Eric Snow (born April 24, 1973 in Canton, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. Snow began his basketball career at Canton McKinley High School, where he played with classmate and former NBA player Michael Hawkins. Snow graduated high school in 1991, and enrolled at Michigan State University.

Raymar Morgan (born August 8, 1988 in Canton, Ohio) is a college basketball player for Michigan State University and wears the number 2. Morgan attended Canton McKinley High School.

Marion Motley (June 5, 1920 - June 27, 1999) was a former American Football fullback who played for the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Motley attended high school at Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio and went to college at South Carolina State University and University of Nevada; after college, Motley joined the United States Navy where he first played for Paul Brown with the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team.

Steve Michael Hawkins (born October 28 1972 in Canton, Ohio), is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA and currently playing with Al Jalaa Aleppo of the Syrian basketball league. Hawkins, along with classmate and NBA player Eric Snow, played basketball at Canton McKinley High School and graduated from there in 1991. The 6' 0" point guard went undrafted out of Xavier University when he signed with the Boston Celtics in 1997.

Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard (born December 13 1956 in Canton, Ohio) is a former American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989, and current Assisant Coach of the Washington Wizards. Hubbard played high school basketball at athletic powerhouse Canton McKinley High School.

Tyler Everett (born November 4, 1983 in Canton, Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. The former Ohio State Buckeyes safety was signed to the 53 man roster from the practice squad in order to bolster the safety position following injuries to strong safeties Mike Brown and Todd Johnson. If the Bears had won Super Bowl XLI, Everett would have won a championship at the high school, college and professional levels.

Nick Levoter Weatherspoon (born July 20 1950, in Greenwood, Mississippi) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 7" small forward from Canton McKinley High School and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he was selected by the Capital Bullets with the 13th pick of the 1973 NBA Draft.

Gary Grant (born April 21 1965 in Canton, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball point guard in the NBA. Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan and was selected in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers before the 1988-89 season started. There he remained for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, …

Ola Hanson , Trombone Ray Eubanks, Artistic Director Emeritus Ola Hanson , Trombone Trombonist Ola Hanson was born on April 25, 1932 in Canton, Ohio to a musical family. Ola's mother, a music teacher, passed away when Ola was three, and his grandmother helped to raise him and his sister Carolyn. His father, also a music teacher, encouraged the children to take up music.

Velma I. Pocock , age 88, of Canton passed away Thursday, September 13, 2007 at Aultman Hospital following an extended illness. She was born in Canton, Ohio on July 9, 1919 to the late Frank and Ida Knouff. Velma graduated from Canton McKinley High School in 1937 and Kent State University with a Bachelor's degree in education. She taught school for 34 years in the Canton City and Stark County School, beginning her career in 1939 in a one room school in eastern Stark County.

Jason Snow , Canton, Ohio, Guard. The son of Linda Snow, the 6’3” Snow is a graduate of Canton McKinley High School and a sophomore business administration major at Northeast;

Josh McDaniels enters his eighth NFL season and his eighth season in New England. He joined the Patriots on March 1, 2001 as a personnel assistant in the scouting department and assisted the defensive coaching staff for three seasons. He began serving as the Patriots' quarterbacks coach in 2004 and was named offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on January 20, 2006.