- Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is a former professional right-handed pitcher and is currently an analyst for "Baseball Tonight" on ESPN. In 1988, he won the Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP with the L.A. Dodgers. Known for his slight frame and fierce competitive spirit, Hershiser was nicknamed "Bulldog" by team manager Tommy Lasorda.
- Tim Conway
Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway. He was born in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb Willoughby and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, majoring in speech and radio.
- Cara Zavaleta
Cara Zavaleta (born June 15, 1980 in Bowling Green, Ohio) is an American model and actress.
- Tim Ryan
Timothy J. "Tim" Ryan (born July 16, 1973) is an American member of the Democratic Party, who is a U.S. representative for the 17th district of Ohio, serving since 2003.
- Ken Morrow
Kenneth "Ken" Morrow (born October 17, 1956 in Flint, Michigan) was an American ice hockey defenceman. Ken Morrow was born in Flint, Michigan and grew up in the nearby town of Davison. He is a graduate of Davison High School. He is best known for being a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal in an event known as the "Miracle On Ice" during the 1980 Winter Olympics.
- Nate Thurmond
Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (born July 25 1941, in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. His nickname during his playing years was "Nate the Great". He played in high school with another future NBA star, Gus Johnson, at Akron Central. Their powerful team would go undefeated before losing to Middletown and star Jerry Lucas in the Ohio state high school playoffs.
- Jay Crawford
Jay Crawford (Born July 4, 1965) is the co-host of ESPN2's morning TV show First Take. Prior to joining ESPN he was the local sports director for WFTS-TV in Tampa, FL from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that stint he had a similar role at WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH from 1993 to 1998. He was a weekend sports anchor for WTIC-TV in Hartford, CT from 1992 to 1993. He started his sports career in 1987 at WYMT-TV in Hazard, Kentucky.
- Jordan Sigalet
Jordan Sigalet (born 1981) is a professional Canadian ice hockey player. He has multiple sclerosis. Sigalet is a goaltender with the NHL's Boston Bruins. He played his collegiate hockey at Bowling Green State University. Sigalet ended the 2003 NCAA hockey season by playing his team's last game (a playoff loss) while feeling numbness across his entire body. Afraid that he would never be able to play hockey again, …
- Jason Jackson
Jason Jackson (born) was a sportscaster and writer for ESPN from 1995 until 2002, best known as the host of "NBA 2Night". Jackson was fired from ESPN in 2002 for allegedly making comments in e-mails to colleagues that had sexual overtones and were deemed inappropriate. In 2003, he hosted his own sports talk radio show in Hartford, CT called "The Jax Show". He currently works as a broadcaster for the Miami Heat.
- Steve Hartman
Steve Hartman (born April 1963) is a columnist and correspondent for CBS News. From 1984-87, Hartman served as an intern and general assignment reporter for WTOL in Toledo, Ohio. From 1987-91, he was a feature reporter for KSTP in Minneapolis and held the same post at WABC-TV in New York from 1991-94. From 1994-98, he served as a feature reporter for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. Hartman was also a correspondent for two CBS News magazines, …
- Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She has starred on Broadway, in films and on television beginning in the 1950s.
- Daniel Ayalon
Daniel "Danny" Ayalon (born 1955) is the former Israeli Ambassador to the United States. He was appointed to the position in 2002 by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Before taking on this responsibility, Ayalon had served as Deputy Foreign Policy Adviser to two previous Prime Ministers, during which time he was a member of the Israeli delegations to the Sharm El-Sheikh (1997), Wye Plantation (1998) and Camp David (2000) summits.
- Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award-winning American film and television actor.
- Bruce Johnson
Bruce Edward Johnson (born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who was appointed the State of Ohio's sixty-third lieutenant governor on January 5, 2005 to complete an unexpired term. Johnson concurrently served as Director of the Ohio Department of Development. Johnson's rise in Ohio was swift. He entered politics in Columbus, becoming Greg Latshutka's chief of staff after he managed Latshutka's successful 1991 campaign for mayor of Columbus.
- Mike Emrick
Mike "Doc" Emrick (born August 1, 1946 in La Fontaine, Indiana) is an American sportscaster. In the United States, he is one of the most recognized announcers in professional ice hockey. Emrick has been sportscasting since 1973, when he did play-by-play for the IHL Port Huron Flags. In 1977 he became the voice of the AHL Maine Mariners for three seasons before moving up to the parent NHL Philadelphia Flyers. He has been calling NHL hockey games for either the Flyers, …
- Bernie Casey
Bernard Terry Casey (born June 8, 1939 in Wyco, West Virginia) was an American Football player during the 1960s who later became an actor. Some years later, in a piece for NFL Films, he expressed his disillusionment with the NFL and professional sports in general, feeling like his creativity and individuality were thwarted by conservative elements in the league and ownership hierarchy. He does not look back fondly on his pro football experience.
- Jennifer Crusie
Jennifer Crusie is a pseudonym for Jennifer Smith, a bestselling and award winning author of contemporary romance novels. She has written over 15 novels, which have been published in 20 countries.
- James Swearingen
James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. He is currently the department chair of music education at Capital University, and holds a Masters Degree from Ohio State University and a Bachelors Degree from Bowling Green State University. The music he writes is part of a small genre known throughout American high school band classes as "Concert Literature"; these tend to be five through six minute long pieces played for high school band concerts.
- Omar Jacobs
Omar T. Jacobs (born March 3, 1984 in Delray Beach, Florida) is an American football quarterback of the NFL. Jacobs played collegiate football at Bowling Green State University, garnering several awards and setting the NCAA Division I-A record for touchdown-to-interception ratio.
- Tom Luken
Thomas Andrew Luken (born July 9 1925, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a politician of the Democratic Party from Ohio. Luken received his high school diploma in 1942 from Purcell High School. During the Second World War, Luken served as a U.S. marine. In 1947, he earned a bachelor of arts degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, after having earned some credits at Bowling Green State University.
- Dave Wottle
David James ("Dave") Wottle (born August 7, 1950) is a former American athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Dave was born in Canton, Ohio, and attended Bowling Green State University. There he finished second to Marty Liquori in the mile run at the 1970 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. During the 1971 season he was hampered by injuries, but a year later in 1972 he won the 1,500 m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, …
- Terry Ryan
Terry "Tuff" Ryan was an American writer, originally from Defiance, Ohio, who had resided in San Francisco for most of her adult life. She was best known for her memoir "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio". She was born to Leo (nicknamed Kelly) and Evelyn Ryan, and was the sixth of ten children. "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" was a memoir of her life and that of her family, especially her mother, …
- Antonio Daniels
Antonio Ray Daniels (born March 19 1975 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Washington Wizards of the NBA. After playing college basketball at Bowling Green State University, he was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies (now Memphis Grizzlies) with the fourth overall pick of the 1997 NBA Draft. Over his career he has played for the Grizzlies, the San Antonio Spurs (Daniels was on the 1999 team that won the NBA Championship), …
- Jeremy Zawodny
Jeremy Zawodny is currently an employee of Yahoo! in the platform engineering group. He has been described as "Yahoo!'s MySQL guru". He maintains a popular weblog focused on Yahoo! initiatives, which is listed in CNET News.com's index of the 100 best technology-related blogs. According to CNET, Zawodny has "helped put MySQL and other open-source technologies to use".
- Alissa Czisny
Alissa Czisny (born June 25, 1987), is an American figure skater. She is the 2007 US National bronze medalist. In 2005, Czisny gained international attention when won Skate Canada International and placed second at Skate America. She qualified for the 2005-2006 Grand Prix Final and placed sixth. She went on to the 2006 US Championships in St. Louis, where she was a heavy favorite to place in the top three. However, Czisny fell multiple times and finished seventh overall.
- Al Bianchi
Alfred A. "Al" Bianchi (born March 26 1932, in Long Island City, New York) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. A 1954 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Bianchi played ten seasons for the Syracuse Nationals (which became the Philadelphia 76ers in 1963), beginning in 1956. In 1966, he was hired as the Chicago Bulls' first assistant coach, and from 1967 to 1969 he served as the first head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, …
- Doug Bair
Charles Douglas Bair (born August 22, 1949, in Defiance, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Bowling Green State University. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB amateur draft, Bair would make his major league debut with the Pirates on September 13, 1976. Bair pitched in 584 games during his long career, all but five in relief. His best season was in 1978 with the Cincinnati Reds, …
- Nick Licata
Nick Licata is the current president of the Seattle City Council. With Peter Steinbrueck, he is considered to be one of the two most left-wing members of the Council. His aides http://www.seattle.gov/council/licata/bios.htm#newell, Newell Aldrich, Lisa Herbold, and Frank Video have worked for him since he took office in 1998. As of September 2004 he is chair of the Public Safety, Civil Rights & Arts Committee, vice chair of the Utilities & Technology Committee, …
- Dan Bylsma
Dan Bylsma (born 19 September, 1970, in Grand Haven, Michigan) is a former National Hockey League forward. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, by the Winnipeg Jets.
- Tim Hagans
Tim Hagans (born August 19, 1954) is a jazz trumpeter and composer. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio playing in school bands. His early inspirations included Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, Sly Stone, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. In his late teens, Hagans joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Hagans enrolled at Bowling Green State University, where he majored in music education. After the summer of 1974, however, Hagans dropped out of school to join Stan Kenton's band.
- Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of classical music and flutist. Higdon was born in Brooklyn, but spent her first 10 years in Atlanta before moving to Tennessee. With almost no advanced flute training, she studied at Bowling Green State University towards a degree in flute performance. While at Bowling Green she met Robert Spano, …
- Greg Kampe
Greg Kampe (born December 5, 1955) is the head men's basketball coach at Oakland University. He guided the Golden Grizzlies to their first NCAA tournament and tournament win in 2005. He has compiled a 379-287 record in 23 seasons at Oakland University (as of the completion of 2006-07 season).
- Victor Boschini
Victor J. Boschini, Jr., assumed office as Texas Christian University's tenth Chancellor on June 1, 2003. He also holds the rank of professor of education. Dr. Boschini came to TCU after serving as president of Illinois State University from 1999 to 2003. At Illinois State, Dr. Boschini also was associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations in the College of Education and taught a class each semester throughout his presidency.
- Bob Hartman
Robert Hartman (born December 26, 1949, in Bryan, Ohio) is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of legendary Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's songs, record guitars and produce most of the albums.
- Carolyn Forché
Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, and human rights advocate.
- Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland (b. March 20, 1918), born Margaret Marian Turner, is a jazz pianist, violinist and host of Mary McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio born in Slough, England. High-profile jazz critic Scott Yanow has said that McPartland is "...a harmonically sophisticated improviser, open to the influence of later stylists including Bill Evans."
- Aris Brimanis
Aris Brimanis (born March 14, 1972 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an ice hockey player. At junior level, Brimanis played for Bowling Green State University and then for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted 86th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. As well as the Flyers, he also played for the New York Islanders, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the St. Louis Blues.
- Dan Hipsher
Dan Hipsher (born December 6, 1954) is a current men's basketball assistant coach at the University of South Florida. He previously served as men's basketball head coach at the University of Akron and as an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas. In nine seasons as Akron head coach, Hipsher guided the team to a 112-137 record.
- Dean Pees
Dean Pees (born September 4, 1949 in Dunkirk, Ohio) is the current American football defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Pees was also a former head coach at Kent State University. Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Pees left Kent State for the Patriots, spending two years as the Patriots' linebackers coach. On January 17, 2006, Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator.
- David Conte
David Conte (1955-) is an American composer. He has been a Professor of Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 1985, and Composer-in-Residence with Thick Description since 1990. Conte earned a BM from Bowling Green State University and a MFA and DMA from Cornell University, where he studied with Karel Husa and Steven Stucky. Conte studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship, …