Ohio University Notable Alumni
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Discover the notable alumni of Ohio University. The list includes people like Paul Newman, Matt Lauer, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Jonathan Edwards & Nancy Cartwright. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as media personalities, film & theater personalities, miscellaneous, artists & painters and sportspersons etc.
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1
Paul Newman(One of the Most Influential Actors of 20th-Century)
Birthdate: January 26, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
Died: September 26, 2008
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Ed O’Neill(Actor & Comedian Best Known for His Portrayal of 'Al Bundy' in the Fox Network Sitcom ‘Married...With Children’)
Birthdate: April 12, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
3
Nancy Cartwright
(Actress)
Birthdate: October 25, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
4
Piper Perabo(Best Known for Her Film ‘Coyote Ugly’ and TV Series ‘Covert Affairs’)
Birthdate: October 31, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: April 1, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Westlake, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: February 12, 1956
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
7
Mike Schmidt
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: September 27, 1949
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dayton
8
Vanessa Bell Calloway
(Actress)
Birthdate: March 20, 1957
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
9
Patti Harrison
(Known for her supporting role as Ruthie in the television series Shrill)
Birthdate: October 31, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Orient, Ohio, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
10
Bob Huggins
(Basketball coach)
Birthdate: September 21, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
11
Allie LaForce
(Beauty pageant contestant, Journalist)
Birthdate: December 11, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vermilion
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
12
Matt Lauer(Former American Television News Personality, Best Known for His Work With NBC News)
Birthdate: December 30, 1957
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
13
Mark Dantonio
(American football coach)
Birthdate: March 9, 1956
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, United States
Birthdate: February 21, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bellbrook, Ohio, United States
Died: April 22, 1996
Birthdate: October 5, 1703
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: East Windsor, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 22, 1758
Birthdate: 1952 AD
Birthplace: Chidambaram,Tamilnadu India
17
Thom Brennaman
(Sports commentator)
Birthdate: September 12, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chapel Hill
18
Bob Bradley
(American Soccer Coach)
Birthdate: March 3, 1958
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey, United States
19
Robert Christopher Riley
(Actor)
Birthdate: October 11, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
20
Jenny Holzer
(Artist, Painter, Sculptor)
Birthdate: July 29, 1950
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gallipolis
21
Jason Preston
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: August 10, 1999
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Orlando, Florida, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: February 5, 1950
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
23
Gary Trent
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: September 22, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
24
Bob Brenly
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: February 25, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Coshocton, Ohio, United States
25
Nathan Rourke
(Canadian Professional Football Quarterback)
Birthdate: May 24, 1998
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
26
Joe Eszterhas
(Screenwriter, Writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: November 23, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Csákánydoroszló
27
Marie Tharp
(US Geologist and Oceanographer Known for Her Pioneering Work on 'Oceanographic Cartography')
Birthdate: July 30, 1920
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Died: August 23, 2006
28
Jim Dine
(Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker)
Birthdate: June 16, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cincinnati
29
Rick Charls
(Former American High Diver Who Held the World Record for the Highest Dive of 172 Feet)
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
30
Tarell Basham
(American football player)
Birthdate: March 18, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
31
Thomas F. Duffy
(American Actor)
Birthdate: November 9, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
32
Clarence Page
(Journalist)
Birthdate: June 2, 1947
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
33
Chuck Swirsky
(Basketball player, Radio personality)
Birthdate: January 30, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Norfolk
34
Edward James Roye
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 3, 1815
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Newark, Ohio, United States
Died: February 11, 1872
35
Edward Lachman
(Cinematographer, Film director)
Birthdate: March 31, 1948
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Morristown
36
Jeff Boals
(Basketball coach, Basketball player)
Birthdate: September 5, 1972
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Magnolia, Ohio, United States
37
Hans-Ulrich Wehler
(Historian)
Birthdate: September 11, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Freudenberg, Germany
Died: July 5, 2014
38
Nick Kellogg
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: December 11, 1991
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Westerville, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
39
Bernard Muir
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 22, 1968
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida, United States
40
Tim Mickelson
(American Rower and Olympic Medalist)
Birthdate: November 12, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Deerfield, Wisconsin, United States
Died: August 30, 2017
41
Chuck Stewart
(Photographer)
Birthdate: May 21, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Texas, United States
Died: January 20, 2017
42
Yang Xiaobo
(Chinese Structural Engineer and Former Mayor of Huangshi (2009 - 2014))
Birthdate: 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tianmen, China
Died: January 28, 2020
43
George Shiras Jr.
(Jurist)
Birthdate: January 26, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 2, 1924
44
William Starling Sullivant
(Botanist)
Birthdate: January 15, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: April 30, 1873
Birthdate: October 24, 1962
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Situated in Athens, Ohio is one of America’s oldest universities, Ohio University. Since its commencement of classes began in 1809, the university has grown and branched out in order to be one of the finest universities of the United States. With an overall enrollment of over 40,000, the university practices an enrollment process with selective admission wherein the international student enrollment of over 1700 is also present. The campus extends over a beautiful property lined with trees, and buildings that have been designated as a National Historic Landmark. Ohio University offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in the fields of Arts & Science, Business, Communication, Education, Engineering and Medicine. The university has been rewarded with many honorable titles over the years by World Report, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Princeton Review for its academic excellence. Both, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs have deemed Ohio University as a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars, in the past. The university is well-known for producing various personalities who have achieved and contributed immensely in their respective areas of expertise. Roderick J. McDavis, Matt Lauer and Nancy Cartwright are some notable individuals who started their journey to success from Ohio University. Here is a list of some more famous personalities who top the list as Ohio University alumni.
