- List of people from Mansfield, Ohio
The following is a list of people from
Mansfield, Ohio . These people were born, lived, or worked in and around the city.Actors, entertainers, and models
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Lee Adams , stage lyricist
*Lester Cowan (b.April 1 ,1906 ) Producer: (film) "My Little Chickadee " (withMae West andW. C. Fields ), "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man ", "Main Street to Broadway "; Past Executive Director of theMotion Picture Academy
*Amy Douglas (b.December 21 ,1902 ) Actress: (film) "The Unsinkable Molly Brown ", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind ", "Please Don't Eat the Daisies "; (television) "Marcus Welby, M.D. ", "Ben Casey ", "77 Sunset Strip ", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents "
*James Lapine , playwright and director
*Martha Mansfield , stage actress
*Michael McConnohie , voice actor
*Sylvia McNair , operatic soprano
*Luke Perry , television actor
*Daniel Roemer , film director, screenwriter
*Robert F. Simon (b.December 2 ,1908 Actor: (film) "Seven Angry Men ", "Foxfire ", "The Benny Goodman Story ", "Operation Petticoat ", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance "Architects
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Paul Gilger , architect, set designer and playwrightAstronaut
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Michael L. Gernhardt , astronautAthletes
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Ernie Beam , former baseball player
*Hugh Douglas,Philadelphia Eagles defensive end
*Pete Henry , professional football player
*Ricky Minard , professional basketball player
*Don Nehlen , former head football coach
*Marc Wilkins , formerMajor League Baseball playerAuthors
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Jacob Brinkerhoff , jurist, congressman, and author
*Louis Bromfield ,Pulitzer Prize -winning author
*Christopher Moore, authorWriters and cartoonists
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John Bishop , playwright and film writer
*Roeliff Brinkerhoff , layer, editor and owner of the "Mansfield Herald", and later a bank president
*Terry Hertzler , poet and writerEntrepreneurs
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Homer Lee , engraver, artist, entrepreneur, founderHomer Lee Bank Note Company .
* Scott Bleakley, Retired CEO of Global Support Software and noted technology executive.Military
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Matthias W. Day , US ArmyMedal of Honor recipient
*Frank Purdy Lahm , first Army aviator
*Mark Matthews , American veteranBands
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Ohio Express , Rock Group-Doug Grassel (rhythm guitar), Dale Powers (lead guitar), Dean Kastran (bass), Jim Pfahler (keyboards), and Tim Corwin (drums)
*Music Explosion , Rock Group-James "Jamie" Lyons (singer, percussion), Donald Atkins (guitar), Richard Nesta (guitar), Burton Stahl (bass), Robert Avery (drums). Top Ten hit in 1967, "Little Bit O'Soul."
*Switch, Motown R&B/soul groupPoliticians
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Sherrod Brown , United States Senator, D-Ohio
*Jay Goyal , Ohio State Representative, D-Mansfield
*William Johnston, was a U.S. Representative, D-Ohio from 1863 to 1865
*Lovana Jones , served as an Illinois State Representative
*Winfield S. Kerr , was a U.S. Representative, R-Ohio from 1895 to 1901Zooarchaeology
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Paul Parmalee , zooarchaeologyOther
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Stephanne Dennis (b.May 20 ,1974 ), Literary Agent forDonna D'Errico , Robert W. Morgan,Marty Tuley , Erik Seedhouse
*Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (b. circa 1955), Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Public Liaison Director for President Reagan, Senior Vice President Continental Airlines.
*Phoebe Wise (b. 184?) Relative of Pulitzer-prize winning authorLouis Bromfield , she was the historical basis for many of Bromfield's short storiesee also
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Mansfield, Ohio
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