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Salmon P. Chase (Ohio governor, abolitionist, U.S.Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice) (Cincinnati) Gary Cohn (National Economic Council Director) (Shaker Heights) James M. Cox (governor, presidential candidate, media mogul) (Dayton) Ephraim Cutler (a framer of Ohio Constitution, abolitionist, longtime Ohio University Trustee (Ames Twp)
Ohio has produced a slew of famous people from each of its 88 counties.
Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), 91st Mayor of New York City (1898–1901), first Mayor post-consolidation; Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1910–1991), 102nd Mayor of New York City (1954–1965) Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), flamboyant 97th Mayor of New York City (1926–1932) forced into resigning by the Seabury Commission
Ron Burch, TV writer and producer, screenwriter, playwright and novelist; born and raised in Columbus and attended the Ohio State University; Charlotte Curtis (1928–1987), first woman editor of the New York Times, born in Columbus and worked at the Columbus Citizen for 11 years. See Journalists above.
Weather. 24/7 Help. ... Pop star John Legend has urged people in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, to embrace the influx of Haitian immigrants — and their “new dietary preferences.” ...
Another famous Mexican-American Vietnam War activist is Joan Baez, but she conducted her protests through music. Credited with resurrecting the dying art of folk music along with her contemporary ...
Menuhin, a world-famous violinist, was born in New York City in 1916, but lived and worked in Europe for most of his life. [238] He obtained honorary Swiss citizenship in 1970, and British citizenship in 1985, in both cases without relinquishing U.S. citizenship.
Edwin Einstein – Republican congressman from New York, 1879–1881; Richard Kenneth Fox – United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1977–1979; George Fries – physician, Democratic congressman, 1845–1849; James W. Gazlay – Republican congressman, 1823–1825; Thomas Geoghegan – labor lawyer; John J. Gilligan – former ...