Notable Natives
The following individuals were born in, raised in, lived in, or currently live in Wooster, Ohio.
- Josh Krajcik (born 1981), Musician, Finalist on The X Factor
- Jon Belmont (born 1952), Radio Newscaster, ABC New York, and Associated Press Washington D.C.
- US Representative George Bliss (1813–1868), Attorney, Judge, Politician.
- Vince Cellini (born 1959), Broadcaster, Sports Journalist.
- Dean Chance (born 1941), Major League Baseball Player, 1964 Cy Young award winner.
- Dr. William Estabrook Chancellor (1867–1963), Author, Professor of History.
- Martha Chase (1927–2003), Biologist, Geneticist, Professor.
- Ginger Clark (1879–1943), Major League Baseball Player.
- Arthur Compton (1892–1962), Physicist, Nobel Laureate.
- Karl Compton (1887–1954), Physicist.
- Hal Dean (1922–2011), Professional Football Player.
- John Dean (born 1938), Attorney, Politician, Banker. White House Counsel to Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
- Edward Fenwick (1768–1832), Priest, College Founder, Missionary.
- Charles Follis (1879–1910), First African-American to play professional football.
- Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980), Cryptographer, Student of Languages and Literature.
- Hollis Frampton (1936–1984), Avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, writer/theoretician, and pioneer of digital art.
- William H. Gass (born 1924), Author, Educator.
- Stanley Gault (born 1926), CEO and Board Chairman, Rubbermaid, Inc.; CEO and Board Chairman, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
- Richard Gibbs, Musician.
- Guy Hecker (1856–1938), Major League Baseball Player.
- Duncan Jones, Movie Director, Son of Hall of Fame Rock Musician David Bowie.
- Jack Lengyel, Software Executive, Football Coach.
- Roscoe C. McCulloch (1880–1958), Attorney, Policitian.
- John McSweeney (1890–1969), U.S. Representative (1923–1929), Attorney.
- George Morgan (1924–1975), Country Music Performer.
- Bill Musselman (1940–2000), was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.
- Roger Peckinpaugh (1891–1977), Major League Baseball Player.
- Jack Perkins (born 1933), Journalist.
- Bob Peterson (born 1961), Animator for Pixar.
- Joseph Banks Rhine (1895–1980), Psychologist, Professor of Parapsychology.
- John Sloane (1779–1856), Ohio Secretary of State (1841–1844), U.S. House of Representatives (1819–1829), Treasurer of The United States (1850–1853).
- Dr. James Stuart, Founder of Ohio Light Opera, Musician, Singer, Professor of Music.
- Lynn St. John (1876–1950), Athlete, Basketball Coach.
- Tyrell Sutton (born 1986), Football Athlete.
- Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and Mantis James Van Sweringen (1879–1936 and 1881–1934, respectively), Businessmen, Railroad Tycoons.
- Hal Varian (born 1947), Economist specializing in microeconomics and information economics; Chief Economist at Google.
- John T. Walton (1946–2005), Businessman, Soldier, Philanthropist. Son of Wal-Mart founder, Sam Walton.
- Kaiser Wilhelm (1874–1936), Major League Baseball Player.
- John Howard Yoder (1927–1997), Christian (Mennonite) Theologian, Author, Pacifist.
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“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“As I walked on the railroad causeway, I used to wonder at the halo of light around my shadow, and would fain fancy myself one of the elect. One who visited me declared that the shadows of some Irishmen before him had no halo about them, that it was only natives that were so distinguished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)