joined WWE in 2013 and was given a contract. She was then in charge of their Performance Center and developmental brand NXT. She made her main roster SmackDown brand debut in 2016 and won the women’s championship twice, making history as the first woman to do it.  

Alexis joined some television shows such as a guest and a main cast of Total Divas, Walk the Prank and Punky Brewster. In 2020, she appeared in the music video – Bowling for Soup. 

31. Katie Holmes

Name	Katie Holmes
Date of Birth	December 18, 1978
Place of Birth	Toledo, Ohio
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present

American actress Kate Noelle Holmes was born on December 18, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. She rose to stardom on the television program Dawson’s Creek as Joey Potter (1998–2003). Holmes made her Broadway stage debut in a 2008 Arthur Miller’s All My Sons production. Holmes made her feature film debut in 1997 with a supporting role in Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm. She performed the character of Jacqueline Kennedy in The Kennedys: After Camelot, a television miniseries that aired in 2011. (2017).

32. Katt Williams

Name	Katt Williams
Date of Birth	September 2, 1971
Place of Birth	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Stand-up comedian and actor
Years active	1991–present

Micah “Katt” Williams, an American stand-up comedian and actor, was born on September 2, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. He voiced Money Mike in Friday After Next, Bobby Shaw in My Wife and Kids, A Pimp Named Slickback in The Boondocks, Seamus in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Lord Have Mercy in Norbit. He also appeared briefly on Wild ‘n Out. He performed his voice in Grand Theft Auto IV in 2008.

33. Trippie Redd

Name	Trippie Redd
Date of Birth	June 18, 1999
Place of Birth	Canton, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Rapper, singer, and songwriter
Years active	2014–present

Michael Lamar White II, better known by his stage name Trippie Redd, was born on June 18, 1999, in Canton, Ohio, U.S. He is one of the most well-known figures in the SoundCloud rap community, which rose to popularity in the late 2010s. The lead song from his debut mixtape, A Love Letter to You (2017), “Love Scars,” helped him gain notoriety. He is said to be a nice son when he purchased his mother a house with the cost of $300,000 in 2017. 

34. Carmella DeCesare

Name	Carmella DeCesare
Date of Birth	July 1, 1982
Place of Birth	Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Model
Years active	2003–2008 (model)2004 (wrestler)

American model Carmella Danielle DeCesare Garcia was Playboy magazine’s Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year in 2004. She was born on July 1, 1982, in Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S. She also gained notoriety when she competed in the WWE Diva search. She appeared in the section on footballers’ wives in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, DeCesare served as a model. She and her husband, Jeff Garcia, had a foundation called The Garcia Pass It On to help people in less fortunate circumstances. They are a nice couple. 

35. Carmen Electra

Name	Carmen Electra
Date of Birth	April 20, 1972,
Place of Birth	Sharonville, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress, model, singer, and media personality
Years active	1990–present

Carmen Electra is the stage name of Tara Leigh Patrick; she was born on April 20, 1972, in Sharonville, Ohio, U.S. She is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. After relocating to Minneapolis, she met Prince, who helped produce the self-titled debut studio album she released in 1993 and launched her singing career. Before moving to Los Angeles and making her breakthrough as Lani McKenzie in the action drama Baywatch, Electra started glamour modeling in 1996 with numerous appearances in Playboy magazine (1997–1998).

36. Alana de la Garza

Name	Alana de la Garza
Date of Birth	June 18, 1976
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1999–present

American actress Alana de la Garza was born on June 18, 1976, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. She gained notoriety for playing Connie Rubirosa in the final four seasons of the NBC television drama Law & Order through 2010, in Law & Order: LA through the end of the series in 2011, and in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. CSI: Miami featured her in the role of Marisol Delko-Caine. She appeared in the ABC series Forever in 2014 and 2015 as Detective Jo Martinez. She played Special Agent Clara Seger in the 2016–2017 television series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. She debuted as SAC Isobel Castille on FBI in 2019 and appeared in the spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted.

37. Steve Downes

Name	Steve Downes
Date of Birth	June 28, 1950
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	DJ, voice actor
Years active	1978–present

Steven Downes was born on June 28, 1950, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. He is an American DJ and voice actor. He is best known for his work as the Master Chief’s voice actor in the Halo video game franchise. He was a disc jockey at the album-oriented rock radio stations in Los Angeles, California, KWST (1978–1981), KEZY–AM (1981–1982), and KLSX (1994), but his work as evening drive host at KLOS from 1982–1991 is best remembered. Early in the 1990s, he was a regular host of the live call-in chat show Rockline. He most recently served as the host of the Chicago, Illinois, station 97.1 WDRV’s “The Drive” morning show. In addition, Downes is the host of the widely listened-to radio program “The Classics.” He is wed to Liz Zweifler, a voice actor as well.

38. Angie Everhart

Name	Angie Everhart
Date of Birth	September 7, 1969
Place of Birth	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present

Angela Kay Everhart, an American actress and former model were born on September 7, 1969, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. In the 1990s, she appeared in some Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues and posed naked for Playboy in 2000. In 1993, Everhart made her film debut in the action-comedy Last Action Hero starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

She also appeared in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Celebrity Mole: Yucatan. Everhart was even a co-host on ABC reality show The Ex-Wives Club with Marla Maples and Shar Jackson in 2007.

39. Sarah Jessica Parker

Name	Sarah Jessica Parker
Date of Birth	March 25, 1965
Place of Birth	Nelsonville, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, producer
Years active	1974–present

Sarah Jessica Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, U.S on March 25, 1965. She is an actress and television producer. She has received a huge number of honors, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. She was in the list among the top 100 critical persons in the world by Time magazine in 2022. 

She is well-known for her character of Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she received two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Sarah got married to actor Matthew  Broderick in 1997, they have one son and two twin daughters. In her personal life, she has a peaceful life with her family in Greenwich village and they also have a second home in Ireland.

40. Mike Gallagher 

Name	Mike Gallagher
Date of Birth	April 7, 1960
Place of Birth	Dayton, Ohio
Occupation	Radio personalityTelevision hostPolitical commentatorAuthor
Education	Chaminade-Julienne High School, Dayton, Ohio; attended University of Dayton and Wright State University

Mike Gallagher is an American radio broadcaster and conservative political pundit born on April 7, 1960, in Dayton, Ohio. He is the host of The Mike Gallagher Show, a nationally syndicated radio program on Salem Radio Network across the country, and a contributor to and guest host on FOX News Channel. Gallagher is the tenth most-listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, according to Talkers magazine.

41. Isabela Moner

Name	Isabela Moner
Date of Birth	July 10, 2001
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	2013–present

American actress and singer Isabela Yolanda Moner was born on July 10, 2001, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. As of 2019, she has gone by the stage name Isabela Merced. She portrayed CJ Martin, the main character, in the Nickelodeon television series 100 Things to Do Before High School from 2014 to 2016. She also provided the voice of Kate in the animated spinoff Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014–2017). In movies, she has portrayed Izabella in “Transformers: The Last Knight” (2017), “Instant Family” (2018), “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” (2018), “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” (2019), and “Rachel Cooper” in “Sweet Girl” on Netflix (2021).

42. Beverly D’Angelo

Name	Beverly D’Angelo
Date of Birth	November 15, 1951
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–present

Beverly Heather D’Angelo, an American actress, was born on November 15, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. She is best known for playing Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies (1983–2015). She has starred in more than 60 motion pictures and received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) and Stella Kowalski in the television movie A Streetcar Named Desire, respectively (1984). Sheila Franklin in the 1979 film Hair and Doris Vinyard in American History X are two of D’Angelo’s more movie roles (1998).

43. Nikki Glaser

Name	Nikki Glaser
Date of Birth	June 1, 1984
Place of Birth	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, radio broadcaster, and television personality
Years active	2002–present

Nicole Rene Glaser, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. on  June 1, 1984. She is a stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, radio broadcaster, and television personality. On February 9, 2016, Comedy Central and Much debuted her hosting debut of the television series Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. She is the main character in the E! reality series Welcome Home Nikki Glaser? from 2022. She has been an animal activist for a long time and she eats vegan foods. 

44. Mike Mizanin

Name	Mike Mizanin
Date of Birth	October 8, 1980
Place of Birth	Parma, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Professional wrestler, actor, and television personality.
Years active	2001–present

Michael Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He was born on October 8, 1980, in Parma, Ohio, U.S. He is presently associated with WWE, where he competes on the Raw roster as The Miz. Mizanin joined WWE in 2004 and made his main roster debut in 2006. He has amassed 20 overall championships in the WWE after winning the WWE Championship twice, the Intercontinental Championship eight times, the United States Championship twice, and a total of eight tag team titles.

45. Tyler Joseph

Name	Tyler Joseph
Date of Birth	December 1, 1988
Place of Birth	Columbus, Ohio
Occupation	Singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, and record producer
Years active	2007–present

Tyler Robert Joseph is an American singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was born on December 1, 1988, in Columbus, Ohio. Along with Josh Dun, he is best known as the lead singer of the musical group Twenty One Pilots. As a member of Twenty One Pilots, he has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and won one of them.

46. Maggie Grace

Name	Maggie Grace
Date of Birth	1982 or 1983
Place of Birth	Worthington, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress and mode
Years active	2001–present

Margaret Grace Denig is an American actress and model who was born in 1982 or 1983 in Worthington, Ohio, U.S. She gained notoriety for her roles as Shannon Rutherford on the ABC drama Lost (2004–2006; 2010), Kim Mills in the Taken trilogy (2008–2014), Irina in the Twilight Saga (2011–2012), and Althea Szewczyk–Przygocki in Fear the Walking Dead (2018–2021). With her depiction of 15-year-old murder victim Martha Moxley in the television film Murder in Greenwich, Grace was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 2002.

47. Drew Carey

Name	Drew Carey
Date of Birth	May 23, 1958
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Comedian, actor, and host of game shows
Years active	1985–present

Drew Allison Carey, an American comedian, actor, and host of game shows, was born on May 23, 1958, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. He rose to fame in his own ABC sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and as the presenter of the American version of the improv comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and establishing himself in stand-up comedy. After then, he appeared in several movies, TV shows, music videos, made-for-TV movies, and video games. Since October 15, 2007, he has hosted The Price Is Right on CBS.

48. Julie Hagerty

Name	Julie Hagerty
Date of Birth	June 15, 1955
Place of Birth	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present

American actress Julie Beth Hagerty was born on June 15, 1955, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Both Airplanes! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel featured her as Elaine (1982). She was chosen to star in the romantic comedy Somebody I Used to Know and Tyler Spindel’s action comedy The Out-Laws, both of which were released on Netflix in 2021. She took Melinda Dillon’s place in the role of Mrs. Parker, Ralphie’s mother, in the 2022 sequel to the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, titled A Christmas Story Christmas, as Dillon had left acting in 2007.

49. Traci Lords

Name	Traci Lords
Date of Birth	May 7, 1968
Place of Birth	Steubenville, Ohio, U.S
Occupation	Actress, Singer, Model
Years active	1984–present

Traci Lords is an American actress and singer born Nora Louise Kuzma on May 7, 1968, in Steubenville, Ohio, U.S. She used a bogus birth certificate to enter the adult film industry to hide the fact that she was two years younger than the legal age of eighteen. Throughout her acting career, Lords was one of the most sought-after actors in the adult film industry. As a result of the FBI acting on a tip that Lords was a minor while working in the industry and that pornographers were disseminating and selling these illegal images and videotapes, those in charge of making and distributing the tapes were prosecuted.

50. Chrissie Hynde

Name	Chrissie Hynde
Date of Birth	September 7, 1951
Place of Birth	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Years active	1975–present

American musician Christine Ellen Hynde was born on September 7, 1951, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. She is one of the two remaining original members of the rock group the Pretenders, along with drummer Martin Chambers, and serves as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the group. Hynde was a Pretenders member who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1985, she participated in Live Aid.