Alan Freed – D.J. who coined the phrase “Rock n’ Roll”
Anne Heche – Actress
Archibald Willard – Artist, painted “Spirit of ’76”
Arsenio Hall – Comedian/Actor – The first African American host of a nationally televised late night talk show
Ben Curtis – Graduate of Kent State University and the 2003 PGA British Open Champion
Bob Hope – Actor/Comedian – Winner of 5 Special and Honorary Oscars
Cy Young – Baseball player
Dan O’Shannon – Writer and Co-Executive Producer, Modern Family
Debra Winger – Actress
Don King – Boxing promoter
Don Shula – Football coach
Dorothy Dandridge – Actress – First African American woman to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
Drew Carey – Creator/producer and star of ABC-TV’s “The Drew Carey Show” and host of “The Price is Right”
George Steinbrenner III – Former owner, NY Yankees
Halle Berry – Actress/producer – the first African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress
Henry Mancini – Composer of “Moon River,” “The Pink Panther” and many more memorable melodies. Winner of 20 Grammys and four Oscars
Henry Sherwin – Founder, Sherwin Williams
James A Garfield – 20th US President
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – Creators of Superman
Jesse Owens – Olympic track star
Joe Walsh – Singer, songwriter, guitarist and member of the “James Gang” and the “Eagles”
John D. Rockefeller – Standard Oil founder
Kid Cudi – Hip-hop recording artist
Langston Hughes – Poet
Michael Symon – Famed restaurateur, Iron Chef on Food Network, and host of ABC’s “The Chew”
Molly Shannon – Actress and cast alumni of Saturday Night Live
Nine Inch Nails – Rock band
Patricia Heaton – Actress
Paul Newman – Actor, director, race car driver and Oscar Winner for Best Actor
Phil Donahue – Talk show host and winner of 19 Daytime Emmys
Sammy Kaye – Band leader – Kaye had more than 100 hit records from 1937-1953
The O’Jays (Eddie Levert & Walter Williams) – Popular R&B group
Tim Conway – Comedian/actor
Tom Wilson – Cartoonist, Ziggy
Toni Morrison – Winner of 1993 Nobel Prize for literature
Traci Chapman – Singer/songwriter
Tris Speaker – Baseball player
Vernon Stouffer – Founder, Stouffer Foods
