List of people from Mansfield, Ohio

The following is a list of people from Mansfield, Ohio. These people were born, lived, or worked in and around the city.

Architecture

• Paul Gilger, architect, set designer and playwright

Astronauts

• Michael L. Gernhardt, astronaut

Athletics

Ryan Pore

• Ernie Beam, former baseball player
• Hugh Douglas, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end
• Pete Henry, professional football player
• Mary Holda, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Dick Logan, professional football player
• Terry McDaniel, professional football player for the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks
• Ricky Minard, professional basketball player
• Don Nehlen, former head football coach
• Bill Peterson, former head football coach at Florida State, Mansfield Senior High, Rice University, and with the Houston Oilers
• Ryan Pore, professional soccer player, Major League Soccer, Kansas City Wizards
• Jacob Soliday, National Football League, Arizona Cardinals, wide receiver
• Marc Wilkins, former Major League Baseball player
• Natalie Hershberger (taekwondo), 6-time National Olympic-style Taekwondo Champion
• Jamie Feick, Former NBA player

Authors and writers

Louis Bromfield

• Jacob Brinkerhoff, jurist, congressman, and author
• Roeliff Brinkerhoff, lawyer; editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald; later a bank president
• Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Stacy Dittrich, true crime author and mystery novelist^[1]
• Terry Hertzler, poet and writer
• Christopher Moore, author
• Natalie Hershberger, author

Entertainment

Luke Perry

• Lee Adams, stage lyricist
• Jenni Barber, actress, The Electric Company
• John Bishop, playwright and film writer
• James Lapine, playwright and director
• Martha Mansfield, stage actress
• Michael McConnohie, voice actor
• Sylvia McNair, operatic soprano
• Jessie Miller, television writer, Community ^[2]
• Luke Perry, actor (television) Beverly Hills, 90210
• Daniel Roemer, film director, screenwriter
• Robert F. Simon, actor

Entrepreneurs

• Homer Lee, engraver, artist, entrepreneur, founder of Homer Lee Bank Note Company

Military

Frank Purdy Lahm

• Matthias W. Day, US Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Frank Purdy Lahm, first Army aviator
• Mark Matthews, veteran

Musicians and bands

• Ohio Express, rock group; Doug Grassel (rhythm guitar), Dale Powers (lead guitar), Dean Kastran (bass), Jim Pfahler (keyboards), and Tim Corwin (drums)
• Music Explosion, rock group; James "Jamie" Lyons (singer, percussion), Donald Atkins (guitar), Richard Nesta (guitar), Burton Stahl (bass), Robert Avery (drums); Top Ten hit in 1967, "Little Bit O'Soul"
• Switch, Motown R&B/soul group

Politicians

Sherrod Brown

• Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, D-Ohio
• Jay Goyal, Ohio State Representative, D-Mansfield
• William Johnston, U.S. Representative, D-Ohio from 1863 to 1865
• Lovana Jones, Illinois State Representative
• Winfield S. Kerr, U.S. Representative, R-Ohio from 1895 to 1901
• B. F. Langworthy, Minnesota State Representative
• Robert Byington Mitchell, Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1866 to 1869
• William Patterson, U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Mark Romanchuk, Ohio House of Representatives, R-2nd District

Scientists

• Paul Parmalee, zooarchaeologist

Other

• Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (b. circa 1955), Assistant Secretary of Transportation; Public Liaison Director for President Reagan; Senior Vice President, Continental Airlines
• Rose Knox, née Markward (1857–1950), businesswoman, (Knox Gelatin Factory

See also

• Mansfield, Ohio

References