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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- Field: Music Clear ×
George Adams (musician)
1940 - 1992
David Freiberg
Born 1938
Haven Gillespie
1888 - 1975
Marvin Isley
1953 - 2010
Ernie Isley
Born 1952
Craig Fuller
Born 1949
Michael Moore (bassist)
Born 1945
Catfish Collins
1943 - 2010
Boom Bip
Born 1974
David Becker
Born 1961
Carl Dobkins Jr.
1941 - 2020
Marty Callner
Born 1950
Don Braden
Born 1963
Harlan Lattimore
1908 - 1980
Gordon Brisker
1937 - 2004
Cag Cagnolatti
1911 - 1983
Amy London
Born 1957
William McDowell (musician)
Born 1976
Thomas Martin (musician)
Born 1940
Kenny Poole
1947 - 2006
Nadi Qamar
Born 1917
Jerome Deupree
Born 1956
Curtis Peagler
1929 - 1992
David Loud
Born 1961
Harry Pace
1884 - 1943
Carin Levine
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Josiah Wolf
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Rex Carroll
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Sonny Brown
Born 1936
Ronald Crutcher
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Danny Cox (musician)
Born 1942
Billy Ward (Schlagzeuger)
Born 1952
Dave Henzerling
Born 1961
Damien Starkey
Born 1982
William Gilmore Weber
Born 1963
Edward Arron
Born 1977
Barry Ries
Born 1952
D-Maub
Born 1978
Frank Tribble
1949 - 2013