List of famous people from Cleveland
This list includes people who were born in the US city of Cleveland or who worked there for a long time.
Cleveland-born personalities
19th century
1801-1880
- William Hayes (between 1828 and 1832-1877), Blackbirder, captain and slave trader
- Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835–1905), children's author
- Joseph H. Outhwaite (1841–1907), politician
- Edward Lane (1842-1912), politician
- Lucien Baker (1846-1907), politician
- William Keith Brooks (1848-1908), zoologist
- James Ford Rhodes (1848–1927), historian and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Albert B. White (1856–1941), politician
- John Jacob Abel (1857–1938), biochemist and pharmacologist
- Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), writer
- Daria Karađorđević (1859–1938), American golfer and Princess of Serbia
- Frank Mallory (1862-1941), pathologist
- George Stephan (1862–1944), politician
- William M. Burton (1865-1954), chemist
- Ed Delahanty (1867-1903), baseball player
- Max Bohm (1868–1923), painter
- Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), neurologist and surgeon
- Caroline Ellen Furness (1869–1936), astronomer
- Clare Benedict (1870–1961), author and patron
- Tom Delahanty (1872-1951), baseball player
- Käthe Papke (1872–1951), writer
- Frank Joseph Goldsoll (1873–1934 / 1935), businessman
- William Ernest Hocking (1873–1966), theologian and philosopher
- Clarence Kolb (1874–1964), actor
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960), member of the famous Rockefeller family
- Joe Delahanty (1875-1936), baseball player
- Walter Lyman Upson (1877–1974), electrical engineer and professor
- Anastasia of Greece (1878–1923), heiress; belonged to the European nobility by marriage
- Oscar Apfel (1878–1938), actor, silent film director, screenwriter and producer
- Harry L. Davis (1878–1950), politician
- Jim Delahanty (1879-1953), baseball player
- Edward Hennig (1879-1960), Turner
- Robert J. Bulkley (1880–1965), politician
- Ruth McCormick-Simms (1880–1944), politician
1881-1900
- Frank Delahanty (1882-1966), baseball player
- Charles Ruthenberg (1882–1927), founder of the United States Communist Party
- Margaret Joslin (1883–1956), actress
- Isaac C. Kidd (1884-1941), Admiral
- Emerson Whithorne (1884-1958), composer
- John Howard Dellinger (1886–1962), telecommunications engineer
- Egmont H. Arens (1888–1966), industrial designer and editor
- Johnny Kilbane (1889-1957), boxer
- Harry Lewis Woods (1889–1968), actor
- Stephen M. Young (1889-1984), politician
- Joseph Patrick Hurley (1894–1967), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Augustine
- Frank J. Lausche (1895–1990), politician; Governor of ohio
- George H. Bender (1896–1961), politician
- Thomas J. Herbert (1894–1974), politician; Governor of ohio
- Robert Dean Frisbie (1896–1948), writer
- Ernst Bernhard Schulz (1896–1985), political scientist
- David O. Cauldwell (1897-1959), sex medicine specialist
- Thomas A. Burke (1898–1971), politician
- William Jordan (1898–1968), rower
- Ralph Steiner (1899–1986), photographer and documentary filmmaker
- Earle R. Caley (1900–1984), chemist and chemical historian
- Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), actress
- WD Flick (1900–1965), sound engineer and Oscar winner
- Earl Foster Thomson (1900–1971), eventing and dressage rider
20th century
1901-1910
- William H. Daniels (1901–1970), cameraman
- Brian Donlevy (1901–1972), actor
- Margaret Hamilton (1902–1985), actress
- Mina Rees (1902–1997), mathematician
- Willis Todhunter Ballard (1903-1980), author
- Mike Michalske (1903-1983), football player and coach
- Kingsley A. Taft (1903–1970), lawyer and politician
- Herman Whiton (1904-1967), sailor
- Benny Friedman (1905-1982), American football player and coach
- James Rorimer (1905–1966), art historian, curator and director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
- Charles Biederman (1906–2004), abstract painter and author of books on art
- Philip Johnson (1906-2005), architect
- Freddy Martin (1906–1983), tenor saxophonist and band leader
- Mark McElroy (1906–1981), lawyer and politician
- Orville Prescott (1906-1996), literary critic
- Walter M. Scott (1906–1989), production designer
- Lawrence Bayard Kiddle (1907-1991), Romanist and Hispanist
- Burgess Meredith (1907–1997), actor
- Jack Schaefer (1907–1991), journalist and writer
- Harry Fuchs (1908–1986), cellist
- Howard Da Silva (1909–1986), film and stage actor
- Addison Hehr (1909–1971), film architect
- Adrienne Marden (1909–1978), actress
- John Joseph Krol (1910–1996), Roman Catholic Archbishop
1911-1920
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- Sanford Gold (1911-1984), jazz pianist
- Franklyn Marks (1911–1976), composer
- Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911-1960), astronomer
- Carmen Barth (1912–1985), boxer and Olympic middleweight champion from 1932
- Robert L. Fish (1912-1981), writer
- Raymond Joseph Gallagher (1912–1991), Roman Catholic Bishop of Lafayette, Indiana
- Mort Greene (1912–1992), songwriter, author, film producer and film composer
- Bill Mitchell (1912–1988), car designer
- Andre Norton (1912-2005), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Milton Shapp (1912-1994), politician
- Paul Zamecnik (1912–2009), biochemist and molecular biologist
- Jim Backus (1913–1989), actor and voice actor
- Elizabeth Monroe Boggs (1913–1996), chemist and activist for mentally disabled children
- Clare Grundman (1913–1996), composer and arranger
- Mary Henle (1913-2007), psychologist
- John Howard (1913–1995), actor
- Mary Kenneth Keller (1913–1985), computer scientist
- Charles Vanik (1913–2007), politician
- Lew Wasserman (1913-2002), media entrepreneur
- Samuel W. Alderson (1914–2005), physicist and inventor
- Thomas D. Davies (1914–1991), Rear Admiral, US Navy
- Frederick Fennell (1914–2004), conductor and composer
- Eleanor Perry (1914–1981), screenwriter and writer
- Jerry Siegel (1914-1996), comic book author
- Eleanor Sokoloff (1914–2020), classical pianist and piano teacher
- Harvey Brooks (1915–2004), physicist and scientific adviser to several presidents
- Paul W. Brown (1915–2000), lawyer, officer and politician
- Walker O. Cain (1915-1993), architect
- Morey Feld (1915–1971), jazz musician
- William Howell Masters (1915-2001), gynecologist
- Michael Joseph Murphy (1915-2007), Roman Catholic bishop
- Tony Strobl (1915–1991), comic and animated film artist
- Ray Mack (1916-1969), baseball player
- Freddie Webster (1916-1947), jazz trumpeter
- Oliver P. Bolton (1917–1972), politician
- Tadd Dameron (1917-1965), jazz pianist
- Ted Haworth (1917–1993), production designer
- Louis Laurie (1917–2002), flyweight boxer
- Howard Metzenbaum (1917-2008), politician
- Robert Ward (1917–2013), composer
- Harry George Drickamer (1918–2002), chemist
- David Ferrie (1918–1967), pilot and private investigator
- John Gofman (1918–2007), nuclear physicist and molecular biologist
- Lee Rich (1918–2012), film and television producer
- Bull Moose Jackson (1919–1989), tenor saxophonist, singer and band leader
- William Lipscomb (1919-2011), chemist
- Joe Seneca (1919–1996), composer and actor
- Billy Varga (1919–2013), wrestler and film actor
- Ross Hunter (1920-1996), film producer
- Herbert E. Warden (1920-2002), cardiac surgeon
1921-1925
- Joe Cabot (1921–2016), jazz trumpeter and composer
- Bill De Arango (1921-2005), jazz guitarist
- Grace Hoffman (1921-2008), opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Madelon Mason (1921-2011), model
- Don McCafferty (1921-1974), football coach
- Chet Mutryn (1921-1995), football player
- Had Schuyler Yoder (1921–2003), geophysicist and petrologist
- Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965), actress and singer
- Ruby Dee (1922-2014), actress
- Homer Jacobson (* 1922), chemist
- Joey Maxim (1922-2001), boxer
- Annette Warren (* 1922), singer
- Dede Allen (1923-2010), film editor
- Theodore Bloomfield (1923–1998), conductor and composer
- Harrison Dillard (1923-2019), track and field athlete
- Dorothy Hart (1923-2004), actress
- Fats Heard (1923–1987), jazz drummer
- Robert Frank Mager (1923-2020), educator
- Gene Reynolds (1923-2020), actor, screenwriter, television director and television producer
- Joseph Bova (1924-2006), actor
- William Goffman (1924-2000), information scientist
- Henry Mancini (1924–1994), composer of film scores
- Mildred Miller (* 1924), mezzo-soprano
- George Springer (1924–2019), mathematician and computer scientist
- Jack Weston (1924–1996), actor
- Milton Wolf (1924-2005), diplomat
- Benny Bailey (1925-2005), jazz trumpeter
- Patricia M. Byrne (1925-2007), diplomat
- Hal Holbrook (born 1925), actor
- David Layzer (1925–2019), astrophysicist and cosmologist
- Virginia Leith (1925-2019), actress
- Peter John Milano (1925–2012), Italian-American mobster of the Cosa Nostra and boss of the Dragna family in California
- Virginia Patton (born 1925), actress and entrepreneur
- Anthony Edward Pevec (1925-2014), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Cleveland
- John Prchlik (1925-2003), football player
- Jimmy Scott (1925-2014), jazz singer
- Hale Smith (1925–2009), composer, pianist and music teacher
- William Steinkraus (1925-2017), show jumper
- Louis Stokes (1925-2015), politician
1926-1930
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- Jim Bush (1926-2017), athletics coach
- James Eells (1926-2007), mathematician
- Donald Arthur Glaser (1926–2013), physicist, neurobiologist and Nobel Prize winner
- Jackie Presser (1926–1988), union official
- Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (* 1926), former Roman Catholic Bishop of Steubenville
- Ray Solomonoff (1926-2009), mathematician
- Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter, collage artist, feminist and political activist
- Glen Tetley (1926–2007), dancer and choreographer
- Raymond Wolansky (1926–1998), opera singer
- Lois Wyse (1926–2007), author and columnist
- Gerald D. Aurbach (1927–1991), physiologist and endocrinologist
- James Thomas Lynn (1927-2010), politician
- Ray Rottas (1927–2011), officer, flight instructor and politician
- Anthony Spinelli (1927–2000), director, actor and film producer
- Harriett Woods (1927-2007), politician
- Franklin Cover (1928–2006), actor
- Richard Garwin (* 1928), experimental physicist
- Jeanette G. Grasselli (* 1928), chemist and spectroscopist
- Howard Kahane (1928–2001), mathematical logician and philosopher
- Jim Lovell (born 1928), astronaut
- James March (1928-2018), organizational theorist
- William Morgan (1928–1961), guerrilla fighter
- Daniel Burrill Ray (1928 – before 1980), mathematician
- Muriel F. Siebert (1928–2013), stockbroker and manager
- Henry Stapp (* 1928), theoretical physicist and philosopher
- Ralph Stephan (1928–2018), rower
- Ernest Tidyman (1928–1984), writer and screenwriter
- Richard S. Varga (* 1928), mathematician
- Raoul Abdul (1929-2010), singer and music critic
- Screamin 'Jay Hawkins (1929-2000), blues singer
- Richard Howard (* 1929), poet, literary critic, translator and university lecturer
- Vincent La Selva (1929–2017), conductor and music teacher
- Charles Manring (1929-1991), rower
- Ed Reed (born 1929), jazz singer
- David Shaber (1929–1999), screenwriter
- Mel Stewart (1929-2002), actor
- Paul von Ragué Schleyer (1930–2014), chemist
- Lyle Ritz (1930-2017), musician
- Mel Wanzo (1930-2005), jazz musician
1931-1935
- Thomas Binkley (1931–1995), classical lutenist, musicologist and specialist in early music
- Buzz Gardner (1931-2004), rock and jazz musician
- Gerald Humel (1931–2005), composer
- Don King (* 1931), boxing promoter
- H. Leslie Adams (* 1932), composer and pianist
- Peter Blair (1932-1994), wrestler
- Joel Gray (born 1932), actor
- Mitzi Hoag (1932–2019), actress
- Nancy Holloway (1932–2019), jazz and soul singer
- Chuck Noll (1932-2014), football player and coach
- Anthony Michael Pilla (* 1932), former Roman Catholic Bishop of Cleveland
- Alexander James Quinn (1932–2013), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Cleveland
- Rudolph Joseph Rummel (1932–2014), political scientist
- Thomas P. Salmon (* 1932), politician
- James V. Stanton (* 1932), politician and member of the US House of Representatives for Ohio
- Nathan Brooks (born 1933), boxer
- Gary Burden (1933-2018), graphic artist
- Judah Folkman (1933-2008), cell biologist
- Bunk Gardner (born 1933), fusion musician
- Danny Greene (1933-1977), mobster
- Bill Hardman (1933–1990), jazz trumpeter
- Greg Morris (1933-1996), actor
- Linda Porter (1933-2019), actress
- Charles Vinci (1933-2018), weightlifter
- Corey Allen (1934-2010), film director
- Bill Cobbs (born 1934), actor
- Bob Cunningham (1934–2017), jazz bassist and composer
- Glen Elder (* 1934), sociologist and psychologist
- Harlan Ellison (1934-2018), writer, screenwriter, and critic
- Fredric Jameson (* 1934), Marxist and literary critic
- Ron Wayne (* 1934), founder of Apple (together with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak )
- Carol Britto (1935–2012), jazz musician
- Bill Crofut (1935–1999), banjo player and folk singer
- Phil Donahue (* 1935), journalist, author and television presenter
- Bobby Few (* 1935), jazz pianist
- Barbara Myerhoff (1935–1985), anthropologist and documentary filmmaker
- Utah Phillips (1935–2008), folk singer, poet and trade unionist
- Jack Riley (1935-2016), actor
1936-1940
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- Albert Ayler (1936–1970), jazz musician and composer; Pioneer of free jazz
- Peter L. Cashman (* 1936), politician
- Keir Dullea (born 1936), actor
- Jonathan Gressel (* 1936), Israeli agricultural scientist
- Tommy LiPuma (1936–2017), music producer
- Robert Morey (1936-2019), rower
- Fred Neil (1936-2001), singer and songwriter
- George Voinovich (1936–2016), politician
- John Seddon Weske (* 1936), ornithologist
- Robert Abel (1937–2001), director, entrepreneur, computer scientist and computer graphic artist
- Michael Armacost (* 1937), economic manager and diplomat
- Lloyd Battista (* 1937), actor and screenwriter
- Dick Celeste (born 1937), politician
- Mickey Edwards (born 1937), politician
- Roger William Gries (* 1937), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Cleveland
- Paul Schupp (* 1937), mathematician and computer scientist
- Bruce Cole (1938–2018), art historian
- Ronald Giere (* 1938), scientific theorist
- Seymour H. Mauskopf (* 1938), historian of chemistry and science
- Sally Shlaer (1938–1998), mathematician and software engineer
- William Bayer (* 1939), writer
- Wes Craven (1939-2015), director and screenwriter
- Irwin Gage (1939–2018), pianist and song accompanist
- Charles Geschke (* 1939), software developer and entrepreneur
- Rick Kiefer (* 1939), jazz musician
- Harvey Pekar (1939-2010), comic book writer
- Michael E. Phelps (* 1939), mathematician and chemist
- Charles Ruff (1939-2000), lawyer; Special investigator in the Watergate affair
- Richard N. Zare (* 1939), physical chemist
- Carlin Glynn (born 1940), actress
- Arthur Jones (1940-1998), jazz saxophonist
- Chuck Rainey (born 1940), bass guitarist
1941-1945
- Martin John Amos (* 1941), Roman Catholic Bishop of Davenport
- Bob Brown (born 1941), American football player
- Lynn Hershman-Leeson (* 1941), artist and filmmaker
- Bob Lanese (* 1941), trumpeter
- Diane McBain (born 1941), actress
- Donna Shalala (* 1941), politician
- Don Ayler (1942–2007), jazz trumpeter
- Nina Fedoroff (* 1942), molecular biologist
- Harvey S. Laidman (* 1942), film producer and director
- Mark A. Ratner (* 1942), physical chemist
- Karen Uhlenbeck (* 1942), mathematician
- Louis Brus (* 1943), physicist and chemist
- Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005), composer
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter (* 1943), sociologist
- Tom Mack (born 1943), American football player
- Michael Ratner (1943–2016), lawyer, civil and human rights activist, university lecturer and author
- Maria Tymoczko (* 1943), linguist and translation scholar
- Jiggs Whigham (born 1943), trombonist
- Gregor Benko (* 1944), publicist and record producer
- Allen Hirshfeld (1944–2016), Israeli-German physicist and university professor
- Katharine Kerr (* 1944), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Chip Lord (* 1944), architect and video artist
- John Negele (* 1944), nuclear physicist
- Allen Ruppersberg (* 1944), artist
- Mary Beth Ruskai (* 1944), mathematical physicist
- Albert Stinson (1944–1969), jazz bassist
- Bobby Womack (1944-2014), singer and songwriter
- Adele Goldberg (* 1945), computer scientist
- Bruce Ratner (* 1945), building contractor and basketball official
1946-1950
- Howard Fried (born 1946), artist
- Heather M. Hodges (* 1946), diplomat
- Dennis Kucinich (* 1946), politician
- Mark L. Lester (* 1946), film producer
- Benny Mardones (1946-2020), singer and songwriter
- Eleanor Montgomery (1946-2013), high jumper
- Sally Priesand (* 1946), rabbi
- Daniel Siewiorek (* 1946), computer engineer
- Tom Stincic (born 1946), American football player
- Marilyn Waniek (* 1946), poet, children's book author, translator and literary scholar
- TS Cook (1947-2013), screenwriter and film producer
- Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947), science fiction writer
- George Alec Effinger (1947-2002), science fiction writer
- Bill Fontana (* 1947), sound artist
- A. Gary Klesch (* 1947), investor and entrepreneur
- William Sturgiss Lind (* 1947), military theorist
- Abdul Wadud (* 1947), jazz cellist
- Madeline Manning (born 1948), athlete
- Kenneth D. Cameron (* 1949), astronaut
- Eric Carmen (* 1949), singer, songwriter and pianist
- Jeffrey A. Carver (born 1949), science fiction writer
- John Chambers (born 1949), manager
- Lauren Shuler Donner (* 1949), film producer and film actress
- Stephen Gyllenhaal (* 1949), film director and screenwriter
- Tony Harris (born 1949), American football player
- Louis R. Hughes (born 1949), manager
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949–2008), politician
- Roberta Ann MacAvoy (* 1949), author
- Thom Barry (born 1950), actor
- Jeane Manson (born 1950), actress and singer
- Scott Newman (1950–1978), actor and stuntman
- Kevin O'Donnell (1950–2012), science fiction writer
- Andrew Puzder (born 1950), manager
- Murray Salem (1950–1998), film actor and screenwriter
- William Schabas (* 1950), Irish-Canadian professor of international law and human rights expert
1951-1955
- Scott Eyman (* 1951), author and film historian
- Heide Fasnacht (* 1951), draftsman and installation artist
- Ian Frazier (born 1951), writer
- Allison Krause (1951–1970), killed in the Kent State massacre
- Larry Porter (* 1951), jazz musician and composer
- Elliott Sharp (* 1951), multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Jack Thompson (* 1951), lawyer
- Miriam Flynn (* 1952), actress and voice actress
- Marcia Fudge (* 1952), politician
- Laura Greene (* 1952), physicist
- Jamey Haddad (* 1952), drummer and percussionist
- Carol Kane (born 1952), actress
- Dale Launer (* 1952), screenwriter, director and film producer
- Joe Lovano (* 1952), jazz saxophonist
- Richard Montanari (* 1952), writer
- Tim Murphy (born 1952), politician
- Fred Reichheld (* 1952), business author
- Ronald M. Sega (* 1952), astronaut
- Martha Smith (* 1952), photo model and actress
- John Toll (* 1952), cameraman
- David Weber (* 1952), science fiction and fantasy author
- Michael Bocian (* 1953), guitarist, composer
- Baby Dee (* 1953), singer, pianist and harpist
- David Felder (* 1953), composer and music teacher
- Darrell Issa (* 1953), politician
- Wayne Stetina (* 1953), racing cyclist
- Pat Torpey (1953-2018), musician
- David Walkowiak (* 1953), Roman Catholic Bishop of Grand Rapids
- Chuck Cooper (born 1954), actor
- Eric Ewazen (* 1954), composer
- Steve LaTourette (1954-2016), politician
- Calvin Levels (born 1954), actor
- Mark O'Donnell (1954–2012), writer
- James Pickens junior (born 1954), actor
- Lauma Zušēvica (* 1954), Archbishop of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church abroad
- Mark Leonard Bartchak (* 1955), Roman Catholic Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown
- Shelly Berg (* 1955), jazz pianist, arranger and university lecturer
- Mike Christian (* 1955), bodybuilder
- Sally Dawson (* 1955), physicist
- Elizabeth A. Eaton (born 1955), Lutheran bishop
- Neil Giraldo (* 1955), guitarist and songwriter
- George Moran (≈ 1955–2002), jazz trombonist
- Susan Orlean (* 1955), journalist and author
- Rich Perry (* 1955), jazz saxophonist
- Flip Saunders (1955-2015), basketball coach
- Donald A. Thomas (* 1955), astronaut
- Gregory JW Urwin (* 1955), military historian
- Carl E. Walz (* 1955), astronaut
1956-1960
- Judith Butler (* 1956), literary scholar, gender researcher, author
- Peter Lyons Collister (* 1956), cameraman
- Gintė Bernadeta Damušytė-Damušis (* 1956), Lithuanian diplomat
- Anton Fier (* 1956), drummer, composer and band leader
- Arsenio Hall (* 1956), actor and comedian
- Gregory J. Harbaugh (* 1956), astronaut
- Leroy Kemp (born 1956), wrestler
- Dwight H. Little (* 1956), film director
- George David Low (1956-2008), astronaut
- Alan Ruck (born 1956), actor
- Dale Stetina (* 1956), racing cyclist
- Leslie Allen (born 1957), tennis player
- Vanessa Bell Calloway (born 1957), actress
- John Fedchock (* 1957), jazz trombonist
- Paul Goerss (* 1957), mathematician
- David Joyce (born 1957), politician
- Ron Klein (* 1957), politician
- Vanessa Rubin (* 1957), jazz musician
- David Berkman (* 1958), jazz pianist, arranger and composer
- Andy Borowitz (* 1958), humorist
- Drew Carey (* 1958), comedian, showmaster, actor, screenwriter and television producer
- Robert M. Citino (* 1958), modern historian
- Nora McCarthy (* 1958), jazz singer
- Susanne Mittag (* 1958), German politician
- Shelly West (born 1958), country singer
- Marc Cohn (* 1959), singer-songwriter
- Elaine Fine (* 1959), composer
- Renée Green (* 1959), author, filmmaker and installation artist
- Ken Peplowski (* 1959), jazz clarinetist
- Oliver Luck (* 1960), American football player and sports official
- Alan B. McElroy (* 1960), screenwriter
- Mehmet Öz (* 1960), cardiologist and television presenter
1961-1970
- Arthur T. Benjamin (* 1961), mathematician
- Jim Brickman (* 1961), pianist and songwriter
- Mark Buchanan (* 1961), physicist
- Kim Märkl (* 1961), writer, composer and clarinetist
- Brian Azzarello (born 1962), comic book author
- Richard Brooks (born 1962), actor
- Gilby Clarke (born 1962), guitarist
- Thomas Jefferson (born 1962), track and field athlete
- Daniel Waters (* 1962), screenwriter and director
- Mary Ellen Weber (* 1962), astronaut
- Erich Gliebe (* 1963), neo-Nazi activist
- Charles Oakley (born 1963), basketball player
- Dizzy Reed (born 1963), rock musician
- Eugene Scalia (* 1963), lawyer and minister
- Tracy Chapman (born 1964), singer
- David Ellett (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mark Waters (born 1964), director
- Steven Adler (born 1965), drummer
- Marc Kamionkowski (* 1965), theoretical astrophysicist
- Mitch Longley (born 1965), actor
- Camille Benjamin (* 1966), tennis player
- Halle Berry (* 1966), film actress
- Gerald Levert (1966-2006), singer
- Dav Pilkey (* 1966), author and illustrator
- Linda Rocco (* 1966), singer and lyricist
- Tom Tupa (born 1966), American football player
- Brian Michael Bendis (* 1967), comic book author
- John Popper (* 1967), blues musician
- Nina Turner (* 1967), politician
- Lee Unkrich (* 1967), film editor and film director
- Anna Gunn (* 1968), actress and voice actress
- Sean Levert (1968-2008), singer
- Aylam Orian (* 1968), actor
- Max Perlich (* 1968), actor
- Walter Belcher (* 1969), singer and actor
- Stuart Blumberg (* 1969), screenwriter, producer and actor
- James Frey (born 1969), writer
- Paula Jai Parker (* 1969), actress and comedian
- Ray Austin (born 1970), boxer
- Desmond Howard (born 1970), American football player
- Anthony Russo (* 1970), film director, screenwriter and film producer
1971-1980
- Walter Blanding Jr. (* 1971), jazz musician
- Derrick Green (* 1971), hardcore and metal singer, front man of the band Sepultura
- Monica Potter (born 1971), actress
- Vasik Rajlich (* 1971), chess player
- Joe Russo (* 1971), film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Brian Stepanek (born 1971), actor
- Claude VonStroke (* 1971), techno / house musician and DJ
- Timothy Mack (* 1972), pole vaulter
- Ian Moran (born 1972), ice hockey player
- Adam John Parker (* 1972), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Baltimore
- Anthony Doerr (* 1973), writer
- Krayzie Bone (born 1974), rapper
- Alexander Brandon (* 1974), musician
- Warren Ostergard (* 1974), film producer and actor
- Bumper Robinson (born 1974), actor and voice actor
- Layzie Bone (born 1975), rapper
- London Fletcher (born 1975), American football player
- Earl Boykins (born 1976), basketball player
- Jazsmin Lewis (* 1976), actress
- Brian K. Vaughan (born 1976), comic book writer
- Joe Zelenka (born 1976), American football player
- Johnny Hazzard (born 1977), porn actor
- James Posey (born 1977), basketball player
- Avant (born 1978), singer
- Tina George (* 1978), wrestler
- Peter Lu (* 1978), physicist
- Catalina Cruz (* 1979), porn actress
- JR Bremer (* 1980), basketball player
- Mary Carey (* 1980), porn actress and politician
- Andy Hrovat (born 1980), wrestler
- Jerome Jennings (* 1980), jazz musician
- Michael Rupp (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Dolph Ziggler (born 1980), wrestler
1981-2000
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- Vanessa Bayer (* 1981), comedian and actress
- Jamie Moriarty (* 1981), bobsledder
- Toccara Montgomery (* 1982), wrestler
- Diana Munz (* 1982), swimmer
- Omari Westley (born 1982), basketball player
- Mickey Bey (* 1983), professional boxer
- John Sutherland (born 1983), singer
- Kid Cudi (* 1984), rapper and producer
- Anthony Gonzalez (* 1984), politician and American football player
- Jason Trusnik (born 1984), American football player
- Nick Gehlfuss (* 1985), actor
- Ted Ginn Jr. (born 1985), American football player
- Donte Whitner (born 1985), football player
- Natalie Prass (* 1986), singer-songwriter
- Aqib Talib (* 1986), football player
- Terrell Gausha (* 1987), professional middleweight boxer
- Charles Hamilton (born 1987), rapper
- Jason Kelce (born 1987), American football player
- Shawna Lenee (* 1987), porn actress
- Justin Morrow (born 1987), soccer player
- Matthew McLean (born 1988), swimmer
- Kelli Stack (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Keelin Winters (* 1988), soccer player
- John Albert (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Raynell Williams (born 1989), boxer
- Tonisha Baker (born 1990), basketball player
- DaBaby (* 1991), rapper
- Jayrone Elliott (born 1991), American football player
- Avery Williamson (born 1992), American football player
- Alina Baraz (* 1993), singer and songwriter
- Imani Hakim (* 1993), actress
- Lee Kiefer (* 1994), fencer
- Michael Roberts (born 1994), American football player
- Marshon Lattimore (born 1996), American football player
- Lili Reinhart (* 1996), actress
- Omari Spellman (born 1997), basketball player
- Madi Lee (* 1999), singer
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- Bryant Clifford Meyer (* 20th century), rock musician
- Sharon Stanis (* 20th century), classical violinist and music teacher
21st century
- Isabela Moner (* 2001), actress and singer
Famous Cleveland residents
- Reuben Wood (1793–1864), politician; Governor of ohio
- Henry B. Payne (1810-1896), politician
- John Brough (1811-1865), politician
- Philipp Bickel (1829–1914), Baptist theologian and publicist
- John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), entrepreneur
- Charles Francis Brush (1849–1929), inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Joseph Schrembs (1866–1945), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cleveland
- Newton Diehl Baker Junior (1871–1937), Mayor of Cleveland and Secretary of War
- Cyrus Locher (1878–1929), politician
- George Szell (1897–1970), conductor
- Eliot Ness (1903–1957), prohibition and anti-corruption agent
- Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910–1998), Cleveland Mayor and US Secretary of Health
- Emmett Berry (1915-1992), jazz trumpeter
- Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916–2003), microbiologist and Nobel Prize winner
- Paul Newman (1925-2008), film actor
- Willie Smith (1926–2009), jazz alto saxophonist, arranger and composer
- Bobby Jones (1928–1980), jazz musician
- Annie Easley (1933–2011), mathematician and computer scientist
- Roger Zelazny (1937-1995), fantasy writer
- Eric Singer (* 1958), drummer
- Nelson Jesus Perez (* 1961), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cleveland from 2017 to 2020
- Bizzy Bone (born 1976), rapper
Web links
Commons : People of Cleveland, Ohio - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herman Whiton in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ^ Ray Mack , baseball-reference.com
- ↑ Ralph Stephan in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ^ Obituary for Ralph William Stephan, Jr. , fhwsolutions.com
- ↑ Charles Manring in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Jack Morey in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Robert Morey Jr. , legacy.com
- ↑ Jamie Moriarty in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Diana Munz in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Matthew McLean in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Lee Kiefer in the database of Sports-Reference (English)