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.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 168 notable births.

What Cincinnati Is Known For

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Baseball is Cincinnati's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (251).

Cincinnati over-indexes on baseball12.5× the global rate.

Cincinnati under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Baseball251
  2. Football203
  3. Politician152
  4. Actor135
  5. Basket72
  6. Lawyer54
  7. Painter42
  8. Writer40
  1. Baseball25112.5×
  2. Novelist273.9×
  3. Basket723.2×
  4. Lawyer541.8×
  5. Music391.5×
  1. Writer400.7×

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.

18001850190019502000
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Showing 118 of 1,772 notable people

0004 CRIMINAL

Charles Manson

1934 - 2017

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0009 ENTREPRENEUR

Ted Turner

Born 1938

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0030 PAINTER

Jim Dine

Born 1935

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0034 PAINTER

Tom Wesselmann

1931 - 2004

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0036 ACTIVIST

Jerry Rubin

1938 - 1994

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0067 ACTOR

Bill Ramsey (singer)

Born 1931

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0075 PLAYER

Tony Trabert

Born 1930

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0077 PHILOSOPHER

Michael Martin (philosopher)

1932 - 2015

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0086 ACTOR

Collin Wilcox (actress)

1935 - 2009

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0104 BASEBALL

Don Zimmer

1931 - 2014

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0126 JOURNALIST

Joseph Lelyveld

Born 1937

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0149 POLITICIAN

Ron Ziegler

1939 - 2003

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0164 MUSIC

David Freiberg

Born 1938

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0167 AUTHOR

Hari Rhodes

1932 - 1992

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0222 ACTOR

Mel Carter

Born 1939

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0265 PLAYER

Barry MacKay

1935 - 2012

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0268 ART CRITIC

Thomas McEvilley

1939 - 2013

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0276 JOURNALIST

Barbara Grier

1933 - 2011

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0290 POLITICIAN

John Burton (American politician)

Born 1932

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0294 POLITICIAN

William H. Hudnut III

1932 - 2016

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0295 JOURNALIST

Kay Lahusen

Born 1930

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0298 ECONOMIST

William G. Bowen

1933 - 2016

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0299 ACTOR

Roger Browne

Born 1930

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0311 FILM

Robert Rehme

Born 1935

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0315 POLITICIAN

Andy Ireland

Born 1930

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0334 PHARMACOLOGIST

John Mendelsohn (doctor)

1936 - 2019

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0340 POLITICIAN

Dave Hobson

Born 1936

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0369 BASKET

Tom Thacker (basketball)

Born 1939

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0373 PHILOSOPHER

Bernard Gert

1934 - 2011

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0376 MOUNTAINEER

Barry Bishop (mountaineer)

1932 - 1994

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0379 AUTHOR

William Greider

1936 - 2019

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0390 PHYSICIST

Glen Rebka

1931 - 2015

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0394 PHYSICIST

George Robert Carruthers

Born 1939

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0402 BASKET

Tates Locke

Born 1937

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0404 PIANIST

Mike Longo

1939 - 2020

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0431 ACADEMIC

Donald D. Brown

Born 1931

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0441 POLITICIAN

David S. Mann

Born 1939

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0443 SCULPTOR

Garner Tullis

Born 1939

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0463 ECONOMIST

Jay R. Galbraith

1939 - 2014

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0472 PAINTER

Eric Orr

1939 - 1998

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0494 COMPOSER

Hal Davis

1933 - 1998

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0518 PAINTER

Gerald Ferguson

1937 - 2009

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0532 ACTOR

Pat Stanley

Born 1931

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0550 IMMUNOLOGIST

Hugh McDevitt

Born 1930

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0578 SINGER

Rudolph Isley

Born 1939

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0591 LITERARY

Michael J. Colacurcio

Born 1939

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0592 SINGER

O'Kelly Isley Jr.

1937 - 1986

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0604 SURGEON

Thomas J. Fogarty

Born 1934

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0617 MUSIC

Gordon Brisker

1937 - 2004

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0620 BASKET

Bob Wiesenhahn

Born 1938

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0621 HISTORIAN

Frederic L. Holmes

1932 - 2003

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0622 NOVELIST

Rudy Wurlitzer

Born 1937

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0644 JOURNALIST

Elizabeth Drew

Born 1935

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0647 ACTOR

Cliff Emmich

Born 1936

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0698 POLITICIAN

Charlene Mitchell

Born 1930

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0721 PSYCHIATRIST

Frederick K. Goodwin

1936 - 2020

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0743 DOCTOR

David Werner

Born 1934

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0745 BOXER

Charles Brown (boxer)

Born 1939

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0764 LAWYER

Charles Morgan Jr.

1930 - 2009

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0788 PAINTER

Daniel Greene (artist)

1934 - 2020

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0801 PRIEST

Carl K. Moeddel

1937 - 2009

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0804 BASEBALL

Art Mahaffey

Born 1938

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0832 POLITICIAN

Harry Geisinger

1933 - 2015

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0836 JOURNALIST

Tom Pettit

1931 - 1995

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0852 RESEARCH

Leslie Z. Benet

Born 1937

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0855 JOURNALIST

David Dick (journalist)

1930 - 2010

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0858 LAWYER

William Odis Bertelsman

Born 1936

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0867 PRIEST

John Joseph Kaising

1936 - 2007

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0892 HISTORIAN

John H. White Jr.

Born 1933

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0901 BASEBALL

Bob Humphreys

Born 1935

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0910 PAINTER

Tom Marioni

Born 1937

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0962 ACADEMIC

Alice Stone Ilchman

1935 - 2006

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0965 FOOTBALL

Bob Fry

1930 - 2019

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0991 BASEBALL

Dick LeMay

1938 - 2018

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1001 MUSIC

Sonny Brown

Born 1936

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1018 BASEBALL

Dick Drott

1936 - 1985

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1063 COMPOSER

Nancy Laird Chance

Born 1931

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1080 PHYSICIST

Judah Moshe Eisenberg

1938 - 1998

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1107 ARTIST

Gail Ryan

Born 1939

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1111 COMPOSER

Eugene Hartzell

1932 - 2000

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1150 DIPLOMAT

Thomas D. Boyatt

Born 1933

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1154 FOOTBALL

Jack Hoffman (American football)

1930 - 2001

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1162 FOOTBALL

Dan James

1937 - 1987

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1177 POLITICIAN

Stan Aronoff

Born 1932

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1188 ACTOR

Dan Biggers

1931 - 2011

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1207 NOVELIST

David Ollier Weber

Born 1938

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1210 FOOTBALL

Joe Schaffer

1937 - 2017

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1253 BASKET

Robin Freeman (basketball)

1934 - 2014

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1262 CHEMIST

James E. Huheey

Born 1938

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1308 COACH

Al Conover

Born 1938

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1391 BOTANIST

John Edwin Ebinger

Born 1933

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1396 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Richard Bambach

Born 1934

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1409 POLITICIAN

Richard Finan

Born 1934

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1438 FOOTBALL

Tom Jones (gridiron football)

1931 - 1978

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1457 FOOTBALL

Steve Junker

Born 1935

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1468 ACTOR

Janet Chapman

Born 1932

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1485 SCHOLAR

Harold G. Maier

Born 1937

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1502 POLITICIAN

William L. Mallory Sr.

1931 - 2013

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1527 BASEBALL

Tom Flanigan (baseball)

Born 1934

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1531 HORSE TRAINER

Ron McAnally

Born 1932

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1573 BASEBALL

Dick Murphy (baseball)

Born 1931

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1579 GUITAR

Wayne Wright

1932 - 2008

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1592 BASEBALL

Jim Bolger (baseball)

1932 - 2020

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1605 BASKET

Ralph Crosthwaite

1935 - 1999

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1607 JOCKEY

Howard Grant (jockey)

1939 - 2018

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1609 POLITICIAN

Bob Charles (politician)

1936 - 2016

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1610 FOOTBALL

Dick Selcer

Born 1937

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1617 BASEBALL

Gordon Massa

1935 - 2016

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1619 POLITICIAN

Sam Bateman

1936 - 2001

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1636 POLITICIAN

Ralph B. Kohnen

1935 - 2008

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1639 POLITICIAN

Norman Murdock

1931 - 2010

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1646 POLITICIAN

Hugh DeMoss

1932 - 2003

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1649 POLITICIAN

Samuel T. Britton

1933 - 2011

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1650 POLITICIAN

Kenneth F. Harper

Born 1931

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1667 BASEBALL

Ron Moeller

1938 - 2009

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1671 PHARMACIST

Dick Roeding

1930 - 2017

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1699 NEUROSCIENTIST

Stewart Dunsker

Born 1934

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1745 POLITICIAN

Morriss Henry

Born 1931

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