The following people were all born in or were residents of the city of Akron, Ohio, United States.

Name	Occupation/industry	Description	Association	Reference
Henry Eugene Abbey	Theatre	Theatre manager and producer	Born in Akron	^[1]
Richard F. Abel	Military	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General	Born in Akron	^[2]
John R. Adams	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^[3]
James E. Akins	Politician	U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976	Born and raised in Akron	^[4]
Lola Albright	Actress and singer	Starred in TV series Peter Gunn and films such as Kid Galahad	Born and raised in Akron	^[5]
Andy Alleman	Athlete	Football center for Miami Dolphins	Born in Akron	^[6]
Harold Anderson	Athlete	Basketball coach at Bowling Green State and University of Toledo	Born in Akron	^[7]
R. W. Apple, Jr.	Writer	Editor, writer for The New York Times	Born in Akron	^[8]
Joseph Arthur	Musician	Musician and artist	Born and raised in Akron	^[9]
Dan Auerbach	Musician	Solo musician, guitarist for The Black Keys, owner of Akron Analog Recording Studios	Born and raised in Akron	^[10]
William Hanes Ayres	Politician	Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives	Represented Akron in Congress	^[11]
Josh Azzarella	Artist	Artist	Born in Akron	^[12]
E.T. Barnette	Politician	Founder of Fairbanks, Alaska and its first mayor	Born in Akron	^[13]
Alice M. Batchelder	Attorney	Attorney and jurist, currently^[when?] chief judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit	Practiced in Akron	^[14]
Elsworth R. Bathrick	Politician	U.S. Representative	Worked in Akron	^[15]
Tom Batiuk	Cartoonist	Comic strip creator (Funky Winkerbean, Crankshaft)	Born in Akron	^[16]
Cliff Battles	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron	^[17]
Margaret Baxtresser	Musician	Classical pianist	Supporter of Akron	^[18]
Art Becker	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron	^[19]
Sam H. Bell	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Terry Bevington	Athlete	Baseball player and manager	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
George Bliss	Politician	Congressman	Practiced and worked in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Ray C. Bliss	Politician	Republican Party leader	Born and worked in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Jim Boeke	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Mark Bloch	Artist	Artist	Raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Phil Boggs	Athlete	Diver, 1976 Olympic gold medalist	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Dante Booker	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Rosario Borgio	Criminal	Mobster	Worked in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
William Boyett	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Dave Brown	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
John Brown	Politician	Abolitionist	Worked in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Walter Hermann Bucher	Scientist	Geologist and paleontologist	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Michael Buckley	Writer	Author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
E. J. Burt	Athlete	Football player	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
River Butcher	Actor	Stand-up comic, co-creator and co-star of Take My Wife	Born and raised in Akron	^[20]
Jimmy Butler	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Glen Buxton	Musician	Guitarist for Alice Cooper	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Patrick Carney	Musician	Drummer for The Black Keys, bassist for band Drummer	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Bob Casale	Musician	Musician, Devo	Raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Gerald Casale	Musician	Musician, Devo	Raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Len Chandler	Musician	Folk musician	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
David Allan Coe	Singer	Country music artist	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Russell Coffey	Military	World War I veteran	Lived in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Arthur L. Conger	Historian	Theosophist	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Deborah L. Cook	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit	Practiced in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Jarrod Cooper	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Cheryl Crawford	Theatre	Director and producer	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Mark Croghan	Athlete	Five-time national champion in steeplechase	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Stephen Curry	Athlete	Basketball player for Golden State Warriors, four-time NBA champion	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Ruby Nash Curtis	Singer	Singer of Ruby & The Romantics	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Hammer Damage	Singer	Rock band	Formed in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Keith Dambrot	Athlete	Basketball coach	Born, raised, and worked in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Jimmy Darrow	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
John Dean	Politician	White House counsel to Richard Nixon		^{[citation needed]}
Charles W. F. Dick	Politician	U.S. Senator (Republican)		^{[citation needed]}
Frank Dicopoulos	Actor	Actor		^{[citation needed]}
Michael Dokes	Athlete	Boxer, WBA World Heavyweight Champion 1982–1983	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Lloyd C. Douglas	Minister	Minister, author		^{[citation needed]}
Rita Dove	Writer	Poet		^{[citation needed]}
Hugh Downs	TV	TV journalist and personality, 20/20		^{[citation needed]}
Peter C. Economus	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Sidney Edgerton	Politician	19th-century politician		^{[citation needed]}
Eddie Elias	Athlete	Founder of Professional Bowlers Assn.		^{[citation needed]}
Harold G. Epperson	Military	Decorated U.S. Marine		^{[citation needed]}
Eugene C. Eppley	Corporate executive	Hotel mogul		^{[citation needed]}
Angie Everhart	Actress	Model and actress		^{[citation needed]}
Fritzi Fern	Actress	Actress		^{[citation needed]}
Harvey Samuel Firestone	Corporate executive	Founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company	Lived in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Leonard Firestone	Corporate executive	Industrialist		^{[citation needed]}
Steve Fitzhugh	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Art Fleming	TV	TV game show host, Jeopardy		^{[citation needed]}
Carol Folt	College executive	President, University of Southern California	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Martha Firestone Ford	Business executive	Owner and chairwoman of NFL's Detroit Lions	Born in Akron
Trent Ford	Actor	Actor, model		^{[citation needed]}
Mike Fox	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Elizabeth Franz	Actress	Tony Award and Obie Award-winning actress		^{[citation needed]}
Shirley Fry	Athlete	Tennis player		^{[citation needed]}
Ruby Nash Garnett	Singer	Singer of Ruby & the Romantics	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
William H. Gerstenmaier	NASA	NASA administrator		^{[citation needed]}
Joe Glazer	Musician	Musician		^{[citation needed]}
Dick Goddard	Scientist	Meteorologist		^{[citation needed]}
Harvey Gold	Musician	Musician		^{[citation needed]}
Bob Golic	Athlete	Football player, radio personality		^{[citation needed]}
Mike Golic	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Benjamin Goodrich	Corporate executive	Founder of B.F. Goodrich Company		^{[citation needed]}
Jim Graner	TV	Sports anchor at WKYC; color commentator for Cleveland Browns radio	Born in Akron	^[21]
Brad Guigar	Cartoonist	Cartoonist		^{[citation needed]}
James S. Gwin	Judge	Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio	Practiced in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Kris Haines	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Dave Hampton	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Leon Harris	TV	Television journalist		^{[citation needed]}
James Harrison	Athlete	Football player for Pittsburgh Steelers, two-time Super Bowl champion		^{[citation needed]}
Dow W. Harter	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[citation needed]}
Umar Bin Hassan	Writer	Poet		^{[citation needed]}
Anne Heche	Actress	Star of films like Volcano, Psycho, Cedar Rapids		^{[citation needed]}
John Heisman	Actor, athlete, coach	Football and baseball coach at Buchtel College (now known as the University of Akron); Heisman Trophy named in his honor	Lived in Akron	^[22]
Carol Heiss	Athlete	Figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, five-time world champion		^{[citation needed]}
Daniel Hesidence	Artist	Painter
Howard Hewett	Singer	Gospel and R&B singer		^{[citation needed]}
Michael Holley	Writer	Sports journalist		^{[citation needed]}
M. Herbert Hoover	Politician	Politician		^{[citation needed]}
Roger Hoover	Singer	Singer, musician		^{[citation needed]}
Walter B. Huber	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[citation needed]}
Rex Humbard	Televangelist	Televangelist		^{[citation needed]}
Craig Hummer	TV	Sportscaster		^{[citation needed]}
Chrissie Hynde	Singer	Musician, leader of The Pretenders		^{[citation needed]}
James Ingram	Musician	Singer, songwriter, two-time Grammy Award winner	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Ike Isaacs	Musician	Jazz bassist	Born in Akron	^[23]
Shirley Fry Irvin	Athlete	Hall of Fame tennis player	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Lux Interior	Musician	Singer and founding member of The Cramps		^{[citation needed]}
Sandi Jackson	Politician	Politician		^{[citation needed]}
LeBron James	Athlete	Basketball player for Los Angeles Lakers, four-time NBA champion	Born and raised in Akron	^[24]
Jim Jarmusch	Filmmaker	Director of films such as Down by Law, Broken Flowers		^{[citation needed]}
David Jenkins	Athlete	Figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, three-time world champion		^{[citation needed]}
Hayes Alan Jenkins	Athlete	Figure skater, 1956 Olympic gold medalist		^{[citation needed]}
Helen Jepson	Singer	Soprano		^{[citation needed]}
Gus Johnson	Athlete	Basketball player, television sportscaster		^{[citation needed]}
Steve Johnson	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[citation needed]}
Grandpa Jones	Musician	Musician, comedian (Hee-Haw)		^{[citation needed]}
Melina Kanakaredes	Actress	Star of television series Providence, CSI: NY		^{[citation needed]}
Salaria Kea	Nurse	Nurse		^{[citation needed]}
Maynard James Keenan	Singer	Singer, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Dean Keener	Coach	Basketball coach		^{[citation needed]}
Herman Keiser	Athlete	Golfer, 1946 Masters champion		^{[citation needed]}
Charlton Keith	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Phil Kline	Musician	Composer		^{[citation needed]}
Bob Knepper	Athlete	Major League Baseball pitcher		^{[citation needed]}
Charles Landon Knight	Attorney	Publisher, politician		^{[citation needed]}
James L. Knight	Writer	Publisher		^{[citation needed]}
John S. Knight	Writer	Publisher		^{[citation needed]}
Parke Kolbe	College executive	College president		^{[citation needed]}
Heather Kozar	Model	Model; former Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right		^{[citation needed]}
Brock Kreitzburg	Athlete	Bobsledder		^{[citation needed]}
Art Kusnyer	Athlete	Baseball player and coach		^{[citation needed]}
Jani Lane	Singer	Lead singer of Glam metal band Warrant	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Jerome Lane	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[citation needed]}
Bob Lape	TV	Television journalist		^{[citation needed]}
Mortimer Dormer Leggett	Military	Civil War officer		^{[citation needed]}
Bob Lewis	Singer	Founder of Devo		^{[citation needed]}
Thomas Lewis	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Frank Fowler Loomis	Engineer	Inventor and city director of mechanical engineering	Born and raised in Akron	^[25]
David Lough	Athlete	Baseball player	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Liam Lynch	Musician	Musician, puppeteer, Sifl and Olly		^{[citation needed]}
Dylan Mabin	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron
John Magaro	Actor	Actor	Born in Akron	^[26]
Doug Marsh	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Thomas E. Martin	Politician	Iowa politician		^{[citation needed]}
Mike Massie	Politician	Wyoming politician		^{[citation needed]}
Banjo Matthews	Athlete	NASCAR driver		^{[citation needed]}
Andy McCollum	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Moses McCormick	YouTuber	YouTube personality	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Gates McFadden	Actress	Actress	Born in Akron	^[27]
Frances McGovern	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[citation needed]}
Charles McGraw	Actor	Stage, film and television actor		^[28]
Marian Mercer	Actress	Tony Award-winning actress of stage, film and TV		^{[citation needed]}
Paul T. Mikolashek	Military officer	U.S. Army lieutenant general	Born and raised in Akron	^[29]
Gene Mingo	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Dan Moldea	Writer	Journalist and author		^{[citation needed]}
Vaughn Monroe	Singer	Recording artist, actor, bandleader on Hollywood Walk of Fame		^{[citation needed]}
Michael Morell	TV	ICIA director, TV analyst		^{[citation needed]}
Brian Mosteller	Politician	Director of Oval Office Operations for President Barack Obama		^{[citation needed]}
Bob Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo		^{[citation needed]}
Jim Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo		^{[citation needed]}
Mark Mothersbaugh	Musician	Musician, member of Devo		^{[citation needed]}
Scott Muni	Radio	Radio personality		^{[citation needed]}
Thurman Munson	Athlete	Baseball player, seven-time All-Star, 1976 American League MVP		^{[citation needed]}
Ron Negray	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[citation needed]}
John Neidert	Athlete	Football player	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Donnie Nickey	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Pete Nischt	Musician	Musician		^{[citation needed]}
Gabe Norwood	Athlete	Basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters		^{[citation needed]}
Russell Oberlin	Musician	Musician		^{[citation needed]}
Les Olsson	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Stanford R. Ovshinsky	Scientist	Inventor and scientist		^{[citation needed]}
Chris Owens	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[citation needed]}
Tim "Ripper" Owens	Singer	Singer, replaced Rob Halford in Judas Priest; inspiration for movie Rock Star	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Paige Palmer	TV	Fitness expert, TV personality		^{[citation needed]}
John Parry	Sports official	Football official		^{[citation needed]}
Ara Parseghian	Coach	Football coach, Notre Dame		^{[citation needed]}
Jaroslav Pelikan	Theologian	Christianity scholar		^{[citation needed]}
Simon Perkins	Founder	Settler, surveyor		^{[citation needed]}
Antonio Pittman	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Ronald Phillips	Murderer	Child murderer	Executed for rape and murder of child
Terry Pluto	Writer	Sports journalist		^{[citation needed]}
Shawn Porter	Athlete	Professional boxer		^{[citation needed]}
Ricky Powers	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Edward Pramuk	Artist	Artist	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Richard Quick	Athlete	Swimming coach		^{[citation needed]}
Robert Quine	Musician	Guitarist		^{[citation needed]}
Willard Van Orman Quine	Philosopher	Philosopher		^{[citation needed]}
Ron Rector	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Robin Reed	Biologist	Cell biologist	Born in Akron	^[30]
James W. Reilly	Politician	Politician		^{[citation needed]}
Nikola Resanovic	Musician	Composer		^{[citation needed]}
Judith Resnik	NASA	Astronaut, killed in Challenger explosion	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Butch Reynolds	Athlete	Track-and-field star, gold medalist in 1988 Olympics		^[31]
Jennifer Niederst Robbins	Corporate executive	Designed the web's first commercial site		^{[citation needed]}
Sydne Rome	Actress	Actress		^{[citation needed]}
Edmund Rowe	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[citation needed]}
Ed Sadowski	Athlete	Basketball player	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Wilbur F. Sanders	Politician	Montana politician		^{[citation needed]}
Thomas C. Sawyer	Politician	Politician		^{[citation needed]}
Bo Schembechler	Coach	Football coach, University of Michigan		^{[citation needed]}
Mark Schubert	Coach	Swimming coach	Born and raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Francis Seiberling	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[citation needed]}
Frank Seiberling	Corporate executive	Founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber	Born in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
John F. Seiberling	Politician	U.S. Representative		^{[citation needed]}
Luke Sewell	Athlete	Baseball player and manager		^{[citation needed]}
Chuck Share	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[citation needed]}
Denny Shute	Athlete	Golfer		^{[citation needed]}
Matt Simon	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Harry Simpson	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[citation needed]}
George Sisler	Athlete	Baseball player, member of Hall of Fame		^{[citation needed]}
Richard Smalley	Scientist	Physicist, winner of Nobel Prize		^{[citation needed]}
Bob Smith	Founder	Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous		^{[citation needed]}
Neal Smith	Musician	Drummer for Alice Cooper		^{[citation needed]}
Mark Smucker	Business executive	CEO of The J.M. Smucker Company	Resident of Akron since 2002	^[32]
Donald Ray Snodgrass	Author	Author		^{[citation needed]}
Mark Stevens	Actor	Star of films such as The Dark Corner, The Street with No Name		^{[citation needed]}
Betty Sutton	Politician	U.S. Representative for 13th Congressional District	Practiced in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Tyrell Sutton	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Rachel Sweet	Actress	Singer, actress and TV writer		^{[citation needed]}
Gene Thomas	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Nate Thurmond	Athlete	Basketball player, member of Hall of Fame		^{[citation needed]}
Todd Tobias	Musician	Musician		^{[citation needed]}
Aiden Wilson Tozer	Author	Preacher, author		^{[citation needed]}
Bill Upham	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[citation needed]}
William H. Upson	Politician	19th-century politician		^{[citation needed]}
Claude Virden	Athlete	Basketball player		^{[citation needed]}
Mike Vrabel	Athlete	Former NFL player and head coach of the Tennessee Titans since 2018		^{[citation needed]}
Michael Wadleigh	Director	Director and cinematographer, filmed documentary of 1969 Woodstock Festival, Woodstock		^{[citation needed]}
Ramon Walker	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Brad Warner	Musician	Zen priest, musician		^{[citation needed]}
Chris Wells	Athlete	Football player for Arizona Cardinals		^{[citation needed]}
Michael Tarver	Athlete	Professional wrestler		^{[citation needed]}
Jesse White	Actor	Actor, known as Maytag Repairman in 1967–1988 commercials	Raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Josh Williams	Athlete	Professional soccer player	Born in Akron	^[33]
Wendell Willkie	Politician	Presidential candidate, lawyer	Worked in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
Melinda Windsor	Model	Playboy model		^{[citation needed]}
Antoine Winfield	Athlete	Football player		^{[citation needed]}
Ray Wise	Actor	Known for films and TV series such as Twin Peaks, 24		^{[citation needed]}
Sam Wise	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[citation needed]}
Gene Woodling	Athlete	Baseball player		^{[citation needed]}
Kim Zurz	Politician	Politician		^{[citation needed]}
Chris Stuckmann	Film Critic	American film critic, filmmaker, author, and YouTuber.		^{[citation needed]}
Dan Wilson	Musician	Jazz Guitarist	Raised in Akron	^{[citation needed]}
George Younce	Southern Gospel Singer	Bass vocalist for the Cathedral Quartet	Resident of Akron	^{[citation needed]}

Fictional people from Akron, Ohio

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