People from Ohio People from Ohio John D. Herbert is an American lawyer who served two terms as Ohio State Treasurer from 1963 to 1971. ...more on Wikipedia about "John D. Herbert"
John DeMain is an American conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "John DeMain"
John Evans ( 9 March, 1814– 3 July, 1897) was a US politician, physician, railroad promoter, and namesake of Evanston, Illinois and Mount Evans in Colorado. He is most noted for being one of the founders of both Northwestern University and the University of Denver. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Evans (governor)"
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio) is a former American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot, and politician. He was the third American to fly in space and the first American to orbit the earth. Later he served as a United States Senator from Ohio (1974 – 1999). ...more on Wikipedia about "John Glenn"
John J. Havlicek (born April 8, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player, thought to be one of the best NBA players in history, especially in defense. He was inducted as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984. He played for the Boston Celtics his entire pro career and won eight NBA titles with them. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Havlicek"
John Henry Patterson ( December_13, 1844- May_14, 1922) was an industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company. He was a business innovator, sales genius, social progressive, patriot, and benevolent tyrant. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)"
John Curtis Estes ( August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988) better known as John Holmes, John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character in a series of related films), was one of the most famous male porn stars of all-time, appearing in about 2,500 adult movies in the 1970s and 1980s, including one gay film and a handful of gay loops. He is best known for his large penis, his involvement in the brutal Wonderland Murders in 1981, and his death from AIDS. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Holmes (actor)"
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John Howard ( April 14 1913 - February 19 1995) was an American actor, best known for his role in Lost Horizon. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Howard (American actor)"
John Joyce "Jack" Gilligan (born March 22, 1921) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio who served as its 62nd governor. ...more on Wikipedia about "John J. Gilligan"
John K. Richards ( March 15, 1856 - March 1, 1909), jurist, son of Samuel and Sarah (Kelvey) Richards, was born in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Having received his early education in the schools of his native town, John Richards graduated from Swarthmore College with the degree of A.B. in 1875, and two years later received the same degree from Harvard University. Returning to Ironton, he began the study of law in the office of Judge W.W. Johnson, later chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar and in 1880 was elected prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County, serving until 1882. From 1885 to 1889 he was city solicitor of Ironton. In the latter year he was elected a member of the Ohio Senate, where on account of his recognized legal ability he was appointed chairman of the jidiciary committee. At the close of his two-year term he was elected attorney general of Ohio and reelected for 1894- 1896, his term of office being concurrent with those of William McKinley as governor. In 1895 McKinley appointed him member of a commission to codify the insurance laws of the state, and in 1896 he was counsel for a committee authorized by the General Assembly to revise the tax laws of Ohio. In the same year he was general counsel for the state board of medical registration and examiners and also counsel for the board of appraisers and assessors. In 1897 President McKinley appointed Richards solicitor general of the United States. He remained in this office until 1903, when President Roosevelt appointed him a member of the United States circuit court for the sixth circuit, to take the place of Judge William R. Daly, who was elevated to the Supreme Court. Richards remained a member of the circuit court until his death. ...more on Wikipedia about "John K. Richards"
John Mahon is a professional percussionist and backing vocalist, most noted for his recent work with Elton John. He grew up in Ohio, and was attraced to music when he joined a local drum/bugle club. He grew up listening to music by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Moody Blues, among many others. When he is not touring, he enjoys mountain biking and sculpture. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Mahon"
John William Mauchly ( August 30, 1907 – January 8, 1980) was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, long held to be the first electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States. Together they started the first computer company, the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) and pioneered fundamental computer concepts including the stored program, subroutines, and programming languages. Their work, as exposed in the widely read “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC” (1945) and as taught in “The Moore School Lectures” (1946) influenced an explosion of computer development in the late 1940’s all over the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Mauchly"
John McLean ( March 11, 1785– April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. ...more on Wikipedia about "John McLean"
John Popper (born March 29, 1967 in Cleveland, Ohio) is the frontman and a founding member of the band Blues Traveler. He performs harmonica and vocals. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Popper" www.shortopedia.com for you!
John R. Hicks (born July 31, 1956 in Cincinnati, Ohio; died November 29, 2005 in Lucasville, Ohio) was a murderer executed by the U.S. state of Ohio. He was executed for the August 3, 1985 murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter, Brandy Green. He was also convicted of the murder of his mother-in-law, Maxine Armstrong, for which he received a life sentence. ...more on Wikipedia about "John R. Hicks"
Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia was born March 4, 1903, in Steubenville, Ohio and at some point anglicized his name to John Scarne ( ). He moved to Fairview, New Jersey as a child. Leaving school after the eighth grade, he learned as a teenager how to perform card tricks like three-card monte and to gamble using cards and dice. His mother, disappointed in how he was making his money (the family was Roman Catholic), encouraged him to take up magic instead. He soon started making money at card tricks. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Scarne"
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio) is a jazz guitarist and composer, who played and eventually collaborated with Miles Davis. A bebop master, Scofield is simultaneously well acquainted with R&B and blues styles which he mixes seamlessly with his jazz playing. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Scofield"
John Toll is an American cinematographer born in Cleveland, Ohio. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Toll"
John William Griffin (born ca. 1927) is an Ohio farmer and a perennial candidate over the last forty years for various local, state, and federal offices in Ohio. While he has lost far more political races than he has won, he is currently a member of the Ohio State Board of Education. A resident of Miami Township in south central Montgomery County, Ohio between Miamisburg and Germantown, he has irritated party and education officials by his bids for office and has been the subject of scathing articles in the Dayton press. ...more on Wikipedia about "John W. Griffin"
John William Snow, Ph.D., J.D. (born August 2, 1939), is the 73rd and current United States Secretary of the Treasury who replaced departing Secretary Paul O'Neill on February 3, 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "John W. Snow"
John Alban "Johnny" Edwards (born June 10, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former American baseball catcher who played from 1961-1974. He played on three All-Star teams in the early 1960s while playing for the Cincinnati Reds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Johnny Edwards (baseball player)"
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Johnny Lee LeMaster (Born June 19, 1954 in Portsmouth, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played for 12 seasons ( 1975 - 1985 and 1987) for four teams, including 10 seasons for the San Francisco Giants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Johnny LeMaster"
Johnny PayCheck ( May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003) was a country music singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Johnny PayCheck"
Jonathan Winters (born November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American comedic actor. His full birth name is Jonathan Harshman Winters III. He's descended from Valentine Winters, founder of the Winters National Bank in Dayton, Ohio, now part of JPMorgan Chase. At 17, during World War II, Jonathan enlisted in the Marines and served in the South Pacific. After his discharge he studied cartooning at Dayton Art Institute, where he met Eileen Schauder, whom he married in 1948. He began comedy routines and acting while studying at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jonathan Winters"
Jorn Barger (born 1953 in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is an American blogger, best known today as editor of Robot Wisdom, an influential early weblog. Barger coined the term weblog to describe the process of "logging the web" as he surfed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jorn Barger"
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