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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Pete Rose
Born 1941
Kevin Youkilis
Born 1979
Barry Larkin
Born 1964
Don Zimmer
1931 - 2014
Miller Huggins
1878 - 1929
David Justice
Born 1966
Josh Harrison
Born 1987
Collin McHugh
Born 1987
Scooter Gennett
Born 1990
Joe Smith (pitcher)
Born 1984
Tuffy Rhodes
Born 1968
Ryan Schimpf
Born 1988
Roger McDowell
Born 1960
Eric Surkamp
Born 1987
James Russell (baseball)
Born 1986
Josh Lueke
Born 1984
Leon Durham
Born 1957
Andrew Brackman
Born 1985
Kent Tekulve
Born 1947
Nate Jones (baseball)
Born 1986
David Bell (baseball)
Born 1972
Jensen Lewis
Born 1984
Adam Engel
Born 1991
Eduardo Pérez
Born 1969
Pete Rose Jr.
Born 1969
Jack Pfiester
1878 - 1953
Jim Brosnan
1929 - 2014
Nick Altrock
1876 - 1965
Michael Hill (baseball)
Born 1971
Matt Marksberry
Born 1990
Garry Maddox
Born 1949
Shannon Stewart (baseball)
Born 1974
John Reilly (baseball)
1858 - 1937
Jeff Russell
Born 1961
Scott Service
Born 1967
Jim Lemon
1928 - 2006
Ron Oester
Born 1956
Alex Wimmers
Born 1988
Charlie Leesman
Born 1987
Bob Nieman
1927 - 1985
Charlie Gould
1847 - 1917
Jack Boyle
1866 - 1913
Scott McGregor (right-handed pitcher)
Born 1986
Daryl Boston
Born 1963
Bill Doran (second baseman)
Born 1958
Ethan Allen (baseball)
1904 - 1993
Mike Bell (third baseman)
Born 1974
Ed Brinkman
1941 - 2008
Dan Rohrmeier
Born 1965
Art Mahaffey
Born 1938
Scott Munninghoff
Born 1958
Tim Naehring
Born 1967
August Herrmann
1859 - 1931
Red Dooin
1879 - 1952
Betsy Jochum
Born 1921
Richard Dotson
Born 1959
Skeeter Barnes
Born 1957
Bob Humphreys
Born 1935
Scott Sauerbeck
Born 1971
Tony Scott (baseball)
Born 1951
Tom Kramer
Born 1968
Tom Lampkin
Born 1964
Jayhawk Owens
Born 1969
Herm Wehmeier
1927 - 1973
Lee Magee
1889 - 1966
Denny Lyons
1866 - 1929
Jake Stenzel
1867 - 1919
Ralph Miller (right-handed pitcher)
1873 - 1973
Stephen Larkin
Born 1973
Howie Camnitz
1881 - 1960
Mike Adams (outfielder)
Born 1948
Bill Wegman
Born 1962
Dick LeMay
1938 - 2018
Bill Faul (baseball)
1940 - 2002
Zach Day
Born 1978
Al Hollingsworth (baseball)
1908 - 1996
Dick Drott
1936 - 1985
Clyde Vollmer
1921 - 2006
Lance Johnson
Born 1963
Tom Hume
Born 1953
Luke Allen
Born 1978
Chuck Brinkman
Born 1944
George Rohe
1874 - 1957
Charlie Emig
1875 - 1975
George Yeager
1874 - 1940
Drew Denson
1965 - 2014
Travis Swaggerty
Born 1997
Charlie Grant
1874 - 1932
John Ewing (baseball)
1863 - 1895
Al Lakeman
1918 - 1976
Graham Taylor (baseball)
Born 1984
Ralph Beard (baseball)
1929 - 2003
Harlan Holden
1888 - 1962
Chris Nichting
Born 1966
Charlie Armbruster
1880 - 1964
Scott Klingenbeck
Born 1971
Frank Bell (baseball)
1863 - 1891
Ralph Brickner
1925 - 1994
Neal Brady
1897 - 1947
Roy Hughes (baseball)
1911 - 1995
Bill Hepler
Born 1945
Brandon Berger
Born 1975
Tim Belk
Born 1970
Joe Sommer
1858 - 1938
Dory Dean
1852 - 1935
Joe Strauss
1858 - 1906
George Pechiney
1861 - 1943
Larry Luebbers
Born 1969
Brian O'Connor (pitcher)
Born 1977
Jack Sutthoff
1873 - 1942
Charlie Bell (baseball)
1868 - 1937
Ralph Birkofer
1908 - 1971
Leo Foster
Born 1951
George Strief
1856 - 1946
Bill Long (baseball)
Born 1960
Emil Haberer
1878 - 1951
Joe Heving
1900 - 1970
Dan Hayden (baseball)
Born 1984
Buzz Boyle
1908 - 1978
Shannon Penn
Born 1969
Al Kaiser
1886 - 1969
Bobby Moore (outfielder)
Born 1965
Bill DeWitt III
Born 1968
Frank Graves (baseball)
1860 - 1916
Wally Mayer
1890 - 1951
Steve Dixon (baseball)
Born 1969
Icicle Reeder
1858 - 1913
Bob Daughters
1914 - 1988
Crese Heismann
1880 - 1951
Rudy Schlesinger
Born 1941
Greg Hudson
Born 1967
Eddie Hohnhorst
1885 - 1916
Matt Ruebel
Born 1969
Johnnie Heving
1896 - 1968
Charlie Weber (baseball)
1868 - 1914
Larry Jacobus
1894 - 1965
Danny Friend
1873 - 1942
Jack Jenkins (baseball)
1942 - 2002
Ed Glenn (shortstop)
1875 - 1911
Goldie Rapp
1892 - 1966
George Hogriever
1869 - 1961
Joe Crotty
1860 - 1926
Rickey Keeton
Born 1957
Shorty Fuller
1867 - 1904
Billy Clingman
1869 - 1958
Lefty Marr
1862 - 1912
Harry Fuller
1862 - 1895
Joel McKeon
Born 1963
Bob Black (baseball)
1862 - 1933
Ernie Diehl
1877 - 1958
Al Bashang
1888 - 1967
John Farrell (second baseman)
1876 - 1921
Bobby Mitchell (pitcher)
1856 - 1933
John Shoupe
1851 - 1920
Bob Clark (catcher)
1863 - 1919
Chris Sexton
Born 1971
George Proeser
1864 - 1941
Ambrose Puttmann
1880 - 1936
Tom Thobe
Born 1969
John Godar
1864 - 1949
Joe Ellick
1854 - 1923
Jimmy Boyle (baseball)
1904 - 1958
Jack Bushelman
1885 - 1955
Moe Burtschy
1922 - 2004
Randy Marsh
Born 1949
Bill Whitrock
1870 - 1935
Al Niehaus
1899 - 1931
Len Swormstedt
1878 - 1964
Rudy Sommers
1886 - 1949
Jeoff Long
Born 1941
Flea Clifton
1908 - 1997
Bill Sweeney (infielder)
1886 - 1948
Billy Riley (baseball)
1855 - 1887
Russ Nagelson
Born 1944
William Burke (baseball)
1865 - 1939
Gus Felix
1895 - 1960
Bill Bartley
1885 - 1965
Bob Kaiser
Born 1950
Hank Gastright
1865 - 1937
Bob Gilks
1864 - 1944
Red Munson
1883 - 1957
Ed Sperber
1895 - 1976
Bob Geary (baseball)
1891 - 1980
Billy Kelsey
1881 - 1968
Red Bittmann
1862 - 1929
Cy Pfirman
1889 - 1937
Ethan Blackaby
Born 1940
Jack Schulte
1881 - 1975
Tony Hellman
1861 - 1898
Al Strueve
1860 - 1929
Carney Flynn
1875 - 1947
Fred Mollenkamp
1890 - 1948
Steve Engel
Born 1961
Eddie Kolb
1880 - 1949
Dick Niehaus
1892 - 1957
Podge Weihe
1862 - 1914
Tom Flanigan (baseball)
Born 1934
Wild Bill Widner
1867 - 1908
Chink Heileman
1872 - 1940
Ralph Shafer
1894 - 1950
Art Rebel
1914 - 2004
Bob Friedrichs
1906 - 1997
Dave Pember
Born 1978
Lou Meyers
1859 - 1920
Dick Murphy (baseball)
Born 1931
Louis Nippert
1903 - 1992
Harry Wilke
1900 - 1991
Steve Larkin
1910 - 1969
Marie Wegman
1925 - 2004
Jim Bolger (baseball)
1932 - 2020
Billy Crowell
1885 - 1935
Eddie Tiemeyer
1885 - 1946
Ed Clark (baseball)
1863 - 1927
Johnny Hodapp
1905 - 1980
J. J. Thobe
Born 1970
Gordon Massa
1935 - 2016
John Black (baseball)
1890 - 1962
Jimmy Shevlin
1909 - 1974
Jim Beckman
1905 - 1974
Jack Niemes
1919 - 1966
Ray Shore
1921 - 1996
Fritz Henrich
1899 - 1959
Bill Earley
Born 1956
Irv Stein
1911 - 1981
George Paynter
1871 - 1950
Red Lutz
1898 - 1984
Clarence Stephens (baseball)
1863 - 1947
Frank McGinn
1869 - 1897
Bill Delaney (baseball)
1863 - 1942
Larry Goetz
1895 - 1962
Ron Moeller
1938 - 2009
Nelson Burbrink
1921 - 2001
Bill Steinecke
1907 - 1986
Admiral Schlei
1878 - 1958
George Schmees
1924 - 1998
Pat Scott
1929 - 2016
Joe DePastino
Born 1973
Billy O'Conner
Born 1987
Eddie Boyle
1874 - 1941
Brian Koelling
Born 1969
Ham Avery
1854 - 1927
Harry Berte
1872 - 1952
Bill Niles
1867 - 1936
Billy Klusman
1865 - 1907
Margie Lang
1924 - 2007
Martha Haines
1923 - 2011
Jim Minshall
Born 1947
Dutch Dietz
1912 - 1972
John Corcoran (baseball)
1873 - 1901
Louis Dula
1912 - 1979
Wally Taylor (baseball)
1864 - 1922