Famous
Ohioans
General Sites about Famous
Ohioans:
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Neil Armstrong (1930- )
Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was an astronaut on Apollo 11 and was
the first person to to set foot on the moon. This occurred on July 20, 1969
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Jesse Owens ( 1913 -
1980)
Owens was a world famous track and field athlete who competed in
the Olympics.
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Johnny Appleseed (1774 -
1845)
Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was a pioneer who traveled through
Ohio and the midwest and is best known for the apple trees and stories he left
behind.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896
)
Stowe is best remembered for her book Uncle Tom's Cabin.
She spent 18 years of her life in Cincinnati.
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George
Custer
Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio.
He played a major role in the Civil War and is remembered for his death in the
Battle of Little Big Horn.
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Tecumseh (1765?-1813)
Tecumseh was born in the Scioto River Valley. His name means "shooting
star" or "meteor". He was the leader of the eastern American Indian tribes.
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Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. He was always asking questions
as a child. He invented motion pictures, the phonograph and the mimeograph
machine.
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Orville Wright (1871-1948)
Orville Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Along with his brother, he
invented and built the first successful airplane.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921- )
Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio. He was the first American to orbit
the earth. We watched him go up again in 1998 as the oldest man in space.
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Wilbur Wright
Wilbur Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Along with his brother, he invented and
built the first successful airplane.
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Maya Lin (1959 -
)
Lin was born in Athens, Ohio. She was the designer
for the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Cy Young ( 1867 - 1955)
Young was born in Newcomerstown, Ohio. He was one of baseball's most consistent
and effective pitchers.
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Annie Oakley
(1860-1926)
World famous markswoman from Ohio.
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