List of people from Akron, Ohio

The following people were all born in or were residents of the city of Akron, Ohio.

Name	Occupation/Industry	Description	Association	Reference
Henry Eugene Abbey	Theatre	Theatre manager and producer	Born in Akron	[1]
Richard F. Abel	Military	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General	Born in Akron
John R. Adams	Judge	Federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron
James E. Akins	Politician	The U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973–76	Born and raised in Akron	[2]
Lola Albright	Actress and Singer	Singer and actress	Born and raised in Akron	[3]
Andy Alleman	Athlete	Football center for Miami Dolphins	Born in Akron	[4]
Harold Anderson	Athlete	Basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and University of Toledo	Born in Akron	[5]
R. W. Apple, Jr.	Writer	Editor, writer for The New York Times	Born in Akron
Joseph Arthur	Musician	Musician and artist	Born and raised in Akron	[6]
Dan Auerbach	Musician	Solo musician, guitarist for The Black Keys, owner of Akron Analog Recording Studios	Born and raised in Akron	[7]
William Hanes Ayres	Politician	Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives	Represented Akron in Congress
Josh Azzarella		Artist	Born in Akron
Melissa Baker	Model	Model	Born in Akron
E.T. Barnette	Politician	Founder of Fairbanks, Alaska and its first mayor	Born in Akron
Alice M. Batchelder	Attorney	Attorney and jurist, currently chief judge of United States Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit	Practiced in Akron
Elsworth R. Bathrick	Politician	U.S. Representative	Worked in Akron
Tom Batiuk	Cartoonist	Comic strip creator (Funky Winkerbean, Crankshaft)	Born in Akron
Cliff Battles	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron
Margaret Baxtresser	Musician	Classical pianist	Supporter of Akron
Art Becker	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron
Samuel H. Bell	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron
Terry Bevington	Athlete	Baseball player and manager	Born in Akron
George Bliss	Politician	Congressman	Practiced and worked in Akron
Ray C. Bliss	Politician	Republican Party leader	Born and worked in Akron
Jim Boeke	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron
Mark Schubert	Coach	Swimming Coach	Born and raised in Akron
Mark Bloch	Artist	Artist	Raised in Akron
Phil Boggs	Athlete	Diver, 1976 Olympic gold medalist	Born and raised in Akron
Dante Booker	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron
Rosario Borgio	Criminal	Mobster	Worked in Akron
William Boyett	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron
Dave Brown	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron
John Brown	Politician	Abolitionist	Worked in Akron
Walter Hermann Bucher	Scientist	Geologist and paleontologist	Born in Akron
Michael Buckley	Writer	Author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series	Born in Akron
E. J. Burt	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron
Jimmy Butler	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron
Glen Buxton	Musician	Guitarist for Alice Cooper	Born in Akron
Patrick Carney	Musician	Drummer for The Black Keys, bassist for the band Drummer	Born and raised in Akron
Bob Casale	Musician	Musician, Devo	Raised in Akron
Gerald Casale	Musician	Musician, Devo	Raised in Akron
Len Chandler	Musician	Folk musician	Born in Akron
David Allan Coe	Singer	Country music artist
Russell Coffey	Military	World War I veteran
Arthur L. Conger	Historian	Theosophist
Deborah L. Cook	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit	Practiced in Akron
Jarrod Cooper	Athlete	Football player
Cheryl Crawford	Theatre	Director and producer
Mark Croghan	Athlete	Athlete
Stephen Curry	Athlete	Basketball player for Golden State Warriors	Born in Akron
Ruby Nash Curtis	Singer	Singer of Ruby & The Romantics
Hammer Damage	Singer	Rock band
Keith Dambrot	Athlete	Basketball coach
Jimmy Darrow	Athlete	Basketball player
John Dean	Politician	White House counsel to Richard Nixon
Charles W. F. Dick	Politician	U.S. Senator (Republican)
Frank Dicopoulos	Actor	Actor
Michael Dokes	Athlete	Boxer, WBA World Heavyweight Champion 1982-1983	Born in Akron
Lloyd C. Douglas	Minister	Minister, author
Rita Dove	Writer	Poet
Hugh Downs	TV	TV journalist and personality, 20/20
Peter C. Economus	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron
Sidney Edgerton	Politician	19th Century politician
Eddie Elias	Athlete	Founder of Professional Bowlers Assn.
Harold G. Epperson	Military	Decorated U.S. Marine
Eugene C. Eppley	Corporate Executive	Hotel mogul
Angie Everhart	Actress	Model and actress
Fritzi Fern	Actress	Actress
Harvey Samuel Firestone	Corporate Executive	Founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company	Lived in Akron
Leonard Firestone	Corporate Executive	Industrialist
Steve Fitzhugh	Athlete	Football player
Art Fleming	TV	TV game show host, Jeopardy
Carol Folt	College Executive	Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Born in Akron
Trent Ford	Actor	Actor, model
Mike Fox	Athlete	Football player
Elizabeth Franz	Actress	Actress
Shirley Fry	Athlete	Tennis player
Clark Gable	Actor	Oscar-winning actor, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone with the Wind, World War II major	Worked in Akron
Ruby Nash Garnett	Singer	Singer of Ruby & the Romantics	Born in Akron
William H. Gerstenmaier	NASA	NASA administrator
Joe Glazer	Musician	Musician
Dick Goddard	Scientist	Meteorologist
Harvey Gold	Musician	Musician
Bob Golic	Athlete	Football player, radio personality
Mike Golic	Athlete	Football player
Benjamin Goodrich	Corporate Executive	Founder of B.F. Goodrich Company
Jim Graner	TV	Sports anchor at WKYC; color commentator for Cleveland Browns radio	Born in Akron	[8]
Brad Guigar	Cartoonist	Cartoonist
James S. Gwin	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron
Kris Haines	Athlete	Football player
Dave Hampton	Athlete	Football player
Leon Harris	TV	Television journalist
James Harrison	Athlete	Football player
Dow W. Harter	Politician	U.S. Representative
Umar Bin Hassan	Writer	Poet
Anne Heche	Actress	Actress
Carol Heiss	Athlete	Figure skater
Daniel Hesidence	Artist	Painter
Howard Hewett	Singer	Gospel and R&B singer
Michael Holley	Writer	Sports journalist
M. Herbert Hoover	Politician	Politician
Roger Hoover	Singer	Singer, musician
Walter B. Huber	Politician	U.S. Representative
Rex Humbard	Televangelist	Televangelist
Craig Hummer	TV	Sportscaster
Chrissie Hynde	Singer	Musician, leader of The Pretenders
James Ingram	Musician	Musician
Shirley Fry Irvin	Athlete	Hall of Fame tennis player	Born in Akron
Lux Interior	Singer (The Cramps)
Sandi Jackson	Politician	Politician
LeBron James	Athlete	Basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers	Born in Akron
Jim Jarmusch	Movie	Film director
David Jenkins	Athlete	Figure skater
Hayes Alan Jenkins	Athlete	Figure skater, 1956 Olympic gold medalist
Helen Jepson	Singer	Soprano
Gus Johnson	Athlete	Basketball player, television sportscaster
Steve Johnson	Athlete	Basketball player
Grandpa Jones	Musician	Musician, comedian (Hee-Haw)
Melina Kanakaredes	Actress	Actress
Salaria Kea	Nurse	Nurse
Maynard James Keenan	Singer	Singer, Tool, A Perfect Circle	Born in Akron
Dean Keener	Coach	Basketball coach
Herman Keiser	Athlete	Golfer, 1946 Masters champion
Charlton Keith	Athlete	Football player
Phil Kline	Musician	Composer
Bob Knepper	Athlete	Major League Baseball pitcher
Charles Landon Knight	Attorney	Publisher, politician
James L. Knight	Writer	Publisher
John S. Knight	Writer	Publisher
Parke Kolbe	College Executive	College president
Heather Kozar	Model	Model; former Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right
Brock Kreitzburg	Athlete	Bobsledder
Art Kusnyer	Athlete	Baseball player and coach
Jani Lane	Singer	Lead singer of Glam metal band Warrant	Born in Akron
Jerome Lane	Athlete	Basketball player
Bob Lape	TV	Television journalist
Mortimer Dormer Leggett	Military	Civil War officer
Bob Lewis	Singer	Founder of Devo
Thomas Lewis	Athlete	Football player
David Lough	Athlete	Baseball Player	Born in Akron
Liam Lynch	Musician	Musician, puppeteer, Sifl and Olly
Doug Marsh	Athlete	Football player
Thomas E. Martin	Politician	Iowa politician
Mike Massie	Politician	Wyoming politician
Banjo Matthews	Athlete	NASCAR driver
Frank W. Mayborn	Writer	Publisher
Andy McCollum	Athlete	Football player
Frances McGovern	Politician	U.S. Representative
Marian Mercer	Actress	Actress
Gene Mingo	Athlete	Football player
Dan Moldea	Writer	Journalist and author
Vaughn Monroe	Singer	Singer
Michael Morell	TV	ICIA director, TV analyst
Brian Mosteller	Politician	Director of Oval Office Operations for President Barack Obama
Bob Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo
Jim Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo
Mark Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo
Scott Muni	Radio	Radio personality
Thurman Munson	Athlete	Baseball player
Ron Negray	Athlete	Baseball player
John Neidert	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron
Donnie Nickey	Athlete	Football player
Pete Nischt	Musician	Musician
Gabe Norwood	Athlete	Basketball player
Russell Oberlin	Musician	Musician
Les Olsson	Athlete	Football player
Stanford R. Ovshinsky	Scientist	Inventor and scientist
Chris Owens	Athlete	Basketball player
Tim "Ripper" Owens	Singer	Singer, replaced Rob Halford in Judas Priest; inspiration for movie Rock Star	Born in Akron
Paige Palmer	TV	Fitness expert, TV personality
John Parry	Sports Official	Football official
Ara Parseghian	Coach	Football coach, Notre Dame
Jaroslav Pelikan	Theologian	Christianity scholar
Simon Perkins	Founder	Settler, surveyor
Antonio Pittman	Athlete	Football player
Terry Pluto	Writer	Sports journalist
Shawn Porter	Athlete	Professional boxer
Ricky Powers	Athlete	Football player
Edward Pramuk	Artist	Artist	Born in Akron
Richard Quick	Athlete	Swimming coach
Robert Quine	Musician	Guitarist
Willard Van Orman Quine	Philosopher	Philosopher
Ron Rector	Athlete	Football player
James W. Reilly	Politician	Politician
Nikola Resanovic	Musician	Composer
Judith Resnik	NASA	Astronaut, killed in Challenger explosion.	Born and raised in Akron
Butch Reynolds	Athlete	Athlete, gold medalist in 1988 olympics		[9]
Jennifer Niederst Robbins	Corporate Executive	Designed the web's first commercial site
Sydne Rome	Actress	Actress
Edmund Rowe	Politician	U.S. Representative
Wilbur F. Sanders	Politician	Montana politician
Thomas C. Sawyer	Politician	Politician
Bo Schembechler	Coach	Football coach, University of Michigan
Francis Seiberling	Politician	U.S. Representative
Frank Seiberling	Corporate Executive	Founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber	Born in Akron
John F. Seiberling	Politician	U.S. Representative
Luke Sewell	Athlete	Baseball player and manager
Chuck Share	Athlete	Basketball player
Denny Shute	Athlete	Golfer
Matt Simon	Athlete	Football player
Harry Simpson	Athlete	Baseball player
George Sisler	Athlete	Baseball player, member of Hall of Fame
Richard Smalley	Scientist	Physicist, winner of Nobel Prize
Bob Smith	Founder	Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Neal Smith		Musician
Donald Ray Snodgrass	Author	Author
Mark Stevens	Actor	Actor
Betty Sutton	Politician	U.S. Representative for 13th Congressional District	Practiced in Akron
Tyrell Sutton	Athlete	Football player
Rachel Sweet	Actress	Singer, actress and TV writer
Gene Thomas	Athlete	Football player
Nate Thurmond	Athlete	Basketball player, member of Hall of Fame
Todd Tobias	Musician	Musician
Aiden Wilson Tozer	Author	Preacher, author
Bill Upham	Athlete	Baseball player
William H. Upson	Politician	19th Century politician
Claude Virden	Athlete	Basketball player
Mike Vrabel	Athlete	Football player
Michael Wadleigh	Director	Director and cinematographer, filmed documentary of 1969 Woodstock Festival, Woodstock
Ramon Walker	Athlete	Football player
Brad Warner	Musician	Zen priest, musician
Chris Wells	Athlete	Football player for Arizona Cardinals
Michael Tarver	Athlete	Professional wrestler
George Dexter Whitcomb		Manufacturer
Jesse White	Actor	Actor, known as the Maytag Repairman in 1967-1988 commercials	Raised in Akron
Wendell Willkie	Politician	Presidential candidate, lawyer	Worked in Akron
Melinda Windsor	Model	Playboy model
Antoine Winfield	Athlete	Football player
Ray Wise	Actor	Actor
Sam Wise	Athlete	Baseball player
Gene Woodling	Athlete	Baseball player
Kim Zurz	Politician	Politician

Fictional people from Akron, Ohio

• Jiminy Glick - fictional talk-show host portrayed by Martin Short on film and TV

References

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3. "Peter Gunn Digs a Canary--That 'Way Out' Lola Albright". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1958-12-27. p. 1.
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8. "Jim Graner dies". Associated Press (AP) via The Chronicle-Telegram. Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. January 16, 1976. p. 1.
9. "Harry "Butch" Reynolds". IOC.