List of people from Toledo, Ohio
The city of Toledo, Ohio, the largest city and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Toledo, Ohio and includes people that were born or lived in Toledo, Ohio. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed to be notable because they have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.[A]
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Arts and entertainment
Architecture and design
Art
Journalism
- Amy Braunschweiger - freelance journalist for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
- Christine Brennan, USA Today sports columnist, ESPN, ABC, and NPR sports analyst, author of seven books
- Janet Cooke - journalist with The Blade and The Washington Post
- David Ross Locke - journalist and early political commentator during the American Civil War under the pen name Petroleum V. Nasby
- P. J. O'Rourke - political satirist, journalist, writer
- Gloria Steinem - founder of Ms., feminist icon, journalist, women's rights advocate
Literature and poetry
- Mildred Benson - author of the original books in the Nancy Drew series
- Michael Brooks, historian and journalist
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar - African-American poet, originally from Dayton, Ohio
- Edward Eager - author of children's books
- Mari Evans - author, dramatist
- Christopher Moore - novelist
- Scott Nearing - conservationist, peace activist, educator, writer
- Allen Saunders - cartoonist, creator of "Mary Worth" and "Steve Roper" comic strips
- Scott Smith - novelist, author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins
- Mildred D. Taylor, author of various novels concerning race relations, particularly Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and its sequels.
- Elizabeth Witherell - editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Modeling
Music
Theater and film
- Cliff Arquette - actor, comedian
- Jonathan Bennett - film actor
- Casey Biggs - actor
- Joe E. Brown - actor, comedian
- Daws Butler - voice actor
- Jason Cameron - actor, television presenter, model
- John Cromwell - actor, film producer and director
- Jason Dohring - actor
- Jamie Farr - actor
- Teresa Ganzel, actress
- Philip Baker Hall - film actor
- Katie Holmes - actress, wife of Tom Cruise
- Sandy Helberg - film and television actor
- Eric Kripke - television writer, director, and producer
- Shirley Mitchell - radio and television actress
- Adrianne Palicki - film and television actress
- Kate Shindle - Broadway actress
- Alyson Stoner - actress and dancer
- Brandy Talore - pornographic film actress
- Lloyd Thaxton - producer, director, writer, hosted self-titled TV show in 1960s
- Danny Thomas - actor and father of Marlo.
- Marlo Thomas - actress, daughter of Danny, wife of Phil Donahue
- Bonnie Turner - Creator of That '70s Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Business
Science and technology
Sports
Baseball
Basketball
Ice hockey
Golf
Wrestling and boxing
Other sports
Other notoriety
See also
References
External links