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
- 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
Authors and writers
- 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
- 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
- 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, 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
References
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