38.8725° N, 84.5861° W
CINCINNATI
Most Famous People Born in Cincinnati, United States
- Notable people
- 1,772
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1938
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 12.5×
Cincinnati's bench is German-American old money and mid-century entertainment — the Lawyer class is the same Queen City bar that built the Taft political dynasty, the Novelist thread runs through the Over-the-Rhine literary generation, and a smaller Music vein traces from King Records and James Brown through the city's early rock-and-roll scene. The Basket cohort is the University of Cincinnati pipeline that sent Oscar Robertson north and kept sending players ever since.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cincinnati during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Cincinnati Is Known For
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Baseball is Cincinnati's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (251).
Cincinnati over-indexes on baseball — 12.5× the global rate.
Cincinnati under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cincinnati's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Fredric Brown
1906 - 1972
John Mauchly
1909 - 1980
Louise Beavers
1902 - 1962
Libby Holman
1904 - 1971
Robert Surtees (cinematographer)
1906 - 1985
Charles Stevenson
1908 - 1979
John Dierkes
1905 - 1975
Dorothy Spencer
1909 - 2002
Isabel Bishop
1902 - 1988
Briggs Cunningham
1907 - 2003
Marvin Bower
1903 - 2003
Nelson Glueck
1900 - 1971
Wolfgang Zilzer
1901 - 1991
Millard Meiss
1904 - 1975
DeHart Hubbard
1903 - 1976
George Hurrell
1904 - 1992
Syd Nathan
1904 - 1968
Blanche Mehaffey
1908 - 1968
Curley Weaver
1906 - 1962
Alexina Duchamp
1906 - 1995
Gertrude Short
1902 - 1968
Jimmy Mundy
1907 - 1983
Audrey Emery
1904 - 1971
John Anderson (athlete)
1907 - 1948
John 'Dusty' King
1909 - 1987
John Wilkinson Taylor (educator)
1906 - 2001
Gus Edson
1901 - 1966
Paul Herget
1908 - 1981
Ruth Lyons (broadcaster)
1905 - 1988
Winston E. Kock
1909 - 1982
Margaret Jarman Hagood
1907 - 1963
Gina Malo
1909 - 1963
Gordon H. Scherer
1906 - 1988
Harlan Lattimore
1908 - 1980
Walter Laufer
1906 - 1984
Leon René
1902 - 1982
Claire Zeisler
1903 - 1991
Louis Kronenberger
1904 - 1980
Anthony John King Mussio
1902 - 1978
T. S. Matthews
1901 - 1991
Saul Gorss
1908 - 1966
Earl T. Wagner
1908 - 1990
Ethan Allen (baseball)
1904 - 1993
Ann May
1901 - 1985
Blanche Long
1902 - 1998
Virginia Payne
1909 - 1977
Antrim Short
1900 - 1972
Al Hollingsworth (baseball)
1908 - 1996
Bo Randall
1909 - 1989
Lizzie Wilkerson
1900 - 1984
Celesta Geyer
1901 - 1982
Isaac Jack Martin
1908 - 1966
Ralph Birkofer
1908 - 1971
Joe Heving
1900 - 1970
Buzz Boyle
1908 - 1978
Frank Burton Ellis
1907 - 1969
Jimmy Boyle (baseball)
1904 - 1958
Walt Bachrach
1904 - 1989
Flea Clifton
1908 - 1997
Julilly House Kohler
1908 - 1976
Russell Payne (athlete)
1902 - 1970
Bob Friedrichs
1906 - 1997
LuEsther Mertz
1905 - 1991
Louis Nippert
1903 - 1992
Harry Wilke
1900 - 1991
Johnny Hodapp
1905 - 1980
James Hirshfield
1902 - 1993
Joseph Peter Kinneary
1905 - 2003
Jimmy Shevlin
1909 - 1974
Jim Beckman
1905 - 1974
Morris Doob
1907 - 1966
Henry Forrest (racehorse trainer)
1907 - 1975
David Stewart Porter
1909 - 1989
Bill Steinecke
1907 - 1986
Marion Speed Boyd
1900 - 1988
Robert Fudge
1901 - 1955
Jesse D. Auton
1904 - 1952