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.

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1,772 notable people

0301 NOVELIST

Kathleen Ann Goonan

Born 1952

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0302 POLITICIAN

Mark Mallory

Born 1962

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0303 BASEBALL

Kent Tekulve

Born 1947

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0304 ZOOLOGIST

Albert Schwartz (zoologist)

1923 - 1992

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0305 SCULPTOR

Charles Henry Niehaus

1855 - 1935

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0306 BASKET

Kelly Schumacher

Born 1977

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0307 BANDLEADER

Henry Fillmore

1881 - 1956

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0308 ACTOR

Sy Richardson

Born 1941

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0309 ATHLETIC

Amber Campbell

Born 1981

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0310 BASKET

Yancy Gates

Born 1989

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0311 FILM

Robert Rehme

Born 1935

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0312 DISCUS THROWER

John Anderson (athlete)

1907 - 1948

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0313 LAWYER

Bellamy Storer (1847–1922)

1847 - 1922

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0314 FOOTBALL

Eric Wood

Born 1986

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0315 POLITICIAN

Andy Ireland

Born 1930

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0316 ACTOR

Don Brodie

1899 - 2001

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0317 SWIMMER

Betsy Mitchell

Born 1966

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0318 FOOTBALL

Rose Lavelle

Born 1995

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0319 ACTOR

Heidi Mueller

Born 1982

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0320 PRESENTER

Durward Kirby

1911 - 2000

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0321 CARTOONIST

Paul Hornschemeier

Born 1977

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0322 HOCKEY

Curt Fraser

Born 1958

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0323 ACTOR

John 'Dusty' King

1909 - 1987

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0324 BASEBALL

Nate Jones (baseball)

Born 1986

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0325 WRITER

Ellen Schreiber

Born 1967

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0326 ATHLETIC

Sam Stoller

1915 - 1985

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0327 POLITICIAN

David Skaggs

Born 1943

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0328 BOXER

Tony Tubbs

Born 1958

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0329 ARTIST

George Widener

Born 1962

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0330 PROFESSOR

William Strunk Jr.

1869 - 1946

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0331 FOOTBALL

Kevin Huber

Born 1985

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0332 BASKET

Tyler Kalinoski

Born 1992

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0333 BASEBALL

David Bell (baseball)

Born 1972

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0334 PHARMACOLOGIST

John Mendelsohn (doctor)

1936 - 2019

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0335 SINGER

Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician)

1974 - 2006

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0336 BASKET

Rick Hughes

Born 1973

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0337 ACTOR

Frank Clark (actor)

1857 - 1945

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0338 BASEBALL

Jensen Lewis

Born 1984

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0339 FILM

John Terlesky

Born 1961

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0340 POLITICIAN

Dave Hobson

Born 1936

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0341 WRITER

Jules-Paul Tardivel

1851 - 1905

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0342 POLITICIAN

Richard P. Ernst

1858 - 1934

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0343 POWERLIFTER

Ken Sprague

Born 1945

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0344 COMPOSER

Chris Jasper

Born 1951

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0345 MUSIC

Michael Moore (bassist)

Born 1945

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0346 MUSIC

Catfish Collins

1943 - 2010

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0347 SWIMMER

Troy Dalbey

Born 1968

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0348 WRITER

Jon J Muth

Born 1960

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0349 POLITICIAN

Charlie Luken

Born 1951

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0350 BASEBALL

Adam Engel

Born 1991

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0351 SERIAL KILLER

Oba Chandler

1946 - 2011

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0352 INVENTOR

Frederick McKinley Jones

1893 - 1961

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0353 BOXER

Larry Donald

Born 1967

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0354 MILITAR

George T. Anderson

1824 - 1901

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0355 SKATER

Christina Gao

Born 1994

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0356 LAWYER

Samuel Fenton Cary

1814 - 1900

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0357 ACTOR

Rebecca Budig

Born 1973

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0358 FENCER

Albertson Van Zo Post

1866 - 1938

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0359 BASEBALL

Eduardo Pérez

Born 1969

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0360 NOVELIST

Stephen Leigh

Born 1951

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0361 TELEVISION

Randall Einhorn

Born 1963

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0362 POLITICIAN

John T. Myers (congressman)

1927 - 2015

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0363 BASKET

LaSalle Thompson

Born 1961

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0364 BASKET

Paul Walther

1927 - 2014

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0365 ACTOR

Dagney Kerr

Born 1972

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0366 EDUCATOR

John Wilkinson Taylor (educator)

1906 - 2001

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0367 BASKET

Jordan Sibert

Born 1992

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0368 BIOLOGIST

Charles David Allis

Born 1951

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0369 BASKET

Tom Thacker (basketball)

Born 1939

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0370 BASKET

Dave Robisch

Born 1949

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0371 BOXER

Freddie Miller (boxer)

1911 - 1962

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0372 FOOTBALL

Carlos Hyde

Born 1991

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0373 PHILOSOPHER

Bernard Gert

1934 - 2011

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0374 BASEBALL

Pete Rose Jr.

Born 1969

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0375 PIANIST

Cliff Friend

1893 - 1974

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0376 MOUNTAINEER

Barry Bishop (mountaineer)

1932 - 1994

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0377 PLAYER

Steve DeVries

Born 1964

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0378 WRITER

Jonathan Valin

Born 1947

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0379 AUTHOR

William Greider

1936 - 2019

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0380 ACTOR

Michael Showers (actor)

1966 - 2011

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0381 MARINE

Amy McGrath

Born 1975

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0382 POLITICIAN

William Haines Lytle

1826 - 1863

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0383 POLITICIAN

Chapman Revercomb

1895 - 1979

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0384 NEWS PRESENTER

Bill Hemmer

Born 1964

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0385 BASEBALL

Jack Pfiester

1878 - 1953

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0386 FOOTBALL

Greg Scruggs

Born 1990

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0387 COMEDIAN

Tom Segura

Born 1979

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0388 BASKET

Jordon Crawford

Born 1990

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0389 ARTIST

Gus Edson

1901 - 1966

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0390 PHYSICIST

Glen Rebka

1931 - 2015

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0391 POLITICIAN

Steve Driehaus

Born 1966

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0392 PENCILLER

Graham Ingels

1915 - 1991

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0393 RAPPER

Yoni Wolf

Born 1979

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0394 PHYSICIST

George Robert Carruthers

Born 1939

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0395 ARCHER

Darrell Pace

Born 1956

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0396 BOXER

Tim Austin

Born 1971

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0397 BOXER

Reggie Strickland

Born 1968

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0398 SECRETARY

Webb Hayes

1856 - 1934

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0399 BASEBALL

Jim Brosnan

1929 - 2014

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0400 POLITICIAN

Frank Brogan

Born 1953

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0401 ACADEMIC

John W. Miles

1920 - 2008

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0402 BASKET

Tates Locke

Born 1937

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0403 CERAMIST

Mary Louise McLaughlin

1847 - 1939

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0404 PIANIST

Mike Longo

1939 - 2020

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0405 ACTOR

Harry F. Millarde

1885 - 1931

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0406 FOOTBALL

Steve Niehaus

Born 1954

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0407 BASKET

Derrek Dickey

1951 - 2002

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0408 ASTRONOMER

Paul Herget

1908 - 1981

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0409 ARCHER

Emily Woodruff

1846 - 1916

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0410 WRESTLER

Angelo Dawkins

Born 1990

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0411 BASKET

Brad Loesing

Born 1989

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0412 FOOTBALL

Tom O'Brien (American football)

Born 1948

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0413 BASEBALL

Nick Altrock

1876 - 1965

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0414 ACTOR

William Clifford (actor)

1877 - 1941

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0415 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Edward Oscar Ulrich

1857 - 1944

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0416 MUSIC

Boom Bip

Born 1974

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0417 BASKET

Kannard Johnson

Born 1965

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0418 SONGWRITER

Steve Kipner

Born 1950

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0419 MUSIC

David Becker

Born 1961

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0420 BASEBALL

Michael Hill (baseball)

Born 1971

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0421 ARTIST

Mabel Dwight

1875 - 1955

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0422 SOCIALITE

Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt

1845 - 1934

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0423 BASKET

Rick Calloway

Born 1966

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0424 POLITICIAN

Dawn Clark Netsch

1926 - 2013

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0425 SOLDIER

John R. Fox

1915 - 1944

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0426 BANDLEADER

Harry Richman

1895 - 1972

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0427 ACTOR

Chase Hunter

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0428 HISTORIAN

Mark von Hagen

1954 - 2019

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0429 MUSIC

Carl Dobkins Jr.

1941 - 2020

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0430 BOXER

Ricardo Williams (boxer)

Born 1981

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0431 ACADEMIC

Donald D. Brown

Born 1931

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0432 BASKET

Linda Miles

Born 1978

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0433 SWIMMER

Josh Schneider

Born 1988

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0434 BASEBALL

Matt Marksberry

Born 1990

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0435 PRIEST

Edward A. McCarthy

1918 - 2005

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0436 ACTOR

Destiny Dixon

Born 1984

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0437 MATHEMATICIAN

Olive Hazlett

1890 - 1974

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0438 DESIGNER

Robert Williams (geometer)

Born 1942

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0439 ENTREPRENEUR

Bernard Kroger

1860 - 1938

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0440 FOOTBALL

Ray Edwards (American football)

Born 1985

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0441 POLITICIAN

David S. Mann

Born 1939

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0442 PRESENTER

Ruth Lyons (broadcaster)

1905 - 1988

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0443 SCULPTOR

Garner Tullis

Born 1939

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0444 SWIMMER

Joe Hudepohl

Born 1973

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0445 FOOTBALL

Greg Mancz

Born 1992

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0446 MUSIC

Marty Callner

Born 1950

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0447 WRITER

David Bell (author)

Born 1969

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0448 AUTHOR

Robert Lowry (writer)

1919 - 1994

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0449 FOOTBALL

Tori Huster

Born 1989

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0450 MUSIC

Don Braden

Born 1963

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0451 CHOREOGRAPHER

Shane Sparks

Born 1969

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0452 LINGUIST

Nick Clements

1940 - 2009

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0453 WRITER

George Randolph Chester

1869 - 1924

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0454 ACTOR

Brette Taylor

-

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0455 FOOTBALL

Zach Strief

Born 1983

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0456 BASEBALL

Garry Maddox

Born 1949

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0457 FOOTBALL

Sheldon Rankins

Born 1994

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0458 LAWYER

Henry Waters Taft

1859 - 1945

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0459 PIANIST

Charlie Alexander

1890 - 1970

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0460 ARCHER

Charles Woodruff (archer)

1846 - 1927

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0461 AUTHOR

Hal Erickson (author)

Born 1950

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0462 ACTOR

Brenda Scott

Born 1943

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0463 ECONOMIST

Jay R. Galbraith

1939 - 2014

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0464 ARCHER

Charles Hubbard (archer)

1849 - 1923

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0465 POLITICIAN

William J. Keating

1927 - 2020

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0466 MILITAR

James Calhoun (soldier)

1845 - 1876

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0467 AUTHOR

Winston E. Kock

1909 - 1982

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0468 POLITICIAN

John B. Hollister

1890 - 1979

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0469 POLITICIAN

Ken Blackwell

Born 1948

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0470 ACTOR

Robert Dudley (actor)

1869 - 1955

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0471 SINGER

Nicole C. Mullen

Born 1964

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0472 PAINTER

Eric Orr

1939 - 1998

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0473 BASKET

Bob Arnzen

Born 1947

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0474 ACTOR

Stephanie Heinrich

Born 1979

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0475 SCREENWRITER

Charles Edward Pogue

Born 1950

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0476 SPRINT

Kind Butler III

Born 1989

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0477 BIOLOGIST

Joan Brugge

Born 1949

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0478 POLITICIAN

James J. Faran

1808 - 1892

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0479 COMPOSER

Joe Jordan (musician)

1882 - 1971

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0480 GYMNAST

Scott Johnson (gymnast)

Born 1961

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0481 ACTOR

Leigh Snowden

1929 - 1982

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0482 INVENTOR

Harry Ward Leonard

1861 - 1915

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0483 SWIMMER

Jenny Kemp

Born 1955

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0484 OFFICER

Nicholas Longworth Anderson

1838 - 1892

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0485 BASEBALL

Shannon Stewart (baseball)

Born 1974

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0486 BANDLEADER

Earl Fuller

1885 - 1947

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0487 ACTOR

Emily Harper

Born 1978

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0488 GOLF

Brett Wetterich

Born 1973

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0489 POLITICIAN

Donald D. Clancy

1921 - 2007

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0490 SOCIOLOGIST

Margaret Jarman Hagood

1907 - 1963

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0491 SCREENWRITER

Ron Cowen

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0492 HOCKEY

Tyler Biggs

Born 1993

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0493 NOVELIST

Christopher Bollen

Born 1975

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0494 COMPOSER

Hal Davis

1933 - 1998

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0495 OFFICER

Mike Mangold

1955 - 2015

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0496 ACTOR

Gina Malo

1909 - 1963

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0497 PSYCHIATRIST

William Fry

1924 - 2014

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0498 PLAYER

Caty McNally

Born 2001

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0499 ACTOR

Lanny Joon

-

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0500 PLAYER

Peter Kobelt

Born 1990

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0501 BASKET

Chris Ensminger

Born 1973

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0502 NOVELIST

Howard V. Hendrix

Born 1959

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0503 JUDGE

Martha Craig Daughtrey

Born 1942

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0504 SINGER

Max Green (musician)

Born 1984

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0505 FOOTBALL

Rico Murray

Born 1987

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0506 STYLIST

Edith Rosenbaum

1877 - 1975

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0507 FOOTBALL

Jared Lorenzen

1981 - 2019

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0508 POLITICIAN

Timothy C. Day

1819 - 1869

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0509 WRITER

Michael Jahn

Born 1943

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0510 POLITICIAN

Cecil M. Harden

1894 - 1984

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0511 FILM

Jennifer Young

Born 1969

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0512 MARTIAL ART

Daniel Straus (MMA)

Born 1984

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0513 CHEMIST

William Lofland Dudley

1859 - 1914

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0514 PUBLIC SERVANT

Mark Lippert

Born 1973

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0515 PAINTER

Henry Fitch Taylor

1853 - 1925

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0516 BOXER

Wallace Smith (boxer)

1924 - 1973

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0517 AUTOR

Sharon E. Sutton

Born 1941

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0518 PAINTER

Gerald Ferguson

1937 - 2009

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0519 CHEMIST

John E. Bercaw

Born 1944

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0520 PLAYER

Eric Quigley

Born 1989

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0521 POLITICIAN

Gordon H. Scherer

1906 - 1988

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0522 FOOTBALL

Garrett Celek

Born 1988

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0523 WIFE OF

Caro Dawes

1866 - 1957

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0524 FOOTBALL

Preston Brown (linebacker)

Born 1992

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0525 MUSIC

Harlan Lattimore

1908 - 1980

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0526 POLITICIAN

E. John Ellis

1840 - 1889

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0527 THEORIST

Wickham Skinner

Died 2019

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0528 FILM

Ashley Miller (director)

1867 - 1949

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0529 ACTOR

Jennifer Mudge

Born 1978

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0530 EDUCATOR

Horace Dutton Taft

1861 - 1943

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0531 FOOTBALL

Aubrey Bledsoe

Born 1991

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0532 ACTOR

Pat Stanley

Born 1931

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0533 COMPOSER

Tony Miceli

Born 1960

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0534 FOOTBALL

Luke Spencer (soccer)

Born 1990

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0535 SWIMMER

Walter Laufer

1906 - 1984

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0536 PAINTER

Claude Raguet Hirst

1855 - 1942

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0537 BASEBALL

John Reilly (baseball)

1858 - 1937

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0538 BASKET

Dennis Bell (basketball)

Born 1951

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0539 POLITICIAN

Joseph B. Cheadle

1842 - 1904

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0540 FOOTBALL

Adolphus Washington

Born 1994

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0541 MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Creighton Buck

1920 - 1998

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0542 BIOLOGIST

John Sterling Kingsley

1854 - 1929

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0543 ACTOR

Kate Miller

Born 1969

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0544 ENTREPRENEUR

Henry Nicholas

Born 1959

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0545 ENGINEER

Evan Prodromou

Born 1968

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0546 SPORT

Jeanne Zelasko

Born 1966

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0547 POLITICIAN

Charles Elwood Brown

1834 - 1904

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0548 ARCHER

Mabel Taylor

1879 - 1967

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0549 PHYSICIST

Michael Dine

Born 1953

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0550 IMMUNOLOGIST

Hugh McDevitt

Born 1930

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0551 ATHLETIC

D'Andre Hill

Born 1973

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0552 BASKET

Kelsey Mitchell

Born 1997

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0553 BASEBALL

Jeff Russell

Born 1961

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0554 BASKET

Charles Wolf (basketball)

Born 1926

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0555 FILM

Charles Fries (producer)

Born 1928

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0556 PAINTER

Dixie Selden

1868 - 1938

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0557 WRITER

Helen Hooven Santmyer

1895 - 1986

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0558 PRIEST

Robert Daniel Conlon

Born 1948

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0559 JUDGE

Herman P. Goebel

1853 - 1930

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0560 OFFICER

Henry Francis Bryan

1865 - 1944

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0561 FOOTBALL

Tony Pike

Born 1986

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0562 WRITER

Kevin Tucker (anarchist)

Born 1980

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0563 POLITICIAN

George Bell Swift

1845 - 1912

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0564 SINGER

Werly Fairburn

1924 - 1985

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0565 FOOTBALL

Don Hasselbeck

Born 1955

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0566 POLITICIAN

Carl West Rich

1898 - 1972

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0567 ASTRONOMER

Alan Dressler

Born 1948

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0568 POLITICIAN

Edwin Einstein

1842 - 1905

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0569 PAINTER

Edward Charles Volkert

1871 - 1935

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0570 DRUMMER

Ralph Penland

1953 - 2014

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0571 PRIEST

Joseph R. Binzer

Born 1955

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0572 REPUBLICAN

Daniel J. Ryan

1855 - 1923

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0573 COMPOSER

Ruth Shaw Wylie

1916 - 1989

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0574 COMEDIAN

Chonda Pierce

Born 1960

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0575 FOOTBALL

Dixon Edwards

Born 1968

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0576 SWIMMER

Erin Phenix

Born 1981

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0577 COMMENTATOR

Mike Goldberg

Born 1964

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0578 SINGER

Rudolph Isley

Born 1939

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0579 HOSTESS

Kate Chase

1840 - 1899

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0580 ACTOR

Jay Patterson

Born 1954

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0581 MINISTR

Jule Sugarman

1927 - 2010

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0582 BASKET

Aaron Thomas

Born 1991

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0583 BASEBALL

Scott Service

Born 1967

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0584 ACTOR

Dorothy Layton

1912 - 2009

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0585 SCULPTOR

Caroline Shawk Brooks

1840 - 1913

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0586 DEPUTY

Stephen Kappes

Born 1951

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0587 LAWYER

John Andrew Martin

1868 - 1939

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0588 REPUBLICAN

Charles Phelps Taft II

1897 - 1983

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0589 BASEBALL

Jim Lemon

1928 - 2006

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0590 SETTLER

Eliza Tibbets

1825 - 1898

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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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0593 NASCAR

Jack Roush

Born 1942

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0594 FOOTBALL

Andre Frazier

Born 1982

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0595 SINGER

Penny Ford

Born 1964

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0596 ARTIST

Del Connell

1918 - 2011

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0597 FOOTBALL

Jacob McQuaide

Born 1987

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0598 WRESTLER

Marcus Anthony

Born 1984

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0599 BOTANIST

Thomas Henry Kearney

1874 - 1956

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0600 CONSULTANT

Don McNay

1959 - 2016

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