41.2568° N, 81.8815° W
CLEVELAND
Most Famous People Born in Cleveland, United States
- Notable people
- 2,168
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1942
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 6.3×
A Great Lakes industrial city whose distinctive professions are baseball at six times the global rate, novelists, screenwriters, music, and basketball — the shape of a postwar industrial city that built a deep entertainment-and-letters bench out of its working-class neighbourhoods. Halle Berry, Henry Mancini, Jerry Siegel (who invented Superman here with Joe Shuster), and Tracy Chapman all belong to this bench. The 19th-century tail is thin; the city was essentially built by the oil and steel booms of the 1890s.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cleveland during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Cleveland Is Known For
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Football is Cleveland's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (226).
Cleveland over-indexes on baseball — 6.3× the global rate.
Cleveland under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cleveland's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Writing
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Patrick Sweeney (politician)
1939 - 2020
Madeline Cain
Born 1949
Joe Cannavino
Born 1935
Jack Hardy (catcher)
1877 - 1921
Mike Lebowitz
Born 1977
Gerry Shamray
-
Jack Bracken
1881 - 1954
Stan Sczurek
Born 1937
Paul Palnik
Born 1946
James L. Greenfield
Born 1924
Joe Szekely
1925 - 1995
Gintė Bernadeta Damušytė-Damušis
Born 1956
Robert E. Cox
1917 - 1989
Adam Riegler
Born 1998
Mike Hope
-
Frank A. Herda
Born 1947
John Hammink
Born 1970
Ray Stachowicz
Born 1959
Tom Coolican
Born 1988
Frederick Lewis Lewton
1874 - 1959
William Edward Davies
1917 - 1990
Albert William Recht
1898 - 1962
Jack Reynolds (broadcaster)
1937 - 2008
Jody Adams-Birch
Born 1972
Basil Russo
-
Henry Prusoff
1912 - 1943
Steve Locke
Born 1963
Sam Manners
1921 - 2012
Noel A. Clark
Born 1940
Robert Thomas Grotz
Born 1948
Walter Poesse
1913 - 2001
Jimmy Malone
Born 1954
Pep Rambert
1916 - 1974
Anton Grady
Born 1992
J. J. P. Corrigan
1901 - 1982
John Businger
Born 1945
Alwin C. Ernst
1881 - 1948
Beverly Gooden
-
Irene Smart
1921 - 2017
Fred Smith (infielder)
1886 - 1961
Charlie Smith (pitcher)
1880 - 1929
Michael Williams (Canadian TV personality)
-
Robert William Cruden
Born 1936
Dan McDowell
Born 1969
Steve Ruzich
1927 - 1991
Glenn Liebhardt (1930s pitcher)
1910 - 1992
William L. Ormrod
1863 - 1921
Jeanne Arnold
-
Roger Jones (American football)
Born 1969
Charles Moore (dancer)
1928 - 1986
William Otto Frohring
1893 - 1959
Dave Gold
1932 - 2013
Michael Grant (basketball)
Born 1963
Ara Najarian
-
Ralph Kinney
1881 - 1956
Ed Esber
Born 1952
Jesse Baker (baseball shortstop)
1895 - 1976
Jimmy Florian
1923 - 1999
David A. Arnold
Born 1968
Eddie Hickey (baseball)
1872 - 1941
Ed Spurney
1872 - 1932
Bill Smith (outfielder)
1865 - 1886
Brent Skoda
Born 1985
Pete Hurt
Born 1956
Dartanyon Crockett
Born 1991
Dick Walker (American football)
Born 1933
LeVar Woods
Born 1978
Dan Coughlin (sportscaster)
Born 1938
Jim Gilman
1870 - 1912
Gordon Cobbledick
1898 - 1969
Wayne Dawson
Born 1955
Harry Redmond (baseball)
1887 - 1960
Steven I. Weiss
-
Ira Belden
1874 - 1916
Sonny Hoffman
Born 1853
Bumps Inf
Born 1985
Andrew Demeter
-
Bill Schardt
1886 - 1964
Maurice Lee
Born 1981
Jennie Irene Mix
1862 - 1925
Gary Nolan (radio host)
Born 1954
Nicholas P. Restifo
Born 1960
Otto A. Vogel
1886 - 1951
Hal Trosky Jr.
1936 - 2012
Nancy Owen
Born 1943
Ed Hovlik
1891 - 1955
Herbert E. Warden
1920 - 2002
Cook Cleland
1916 - 2007
Katie Maloney
Born 1974
Peter Rheinstein
Born 1943
Isaiah Williams (offensive lineman)
Born 1993
Michael DeBose
1953 - 2012
Lum Snyder
1930 - 1985
Cedric Reed
Born 1992
Lana Stefanac
-
Ed Montgomery (musician)
Born 1952
Edmund Abel
1921 - 2014
Glen Moulder
1917 - 1994
Allard Roen
1921 - 2008
Randall Bell
-
Myron Metzenbaum
1876 - 1944
Norman Glaser
1894 - 1979
Karl Pillemer
Born 1954
Ed Hilley
1879 - 1956
Ed Baker (American football coach)
Born 1931
Jeff Lawrence (entrepreneur)
Born 1957
Chris Volpe
Born 1980
Linda Denham
-
Moxie Divis
1894 - 1955
George Sefcik
1939 - 2016
Jim Monachino
Born 1929
Pat Coleman
Born 1967
Dan Amstutz
1932 - 2006
Denver V. Truelove
1919 - 1943
Robb Austin
Born 1952
Harry Payne Bingham
1887 - 1955
Loddie Stupka
1878 - 1946
Ollie Welf
1889 - 1967
Charles X. Zimmerman
1865 - 1926
Andrea Carroll
Born 1946
Joyce Burditt
-
Michael Elconin
Born 1953
George Anderson (baseball)
1889 - 1962
Ron Kuhlman
Born 1948
Thomas Charles O'Reilly
1873 - 1938
Evelyn Freeman Roberts
1919 - 2017
Eric Beverly
Born 1974
Linda Bolon
Born 1948
Kent Markus
Born 1959
Dan Howell (politician)
-
Robin Belcher
Born 1976
Stanley Tolliver
1925 - 2011
Art Klein
1889 - 1955
Mel Wasserman
1932 - 2002
Ralph Stephan
1928 - 2018
John Jones (American football)
Born 1975
Bobby Olszewski
Born 1977
Jim Rittwage
Born 1944
Allen Hirshfeld
1944 - 2016
Pickles Dillhoefer
1893 - 1922
Joel Jaffe
Born 1952
Philip Yenyo
Born 1965
John H. Farley
1846 - 1922
Charles L. Kimball
1897 - 1976
John Gummoe
Born 1938
Frank Doljack
1907 - 1948
Diane Grendell
Born 1945
Ray Novotny
1907 - 1995
Louis Rothkopf
1903 - 1956
Tom Woods (Montana politician)
Born 1961
Winonah Myers
1941 - 2018
Thomas Modly
-
Gus Heege
1862 - 1898
Alfred Hutchinson Cowles
1858 - 1929
Delbert Fowler
Born 1908
Jeff Stoudemire
Born 1957
WRDSMTH
-
Daniel Vovak
1972 - 2011
Sara J. Bloomfield
-
Bill Laub
1878 - 1963
Michael Josephs
Born 1959
Verina Morton Jones
1865 - 1943
John A. Shaud
Born 1933
Karl Zoller
Born 1963
LeGrant Scott
1910 - 1993
Louis Brower
1900 - 1994
William W. Taft
Born 1932
Oscar Ruffini
1858 - 1957
C. J. Germany
Born 1993
Paul A. Russo
Born 1943
Earl Sprackling
1890 - 1980
Edward L. Finnigan
1911 - 1968
Pete Sommers
1866 - 1908
Linda Singer
Born 1966
Toby McKenzie
1953 - 2013
Fred Sharp
1922 - 2005
Tim Tyma
Born 1960
Henry Curtis Meanor
1929 - 2008
Omari Westley
Born 1982
George McKinnon
1918 - 2009
Andrew McCrary
Born 1986
Pat McNulty
1899 - 1963
Martin Mullen
1852 - 1915
Nic Rad
Born 1982
Harry C. Mason
1867 - 1901
Perry Bullard
1942 - 1998
Tywan Claxton
Born 1992
Jimmy O'Donnell
1872 - 1946
Bill Gleason (pitcher)
1868 - 1893
Danielle Gant
Born 1987
Osborne Orr
1895 - 1918
Frank Robinson (jockey)
1898 - 1919
Kay B. Cobb
Born 1942
Richard Eugene Cheney
1908 - 1967
Rocco Colonna
1933 - 2011
John Mihalic
1911 - 1987
Mary Ellen Wohl
Born 1932
Mike Dejan
1915 - 1953
JacSue Kehoe
1935 - 2019
Frank Knauss
Born 1868
Tom Fussell
Born 1945
John S. Baker
1861 - 1955
George Mastics
1931 - 2018
Ben Charles Green
1905 - 1983
Tim Lokiec
Born 1977
Charles A. Bigelow
1862 - 1912
Brittany Johnston
Born 1986
Jeptha Homer Wade II
1857 - 1926
Frederick W. Henninger
1873 - 1919
Francis E. Young
1876 - 1958
Burton Benjamin
1917 - 1988
Margaret Dennison
1920 - 2010
Tim VanNewhouse
Born 1986
I.R. Timlin
1880 - 1955
Bill Meyer (basketball)
1943 - 2018
Thomas J. Mahon
1882 - 1927
Francine Panehal
1925 - 2002
Claudette Woodard
1945 - 2010
Mitch Michaels
Born 1948
Ken Carpenter (journalist)
Born 1956
Raymond Moloney
Died 1958
Katy Masuga
Born 1975
John Francis Eisold
-
Frank Otto (academic)
1936 - 2017
Thomas M. Bell (Ohio politician)
Born 1950
Wyatt Gooden
Born 1988
Lawrence Palmer Taylor
Born 1940
James S. Rice
1846 - 1939
Bill Bonness
1923 - 1977
Howard Acher
1889 - 1957
Robert Elton Brooker
1905 - 2001
Thomas Habinek
1953 - 2019
David Hoenigman
-
Jerome Stano
1932 - 2011
Marilyn Szalay
1950 - 2012
Sally Conway Kilbane
Born 1942
Oleh Mahlay
Born 1969
Megan Williams (artist)
Born 1956
J. W. Cloes
1850 - 1919
Karyn Palgut
Born 1962
Henry M. Eichner
1909 - 1971
Robert J. Corts
1920 - 2013
Clyde Middleton
1928 - 2019
Charles Tudor Williams
1839 - 1914
Barbara Boyd (Ohio politician)
Born 1942
Ben Skall
1919 - 1993
John Szoka
Born 1954
Ronnie Anderson
Born 1974
Amy Balliett
Born 1982
Chris Harrell
Born 1983
Wayne Winsley
Born 1963
Roman Rosul
Born 1953
Elliott C. Cutler Jr.
1920 - 2007
Vincenzo Manno
Born 1949
N. Ronald Thunman
Born 1932
Dave Lucas (poet)
Born 1980
Marguerite Bowman
1918 - 1997
Reginald Jagers III
Born 1994
C. Hamilton Sanford
1873 - 1942
Chuck Burley
Born 1956
William H. Brett
1893 - 1989
Eric Miller (record producer)
1941 - 2017
Russell Hamilton
Born 1969
Thomas Prince (scientist)
-
Denny Marcin
1942 - 2017
Suzi Shelton
-
Joseph F. Sackett
Born 1940
Frank Mestnik
Born 1938
Rocco Mauer
Born 1988
Donald Nowack
1924 - 2008
Jay Miltner
1917 - 1991
Ed Reed (Musiker)
Born 1929
Nora McCarthy
Born 1958
Thomas Barton (Medal of Honor)
Born 1831
Severin Louis Rombach
1914 - 1942
Sallyann Amdur Sack
Born 1936
Todd Levett
1983 - 2014
Norma I. Quintana
Born 1954
Janet Lynn Skinner
Born 1955
Carole Rendon
Born 1962
Samuel R. Shaw
1911 - 1989
Bob Barrett (American football)
Born 1935
Tom Zeller Jr.
Born 1969
Hurst Robins Anderson
1904 - 1989
James C. Connell
1897 - 1973
Al Cornsweet
1906 - 1991
Harlan W. Newell
1916 - 2012
Dagne Crane
Born 1936
Joel Bell
Born 1985
Morris King Thompson
Born 1955
MaPo Kinnord
Born 1960
William Berwald
1874 - 1963
Gene Selawski
1935 - 1993
Walter Belcher
Born 1969
Carl W. Walter
1906 - 1992
Frank Roche
Born 1959
Betsy Youngman
Born 1959
John Tyma
Born 1958
Red Bluhm
1894 - 1952
Norm Greeney
1910 - 1985