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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cleveland during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 303 notable births.

What Cleveland Is Known For

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Football is Cleveland's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (226).

Cleveland over-indexes on baseball6.3× the global rate.

Cleveland under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football226
  2. Actor171
  3. Politician163
  4. Baseball156
  5. Music81
  6. Basket66
  7. Lawyer61
  8. Singer57
  1. Baseball1566.3×
  2. Novelist293.4×
  3. Screenwriter293.1×
  4. Music812.6×
  5. Basket662.4×
  6. Business452.1×
  7. Artist381.7×
  8. Film451.7×
  1. Politician1630.6×
  2. Writer480.7×

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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2,168 notable people

1801 POLITICIAN

Patrick Sweeney (politician)

1939 - 2020

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1802 POLITICIAN

Madeline Cain

Born 1949

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1803 FOOTBALL

Joe Cannavino

Born 1935

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1804 BASEBALL

Jack Hardy (catcher)

1877 - 1921

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1805 LAWYER

Mike Lebowitz

Born 1977

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1806 ARTIST

Gerry Shamray

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1807 BASEBALL

Jack Bracken

1881 - 1954

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1808 FOOTBALL

Stan Sczurek

Born 1937

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1809 ARTIST

Paul Palnik

Born 1946

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1810 JOURNALIST

James L. Greenfield

Born 1924

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1811 BASEBALL

Joe Szekely

1925 - 1995

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1812 DIPLOMAT

Gintė Bernadeta Damušytė-Damušis

Born 1956

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1813 ENGINEER

Robert E. Cox

1917 - 1989

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1814 ACTOR

Adam Riegler

Born 1998

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1815 POLITICIAN

Mike Hope

-

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1816 MILITAR

Frank A. Herda

Born 1947

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1817 ENGINEER

John Hammink

Born 1970

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1818 FOOTBALL

Ray Stachowicz

Born 1959

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1819 PLAYER

Tom Coolican

Born 1988

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1820 BOTANIST

Frederick Lewis Lewton

1874 - 1959

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1821 GEOLOGIST

William Edward Davies

1917 - 1990

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1822 ASTRONOMER

Albert William Recht

1898 - 1962

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1823 BROADCAST

Jack Reynolds (broadcaster)

1937 - 2008

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1824 BASKET

Jody Adams-Birch

Born 1972

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1825 ATTORNEY

Basil Russo

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1826 PLAYER

Henry Prusoff

1912 - 1943

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1827 PAINTER

Steve Locke

Born 1963

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1828 FILM

Sam Manners

1921 - 2012

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1829 PHYSICIST

Noel A. Clark

Born 1940

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1830 SURGEON

Robert Thomas Grotz

Born 1948

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1831 ACADEMIC

Walter Poesse

1913 - 2001

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1832 COMEDIAN

Jimmy Malone

Born 1954

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1833 BASEBALL

Pep Rambert

1916 - 1974

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1834 BASKET

Anton Grady

Born 1992

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1835 JUDGE

J. J. P. Corrigan

1901 - 1982

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1836 POLITICIAN

John Businger

Born 1945

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1837 ACCOUNTANT

Alwin C. Ernst

1881 - 1948

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1838 ACTIVIST

Beverly Gooden

-

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1839 POLITICIAN

Irene Smart

1921 - 2017

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1840 BASEBALL

Fred Smith (infielder)

1886 - 1961

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1841 BASEBALL

Charlie Smith (pitcher)

1880 - 1929

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1842 TELEVISION

Michael Williams (Canadian TV personality)

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1843 BOTANIST

Robert William Cruden

Born 1936

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1844 RADIO

Dan McDowell

Born 1969

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1845 FOOTBALL

Steve Ruzich

1927 - 1991

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1846 BASEBALL

Glenn Liebhardt (1930s pitcher)

1910 - 1992

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1847 POLITICIAN

William L. Ormrod

1863 - 1921

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1848 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jeanne Arnold

-

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1849 FOOTBALL

Roger Jones (American football)

Born 1969

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1850 CHOREOGRAPHER

Charles Moore (dancer)

1928 - 1986

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1851 INVENTOR

William Otto Frohring

1893 - 1959

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1852 BUSINESS

Dave Gold

1932 - 2013

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1853 COACH

Michael Grant (basketball)

Born 1963

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1854 MAYOR

Ara Najarian

-

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1855 FOOTBALL

Ralph Kinney

1881 - 1956

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1856 BUSINESS

Ed Esber

Born 1952

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1857 BASEBALL

Jesse Baker (baseball shortstop)

1895 - 1976

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1858 SPORT

Jimmy Florian

1923 - 1999

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1859 COMEDIAN

David A. Arnold

Born 1968

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1860 BASEBALL

Eddie Hickey (baseball)

1872 - 1941

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1861 BASEBALL

Ed Spurney

1872 - 1932

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1862 BASEBALL

Bill Smith (outfielder)

1865 - 1886

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1863 BUSINESS

Brent Skoda

Born 1985

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1864 BASEBALL

Pete Hurt

Born 1956

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1865 JUDO

Dartanyon Crockett

Born 1991

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1866 FOOTBALL

Dick Walker (American football)

Born 1933

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1867 FOOTBALL

LeVar Woods

Born 1978

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1868 SPORT

Dan Coughlin (sportscaster)

Born 1938

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1869 BASEBALL

Jim Gilman

1870 - 1912

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1870 SPORT

Gordon Cobbledick

1898 - 1969

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1871 NEWS PRESENTER

Wayne Dawson

Born 1955

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1872 BASEBALL

Harry Redmond (baseball)

1887 - 1960

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1873 JOURNALIST

Steven I. Weiss

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1874 BASEBALL

Ira Belden

1874 - 1916

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1875 BASEBALL

Sonny Hoffman

Born 1853

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1876 MUSIC

Bumps Inf

Born 1985

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1877 POLITICAL

Andrew Demeter

-

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1878 BASEBALL

Bill Schardt

1886 - 1964

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1879 FOOTBALL

Maurice Lee

Born 1981

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1880 AUTHOR

Jennie Irene Mix

1862 - 1925

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1881 RADIO

Gary Nolan (radio host)

Born 1954

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1882 PHYSICIAN

Nicholas P. Restifo

Born 1960

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1883 POLITICIAN

Otto A. Vogel

1886 - 1951

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1884 BASEBALL

Hal Trosky Jr.

1936 - 2012

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1885 PLAYER

Nancy Owen

Born 1943

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1886 BASEBALL

Ed Hovlik

1891 - 1955

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1887 SURGEON

Herbert E. Warden

1920 - 2002

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1888 OFFICER

Cook Cleland

1916 - 2007

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1889 ROWER

Katie Maloney

Born 1974

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1890 LAWYER

Peter Rheinstein

Born 1943

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1891 SPORT

Isaiah Williams (offensive lineman)

Born 1993

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1892 POLITICIAN

Michael DeBose

1953 - 2012

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1893 FOOTBALL

Lum Snyder

1930 - 1985

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1894 FOOTBALL

Cedric Reed

Born 1992

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1895 SPORT

Lana Stefanac

-

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1896 SONGWRITER

Ed Montgomery (musician)

Born 1952

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1897 ENGINEER

Edmund Abel

1921 - 2014

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1898 BASEBALL

Glen Moulder

1917 - 1994

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1899 BUSINESS

Allard Roen

1921 - 2008

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1900 BUSINESS

Randall Bell

-

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1901 SURGEON

Myron Metzenbaum

1876 - 1944

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1902 BASEBALL

Norman Glaser

1894 - 1979

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1903 SOCIOLOGIST

Karl Pillemer

Born 1954

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1904 BASEBALL

Ed Hilley

1879 - 1956

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1905 FOOTBALL

Ed Baker (American football coach)

Born 1931

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1906 ENTREPRENEUR

Jeff Lawrence (entrepreneur)

Born 1957

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1907 SINGER

Chris Volpe

Born 1980

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1908 BUSINESS

Linda Denham

-

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1909 BASEBALL

Moxie Divis

1894 - 1955

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1910 FOOTBALL

George Sefcik

1939 - 2016

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1911 FOOTBALL

Jim Monachino

Born 1929

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1912 FOOTBALL

Pat Coleman

Born 1967

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1913 LOBBYIST

Dan Amstutz

1932 - 2006

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1914 MILITAR

Denver V. Truelove

1919 - 1943

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1915 POLITICIAN

Robb Austin

Born 1952

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1916 BUSINESS

Harry Payne Bingham

1887 - 1955

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1917 MILITAR

Loddie Stupka

1878 - 1946

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1918 BASEBALL

Ollie Welf

1889 - 1967

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1919 OFFICER

Charles X. Zimmerman

1865 - 1926

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1920 SINGER

Andrea Carroll

Born 1946

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1921 NOVELIST

Joyce Burditt

-

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1922 POLITICIAN

Michael Elconin

Born 1953

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1923 BASEBALL

George Anderson (baseball)

1889 - 1962

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1924 ACTOR

Ron Kuhlman

Born 1948

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1925 PRIEST

Thomas Charles O'Reilly

1873 - 1938

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1926 BANDLEADER

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

1919 - 2017

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1927 FOOTBALL

Eric Beverly

Born 1974

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1928 POLITICIAN

Linda Bolon

Born 1948

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1929 LAWYER

Kent Markus

Born 1959

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1930 POLITICIAN

Dan Howell (politician)

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1931 REPRESENTATIVE

Robin Belcher

Born 1976

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1932 ATTORNEY

Stanley Tolliver

1925 - 2011

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1933 RACECAR

Art Klein

1889 - 1955

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1934 BUSINESS

Mel Wasserman

1932 - 2002

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1935 ROWER

Ralph Stephan

1928 - 2018

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1936 FOOTBALL

John Jones (American football)

Born 1975

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1937 POLITICIAN

Bobby Olszewski

Born 1977

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1938 BASEBALL

Jim Rittwage

Born 1944

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1939 PHYSICIST

Allen Hirshfeld

1944 - 2016

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1940 BASEBALL

Pickles Dillhoefer

1893 - 1922

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1941 PRODUCER

Joel Jaffe

Born 1952

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1942 CIVIL RIGHTS

Philip Yenyo

Born 1965

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1943 POLITICIAN

John H. Farley

1846 - 1922

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1944 SCREENWRITER

Charles L. Kimball

1897 - 1976

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1945 COMPOSER

John Gummoe

Born 1938

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1946 BASEBALL

Frank Doljack

1907 - 1948

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1947 POLITICIAN

Diane Grendell

Born 1945

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1948 BASEBALL

Ray Novotny

1907 - 1995

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1949 CRIMINAL

Louis Rothkopf

1903 - 1956

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1950 POLITICIAN

Tom Woods (Montana politician)

Born 1961

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1951 POLITICAL

Winonah Myers

1941 - 2018

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1952 GOVERNMENT

Thomas Modly

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1953 ACTOR

Gus Heege

1862 - 1898

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1954 CHEMIST

Alfred Hutchinson Cowles

1858 - 1929

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1955 FOOTBALL

Delbert Fowler

Born 1908

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1956 BOXER

Jeff Stoudemire

Born 1957

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1957 ARTIST

WRDSMTH

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1958 COMEDY

Daniel Vovak

1972 - 2011

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1959 CURATOR

Sara J. Bloomfield

-

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1960 FOOTBALL

Bill Laub

1878 - 1963

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1961 COMPOSER

Michael Josephs

Born 1959

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1962 PHYSICIAN

Verina Morton Jones

1865 - 1943

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1963 OFFICER

John A. Shaud

Born 1933

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1964 GOLF

Karl Zoller

Born 1963

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1965 BASEBALL

LeGrant Scott

1910 - 1993

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1966 BASEBALL

Louis Brower

1900 - 1994

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1967 POLITICIAN

William W. Taft

Born 1932

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1968 ARCHITECT

Oscar Ruffini

1858 - 1957

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1969 FOOTBALL

C. J. Germany

Born 1993

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1970 DIPLOMAT

Paul A. Russo

Born 1943

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1971 FOOTBALL

Earl Sprackling

1890 - 1980

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1972 FOOTBALL

Edward L. Finnigan

1911 - 1968

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1973 BASEBALL

Pete Sommers

1866 - 1908

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1974 LAWYER

Linda Singer

Born 1966

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1975 BUSINESS

Toby McKenzie

1953 - 2013

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1976 MUSIC

Fred Sharp

1922 - 2005

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1977 FOOTBALL

Tim Tyma

Born 1960

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1978 LAWYER

Henry Curtis Meanor

1929 - 2008

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1979 BASKET

Omari Westley

Born 1982

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1980 BASEBALL

George McKinnon

1918 - 2009

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1981 SKATER

Andrew McCrary

Born 1986

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1982 BASEBALL

Pat McNulty

1899 - 1963

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1983 BASEBALL

Martin Mullen

1852 - 1915

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1984 ARTIST

Nic Rad

Born 1982

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1985 POLITICIAN

Harry C. Mason

1867 - 1901

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1986 POLITICIAN

Perry Bullard

1942 - 1998

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1987 MARTIAL ART

Tywan Claxton

Born 1992

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1988 BUSINESS

Jimmy O'Donnell

1872 - 1946

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1989 BASEBALL

Bill Gleason (pitcher)

1868 - 1893

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1990 BASKET

Danielle Gant

Born 1987

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1991 MISSING

Osborne Orr

1895 - 1918

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1992 JOCKEY

Frank Robinson (jockey)

1898 - 1919

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1993 JUDGE

Kay B. Cobb

Born 1942

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1994 CHESS

Richard Eugene Cheney

1908 - 1967

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1995 POLITICIAN

Rocco Colonna

1933 - 2011

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1996 BASEBALL

John Mihalic

1911 - 1987

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1997 PHYSICIAN

Mary Ellen Wohl

Born 1932

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1998 BASEBALL

Mike Dejan

1915 - 1953

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1999 NEUROSCIENTIST

JacSue Kehoe

1935 - 2019

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2000 BASEBALL

Frank Knauss

Born 1868

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2001 FOOTBALL

Tom Fussell

Born 1945

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2002 POLITICIAN

John S. Baker

1861 - 1955

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2003 POLITICIAN

George Mastics

1931 - 2018

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2004 LAWYER

Ben Charles Green

1905 - 1983

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2005 ARTIST

Tim Lokiec

Born 1977

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2006 ACTOR

Charles A. Bigelow

1862 - 1912

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2007 GOLF

Brittany Johnston

Born 1986

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2008 ENTREPRENEUR

Jeptha Homer Wade II

1857 - 1926

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2009 FOOTBALL

Frederick W. Henninger

1873 - 1919

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2010 POLITICIAN

Francis E. Young

1876 - 1958

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2011 SCREENWRITER

Burton Benjamin

1917 - 1988

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2012 POLITICIAN

Margaret Dennison

1920 - 2010

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2013 BOXER

Tim VanNewhouse

Born 1986

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2014 ARCHITECT

I.R. Timlin

1880 - 1955

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2015 BASKET

Bill Meyer (basketball)

1943 - 2018

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2016 JUDGE

Thomas J. Mahon

1882 - 1927

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2017 POLITICIAN

Francine Panehal

1925 - 2002

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2018 POLITICIAN

Claudette Woodard

1945 - 2010

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2019 ROCK

Mitch Michaels

Born 1948

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2020 JOURNALIST

Ken Carpenter (journalist)

Born 1956

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2021 ENGINEER

Raymond Moloney

Died 1958

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2022 WRITER

Katy Masuga

Born 1975

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2023 PHYSICIAN

John Francis Eisold

-

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2024 LINGUIST

Frank Otto (academic)

1936 - 2017

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2025 POLITICIAN

Thomas M. Bell (Ohio politician)

Born 1950

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2026 DRIVER

Wyatt Gooden

Born 1988

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2027 DIPLOMAT

Lawrence Palmer Taylor

Born 1940

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2028 RANCHER

James S. Rice

1846 - 1939

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2029 BASEBALL

Bill Bonness

1923 - 1977

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2030 SPORT

Howard Acher

1889 - 1957

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2031 BUSINESS

Robert Elton Brooker

1905 - 2001

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2032 HISTORIAN

Thomas Habinek

1953 - 2019

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2033 NOVELIST

David Hoenigman

-

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2034 POLITICIAN

Jerome Stano

1932 - 2011

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2035 PAINTER

Marilyn Szalay

1950 - 2012

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2036 POLITICIAN

Sally Conway Kilbane

Born 1942

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2037 VIOLIN

Oleh Mahlay

Born 1969

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2038 SCULPTOR

Megan Williams (artist)

Born 1956

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2039 POLITICIAN

J. W. Cloes

1850 - 1919

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2040 HANDBALL

Karyn Palgut

Born 1962

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2041 ILLUSTRATOR

Henry M. Eichner

1909 - 1971

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2042 POLITICIAN

Robert J. Corts

1920 - 2013

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2043 POLITICIAN

Clyde Middleton

1928 - 2019

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2044 BUSINESS

Charles Tudor Williams

1839 - 1914

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2045 POLITICIAN

Barbara Boyd (Ohio politician)

Born 1942

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2046 POLITICIAN

Ben Skall

1919 - 1993

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2047 POLITICIAN

John Szoka

Born 1954

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2048 FOOTBALL

Ronnie Anderson

Born 1974

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2049 BUSINESS

Amy Balliett

Born 1982

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2050 FOOTBALL

Chris Harrell

Born 1983

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2051 RADIO

Wayne Winsley

Born 1963

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2052 FOOTBALL

Roman Rosul

Born 1953

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2053 MILITAR

Elliott C. Cutler Jr.

1920 - 2007

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2054 SINGER

Vincenzo Manno

Born 1949

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2055 ADMIRAL

N. Ronald Thunman

Born 1932

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2056 POET

Dave Lucas (poet)

Born 1980

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2057 POLITICIAN

Marguerite Bowman

1918 - 1997

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2058 ATHLETIC

Reginald Jagers III

Born 1994

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2059 BUSINESS

C. Hamilton Sanford

1873 - 1942

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2060 POLITICIAN

Chuck Burley

Born 1956

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2061 MISSING

William H. Brett

1893 - 1989

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2062 PRODUCER

Eric Miller (record producer)

1941 - 2017

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2063 SINGER

Russell Hamilton

Born 1969

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2064 PHYSICIST

Thomas Prince (scientist)

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2065 SPORT

Denny Marcin

1942 - 2017

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2066 SONGWRITER

Suzi Shelton

-

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2067 RADIOLOGIST

Joseph F. Sackett

Born 1940

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2068 FOOTBALL

Frank Mestnik

Born 1938

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2069 PLAYER

Rocco Mauer

Born 1988

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2070 POLITICIAN

Donald Nowack

1924 - 2008

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2071 NEWS PRESENTER

Jay Miltner

1917 - 1991

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2072 MUSIC

Ed Reed (Musiker)

Born 1929

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2073 AUTHOR

Nora McCarthy

Born 1958

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2074 MILITAR

Thomas Barton (Medal of Honor)

Born 1831

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2075 OFFICER

Severin Louis Rombach

1914 - 1942

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2076 HISTORIAN

Sallyann Amdur Sack

Born 1936

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2077 ADVISOR

Todd Levett

1983 - 2014

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2078 PHOTOGRAPHER

Norma I. Quintana

Born 1954

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2079 SONGWRITER

Janet Lynn Skinner

Born 1955

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2080 LAWYER

Carole Rendon

Born 1962

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2081 MILITAR

Samuel R. Shaw

1911 - 1989

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2082 FOOTBALL

Bob Barrett (American football)

Born 1935

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2083 JOURNALIST

Tom Zeller Jr.

Born 1969

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2084 ACADEMIC

Hurst Robins Anderson

1904 - 1989

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2085 LAWYER

James C. Connell

1897 - 1973

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2086 FOOTBALL

Al Cornsweet

1906 - 1991

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2087 OFFICER

Harlan W. Newell

1916 - 2012

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2088 ACTOR

Dagne Crane

Born 1936

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2089 FOOTBALL

Joel Bell

Born 1985

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2090 BISHOP

Morris King Thompson

Born 1955

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2091 ARTIST

MaPo Kinnord

Born 1960

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2092 GYMNAST

William Berwald

1874 - 1963

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2093 FOOTBALL

Gene Selawski

1935 - 1993

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2094 ACTOR

Walter Belcher

Born 1969

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2095 SURGEON

Carl W. Walter

1906 - 1992

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2096 WRITER

Frank Roche

Born 1959

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2097 SPORT

Betsy Youngman

Born 1959

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2098 FOOTBALL

John Tyma

Born 1958

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2099 BASEBALL

Red Bluhm

1894 - 1952

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2100 FOOTBALL

Norm Greeney

1910 - 1985

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