Writers from Ohio

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

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.

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)

vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)

American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857-1938)

Traci Elizabeth Lords is an American actress and singer. She has starred in TV series such as Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Profiler, and First Wave. She has also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity (1995), Blade (1998), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and Excision (2012), which earned her a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress, Fright Meter Award, and a CinEuphoria Award.

American historian (born 1969)

American politician (born 1946)

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

American politician and educator (born 1952)

Scott Scovell Hamilton is a retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won a gold medal in the 1984 Winter Olympics, four consecutive World Championships (1981–84) and four consecutive U.S. championships (1981–84). His signature move, the backflip, a feat few other figure skaters could perform at the time, was against U.S. Figure Skating and Olympic competition rules at the time. Yet, he would include it in his exhibition routines as an amateur to please the crowd. Later, he also used the backflip in his professional competition routines. He is widely recognized for his innovative footwork sequences. In retirement, he has served as an Olympic analyst, been involved in charitable work, and is the author of three books.

American poet, writer and activist

American writer and film historian (1924–2013)

American Presbyterian minister and socialist (1884-1968)

American actor and director (born 1940)

American actor, playwright, writer, and film director (1896-1980)

.American aviation pioneer (1925–2014)

American finance and investment writer

American writer of children's novels

American neo-Nazi

United States Attorney General (1860-1941)

playwright and stage and screen actor (1863–1920)

American writer and activist (1849–1949)

American comic book writer

American educator and abolitionist (1798-1877)

American diplomat (1869-1934)

American art historian (1912-1996)

American author and columnist

American playwright (1893-1966)

American former fashion model, actress, author and talk-show host

American mathematician and astronomer

Holy Cross priest, author, scientist, and South American explorer (1851–1921)

American photographer, actor and publisher (1862-1942)

American philosopher

American explorer and naturalist (1878–1966)

Union Army general

American actress and network television news reporter/anchor (1930-65)

Mistress of Warren G. Harding (1896–1991)

American journalist, author of memoirs about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia which he has been both witness and participant

American author and editor

television writer and producer

(1924-2018) American prankster

American investor (1931-2019)

American writer (1841–1914)

American journalist (1964 - 2024)

American physician, writer, newspaper editor, activist

African-American baseball player and author

American astronomer and writer

American philosopher

American clergyman and writer

American chemist, physicist, and expert on human development and aging (1900–1991)

American duo promoting minimalist lifestyle

American civil rights activist and novelist (1838–1905)

American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer

ethnographer of North American Indians, especially the Mandan tribe

American writer and radio personality

American academic linguist (1949–2013)

Grenadian writer

American poet, editor, short story writer and educator (1860–1896)