Prominent Ohio State Alumni

  • Lee Adams, Tony Award winning lyricist
  • Daniel Amstutz, former head of the International Wheat Council
  • Nick Anderson, award-winning editorial cartoonist (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  • E.G. Bailey, inventor of the boiler meter (Deceased)
  • Brian Basset, cartoonist and creator of Red and Rover
  • George Bellows, renowned painter and lithographer (Deceased)
  • Carole Black, President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment
  • Sally Boysen, world-renowned chimpanzee researcher
  • Ned Brooks, former Meet the Press moderator
  • Mike Clark, senior film critic for USA Today
  • Bob Clotworthy, gold-medal winning Olympic diver
  • Dan L. Crippen, former director of the Congressional Budget Office
  • Nancy Currie, Discovery Astronaut
  • Lynn Dally, noted choreographer and tap dancer
  • Barbara Daniels, notable opera singer
  • Glenn Davis, winner of three Olympic gold medals
  • Melvin De Groote, prolific inventor with 925 patents to his credit (Deceased)
  • Grant Devine, former premier of Saskatchewan
  • Harry Drackett, chemist who developed Windex
  • Paul Ecke Jr., prominent poinsettia grower (Deceased)
  • Vince Edwards, actor who starred as Ben Casey (Deceased)
  • Daniel Galbreath, former president of the Pittsburgh Pirates and head of Darby Dan Stables
  • Mark Goldston, Chairman and CEO of United Online
  • Eugenie Grunewald, critically acclaimed opera singer
  • Harlan Hatcher, longtime president of the University of Michigan (Deceased)
  • Patricia Heaton, actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
  • Eileen Heckart, actress who won an Oscar in 1972 (Deceased)
  • Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN
  • Alice “Lefty” Hohlmayer, original member of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • John Jay, partner and creative director at Wieden & Kennedy, Inc.
  • James Katz, Hollywood producer and film restorer
  • Clark Kellogg, CBS Sports
  • Charles Kellstadt, former Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck & Company (Deceased)
  • Charles Kettering, inventor of several significant engine parts
  • Willard Kiplinger, business and economic forecaster (Deceased)
  • Ford Konno, Olympic swimmer who won four Olympic gold medals
  • Kerry Kramp, president and CEO of Hometown Buffet, Inc.
  • Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., nation’s first African-American astronaut (Deceased)
  • Samella Lewis, influential artist
  • Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Artist
  • Tami Longaberger, president and CEO of The Longaberger Company
  • Fred Machetanz, artist who is considered the dean of Alaskan painters
  • Robert E. Martini, chairman and CEO of Bergen Brunswig, Co.
  • Howard Metzenbaum, former U.S senator
  • Bebe Miller, noted dancer and choreographer
  • Jack Nicklaus, Professional Golfer
  • James Oates, retired president of Leo Burnett USA
  • John Ong, retired chairman and CEO of the B.F. Goodrich Company
  • Jesse Owens, Olympic Gold Medalist, Track and Field
  • Cynthia Ozick, award-winning author of The Pagan Rabbi and The Shawl
  • Manuel Pacheco, president emeritus of the University of Missouri
  • Lea Ann Parsley, Olympic Silver Medalist, Skeleton
  • Roy Plunkett, chemist and inventor of Teflon
  • Barbara Reynolds, nationally syndicated columnist
  • James Rhodes, former governor of Ohio (Deceased)
  • Gigi Rice, actress (Night at the Roxbury; A Gift From Heaven)
  • Mitsugi Sato, pioneer in the development of Japan’s dairy industry (Deceased)
  • William Saxbe, former U.S. Attorney General
  • Alex Schoenbaum, former chairman and CEO of Shoney’s Big Boy Enterprises (Deceased)
  • Richard Stoltzman, award-winning clarinetist
  • John Tatgenhorst, award-winning composer and arranger
  • George Voinovich, former governor of Ohio
  • Les Wexner, The Limited, Inc.
  • Michael R. White, former mayor of Cleveland