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List of people from Columbus, Ohio

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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Columbus, Ohio, in alphabetical order by last name.

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Actors

Artists

  • Benny Alba (1949– ), artist; born in Columbus
  • George Bellows (1882–1925), realist painter, known for bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation"
  • Charles Csuri (1922–2022), father of digital art and computer animation
  • Ray Evans (1887–1954), political cartoonist
  • Natalia Fedner (1983– ), fashion designer, raised in Columbus, Ohio
  • Shawn Foster (1973– ), music video, film and television director
  • Alex Grey (1953– ), psychedelic artist; born in Columbus and attended Columbus College of Art and Design
  • Janet Cook Lewis (1855–1947), painter, librarian and bookbinder
  • Jammes Luckett (1974– ), musician, writer, visual artist, and voice actor; born in Columbus
  • Todd Douglas Miller, filmmaker
  • Christopher Ries (1952– ), sculptor; born in Columbus and attended the Ohio State University
  • Aminah Robinson (1940–2015), artist; born in Columbus
  • Alice Schille (1869–1955), watercolorist and painter
  • Chris Sprouse (1966– ), comic book artist
  • T. S. Sullivant (1854–1926), cartoonist and illustrator
  • Ted Williams (1958– ), voiceover artist who became an overnight celebrity when his YouTube video went viral in January 2011

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Athletes

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Diplomats

Entrepreneurs

Journalists

Military personnel

  • Casper H. Conrad Jr. (1872–1954), U.S. Army brigadier general{{cite news |date=July 21, 1932 |title=New Commander Awaited at Post |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/war-clipping-jul-21-1932-2231637/ |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, UT |page=16 |via=NewspaperArchive.com}}
  • Cordelia E Cook (1919–1996), World War II U.S. Army first lieutenant in the United States Army Nurse Corps
  • Donald G. Dunn (1923–2021), World War II decorated member of the 10th Mountain Division
  • Donn Eisele (1930–1987), NASA astronaut; Colonel, U.S. Air Force
  • Linda L. Fagan (1963– ), first female commandant of the Coast Guard
  • Stanley H. Ford (1877–1961), United States Army General
  • Gilbert C. Hoover (1894–1980), World War I and World War II USN admiral, involved in developing the nuclear bomb
  • Curtis LeMay (1906–1990), World War II and Cold War U.S. Air Force general; born and raised in Columbus; studied civil engineering at the Ohio State University
  • Irvin McDowell (1818–1885), army officer; born in Columbus
  • Perry L. Miles (1873–1961), U.S. Army brigadier general{{cite book |date=1901 |title=Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAM2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA390 |location=Columbus, OH |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |page=390 |via=Google Books}}
  • Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973), World War I fighter pilot, "Ace of Aces"; born and raised in Columbus
  • Willard Franklyn Searle (1924–2009), Captain, U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage 1964–1969; born and raised in Columbus
  • Richard Secord (1932– ), Air Force major general
  • Walter Cowen Short (1870–1952), US Army brigadier general{{cite book |date=1901 |title=A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County Ohio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA670 |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |pages=670–672 |via=Google Books}}
  • Paul Tibbets (1915–2007), World War II Enola Gay decorated pilot

Miss America

Musicians

Politicians

Writers

  • Hanif Abdurraqib (1983– ), poet and aurthor; raised in Columbus
  • David Auburn (1970– ), playwright; raised in Columbus
  • Lois McMaster Bujold (1949– ), science fiction author; born in Columbus
  • 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.
  • Natalie Dee, webcomic artist; creator of Natalie Dee; co-creator of Married to the Sea with husband Drew; lives in Columbus
  • Drew (1979– ), webcomic artist, creator of toothpaste for dinner and co-creator of Married to the Sea; lives in Columbus
  • Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881–1945), author and settlement worker
  • Fred Golan (1959– ), television writer and executive producer; raised in Columbus, studied at Ohio State
  • Margaret Peterson Haddix (1964– ), author; lives in Columbus
  • Saeed Jones, writer and poet{{Cite news |title=Forget New York. For writer Saeed Jones, Columbus, Ohio, is the place to be a literary star. |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/forget-new-york-for-writer-saeed-jones-columbus-ohio-is-the-place-to-be-a-literary-star/2019/10/22/7d0deb60-ef58-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html |access-date=2022-04-22 |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Kristen Lepionka, crime fiction writer{{Cite web |last=Kristopher |date=2019-09-13 |title=Kristen Lepionka – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch |url=https://bolobooks.com/2019/09/kristen-lepionka-a-bolo-books-composite-sketch/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=BOLO BOOKS |language=en}}
  • Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. (1932– ), Professor of Government at Harvard University; author of numerous books on the subject of political theory; graduated from high school in Columbus{{cite web|author=Rebecca D. O’brien |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/6/2/professor-fights-grade-inflation-affirmative-action/ |title=Professor Fights Grade Inflation, Affirmative Action | News | The Harvard Crimson |website=Thecrimson.com |access-date=2016-10-29}}
  • Lida Rose McCabe (1865–1938), author, journalist, lecturer
  • Tom Meek (1965– ), columnist; lived in Columbus in 1976
  • Ming Peiffer (1988– ), playwright; grew up in Columbus
  • Mary Robison (1949– ), short story writer
  • Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), historian and writer; born in Columbus
  • Jeff Smith (1960– ), cartoonist and creator of Bone; grew up and currently lives in Columbus
  • Maggie Smith, poet, freelance writer, and editor, born in Columbus
  • Donald Ogden Stewart (1894–1980), humorist, playwright, and Academy Award-winning black-listed screenwriter; born and raised in Columbus
  • R. L. Stine (1943– ), author; born and raised in Columbus; attended the Ohio State University
  • James Thurber (1894–1961), cartoonist and humorist; born and raised in Columbus; many of his short stories depict episodes from this period of his life

Other

  • Ted Allen (1968– ), author and television personality, Queer Eye, Chopped; born in Columbus
  • Joshua Angrist, economist; born in Columbus
  • Roman Atwood (1983– ), Youtube personality, comedian, vlogger from Columbus
  • Neal Buckon (1953– ), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; born in Columbus
  • Neil Carpathios (1961– ), poet, professor, newspaper columnist, radio program host
  • Annie W. Clark (1843–1907), president, Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union
  • Mark Dindal (1960– ), effects animator and director, Cats Don't Dance, The Emperor's New Groove; born and raised in Columbus
  • Chris Douridas (1962– ), radio host, actor, music supervisor
  • Guy Fieri (1968– ), chef on Food Network, born in Columbus
  • Judah Folkman (1933–2008), medical scientist who founded the field of angiogenesis research; raised in Columbus, and graduated from the Ohio State University
  • Michael Foreman (1957– ), astronaut; born in Columbus
  • Mark Frissora, CEO of Caesars Entertainment
  • Ray Dempsey Gardner (1922-1951), Serial killer
  • Lincoln Goodale (1782–1868), doctor and namesake of Goodale Park
  • David E. Harris, the first African American commercial airline pilot and pilot captain for a major U.S. commercial airline.{{Cite web|url=http://stylemagazine.com/news/2008/aug/20/american-airlines-captain-dave-harris-retto-be/|title=American Airlines Captain Dave Harris, Ret.,To Be Honored for Blazing the Trail for All Black Airline Pilots|website=Stylusmagazine.com|access-date=January 27, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2013/American-Celebrates-Black-History-Month/default.aspx|title=American Celebrates Black History Month|website=News.aa.com|access-date=January 27, 2025}}
  • Sandra Hubby (1978– ), Playboy Playmate and beauty pageant contestant; represented Columbus in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant
  • Bill Keller (1958– ), televangelist
  • Curtis Lovell II (1981– ), illusionist, escape artist and endurance artist
  • Jeffrey L. Meikle (1949– ), cultural historian, professor
  • Ruth Ella Moore (1903–1994), academician, bacteriologist, microbiologist, and fashion designer, born in Columbus, awarded a Ph.D. of historical note in 1933 by Ohio State University, professor and department chair at Howard University {{Cite web|url=https://www.asm.org/?id=2130|title=American Society for Microbiology|website=Asm.org|access-date=January 27, 2025}}
  • Alexis Nikole Nelson (1992– ), forager and internet celebrity
  • J. Havens Richards (1851–1923), Jesuit and president of Georgetown University{{cite journal|date=June 1924|title=Obituary: Father Joseph Havens Richards, S.J.|url=http://jesuitarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/woodstock-053.pdf|url-status=live|journal=Woodstock Letters|volume=53|issue=2|pages=248|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224014859/http://jesuitarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/woodstock-053.pdf|archive-date=February 24, 2020|access-date=February 24, 2020|ref={{harvid|Obituary: Father Joseph Havens Richards, S.J.|1924}}|via=Jesuit Archives}}
  • Galen Starr Ross (1895–1980), academic and college president
  • Ann Shaw (1921–2015), civic leader, social worker{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ann-shaw-20150512-story.html|title=Ann Shaw dies at 93; civic leader in Los Angeles for five decades|website=LA Times News|access-date=2016-03-26}}
  • Randy Skinner (1952– ), Broadway director and choreographer; born and raised in Columbus; graduated from the Ohio State University in 1974

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References

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