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This is a list of notable residents of Cincinnati, Ohio.[1]
Politics
- Stan Aronoff (1932–2024) – member of Ohio Senate 1967–1996, its president from 1989–96
- William Evans Arthur (1825–1897) – born in Cincinnati, United States Congressman from Kentucky[2]
- Steve Austria (born 1958) – Republican Congressman, 2009–2013
- Jess L. Baily – United States Ambassador to North Macedonia, 2015–2019
- Walt Bachrach (1904–1989) – long-serving Mayor of Cincinnati
- Ken Blackwell (born 1948) – former mayor of Cincinnati 1999–2007, Republican, Ohio Secretary of State and unsuccessful 2006 candidate for Governor of Ohio
- James G. Birney (1792–1857) – abolitionist and Liberty Party presidential candidate
- John Boehner (born 1949) – Congressman and former Speaker of the House
- William K. Bond (1792–1864) – Whig Congressman, 1849–1853
- Stanley E. Bowdle (1868–1919) – Democratic Congressman, 1913–1915
- John Bridgeland (born 1960) – lawyer and activist
- Tom Brinkman (born 1957) – Republican Ohio House of Representatives member
- Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852) – 7th Governor of Ohio
- Frank Brogan (born 1953) – 15th Lieutenant Governor of Florida
- Henry Francis Bryan (1865–1944) – United States Navy Rear Admiral and the 17th governor of American Samoa
- Jacob Burnet (1770–1853) – U.S. Senator, 1828–1831[3]
- Phillip Burton (1926–1983) – Democratic Congressman from California
- Benjamin Butterworth (1837–1898) – Republican Congressman, 1879–1883, 1885–1891
- Mary Edith Campbell – Suffragette, Board of Education member
- Samuel Fenton Cary (1814–1900) – Congressman and temperance movement leader
- John Cranley (born 1974) – former mayor of Cincinnati, 2013–2022
- Steve Chabot (born 1953) – Republican Congressman, 1995–2009; 2011–2023
- Thomas R. Chandler – perennial candidate
- Donald D. Clancy (1921–2007) – former Republican Congressman
- Levi Coffin (1798–1877) – abolitionist, member of the Underground Railroad
- Aaron H. Conrow (1824–1865) – Confederate congressman and general
- Moses Dickson (1824–1901) – Abolitionist leader
- David T. Disney (1803–1857) – Democratic Congressman, 1849–1855
- Ozro J. Dodds (1840–1882) – Democratic Congressman, 1872–1873
- Steve Driehaus (born 1966) – Democratic Congressman, 2009–2011
- Alexander Duncan (1788–1853) – physician, Democratic Congressman, 1837–1841, 1843–1845
- Thomas O. Edwards (1810–1876) – Whig Congressman, 1847–1849
- Edwin Einstein (1842–1905) – Republican Congressman from New York, 1879–1881
- Richard Kenneth Fox (1925–2017) – United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1977–1979
- George Fries (1799–1866) – physician, Democratic Congressman, 1845–1849
- James W. Gazlay (1784–1874) – Republican Congressman, 1823–1825
- Thomas Geoghegan (born 1949) – labor lawyer
- John J. Gilligan (1921–2013) – former Governor of Ohio
- Herman P. Goebel (1853–1930) – Republican Congressman, 1903–1911
- Bill Gradison (born 1928) – Republican Congressman, former mayor of Cincinnati
- Buddy Gray (c. 1950–1996) – activist and social worker
- William S. Groesbeck (1815–1897) – lawyer, Democratic Congressman, 1857–1859
- John A. Gurley (1813–1863) – Republican Congressman, 1859–1863
- George W. Hayes – slave, Republican Ohio House of Representatives member
- William E. Hess (1898–1986) – Republican Congressman, 1929–1937, 1939–1949, 1951–1961
- Dave Hobson (born 1936) – former Republican congressman
- Cynthia Hogan – counsel to Joe Biden
- Henry Thomas Hunt (1878–1956) – former mayor of Cincinnati, 1912–1913
- Andy Ireland (born 1930) – Democrat/Republican Congressman from Florida, 1977–1993
- B. Todd Jones (born 1957) — lawyer, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 2011–2015
- Joel Hills Johnson (1802–1882) – Utah Territorial legislator, 1849–1850
- William J. Keating (1927–2020) – former Republican Congressman, brother of Charles Keating
- Jesse D. Locker (1891–1955) – former Cincinnati city councilman and United States Ambassador to Liberia, 1953–55
- Simon L. Leis, Jr. (born 1934) – Hamilton County, Ohio prosecutor and sheriff
- Mark Lippert (born 1973) – former ambassador to South Korea
- Nicholas Longworth (1869–1931) – former Speaker of the House and Majority Leader
- Charlie Luken (born 1951) – former Congressman and Mayor of Cincinnati
- Tom Luken (1925–2018) – former Congressman
- Greg Landsman (born 1976) – Democratic Congressman, 2023–
- Robert Todd Lytle (1804–1839) – Congressman, 1833–1835
- Mark L. Mallory (born 1962) – former mayor of Cincinnati, 2005–2013
- William L. Mallory, Sr. (1931–2013) – first African-American Ohio House of Representatives majority leader
- Sam Malone (born 1970) – former Cincinnati city councilman
- Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. (1853–1927) – United States Solicitor General, 1893–1895
- Neil H. McElroy (1904–1972) – Secretary of Defense, 1957–1959
- John McLean (1765–1861) – Congressman, 1813–16, U.S. Postmaster General, 1823–1829, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1829–1861
- Alexander C. Mitchell (1860–1911) – Republican congressman from Kansas, 1911
- Tom Mooney (1954–2006) – teacher, labor union activist
- Harold G. Mosier (1889–1971) – Democratic congressman, 1937–1939
- Edward Follansbee Noyes (1832–1890) – Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to France
- Kabaka Oba (1958–2006) – civil rights activist
- Lucy Evelyn Peabody (1864–1934) – conservation activist
- Aaron F. Perry (1815–1893) – Congressman, 1871–1872
- Rob Portman (born 1955) – Congressman, United States Trade Representative; Director of Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Senator 2011–2023
- Todd Portune (1958–2020) – former Cincinnati city councilman
- Trey Radel (born 1976) – former Republican Congressman from Florida
- James B. Ray (1794–1848) – Governor of Indiana, 1825–1831
- Lindsay Reynolds – chief of staff to First Lady of the United States Melania Trump
- Carl West Rich (1898–1972) – Republican Congressman, three-time mayor of Cincinnati
- Eugene P. Ruehlmann (1925–2013) – Mayor of Cincinnati, 1967–1971
- Jerry Rubin (1938–1994) – political activist, Chicago Seven
- Charles W. Sawyer (1887–1979) – United States Secretary of Commerce, 1948–1953 under President Harry Truman
- Milton Sayler (1831–1892) – Cincinnati city councilman, Congressman, 1873–1879
- Bob Schaffer (born 1962) – former Republican Congressman from Colorado
- Jean Schmidt (born 1951) – Republican Congresswoman, 2005–2013; Ohio State Senator 2001–2004, 2021–
- Bob Schuler (1943–2009) – Ohio State Senator, 2002–2009
- P.G. Sittenfeld (born 1984) – former Cincinnati city councilman, convicted of felony bribery
- Kathleen Sebelius (born 1948) – Governor of Kansas 2003–2009, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services 2009–14
- William B. Shattuc (1841–1911) – Congressman, 1897–1903
- Christopher Smitherman (born 1967) – former Cincinnati city councilman
- Potter Stewart (1915–1985) – lawyer, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1958–1981
- Bellamy Storer (1796–1875) – lawyer, Congressman, 1835–1837
- Bellamy Storer (1847–1922) – Congressman, 1891–1895, diplomat
- Bob Taft (born 1942) – Governor of Ohio, 1999–2007
- Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983) – Mayor of Cincinnati, 1955–1957
- Robert A. Taft (1889–1953) – Senate leader; son of William Howard Taft
- Robert Taft Jr. (1917–1993) – Congressman 1963–1965, 1967–1971; U.S. Senator 1971–1976
- William Howard Taft (1857–1930) – 27th President of the United States, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Business
- Marcellus Bailey (c. 1840–1921) – patent attorney for Alexander Graham Bell
- Emma Beckwith (1849–1919) – bookkeeper, optician, inventor, suffragette
- Powel Crosley Jr. (1886–1961) – inventor and entrepreneur
- Francis L. Dale (1921–1993) – lawyer, Cincinnati Reds owner, Republican Party operative
- Maxwell Dane (1906–2004) – advertising executive
- James Gamble (1803–1891) – co-founder of Procter & Gamble
- Alfred T. Goshorn (1833–1902) – businessman, civic booster, founder of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team
- Lou Groen (1917–2011) – entrepreneur, inventor of the Filet-O-Fish sandwich
- Kevin Harrington (born 1956) – infomercial entrepreneur
- Bob Herbold (born 1942) – former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Microsoft Corporation
- Louise McCarren Herring (1909–1987) – leader of the credit union movement
- Charles R. Hook Sr. (1880–1963) – steel industrialist
- Ronald Howes (1926–2010) – inventor of the Easy-Bake Oven
- Jeffrey R. Immelt (born 1956) – CEO of General Electric
- Charles Keating (1923–2014) – banker involved in savings and loan crisis of the 1980s
- Jim Koch (born 1949) – founder of Boston Beer Company
- Bernard Kroger (1860–1938) – founder of the Kroger supermarket chain
- Chris Kempczinski (born 1968) – President & CEO of McDonald's Corporation (born in Boston, raised in Cincinnati)
- Isaac Herbert Kempner (1873–1967) – founder of Imperial Sugar
- James Michael Lafferty – CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding, former regional CEO for Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and British American Tobacco; Olympic track and field coach
- Harry Ward Leonard (1861–1915) – electrical engineer and inventor
- Carl Lindner, Jr. (1919–2011) – businessman and co-founder of United Dairy Farmers; founder of American Financial Group
- William F. Nast (1840–1893) – diplomat, railroad businessman
- Henry Nicholas – communications technology entrepreneur
- Vivek Ramaswamy (born 1985) – biopharmaceutical entrepreneur, Republican Party presidential candidate
- Stephen Sanger (born 1946) – former chairman of General Mills
- Marge Schott (1928–2004) – women's business pioneer; former owner of the Cincinnati Reds
- David Sinton (1808–1900) – pig iron industrialist
- Ted Turner (born 1938) – founder of Turner Broadcasting System
- David Uible (born 1960) – businessman and county commissioner
- Douglas A. Warner III (born 1946) – banker
- Joseph Ray Watkins (1840–1911) – born in city, entrepreneur and founder of Watkins Incorporated
- Luman Watson – 19th-century clockmaker
- Granville Woods (1856–1910) – inventor
Science
- Cleveland Abbe (1838–1916) – meteorologist
- C. David Allis (1951–2023) – geneticist
- Richard Allison (c. 1757–1816) – Surgeon General of the Army
- Ellen Harding Baker (1847–1886) – astronomer and teacher
- Charles J. Bates (1930–2006) – food scientist
- Amanda Bauer (born 1979) – astronomer
- George Robert Carruthers (1939–2020) – physicist
- Robin T. Cotton (born 1941) – pediatrician
- Naomi Deutsch (1890–1983) – nurse and educator
- Michael Dine (born 1953) – theoretical physicist
- William Doherty (1857–1901) – entomologist
- Joseph Leo Doob (1910–2004) – mathematician
- Ronald G. Douglas (1938–2018) – mathematician and university provost
- Daniel Drake (1785–1852) – physician and writer
- Richard S. Hamilton (born 1943) – mathematician
- Olive Hazlett (1890–1974) – mathematician
- Henry Heimlich (1920–2016) – co-developer of the Heimlich maneuver
- Karl Gordon Henize (1926–1993) – NASA astronaut
- Robert Kistner (1917–1990) – gynecologist, textbook author
- Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996) – science historian
- John Mauchly (1907–1980) – physicist, co-designer of ENIAC
- Ann Moore – pediatric nurse, inventor of the Snugli baby carrier
- Sharlotte Neely – anthropologist
- Louis Harry Newburgh (1883–1956) – Professor of Clinical Investigation
- Joseph Ransohoff (1915–2001) – neurosurgeon
- Samuel Mitja Rapoport (1912–2004) — biochemist, Communist activist in Cincinnati in the 1930s
- Tom Rapoport (born 1947) – cell biologist at the Harvard Medical School
- Marion Rawson (1899–1980) – archaeologist
- George Rieveschl (1916–2007) – inventor of Benadryl
- Rae Robertson-Anderson – biophysicist
- Albert Sabin (1906–1993) – discoverer of oral polio vaccine
Journalism and media
- Jon Arthur (c. 1918–1982) – syndicated radio personality
- Gamaliel Bailey – journalist and abolitionist
- Delilah L. Beasley (1867–1934) – first African American woman to be published regularly in a major metropolitan newspaper
- Marty Brennaman (born 1942) – Cincinnati Reds radio play-by-play announcer 1974–2019
- Thom Brennaman (born 1963) – sports broadcaster
- Gary Burbank (born 1941) – radio personality
- Nick Clooney (born 1934) – journalist, anchorman, and television host, father of George Clooney
- Gail Collins (born 1945) – columnist for The New York Times
- The Cool Ghoul, real name Dick VonHoene – news anchor, talk show and horror-movie show host
- Bill Cunningham (born 1947) – attorney, radio and television talk show host
- Paul Dixon (1918–1974) – Cincinnati-area daytime television host
- Elizabeth Drew (born 1935) – political journalist and author
- Sara Eisen (born 1984) – CNBC news anchor
- Courtis Fuller (born 1957) – local news anchor
- Bill Hemmer (born 1964) – Fox News Channel anchor and correspondent; former CNN anchor and reporter
- Steven L. Herman – Voice of America bureau chief and correspondent
- Derrin Horton – sportscaster
- Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928) – newspaper publisher, activist
- Joe Kernen (born 1956) – CNBC news anchor
- Dan La Botz (born 1945) – journalist, author and socialist activist
- Alan Light (born 1966) – former editor of VIBE and Spin
- Ruth Lyons (1905–1988) – radio and television personality
- Edward Deering Mansfield (1801–1880) – 19th-century newspaper editor
- William Maxwell (c. 1766–1809) – engraver, printer, publisher of the first newspaper in Cincinnati
- Mike McConnell – syndicated radio talk show host
- John Roll McLean (1848–1916) – owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Washington Post
- Washington McLean (1816–1890) – owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Washington Post
- Erin McPike (born 1983) – White House Correspondent for Independent Journal Review, formerly with CNN and NBC News
- David Mendell – journalist and Barack Obama biographer
- Dan Patrick (born 1957) – sportscaster and radio personality (from Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Virginia Payne (1908–1977) – radio actress
- Wally Phillips (1925–2008) – radio personality
- James S. Robbins – opinion journalist, author and scholar
- Glenn Ryle (1927–1993) – television personality
- Al Schottelkotte (1927–1996) – television news anchor and reporter
- Bob Shreve (1912–1990) – early television personality
- Larry Smith (1938–2018) – puppeteer and children's television host
- Tony Snow (1955–2008) – news commentator, White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush administration
- Dale Sommers (1943–2012) – radio personality also known as "the Truckin' Bozo"
- Estelle Sternberger (1886–1971) – radio commentator and women's activist
- Anne Marie Tiernon – local news anchor
- Linda Vester (born 1965) – Fox News Channel anchor
- Carolyn Washburn – former vice president and editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer
- Liz Wheeler (born 1989) – conservative political commentator, formerly with One America News Network
- Todd Wright – Sports radio personality
- Frederick Ziv (1905–2001) – television producer and syndication pioneer
Artists and entertainment
Acting, motion pictures, and television
- Kevin Allison (born 1970) – actor, sketch comedian (The State)
- Patti Astor (1950–2024) – underground film actress
- Theda Bara (1885–1955) – silent film actress
- Powhatan Beaty (1837–1916) – American Civil War soldier and stage actor
- Louise Beavers (1900–1962) – actress
- Andy Blankenbuehler (born 1970) – dancer and choreographer
- Ron Bohmer (born 1961) – singer and actor
- Zach Bolton (born 1981) – voice actor and ADR director affiliated with Funimation
- Mark Boone Junior (born 1955) – actor
- Lee Bowman (1914–1979) – film and television actor
- Bob Braun (1929–2001) – local television and radio personality
- Don Brodie (1904–2001) – actor and director
- Nana Bryant (1888–1955) – actress
- Mabel Brownell (1883–1972) – stage actress
- Rebecca Budig (born 1973) – soap opera and television actress
- Marty Callner – music video director
- Rocky Carroll (born 1963) – actor (NCIS)
- Marguerite Clark (1883–1940) – stage and silent film actress
- Majel Coleman (1903–1980) – actress and model
- Ray Combs (1956–1996) – host of Family Feud, 1988–1994
- Walter Connolly (1887–1940) – film actor
- Shamika Cotton – actress
- Chase Crawford (born 1996) – actor and producer
- Joel Crothers (1941–1985) – actor
- Raymond Garfield Dandridge (c. 1885–1930) – poet[4]
- Doris Day (1922–2019) – popular singer and actress
- Tim de Zarn (born 1952) – actor
- Gabrielle Dennis (born 1978) – actress (The Game)
- John Diehl (born 1950) – actor
- John Dierkes (1905–1975) – actor
- Pamella D'Pella (born 1957) – actress
- Carmen Electra (born 1972, Tara Leigh Patrick) – actress, singer
- Vera-Ellen (1921–1981) – actress and dancer (White Christmas)
- Susan Floyd (born 1968) – actress
- Trixie Friganza (1870–1955) – vaudeville and film actress
- Stephen Geoffreys (born 1964) – film, stage, and gay pornography actor
- Sidney M. Goldin (1878–1937) – silent film director
- Charles Guggenheim (1924–2002) – movie director
- Julie Hagerty (born 1955) – model and actress (Airplane!)
- Pauline Hall (1860–1919) – stage actress and dancer
- Porter Hall (1888–1953) – actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
- Emily Harper (born 1978) – actress
- Maurice Hegeman – Broadway musical actor, lyricist, and playwright[5]
- Tiffany Hines (born 1983) – actress
- Libby Holman (1904–1971) – torch singer and actress
- Tonya Ingram (1991–2022) – poet, disability activist, mental health advocate
- IShowSpeed (born 2005), real name Darren Watkins Jr. – YouTube personality, streamer, rapper, and songwriter
- Arthur V. Johnson (1876–1916) – silent film actor and director
- Lanny Joon – actor
- Noah Keen (1920–2019) – actor
- Dagney Kerr (born 1972) – actress
- Mike Kleinhenz (1951–2008) – voice actor
- Ida Koverman (1876–1954) – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film executive
- Eric Lange (born 1973) – actor (Lost and Victorious)
- Dorothy Layton (1912–2009) – actress
- KiKi Layne (born 1991) – actress
- Hal Le Roy (1913–1985) – dancer, singer, stage actor
- Hudson Leick (born 1969) – actress
- Edward LeSaint (1871–1940) – silent film actor and director
- Marcia Lewis (1938–2010) – actress
- Vicki Lewis (born 1960) – actress (NewsRadio)
- Floriana Lima (born 1981) – actress
- Todd Louiso (born 1970) – actor
- Gina Malo (1909–1963) – actress
- Irene Manning (1912–2004) – actress and singer
- Jack Manning (1916–2009) – actor
- Markiplier (born 1989), real name Mark Edward Fischbach – YouTube personality, originally from Honolulu, later moved to Los Angeles
- Ann May (1898–1985) – silent film actress
- Eve McVeagh (1919–1997) – actress
- Benjamin S. Mears (1871–1952) – actor and playwright
- Blanche Mehaffey (1903–1968) – showgirl and actress
- Gertrude Michael (1911–1964) – film and television actress
- Fanny Midgley (1879–1932) – silent film actress
- Harry F. Millarde (1885–1931) – silent film actor and director
- Marjorie Monaghan (born 1964) – actress
- J. Madison Wright Morris (1984–2006) – actress and model
- Kathryn Morris (born 1969) – actress (Cold Case)
- Sydney Morton – actor
- Heidi Mueller (born 1982) – actress
- Pamela Myers (born 1947) – Broadway and television actress
- Stephen Nichols (born 1951) – actor
- Luke Null (born 1990) – comedian, cast member on Saturday Night Live
- Gary Owen (born 1974) – stand-up comedian and actor
- Jay Patterson (born 1954) – actor
- Jo Ellen Pellman (born 1995) – actress
- Richard M. Powell (1916–1996) – television and film screenwriter
- Tyrone Power (1914–1958) – actor (The Mark of Zorro, Witness for the Prosecution)
- Lee Roy Reams (born 1942) – Broadway actor and director, born in Covington, Kentucky
- Theresa Rebeck (born 1958) – television (NYPD Blue) and film screenwriter
- Theodore Reed (1887–1959) – movie director
- Hari Rhodes (1932–1992) – actor
- Sy Richardson – actor
- Diana-Maria Riva (born 1969) – actress
- Dennis Roady (born 1983) – actor and YouTube personality
- Wendy Robie (born 1953) – actress
- Roy Rogers (1911–1998) – actor and singer, iconic western film star
- Bonnie Rotten (born 1993) – porn star
- Brenda Scott (born 1943) – actress
- Tom Segura (born 1979) – comedian
- Iva Shepard (1886–1973) – silent film actress
- Gertrude Short (1902–1968) – silent film actress
- Hal Sparks (born 1969) – actor and comedian
- Shane Sparks (born 1969) – choreographer
- Steven Spielberg (born 1946) – Oscar-winning film director
- Jerry Springer (1944–2023) – mayor of Cincinnati, talk show host (born in London, of Austrian parents)
- Pat Stanley (born 1931) – actress, dancer, and singer
- Galadriel Stineman (born 1990) – actress
- Brette Taylor – actress and singer-songwriter
- Amanda Tepe (born 1977) – actress
- Jordan Trovillion (born 1986) – actress and singer
- Evelyn Venable (1913–1993) – actress
- Daniel von Bargen (1950–2015) – actor
- Patricia Wettig (born 1951) – actress and playwright
- Robert J. Wilke (1914–1989) – actor
- Katt Williams (born 1971) – stand-up comedian and actor
- Jennie Worrell – 19th-century burlesque actress
- Rudy Wurlitzer (born 1937) – screenwriter
- Amy Yasbeck (born 1962) – actress
- Wolfgang Zilzer (1901–1991) – actor
Music
- Marty Balin (1942–2018) – founder and original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane[6]
- Matt Berninger (born 1971) – lead singer of The National
- LaKiesha Berri – R&B singer
- Boom Bip (born 1974) – electronic musician
- Andy Biersack (born 1990) – rock singer (Black Veil Brides)
- Bobby Borchers (born 1952) – country music singer-songwriter
- Earl Bostic (1913–1965) – jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist
- Mia Carruthers (born 1991) – singer-songwriter
- Mel Carter (born 1939) – R&B singer
- Bootsy Collins (born 1951) – Parliament Funkadelic funk bass player[7]
- Danny Cox – folk singer/songwriter
- Gustav Dannreuther (1853–1923) – violinist and conductor
- Hal Davis (1933–1998) – songwriter and record producer for Motown Records
- Carl Dobkins, Jr. (1941–2020) – rockabilly singer
- George Duning (1908–2000) – trumpet and piano player
- Fat Jon (born 1975) – hip hop producer
- Frank Foster (1928–2011) – jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
- Stephen Foster (1826–1864) – songwriter and arranger
- Homer and Jethro – Grammy-winning country comedy duo
- H-Bomb Ferguson (1929–2006) – jump blues singer
- Henry Fillmore (1881–1956) – march music composer
- Peter Frampton (born 1950) – musician, previously lived in Cincinnati
- Jane French – singer-songwriter
- Reed Ghazala – electronic musician and instrument builder
- Larry Hall (1940–1997) – singer ("Sandy")
- Fred Hersch (born 1955) – jazz pianist
- Hi-Tek (born 1976) – rapper and producer
- Joel Hills Johnson (1802–1882) – gospel songwriter called "Zion's Songster"
- Gloria Jones (born 1945) – singer-songwriter
- Grandpa Jones (1913–1998) – entertainer, banjo player and "old time" country and gospel singer
- Kenna (born 1978) – electronic musician
- Steve Kipner – songwriter ("Let's Get Physical")
- Drew Lachey (born 1976) – winner of Dancing With The Stars
- Nick Lachey (born 1973) – lead singer of 98 Degrees
- James Levine (1943–2021) – conductor
- Scott Lindroth (born 1958) – composer
- Lonnie Mack (1941–2016) – blues artist
- Arlo McKinley – singer-songwriter
- Len Mink (1947–2023) – Christian evangelist and musician
- Sonny Moorman – blues guitarist
- Nicole C. Mullen (born 1967) – songwriter and choreographer
- Naked Cowboy (born 1970) – busker
- Curtis Peagler (1929–1992) – jazz saxophonist
- Ralph Penland (1953–2014) – jazz drummer
- Awadagin Pratt (born 1966) – concert pianist
- Tyler Ramsey (born 1973) – guitarist for Band of Horses
- Antonio "L.A." Reid (born 1956) – record executive
- Katie Reider (1978–2008) – singer-songwriter
- Sheldon Reynolds (1959–2023) – R&B guitarist
- George Russell (1923–2009) – jazz pianist and composer
- Mamie Smith (1891–1946) – blues singer
- Sudan Archives — violinist and R&B singer[8]
- Merle Travis (1917–1983) – country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Constance Cochnower Virtue – composer
- Speed Walton – hip hop musician
- David Wolfenberger (born 1969) – singer-songwriter
- Andy Williams (1927–2012) – pop singer
- Philippe Wynne (1941–1984) – lead singer for The Spinners
Groups
- 98 Degrees – boy band of the 1990s
- Afghan Whigs – rock band
- Ass Ponys – rock band
- The Bears – rock band
- Beneath the Sky – metalcore band
- Black Veil Brides – rock band
- Blessid Union of Souls – rock band
- Buffalo Killers – rock band
- The Casinos – doo-wop group
- The Deele – R&B/Soul group
- Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods – 1970s pop band
- Ellery – alt-folk band
- Five Deez – Hip Hop group
- Foxy Shazam – rock band
- The Greenhornes – rock band
- Heartless Bastards – indie rock band
- The Isley Brothers – R&B/soul group
- The Lemon Pipers – pop band from the 1960s
- The National – indie rock band
- Otis Williams and the Charms – doo-wop vocal group
- Over the Rhine – rock band
- RyanDan – dual operatic singer/gospel
- Pomegranates – indie rock band
- Pure Prairie League – pop/country band
- The Students – doo-wop group
- Walk the Moon – indie-rock band
- Wussy – indie rock band
Authors
- Karen Ackerman (born 1951) – children's author
- Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834–1907) – poet
- Thomas Berger (1924–2014) – author
- Eva Best (born 1971) – story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist
- Christopher Bollen (born 1975) – novelist
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972) – author
- Alice Cary – poet
- Phoebe Cary (1824–1871) – poet
- Stuart Archer Cohen (born 1958) – novelist
- Sharon Creech (born 1945) – novelist
- Michael Cunningham (born 1952) – novelist (The Hours)
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943) – poet and author
- Shari Goldhagen (born 1976) – novelist
- Richard Hague – poet, author and educator
- Kenneth Koch (1925–2002) – New York School poet
- Tim Lucas (born 1956) – film critic, novelist, author
- William Matthews (1942–1997) – poet
- William Holmes McGuffey (1800–1873) – educator, author of McGuffey Readers
- Karen Marie Moning (born 1964) – paranormal romance/thriller author
- David Quammen (born 1948) – science and travel writer
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips (born 1944) – author
- Mike Resnick (1942–2020) – Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer
- Helen Hooven Santmyer (1895–1986) – writer
- Stanley Schmidt (born 1944) – science fiction author and magazine editor
- Curtis Sittenfeld (born 1975) – novelist
- Henry Thew Stevenson (1870–1957) – academic and writer
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) – author and abolitionist
- Jonathan Valin (born 1947) – novelist
- Edmund White (born 1940) – author
Visual artists
- James Presley Ball (c. 1825–1904) – photographer and abolitionist
- Karl Bissinger (1914–2008) – photographer
- Robert Frederick Blum (1857–1903) – lithographer
- Jim Borgman (born 1954) – Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
- Jim Dine (born 1935) – pop artist
- Robert S. Duncanson (1821–1872) – painter and muralist
- Frank Duveneck (1848–1919) – figure and portrait painter
- Elliot Earls – graphic designer
- Alfred Oscar Elzner – architect
- Suzanne Farrell (born 1945) – ballerina
- Tim Folzenlogen (born 1952) – realist painter
- William H. Fry (1830–1929) – Aesthetic movement wood carver and gilder
- Frank J. Girardin (1856–1945) – painter
- Daniel Greene (1934–2020) – painter
- Harry Hake – architect
- Samuel Hannaford (1835–1911) – architect, designer of Cincinnati's Music Hall
- Charley Harper (1922–2007) – wildlife artist
- Robert Henri (1865–1929) – painter, leader of the Ashcan School movement
- Ida Holterhoff Holloway (1865–1950) – painter[9]
- Charles S. Kaelin (1858–1929) – American Impressionist painter
- Graham Ingels (1915–1991) – comic book and magazine illustrator
- Thomas Rogers Kimball (1862–1934) – architect
- Janis Crystal Lipzin – multi-media artist, filmmaker, photographer
- Gary Lord – faux painter and decorator
- Mary Louise McLaughlin (1847–1939) – ceramic painter and studio potter
- Lewis Henry Meakin (c. 1850–1917) – American Impressionist painter
- Henry Mosler (1841–1920) – painter
- Alfred B. Mullett (1834–1890) – architect
- Frank Harmon Myers (1899–1956) – painter
- Charles Henry Niehaus (1855–1935) – sculptor
- Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835–1907) – painter
- Elizabeth Nourse (1859–1938) – painter
- Diane Pfister (born 1954) – artist and painter
- Edward Henry Potthast (1857–1927) – American Impressionist painter
- Hiram Powers (1805–1873) – sculptor
- John Ruthven (1924–2020) – painter of wildlife
- Sara Sax (1870–1949) – ceramic painter
- Kataro Shirayamadani (1865–1948) – ceramic painter
- Sheida Soleimani – Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist
- Lilly Martin Spencer (1822–1902) – painter
- Francis Marion Stokes (1883–1975) – architect
- Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (1849–1932) – founder of the Rookwood Pottery Company
- Adolph Strauch (1822–c. 1883) – landscape architect
- John Robinson Tait (1834–1909) – landscape painter
- Tony Tasset – contemporary artist
- Mary Lee Tate (1893–1939) – African American painter, educator[10]
- Tom Tsuchiya (born 1972) – sculptor
- John Henry Twachtman (1853–1902) – impressionist landscape painter
- Leon Van Loo (1841–1907) – photographer
- Edward Charles Volkert (1871–1935) – American Impressionist painter
- Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004) – pop artist
Sports
Baseball
- Mike Adams (born 1948) – MLB outfielder
- Ethan Allen (1904–1993) – MLB player, coach at Yale University[11]
- Nick Altrock (1876–1965) – MLB pitcher[12]
- Charlie Armbruster (1880–1964) – MLB catcher[13]
- Skeeter Barnes (born 1957) – MLB utility player[14]
- Al Bashang (1888–1967) – MLB outfielder[15]
- Buddy Bell (born 1951) – MLB third baseman and manager
- Charlie Bell (1868–1937) – MLB pitcher[16]
- David Bell (born 1972) – MLB third baseman and Cincinnati Reds manager
- Frank Bell (c. 1863–1891) – MLB player
- Mike Bell (1974–?) – MLB third baseman
- Andrew Benintendi (born 1994) – MLB outfielder
- Ralph Birkofer (1908–1971) – MLB pitcher
- Red Bittmann (1862–1929) – MLB second baseman
- Ethan Blackaby (1940–2022) – MLB outfielder
- Jim Bolger (1932–2020) – MLB outfielder
- Barry Bonnell (born 1953) – MLB player
- Daryl Boston (born 1963) – MLB outfielder
- Buzz Boyle (1908–1978) – MLB outfielder
- Jack Boyle (1866–1913) – MLB player[17]
- Jimmy Boyle (1904–1958) – MLB catcher
- Andrew Brackman (born 1985) – former MLB pitcher
- Ed Brinkman (1941–2008) – MLB player
- Jim Brosnan (1929–2014) – MLB pitcher, author of The Long Season and Pennant Race
- Nelson Burbrink (1921–2001) – MLB catcher and scout
- Moe Burtschy (1922–2004) – MLB pitcher
- Jack Bushelman (1885–1955) – MLB pitcher
- Flea Clifton (1908–1997) – MLB pitcher
- Joe Crotty (1860–1926) – MLB catcher
- Bob Daughters (1914–1988) – MLB player
- Zach Day (born 1978) – MLB pitcher
- Dory Dean (1852–1935) – MLB pitcher
- Drew Denson (1965–2014) – MLB first baseman
- Red Dooin (1879–1952) – MLB player and manager
- Bill Doran (born 1958) – MLB second baseman
- Richard Dotson (born 1959) – MLB pitcher
- Dick Drott (1936–1985) – MLB pitcher
- Louis Dula (1912–1979) – Negro leagues pitcher
- Leon Durham (born 1957) – MLB player
- Joe Ellick (1854–1923) – MLB player
- Buck Ewing (1859–1906) – Hall of Fame catcher and manager
- Bill Faul (1940–2002) – MLB pitcher
- Tom Flanigan (1934–2022) – MLB pitcher
- Danny Friend (1873–1942) – MLB pitcher
- Charlie Grant (1874–1932) – Negro leagues second baseman
- Bob Gilks (1864–1944) – MLB player
- Ed Glenn (1875–1911) – MLB player
- Charlie Gould (1847–1917) – National League baseball player
- Ken Griffey Jr. (born 1969) – MLB outfielder, Baseball Hall of Famer (born in Donora, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Cincinnati)
- Tommy Griffith (1889–1967) – MLB outfielder
- Heinie Groh (1889–1968) – MLB third baseman
- Josh Harrison (born 1987) – MLB third baseman
- Dan Hayden (born 1984) – Miami University (OH) baseball coach
- August Herrmann (1859–1931) – Cincinnati Reds president, 1903–1920
- Johnny Hodapp (1905–1980) – MLB infielder
- Ed Hug (1880–1953) – MLB catcher
- Miller Huggins (1878–1929) – MLB player; Hall of Fame manager for the New York Yankees
- Roy Hughes (1911–1995) – MLB infielder
- Tom Hume (born 1953) – MLB pitcher and coach
- Adam Hyzdu (born 1971) – MLB and Japanese baseball outfielder
- Larry Jacobus (1894–1965) – MLB pitcher
- Betsy Jochum (born 1921) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Lance Johnson (born 1963) – MLB player
- David Justice (born 1966) – MLB player
- Al Kaiser (1886–1969) – MLB outfielder
- Dorothy Kamenshek (1925–2010) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Scott Klingenbeck (born 1971) – MLB pitcher
- Eddie Kolb (1880–1949) – MLB pitcher, businessman
- Al Lakeman (1918–1976) – MLB player
- Margie Lang (1924–2007) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Barry Larkin (born 1964) – MLB shortstop, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Stephen Larkin (born 1973) – MLB first baseman
- Steve Larkin (1910–1969) – MLB pitcher
- Charlie Leesman (born 1987) – MLB pitcher
- Dick LeMay (1938–2018) – MLB pitcher
- Jensen Lewis (born 1984) – MLB pitcher
- Jim Leyritz (born 1963) – MLB catcher
- Bill Long (born 1960) – MLB pitcher[18]
- Garry Maddox (born 1949) – MLB outfielder
- Lee Magee (1889–1966) – MLB player and manager
- Art Mahaffey (born 1938) – MLB pitcher
- Lefty Marr (1862–1912) – MLB third baseman
- Len Matuszek (born 1954) – MLB first baseman
- Wally Mayer (1890–1951) – MLB catcher
- Roger McDowell (born 1960) – MLB pitcher and coach
- Bobby Mitchell (1856–1933) – MLB pitcher
- Ralph Miller (1873–1973) – MLB pitcher
- Ron Moeller (1938–2009) – MLB pitcher
- Bobby Moore (born 1965) – MLB player who is currently a coach for the Atlanta Braves organization
- Red Munson (1883–1957) – MLB catcher
- Charles Murphy (1868–1931) – sportswriter, owner of the Chicago Cubs
- Tim Naehring (born 1967) – MLB player
- Russ Nagelson (born 1944) – MLB player
- Chris Nichting (born 1966) – MLB pitcher
- Bob Nieman (1927–1985) – MLB player
- Russ Nixon (1935–2016) – MLB player and manager (born in Cleves, a suburb of Cincinnati)
- Joe Nuxhall (1928–2007) – pitcher, later long-time color commentator for Cincinnati Reds games (from Hamilton, Ohio)
- Brian O'Connor (born 1977) — MLB pitcher
- Ron Oester (born 1956) – MLB player
- Jayhawk Owens (born 1969) – MLB player
- Dave Parker (born 1951) – MLB player, born in Mississippi, grew up in Cincinnati
- George Paynter (1871–1950) – MLB outfielder
- George Pechiney (1861–1943) – MLB pitcher
- Dave Pember (born 1978) – MLB pitcher
- Shannon Penn (born 1969) – MLB designated hitter
- Eduardo Pérez (born 1969) – MLB player; son of Tony Pérez
- Jack Pfiester (1878–1953) – MLB pitcher
- Cy Pfirman (1889–1937) – MLB umpire
- Icicle Reeder (c. 1858–1913) – MLB outfielder
- Tuffy Rhodes (born 1968) – MLB and Japanese player
- Billy Riley (c. 1855–1887) – MLB player outfielder
- Pete Rose (born 1941) – All-Star MLB player, holds record for most hits in a career
- Pete Rose Jr. (born 1969) – minor league baseball player
- Jeff Russell (born 1961) – MLB pitcher
- Scott Sauerbeck (born 1971) – MLB pitcher
- Admiral Schlei (1878–1958) – MLB catcher
- Jimmy Shevlin (1909–1974) – MLB first baseman
- John Shoupe (1851–1920) – 19th-century shortstop
- Joe Smith (born 1984) – MLB player
- Rudy Sommers (1886–1949) – MLB pitcher
- Ed Sperber (1895–1976) – MLB outfielder
- Jake Stenzel (1867–1919) – MLB outfielder
- Shannon Stewart (born 1974) – MLB player
- Eric Surkamp (born 1987) – MLB pitcher
- Brent Suter (born 1989) – MLB pitcher
- Pat Tabler (born 1958) – MLB player and baseball analyst
- Kent Tekulve (born 1947) – MLB pitcher
- Bill Wegman (born 1962) – MLB pitcher
- Marie Wegman (1925–2004) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Alex Wimmers (born 1988) – MLB pitcher
- Jimmy Wynn (1942–2020) – MLB outfielder
- George Yeager (1874–1940) – MLB catcher
- Kevin Youkilis (born 1979) – All-Star MLB first and third baseman
- Don Zimmer (1931–2014) – MLB player and manager
Basketball
- Luke Babbitt (born 1989) – NBA player
- Dennis Bell (born 1951) – NBA player
- Tom Boerwinkle (1945–2013) – NBA player
- Ric Bucher (born 1961) – ESPN NBA analyst
- Rick Calloway (born 1966) – NBA player
- Jeremy Chappell (born 1987) – Robert Morris and European league player
- Kwan Cheatham (born 1995) – basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Semaj Christon (born 1992) – Xavier University and NBA Development League player
- Mick Cronin (born 1971) – UCLA and University of Cincinnati basketball coach
- Ralph Crosthwaite (1935–1999) – Western Kentucky University and NBA player
- Erik Daniels (born 1982) – University of Kentucky and NBA player
- Dee Davis (born 1984) – WNBA player
- Derrek Dickey (1951–2002) – NBA player and analyst
- Justin Doellman (born 1985) – Xavier University and Spanish League player
- Josh Duncan (born 1986) – Xavier University and European league player
- Jacob Eisner (born 1947) – Israeli basketball player
- Robin Freeman (1934–2014) – 1955 and 1956 All-American at Ohio State
- Yancy Gates (born 1989) – player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League
- Matt Harpring (born 1976) – NBA player
- Tyrone Hill (born 1968) – Xavier University and NBA player
- Robert Hite (born 1984) – NBA player
- Rick Hughes (born 1973) – NBA player
- Brandon Hunter (1980–2023) – NBA player
- Kannard Johnson (born 1965) – NBA player
- Pat Kelsey (born 1975) – College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball head coach
- Shane Larkin (born 1992) – plays in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi for Anadolu Efes S.K., son of Barry Larkin
- Brad Loesing (born 1989) – Wofford and European league player
- Mike Mathis – NBA referee
- Kelsey Mitchell (born 1995) – 2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Year for Ohio State
- Louis Orr (1958–2022) – NBA player and college coach
- Dave Robisch (born 1949) – NBA and ABA player
- Kelly Schumacher (born 1977) – WNBA basketball player
- Jordan Sibert (born 1992) – NBA player
- Mel Thomas (born 1985) – UConn player
- LaSalle Thompson (born 1961) – NBA player
- Bob Wiesenhahn (born 1938) – NBA player
- Devin Williams (born 1994) – West Virginia and NBA G League player
Boxing
- Tim Austin (born 1971) – 1992 Olympic bronze medalist and bantamweight boxing champion
- Adrien Broner (born 1989) – light welterweight boxer
- Ezzard Charles (1921–1975) – heavyweight champion boxer
- Larry Donald (born 1967) – Olympic and professional heavyweight boxer
- George Foster – featherweight boxer
- Billy Joiner (born 1938) – heavyweight boxer and trainer
- Freddie Miller (1911–1962) – featherweight boxer
- Aaron Pryor (1955–2016) – world light welterweight champion boxer
- Brad Rone (1968–2003) – journeyman boxer who died in the ring
- Ronald Siler (born 1980) – 2004 Olympic flyweight boxer
- Wallace Smith (1924–1973) – lightweight boxer
- Reggie Strickland (born 1968) – has the most known losses of any boxer in history
- Tony Tubbs (born 1958) – heavyweight boxer
- Rau'shee Warren (born 1987) – bantamweight boxer
- Ricardo Williams (born 1981) – 2000 Olympic light welterweight silver medalist boxer
- Harry Woodson (c. 1852–1887) – 19th-century boxer
Football
- Alex Albright (born 1988) – NFL linebacker[19]
- Kevin Allen (born 1963) – NFL offensive tackle
- Darren Anderson (born 1969) – NFL cornerback[20]
- Mel Anthony (born 1943) – Michigan and CFL fullback; 1965 Rose Bowl MVP
- Steve Apke (born 1965) – replacement player during 1987 NFL players' strike
- B.J. Askew (born 1980) – NFL fullback
- Alex Bannister (born 1979) – NFL wide receiver
- Darren Barnett (1984–2021) – NFL cornerback
- Ron Beagle (1934–2015) – College Football Hall of Fame end for Navy
- Bruce Beekley (born 1956) – NFL linebacker
- Ed Biles (1931–2020) – NFL Houston Oilers head coach, 1981–1983
- Rocky Boiman (born 1980) – Notre Dame and NFL linebacker, radio host
- Vaughn Booker (born 1968) – NFL defensive end
- Jim Boyle (born 1961) – NFL offensive tackle
- Colin Branch (born 1980) – NFL safety
- Tyrone Brown (born 1973) – NFL and CFL wide receiver
- Al Brosky (1928–2010) – College Football Hall of Fame cornerback
- Dante Brown (born 1980) – NFL running back
- Ricky Brown (born 1983) – NFL linebacker for Boston College and the Oakland Raiders
- Trevor Canfield (born 1986) – NFL offensive lineman
- Tank Carradine (born 1990) – Florida State and NFL defensive tackle
- Brent Celek (born 1985) – NFL tight end
- Garrett Celek (born 1988) – NFL tight end
- Frank Clair (1917–2005) – Canadian Football League coach
- Vinnie Clark (born 1969) – NFL cornerback
- Robert Cobb (1957–1995) – NFL defensive end
- John Conner (born 1987) – University of Kentucky and New York Jets fullback
- Bob Crable (born 1959) – NFL player, businessman
- Shane Curry (1968–1992) – NFL defensive end; murdered in 1992
- Dane Dastillung (1897–1982) – American football player
- Jerome Davis (born 1962) – NFL nose tackle
- Wayne Davis (1963–2008) – NFL cornerback
- Jerry Doerger (born 1960) – NFL center
- Nate Ebner (born 1988) – Ohio State and NFL New England Patriots safety and 2016 rugby sevens Olympian
- Dixon Edwards (born 1968) – NFL linebacker
- Marc Edwards (born 1974) – NFL fullback
- Ray Edwards (born 1985) – NFL defensive end
- Mark Elder (born 1977) – Eastern Kentucky college football head coach
- Mark Fischer (born 1974) – Purdue and Washington Redskins offensive lineman
- Dave Foley (born 1947) – Ohio State and NFL offensive tackle
- Greg Frey (born 1968) – Ohio State quarterback
- Bob Fry (1930–2019) – NFL offensive lineman
- Dave Frye (born 1961) – NFL linebacker
- Bob Goodridge (born 1946) – NFL wide receiver
- Dick Gordon (born 1944) – Pro Bowl wide receiver
- Carlton Gray (born 1971) – NFL cornerback
- Gino Guidugli (born 1983) – University of Cincinnati quarterback
- Darryl Hardy (born 1968) – NFL linebacker
- Maurice Harvey (born 1956) – NFL safety
- Clint Haslerig (born 1952) – Michigan and NFL wide receiver
- Don Hasselbeck (born 1955) – NFL tight end
- Joel Heath (born 1993) – NFL defensive tackle
- Rodney Heath (born 1974) – NFL cornerback
- Mark Herrmann (born 1959) – NFL quarterback
- Jordan Hicks (born 1992) – NFL linebacker
- Alex Higdon (born 1966) – Ohio State and NFL tight end
- Darius Hillary (born 1993) – Wisconsin and NFL cornerback
- Robert Hoernschemeyer (1925–1980) – NFL running back
- Jack Hoffman (1930–2001) – NFL player
- Sam Hubbard (born 1995) – defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Cincinnati Bengals
- Kevin Huber (born 1985) – NFL punter
- Russ Huesman (born 1960) – college football coach
- Tony Hunter (1960–2024) – Notre Dame and NFL tight end
- Tom Jackson (born 1951) – NFL player and ESPN analyst (lives in Cincinnati)
- Dan James (1937–1987) – NFL and Ohio State offensive lineman
- Melvin Johnson (born 1972) – NFL safety
- Paris Johnson Jr. (born 2001) – Ohio State offensive lineman[21]
- Greg Jones (born 1988) – NFL linebacker
- Michael Jordan (born 1998) – NFL offensive lineman
- Steve Junker (1935–2023) – NFL tight end
- Mark Kamphaus – Boston College quarterback
- Eric Kattus (born 1963) – NFL tight end
- Terry Killens (born 1974) – NFL linebacker
- Austin King (born 1981) – NFL center
- Eric Joel Kresser (born 1973) – NFL quarterback
- Luke Kuechly (born 1991) – NFL linebacker; 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year[22]
- David Long Jr. (born 1996) – NFL linebacker
- Dante Love (born 1986) – Ball State wide receiver
- Greg Mancz (born 1992) – NFL center
- Michael Matthews (born 1983) – NFL tight end
- Napoleon McCallum (born 1963) – College Football Hall of Fame running back for Navy
- Jake McQuaide (born 1987) – Los Angeles Rams Pro Bowl Long snapper
- Brandon Miree (born 1981) – NFL fullback
- Michael Muñoz (born 1981) – Tennessee offensive tackle
- Justin Murray (born 1993) – NFL offensive tackle
- Leon Murray (born 1977) – Tennessee State quarterback
- Rico Murray (born 1988) – NFL cornerback
- Al Nelson (born 1943) – former NFL cornerback
- Steve Niehaus (born 1954) – first draft choice of NFL Seattle Seahawks; defensive tackle
- Ray Nolting (1913–1995) – NFL running back, University of Cincinnati football coach
- Andrew Norwell (born 1991) – NFL offensive lineman, 2017 All-Pro
- David Nugent (born 1977) – NFL defensive lineman
- Tom O'Brien (born 1948) – North Carolina State Wolfpack football head coach
- Antwan Peek (born 1979) – NFL linebacker
- Ahmed Plummer (born 1976) – NFL cornerback (from Wyoming, suburb of Cincinnati)
- P. J. Pope (born 1984) – NFL running back
- DeVier Posey (born 1990) – NFL wide receiver
- George Ratterman (1926–2007) – football player
- Reggie Redding (1968–2023) – NFL offensive lineman
- Ike Reese (born 1973) – NFL linebacker and radio host
- Jack Reynolds (born 1947) – NFL linebacker
- J. Burton Rix (1882–1964) – SMU and Miami (FL) head football coach
- Kurt Rocco (born 1987) – Arena Football League quarterback
- Kyle Rudolph (born 1989) – Minnesota Vikings tight end
- Marcus Rush (born 1991) – NFL linebacker
- Abdul Salaam (born 1953) – NFL defensive tackle
- Greg Scruggs (born 1990) – NFL linebacker
- Mike Sensibaugh (1949–2021) – NFL safety
- Tyler Sheehan (born 1987) – NFL and indoor football quarterback
- Ed Shuttlesworth (born 1952) – Michigan and CFL fullback
- Chris Smith (born 1963) – NFL running back
- Sean Smith (born 1967) – NFL defensive end
- Kirk Springs (born 1958) NFL safety
- Ryan Stanchek (born 1986) – NFL offensive lineman
- Ralph Staub (1928–2022) – Cincinnati Bearcats football player and coach
- Roger Staubach (born 1942) – Heisman Trophy-winning Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback
- Milt Stegall (born 1970) – NFL and CFL wide receiver, Canadian Football Hall of Famer
- Greg Stemrick (1951–2016) – NFL cornerback
- Ken Stone (born 1950) – NFL safety
- Zach Strief (born 1983) – NFL offensive lineman
- Dana Stubblefield (born 1970) – NFL defensive tackle
- Steve Sylvester (born 1953) – NFL offensive lineman
- Matthew Teague (born 1958) – NFL and CFL linebacker
- Matt Tennant (born 1987) – NFL offensive lineman
- Steve Tensi (1942–2024) – NFL quarterback
- Brian Townsend (born 1968) – NFL linebacker
- DeJuan Tribble (born 1985) – NFL cornerback
- Tom Waddle (born 1967) – NFL wide receiver and football analyst
- Eric Wood (born 1986) – NFL center
- Spencer Ware (born 1991) – NFL running back
- Adolphus Washington (born 1994) – Ohio State and NFL defensive tackle
- John Wiethe (1912–1989) – All-Pro NFL guard/linebacker and Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coach, 1946–1952
- Russell Wilson (born 1988) – NFL quarterback and Super Bowl XLVIII Champion
- DeShawn Wynn (born 1983) – NFL running back
Golf
- Steve Flesch (1967–) – professional golfer
- Jim Herman (1977–) – professional golfer[23]
- Bob Lohr (1960–) – professional golfer
- Tom Nieporte (1928–2014) – professional golfer
- Marissa Steen (1989–) – professional golfer
- Brett Wetterich (1973–) – professional golfer
Tennis
- Winona Closterman (1877–1944) – tennis player
- Ruth Sanders Cordes (1890–1968) – tennis player
- Steve DeVries (1964–) – tennis player
- Nat Emerson (1874–1958) – tennis player
- Nicole Gibbs (1993–) – tennis player
- Reuben A. Holden III (1890–1967) – tennis player
- Emmy Kaiser (1990–) – wheelchair tennis player
- Louis Kuhler (1902–1925) – tennis player
- Paul Kunkel (1903–1977) – amateur tennis player
- Barry MacKay (1935–2012) – tennis player and broadcaster
- Caty McNally (2001–) – tennis player
- Monica Nolan (1913–1995) – tennis player
- Eric Quigley (1989–) – tennis player
- Peyton Stearns (2001–) – tennis player
- Dudley Sutphin (1875–1926) – tennis player, lawyer
- Bill Talbert (1918–1999) – tennis player and administrator
- Tony Trabert (1930–2021) – tennis player and instructor
- Clara Louise Zinke (1909–1978) – tennis player
- J.J. Wolf (1998–) – tennis player
Other
- Rachael Adams (1990–) – 2016 Olympic women's volleyball bronze medalist[24]
- Eddie Arcaro (1916–1997) – Triple Crown-winning jockey
- Amanda Borden (1977–) – 1996 gold-medal winning gymnast
- Danielle Borgman (1980–) – professional soccer player
- Jordan Brauninger (1987—) – figure skater
- Aimee Bruder (1974–) – bronze medal-winning Paralympics swimmer
- Caleb Bragg (1885–1943) – racecar driver and automobile inventor
- Marc Burch (1984–) – Major League Soccer defender
- Amber Campbell (1981–) – 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games hammer thrower
- Nina Castagna (2000–) – rowing coxswain
- Steve Cauthen (1960–) – Triple Crown-winning jockey (from Covington, Kentucky)
- Rodney Combs (1950–) – NASCAR driver
- Katherine Copely (1988–) – Lithuanian ice dancer
- Angelo Dawkins (1990–) – WWE tag team wrestler with Street Profits
- Deena Deardurff (1957–) – 1972 Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Rich Franklin (1974–) – Ultimate Fighting Championship champion
- Carson Foster (2001–) – 2024 Olympic swimming silver medalist
- Curt Fraser (1958–) – National Hockey League (NHL) player and coach
- Christina Gao (1994–) – figure skater
- Mike Goldberg (1964–) – Ultimate Fighting Championship play-by-play commentator
- Jonathan Good (1985–) – AEW professional wrestler known as Jon Moxley; formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE
- Nick Hagglund (1992–) – FC Cincinnati soccer player
- Maxwell Holt (1987–) – 2016 and 2024 Olympic men's volleyball bronze medalist
- Harlan Holden (1888–1962) – track and field athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Ted Horn (1910–1948) – race car driver
- DeHart Hubbard (1903–1976) – first African-American to win an individual Olympic gold medal
- Joseph Hudepohl (1973–) – Olympic swimmer
- Tori Huster (1989–) – soccer player
- Julie Isphording (1961–) – long-distance runner
- Rebecca Jasontek (1975–) – 2004 bronze medal-winning synchronized swimmer
- Jenny Kemp (1955–) – 1972 Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Dan Ketchum (1981–) – Olympic swimmer
- Aubrey Kingsbury (1991–) – professional soccer player of Washington Spirit and the United States national team
- Walter Laufer (1906–1984) – 1928 gold medal-winning swimmer
- Rose Lavelle (1995–) – 2019 World Cup champion, 2024 Olympic gold medallist, and NWSL player for NJ/NY Gotham FC
- Linda Miles (1978–) – professional wrestler (WWE's "Shaniqua")
- Betsy Mitchell (1966–) – 1984 Olympic swimming gold medalist
- Heather Mitts (1978–) – soccer player
- Darrell Pace (1956–) – 1976 and 1984 Olympic gold-medal winning archer
- David Payne (1982–) – hurdler
- Erin Phenix (1981–) – gold-medal winning swimmer at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Brian Pillman (1962–1997) – NFL nose tackle and professional wrestler
- Brian Pillman Jr. (1993–) – professional wrestler, son of Brian Pillman
- Lexie Priessman (1997–) – gymnast
- Kerry Schall (1971–) – UFC fighter
- Vivian St. John (1950–2013) – professional wrestler
- Josh Schneider (1988–) – former World Record holder, swimming
- Robert Shmalo (1977–) – ice dancer
- Bridget Sloan (1992–) – Olympic gymnast and 2009 world all-around champion
- Kyle Smith (born 1992) – soccer player
- Brandon Sosna – sports administrator and executive
- Sam Stoller (1915–1985) – sprinter and long jumper
- Les Thatcher (1940–) – professional wrestler, announcer, and trainer
- Nick Thoman (1986–) – 2012 swimming gold medalist
- Mary Lee Tracy – gymnastics coach
- Albertson Van Zo Post (1866–1938) – 1904 double gold medal-winning fencer
- Bryan Volpenhein (1976–) – 2004 gold medal-winning rower
- Olga Strashun Weil (1903–1963) – amateur golfer and tennis player
- Mary Wineberg (1980–) – 2008 Olympic gold medalist, track and field
- Russ Witherby (1962–) – Olympic ice dancing competitor
- Brian Woermann (1979–) – professional wrestler ("Matt Stryker")
- Jimmy Yang (1981–) – professional wrestler
- Jeanne Zelasko (1966–) – sports broadcaster
Military
- Christian Albert (1842–1922) – Medal of Honor recipient at Siege of Vicksburg
- Nicholas Longworth Anderson (1838–1892) – American Civil War colonel
- George J. Austin (c. 1881–1930), Black military officer; worked for Black representation in the U.S. military during segregation[25]
- Edward William Boers (1884–1929) – Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Francis Bryan (1865–1944) – United States Navy Rear Admiral and 17th governor of American Samoa
- James Calhoun (1845–1876) – cavalryman killed at Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Henry M. Cist (1839–1902) – American Civil War general
- Charles Clark (1811–1877) – Confederate Army general, plantation owner, Confederate Governor of Mississippi
- Cordelia E Cook (1919–1996) – first woman to receive both the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart
- John Cook (1847–1915) – Medal of Honor recipient at Battle of Antietam
- Hubert Dilger (1836–1911) – Civil War artillery officer
- William Dwight (1831–1888) – Union Civil War general
- Wilson V. Eagleson II (1920–2006) – U.S. Army Air Force officer and decorated combat fighter pilot with the prodigious Tuskegee Airmen[26][27]
- James E. Earheart, Jr. – Marine killed in action during World War II
- William S. Fellers (1895–1973) – Marine Corps major general, Director of Staff of Inter-American Defense Board
- Manning Force (1824–1899) – American Civil War general and Medal of Honor recipient
- John R. Fox (1915–1944) – World War II-era Medal of Honor recipient
- Kenner Garrard (1827–1879) – American Civil War general
- James Augustin Greer (1833–1904) – Civil War-era Admiral
- Webb Hayes (1856–1934) – Medal of Honor recipient, co-founder of Union Carbide
- Victor Heintz (1876–1968) – decorated World War I veteran; Republican Congressman, 1917–1919
- Andrew Hickenlooper (1937–1904) – American Civil War general
- Heinrich Hoffman (1836–1894) – American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Francis Lupo (1895–1918) – World War I soldier whose remains were discovered in 2003
- William Haines Lytle (1826–1863) – poet; Civil War general; killed at Battle of Chickamauga (1863)
- James Hirshfield (1902–1993) – United States Coast Guard Vice Admiral, Navy Cross recipient
- Keith Matthew Maupin – soldier, missing and captured in Iraq for nearly four years
- Nathaniel McLean (1815–1905) – Union Civil War general
- John Moore (1826–1907) – Surgeon General of the Army
- Abram S. Piatt (1821–1908) – Union Civil War general
- James Pine (1885–1953) – United States Coast Guard Vice Admiral
- John P. Slough (1829–1867) – Union Civil War general
- George E. Stratemeyer (1890–1969) – Air Force general
- Melancthon S. Wade (1802–1868) – Union Civil War general
- Godfrey Weitzel (1835–1884) – Union Civil War general
Other notable people
- Clara Adams – aviation pioneer[28]
- Pierre Adrian (1884–1971) – chef at The Maisonette[29][30][31]
- Joseph H. Albers (1891–1965) – first bishop of Lansing, Michigan[32]
- Anthony Allaire (1829–1903) – New York City Police inspector
- Michael Anthony – chef
- Levi Addison Ault (1851–1930) – businessman, naturalist, donor of Cincinnati's Ault Park
- John Bardo (1948–2019) – 13th President of Wichita State University, 10th Chancellor of Western Carolina University
- Samri Baldwin (1848–1924) – stage magician
- Daniel Carter Beard (1850–1941) – founder Sons of Daniel Boone
- Betty Blake (1931–1982) – historic preservationist
- Kim Bobo – labor activist
- Thomas D. Boyatt (born 1933) – former United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Colombia
- Kitty Burke – nightclub entertainer who attempted to bat in a baseball game
- Mary Towne Burt (1842–1898) – temperance reformer, newspaper publisher, and benefactor
- Oba Chandler (1946–2011) – rapist and murderer on death row in Florida
- Peter H. Clark (1829–1925) – abolitionist and educator
- Levi Coffin (1798–1877) – abolitionist
- Lorenzo Collins – mentally ill man shot by Cincinnati police in 1997
- Robert Daniel Conlon (born 1948) – Roman Catholic Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
- Sara Jane Crafts (1845–1930), educator, author, social reformer
- Moses Dickson (1824–1901) – African-American abolitionist, soldier and minister
- Jonathan Edwards (1817–1891) – first president of Washington & Jefferson College
- William Henry Elder (1819–1904) – long-serving Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati
- Audrey Emery (1904–1971) – heiress and socialite
- Mary Emery (1844–1927) – philanthropist
- T. Higbee Embry (1897–1946) – aviation enthusiast and co-founder of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Dana Fabe (born 1951) – Chief Justice Alaska Supreme Court
- Bernard T. Espelage (1892–1971) – first Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico
- Mary Jane Farell (1920–2015) – Contract bridge player
- Susan Fessenden (1840–1932) – activist, social reformer
- Thomas Milton Gatch (1833–1913) – president of Willamette University, Oregon State University and University of Washington
- Nelson Glueck (1900–1971) – rabbi and archaeologist
- Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – President of Hebrew Union College and leader in Reform Judaism[33]
- Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann (1890–1972) – first Bishop of Evansville
- Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934) – wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
- Don Helbig – Guinness World Record holder for roller coaster riding
- John R. Hicks (1956–2005) – murderer executed by the State of Ohio
- Helena Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore (1878–1971) – heiress and socialite
- Charles L. Kuhn (1901–1975) – art historian
- Alice Stone Ilchman (1935–2006) – eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College
- Joseph Jonas – first Jew to settle in Cincinnati, founder of the Old Jewish Cemetery
- Stewart Judah (1893–1966) – card magician
- Posteal Laskey (1937–2007) – serial killer nicknamed the "Cincinnati Strangler"
- William Mackey Lomasney (c. 1841–1884) – Irish revolutionary
- Longworth family – early leading Cincinnati family
- Lytle family – early leading Cincinnati family
- Mike Mangold (1955–2015) – pilot
- Helen Taft Manning (1891–1987) – daughter of William Howard Taft, historian
- Charles Manson (1934–2017) – cult leader, convicted murderer
- Carl K. Moeddel (1937–2009) – auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 1993–2007
- Julian Morgenstern (1881–1976) – rabbi, professor, and president of Hebrew Union College
- Sara Murphy (1883–1975) – socialite, Pablo Picasso portrait subject
- Anthony John King Mussio (1902–1978) – first Roman Catholic bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
- David Leroy Nickens – freed slave, first African American licensed minister in Ohio
- Jack Norris – dietitian and vegan activist
- Olive Peterson (1898–1965) – contract bridge player and teacher
- David Philipson (1862–1949) – Reform rabbi
- John Baptist Purcell (1800–1883) – long-serving Roman Catholic Bishop of Cincinnati
- George Remus (1878–1952) – bootlegger
- Robert Ruwe (1941–2022) – United States Tax Court judge
- William Knox Schroeder (1950–70) – student killed in the Kent State shootings
- William Smith (1957–2005) – murderer executed in 2005
- Hermann, Freiherr von Soden (1852–1917) – biblical scholar
- Joseph Strauss (1870–1938) – chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Jule Sugarman (1927–2010) – creator of Head Start
- Denise Trauth (born 1947) – 9th President of Texas State University
- Myra L. Uhlfelder (1923–2011) – classicist
- Otto Warmbier (1994–2017) – University of Virginia student arrested in North Korea; later died in custody in 2017
- Irvin F. Westheimer (1879–1980) – founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
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