Notable People
- Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta in Auglaize County. The Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum is named to honor his achievements.
- Figure Skater Alissa Czisny is from Bowling Green in Wood County. She won a bronze medal at the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships in Spokane.
- Actor Jamie Farr, best known as Corporal Maxwell Klinger from the TV series M*A*S*H, is from Toledo.
- Former president Gerald Ford's wife Betty Ford lived in Toledo for a short period of time in the 1940s with her ex-husband before marrying Gerald Ford.
- Stephen Hadley, National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, was born in Toledo and lived in Ottawa Hills, Ohio, until his family moved to the Cleveland area.
- Olympic Figure Skater Scott Hamilton is from Bowling Green in Wood County. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, lived in Fremont, Ohio.
- Actress Katie Holmes is from Sylvania Township in Lucas County.
- 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner, 3 time Indy Car champion, and current NASCAR driver Sam Hornish Jr. was born in Bryan, grew up in Defiance, and now lives in Napoleon.
- Children's television show host Frances Horwich, also known as "Miss Frances", was born in Ottawa, Putnam County.
- American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair graduated from Rossford High School.
- Kenneth Richey, an 18-year death row inmate who was born in the Netherlands and convicted of murder in Putnam County.
- Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback and Super Bowl champion Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay in Hancock County.
- Teresa Brewer, a popular jazz and traditional pop music singer, was a native of Toledo.
- Guitarist Tom Scholz of the rock band Boston is from Ottawa Hills.
- Noted feminist Gloria Steinem is from Toledo. Her grandmother, Pauline Steinem, was the first woman (and thus, the first Jewish woman) elected to the Toledo Board of Education.
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