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Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, an Actor Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

JD Vance
James David Vance is an American politician and author serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.
John Boehner
53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015
Roger Ailes
American TV executive and consultant (1940–2017)
Krayzie Bone
American rapper
L.A. Reid
American record executive (born 1956)
Bernie Moreno-Mejía
American politician and businessman (born 1967)
Bill H. Gross
American finance and investment writer
Gary Cohn
American businessman & politician (born 1960)
Jim Renacci
American politician
William Rockefeller
American financier, businessman, and Standard Oil co-founder (1841-1922)
Michael J. Saylor
American business executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (born 1965)

James Ward Packard
American businessman (1863–1928)
Jim Rhodes
American politician (1909-2001)
Muriel Siebert
American businesswoman (1928-2013)
Stephen Wallace Dorsey
American politician (1842-1916)
John M. Pattison
Union United States Army soldier (1847-1906)
Sean Eldridge
American political activist
Theodore Newton Vail
United States industrialist (1845–1920)
Amos Root
American beekeeper (1839–1923)

William Doud Packard
American businessman
William d'Alton Mann
American businessman (1839–1920)

Lois Wyse
American advertising executive (1926–2007)
Max Fisher
American businessman and philanthropist (1908-2005)
Robert Murray
American mining businessman (1940–2020)
Andre Barnett
American politician and entrepreneur
Christina Tosi
American chef, author & television personality
Robert Maynard Murray
Union United States Army soldier (1841–1913)
George H. Brickner
American politician (1834-1904)
Ross Browner
American football player (1954–2022)
Lynn Good
Businessperson and corporate director, Chair, President and CEO, Duke Energy Corporation
Tom Matchick
American baseball player (1943–2022)
Seth Neiman
American computer businessperson, racing driver