R. L. Stine (author) (Columbus) (went to my middle school)

Steven Spielberg (film director, film producer) (Cincinnati)

Harriet Beecher Stowe (author) (Cincinnati)

William Jennings Bryan (U.S. presidential candidate) (Salem)

James A. Garfield (Civil War general, U.S. president)

Ulysses S. Grant (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (Point Pleasant)

Warren G. Harding (U.S. president)

Benjamin Harrison (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (North Bend)

William McKinley (U.S. president) (Niles)

William Howard Taft (politician, jurist, U.S. president, chief justice) (Cincinnati)

Victoria Claflin Woodhull (first woman to be nominated for President) (Homer, Licking County)

George Bellows (painter) (Columbus)

Halle Berry (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland)

Drew Carey (actor, comedian) (Cleveland)

Dave Chappelle (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs)

Tom Cruise - actor (Ottawa Hills)

Doris Day (actor) (Cincinnati)

Phyllis Diller (actor, comedian) (Lima)

Carmen Electra (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak)

Arsenio Hall (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland)

Woody Harrelson (actor) (Lebanon)

Anne Heche (actor) (Aurora)

Steve Harvey (comedian/actor) (Cleveland)

Katie Holmes (actor) (Toledo)

Bob Hope (comedian, actor) (Cleveland)

Sarah Jessica Parker (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville)

Martin Sheen (actor) (Dayton)

Ron Jeremy (Porn Star) (Clintonville)

Jerry Springer (television talk show host/former mayor of Cincinnati) (Cincinnati)

Bow Wow (musician) (Reynoldsburg)

Bootsy Collins (musician) (Cincinnati)

Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters (musician) (Warren)

Dean Martin (singer, actor) (Steubenville)

Nick Lachey (musician) (Cincinnati)

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (musician) (Cleveland)

Joe Walsh (musician) (Cleveland)

Neil Armstrong (astronaut) (Wapakoneta/Lebanon)

Roger Clemens (baseball player} (Dayton)

Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball player) (Cincinnati)

Archie Griffin (football player) (Columbus)

Woody Hayes (football coach) (Clifton/Newcomerstown/Upper Arlington)

LeBron James (basketball player) (Akron)

John D. Rockefeller (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland)

George Steinbrenner (shipping magnate, sports club owner) (Cleveland)

Larry Flynt (publisher of Hustler adult magazine) (Cincinnati)

Ted Turner (founder of Turner Broadcasting, CNN) (Cincinnati)

Jack Warner (co-founder of Warner Bros. Studios) (Youngstown)

Thomas Alva Edison (scientist, inventor)

I obviously had to skip some cause so much awesome comes out of Ohio, but that’s a pretty good impression.