List of people from Steubenville, Ohio
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Steubenville, Ohio, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Arts
- Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835-1915) – painter
- Thomas Cole (1801-1848) – artist, oil painter, founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting
- Alexander Doyle (1857-1922) – sculptor
- Eugene Louis Faccuito (born 1925) – jazz dancer and teacher, choreographer
- Albert Newsam (1809-1864) – artist[1]
Athletics
- Danny Abramowicz (born 1945) – former NFL wide receiver
- Chinedu Achebe (born 1977) – Arena Football League linebacker
- Johnny Bates (1882-1949) – former MLB outfielder
- Zinn Beck (1885-1981) – former MLB infielder
- Ray Bracken (1891-1974) – Olympic gold medal-winning sport shooter
- Zach Collaros (born 1988) – CFL quarterback
- Chip Coulter (born 1945) – former MLB infielder
- Sylvia Crawley (born 1972) – former ABL forward, women's basketball head coach
- Audrey Deemer (1930-2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Rich Donnelly (born 1946) – former MLB coach
- Rollie Fingers (born 1946) – former MLB pitcher, National Baseball Hall of Famer
- Tom "Knute" Franckhauser (1937-1997) – former NFL cornerback
- Joe Gilliam, Sr. (c. 1923-2012) – Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer, former college football quarterback and coach
- Mike Gulan (born 1970) – former MLB infielder
- Paul Hoover (baseball) (born 1976) – former MLB player and current field coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Jim Hudson (1943-2013) – former NFL and AFL safety
- Tony Jeter (born 1944) – former NFL tight end
- Cal Jones (1933-1956) – All-American football player at Iowa in College Football Hall of Fame
- Don Joyce (1929-2012) – former NFL and AFL defensive end, wrestler
- George Kaiserling (1893-1918) – FL and MLB pitcher
- Eddie Kazak (1920-1999) – former MLB infielder
- Chuck Mather (1915-2006) – Kansas football head coach, Chicago Bears assistant coach
- Tom Needham (1879-1926) – former MLB catcher
- Tom Perko (born 1954) – former NFL linebacker
- Wally Pesuit (born 1954) – former NFL and USFL offensive and defensive lineman
- Eric Piatkowski (born 1970) – former NBA forward
- Adam Riggs (born 1972) – former MLB and Japanese Central League infielder
- Will Robinson (1911-2008) – first African-American head coach at a Division I school
- Chaz Roe (born 1986) – MLB Pitcher
- Gene Trosch (born 1945) – former AFL defensive lineman
- Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856-1924) – first African-American MLB player
- Weldy Walker (1860-1937) – second African-American MLB player
- Johnny Wilson (1915-2002) – former NFL tight end
- Quincy Wilson (born 1981) – former NFL running back
- Bobby Joe Young (born 1959) – former welterweight boxer
Business
- Dard Hunter (1883-1966) – papermaker, authority on printing
Literature
- Richard C. Banks (born 1931) – ornithologist, writer
- Bob Borden (born 1969) – writer
- Richard Hague (born 1947) – poet and novelist
- Jeffrey Hatcher – playwright, screenwriter
- Tad Mosel (1922-2008) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
- Mary Tappan Wright (1851-1916) – novelist
Military
- John S. Mason (1824-1897) – Union Army general during the Civil War, Indian fighter
- Anson G. McCook (1835-1917) – Union Army general during the Civil War, U.S. Congressman
- Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834-1864) – Union Army general during the Civil War
- Edward M. McCook (1833-1909) – Union Army general, U.S. Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii (1866-1868)
- George Wythe McCook (1821-1877) – Union Army general, Ohio attorney general
- Henry Christopher McCook (1837-1911) – Union Army chaplain and officer, minister
- John James McCook (1806 1865) – patriarch of the "Fighting McCooks" U.S. Army family, physician
- Robert Latimer McCook (1827-1862) – Union Army general
- Cas Myslinski (1920-1993) – USAF officer, athletic director of The University of Pittsburgh (1968-1982)
- Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (1929-2003) – USAF major general
Movies, television, and media
- John Buccigross (born 1966) – ESPN sportscaster
- Big Bully Busick (1954-2018) – former WWF wrestler
- Traci Lords (born 1968) – adult film actress
- Al Mancini (1932-2007) – actor
- Dean Martin (1917-1995) – singer, actor, entertainer.[2] His daughter, Deana Martin, and her husband John Griffith, established the Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville. It is held annually in mid-June. Gail Martin, also a singer and another of Dean Martin's daughters, was born in Steubenville.
- Will McMillan (1944-2015) – film and TV actor
- Tad Mosel (1922-2008) – playwright and screenwriter
- Jon Nese – meteorologist, TV weather channel personality
- Charles Stanton Ogle (1865-1940) – actor
- John Scarne (1903-1985) – magician, authority and writer on card manipulation
- Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (1918-1996) – bookmaker, sports commentator
Music
- 4th Disciple, a.k.a. El-Divine Amir Bey – record producer
- Ed Crawford, a.k.a. ed fROMOHIO (born 1964) – musician, guitarist
- Paul Howard (1895-1980) – musician, bandleader
- Kinetic 9, a.k.a. Beretta 9 – musician, rapper
- Robert Porco – choral conductor
- Rza (born 1969) – musician, rapper, music producer
- Dorothy Sloop (1913-1998) – jazz musician, pianist
- The Stereos (formed c. 1955-disbanded c. 1968) – doo-wop/pop group
- Patricia Welch (born 1954) – singer
- Wild Cherry (formed 1970-disbanded 1979) – funk rock band
Politics
- Douglas Applegate (born 1928) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977-1995)
- Ed Buck (born 1954) – Democrat political activist, convicted murderer, and fundraiser[3]
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan (1823-1895) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1875-1877)
- Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902) – United States Senator (1866-1871)
- John M. Goodenow (1782-1838) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1829-1830)
- Robert H. Hatton (1826-1862) – United States Congressman, confederate during the Civil War
- Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843-1847)
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797-1870) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1837–1841)
- Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1830-1833, 1833-1834), United States district court judge
- William C. McCauslen (1796-1863) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843-1845)
- Anson G. McCook (1835-1917) – Union Army general, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1883)
- B. Frank Murphy (1867-1938) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1919-1933)
- Rees G. Richards (1842-1917) – politician
- Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) – lawyer, Secretary of War (1862-1868)
- Samuel Stokely (1796-1861) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1841-1843)
- Andrew Stuart (1823-1872) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1855)
- Henry Swearingen (c. 1792-1849) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1838-1841)
- Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) – founder of the city of Ravenna, Ohio, U.S. Senator (1839-1845)
- Edward Vincent (1934-2012) – politician
- Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) - theologian, father of President Woodrow Wilson
- Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813-1894) – jurist and judge, legislator
- Jack Yost (born 1945) – politician
Religion
- Charles Clinton Beatty (1800-1882) – Presbyterian minister, founder of Steubenville Female Seminary
- Daniel DiNardo (born 1949) – Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
- Roger Joseph Foys (born 1945) – 10th bishop of Covington
- John McDowell Leavitt (1824-1909) – lawyer, Episcopal priest
- Hlib Lonchyna (born 1954) – Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London
- Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born 1963) – fifth Bishop of Steubenville
- Stephen Return Riggs (1812-1883) – Christian missionary with the Dakota people, linguist
- David Stanton Tappan (1845-1922) – Presbyterian minister
- Edward F. Walker (1852-1918) – Minister, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1911-1918)
- Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) – Presbyterian theologian; father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
Miscellaneous
- Dino Cellini (1914-1978) – mafioso, ran casinos for Meyer Lansky
- Charles Dillon Perrine (1867-1951) – astronomer
- Eli Todd Tappan (1824-1888) – educator
- Richard Timberlake (1922-2020) – professor of economics
References
- "Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb". The Library Company of Philadelphia. World Digital Library. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- Wilson, Earl (November 27, 1969). "Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars". The Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. A33. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- "Who is ed Buck?". August 16, 2017.
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