Ohio
Garfield Elementary School
4th Grade
Mrs. Fox & Mrs. Gallagher

Famous Ohioans

Elementary Pathfinders

Lakewood City Schools

Lakewood Public Library

(In Alphabetical Order)

(A - H)

Florence Allen (1884-1966)
(Womens rights)

Johnny Appleseed (1774 - 1845)
(Pioneer)

Neil Armstrong (1930 - )
(Astronaut)

Newton D. Baker (1871 - 1937)
(Politician)

Daniel Beard (1850 -1941)
(Boy Scouts)

George Bellows (1882 - 1925)
(Artist)

Celeron de Bienville (1715 - ?)
(Explorer)

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910)
(Physician)

Harmon & Margaret Blennerhassett

Frances P. Bolton (1885-1977)
(Politician)

Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)
(Author)

Daniel Boone (1734 -1820)
(Frontiersman)

Paul Brown (1908 - 1991)
(Sports)

Charles Brush (1849 - 1929)
(Inventor)

Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)
(Industrialist)

Phoebe & Alice Cary (1820-1871 and 1824-1871)
(Poets)

Tracy Chapman (1964 - )
(Musician)

Salmon Chase (1808 - 1873)
(Politician)

Arthur Compton (1892 - 1962)
(Scientist)

George Croghan ( 1791 - 1849)
(Frontiersman)

Dorothy Dandridge ( 1922 - 1965)

Phil Donahue ( 1935 - )

Rita Dove (1952 - )
(Poet)

Daniel Drake (1785 - 1852)
(Physician)

Paul L. Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
(Poet)

Thomas Edison ( 1847 - 1931)
(Inventor)

Daniel Emmett (1815 - 1904)
(Song Writer)

Harvey Firestone (1868-1938)
(Industrialist)

Clark Gable (1901-1960)
(Actor)

Rev. Washington Gladden ( 1836 - 1918)
(Reformer)

John Glenn (1921 - )
(Astronaut & Politician)

Zane Grey (1875-1939)
(Author)

Arsenio Hall (1956 - )
(Entertainer)

Charles Hall (1863 - 1914)
(Inventor)

Virginia Hamilton ( 1933 - 2002)
(Author)

Marcus Hanna (1837-1904)
(Industrialist)

Woody Hayes ( 1913 - 1987)
(Sports)

John Heismans (1869 - 1936)
(Sports)

(H - Z)

William Henry Hoover (1849 - 1932)
(Industrialist)

Bob Hope ( 1903 - )
Actor & Comedian)

William Dean Howells ( 1837-1920)
(Author)

Tom L. Johnson (1854–1911)
(Politician)

Sam "Golden Rule" Jones (1846 - 1904)
(Politician)

Charles Kettering ( 1876 - 1958)
(Inventor)

Maya Lin ( 1959 - )
(Artist)

General George McClellan (1826-1885)
(Military)

Cyrus McCormick ( 1809 - 1884)
(Inventor)

Return Jonathan Meigs (1764 - 1825)
(Politician)

Garrett Morgan (1877-1963)
(Inventor)

Toni Morrison ( 1931- )
(Author)

Annie Oakley (1860 - 1926)
(Entertainer)

Ransom Olds (1864--1950)
(Industrialist)

Jesse Owens ( 1913 - 1980)
(Sports)

Oliver Hazard Perry ( 1785 - 1819)
(Military)

Pontiac ( 1720 - 1769)
(Native American)

John Rankin (1793 - 1886)
(Abolitionist)

Judith Resnick (1949 - 1986)

Eddie Rickenbacker ( 1890 - 1973)
(Military)

Branch Rickey ( 1881 - 1965)
(Sports)

John D. Rockefeller ( 1839 - 1937)
(Industrialist)

Pete Rose ( 1941 - )
(Sport)

Authur Schlesinger, Jr. ( 1917 - )
(Historian)

Ferdinand Schumacher ( 1822 - 1908)
(Entrepreneur)

General Philip Sheridan (1831 - 1888)
(Military)

William Tecumseh Sherman ( 1820 - 1891)
(Military)

Steven Spielberg ( 1946 - )
(Cinema)

Gloria Steinem ( 1934 - )
(Women's Rights)

Carl Stokes ( 1927 - 1996)
(Politician)

Lucy Stone ( 1818 - 1893)
(Women's Rights)

Harriet B. Stowe ( 1811 - 1896)
(Author)

William Walker ( 1824 - 1864)
(Politician)

Granville T. Woods (1856 - 1910)
(Inventor)

Wilbur and Orville Wright
(Inventor)

Cy Young ( 1867 - 1955)
(Sports)

Books: Library Catalog

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