- Jim Tressel
I live, eat, sleep, and breathe Ohio State Buckeyes football! There's nothing greater than waking up early on a Fall morning to hear the cries of "O-H" "I-O" throughout the streets of Columbus. I've been a fan of Buckeye football my
- Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser (born March 27, 1983 in Upper Arlington, Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end for the Cleveland Browns. At Ohio State University, Fraser was a three-time OSU Scholar-Athlete selection and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree, as well as a co-captain as a senior. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Browns on April 29, 2005.
- Troy Smith
Troy Smith (born July 20, 1984 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former starting quarterback for The Ohio State University football team from 2004-2006, and the winner of the 2006 Heisman Trophy. He was selected with the 174th overall selection in the 5th round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. Smith graduated from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio where he was coached by Ted Ginn Sr., father of his Ohio State and high school teammate Ted Ginn Jr.
- Woody Hayes
Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who is best remembered for his 28-year tenure at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from 1951-1978.
- Greg Oden
Greg Oden (born January 22 1988 in Buffalo, New York) is an American college basketball player who began playing for Ohio State University in the 2006-07 NCAA season. He attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, where he led them to three straight state titles and 45 consecutive wins under coach Jack Keefer.
- William Smith
William Smith (born May 16, 1924) was one of the greatest competitive swimmers of the first half of the 20th Century. He was a four-time All-American on the Ohio State University swim team. He was undefeated in fours years of duel meet competition. He set seven world records and won 14 National Championships: seven NCAA, six NAAU indoor and one NAAU outdoor. He won two gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games in the 400 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay.
- Gordon Gee
Elwood Gordon Gee is an American academic. He will leave after seven years as Vanderbilt University’s Chancellor to return to The Ohio State University as president, a position he held from 1990-1997. His resignation is effective August 1, 2007. He has held more university presidencies than any other American. Prior to his appointment as Vanderbilt's chancellor on February 7, 2000, Gee was president of Brown University from 1997 to 2000, …
- Ted Ginn Jr.
Theodore "Ted" Ginn, Jr. (born April 12, 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Dolphins in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Ohio State.
- A. J. Hawk
Aaron James Hawk (born January 6, 1984 in Centerville, Ohio) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. A two-time All-American in college, he played for Ohio State University. He is 6'1" and 247 pounds (1.85 m, 112 kg), ran the 40 in 4.42 seconds at his Pro Day, 395 pound bench press, and has a 37 inch (94 cm) vertical leap.
- Antonio Pittman
Antonio Pittman (born December 9, 1985 in Akron, Ohio) was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 2007 NFL draft, and was a running back for The Ohio State University. Before arriving at Ohio State, Pittman attended Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio, where he earned All-Ohio honors as a senior. Pittman majored in African American and African Studies at Ohio State. He is 5'11" and 195 pounds. Pittman entered the 2006 season as the starting running back for the Buckeyes.
- Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith (born 1960 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series "Bone". He has also worked for Character Builders Animation as an Art Director. He currently resides in Columbus, Ohio. Smith was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he displayed an interest in cartoons dating back to as early as kindergarten.
- Santonio Holmes
Santonio Holmes, Jr. (born March 3, 1984 in Belle Glade, Florida) is a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He attended The Ohio State University. Holmes left college a year early and was taken in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. The 25th pick overall, he was the first and only receiver taken in the first round.
- Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the Democratic Junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served 14 years in the United States House of Representatives, and eight years as the Ohio Secretary of State.
- Will Smith
Will Smith (born July 4, 1981 in Queens, New York) is an American football defensive end who currently plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. He played college football at The Ohio State University.
- Jack Nicklaus
As the administrative assistant for professional golfer and golf course designer Jack Nicklaus , Stevens had a perfect way to help. She collected and donated autographed memorabilia to the Hero Flight project from Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player .
- Maurice Clarett
Maurice Edward Clarett (born October 29, 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio) is a former American football player. During his freshman year at Ohio State University, he was considered one of the best college football players in the country, leading the Buckeyes to a national championship. He is well known for unsuccessfully challenging the NFL's rule that a player must be out of high school for three years to be eligible for the entry draft and his tumultuous life afterwards.
- Thad Matta
Thad Matta "(pronounced MAH-tuh)" (born July 11, 1967 in Hoopeston, Illinois) is the current head coach of the Ohio State University men's basketball team. He was hired as head coach on July 7, 2004 after Ohio State had fired previous coach Jim O'Brien. Matta is the 13th head coach in Ohio State basketball history and guided his first edition of Buckeye basketball to a 20-12 campaign in 2004-05.
- Mack Brown
William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is head coach of the University of Texas Longhorn football team. During the 2005 season, Coach Brown led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl victory and a National Championship. With the 2006 season, Brown led his team to win 10 games or more for six straight years, which is the best current ten-win streak in the NCAA. Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina.
- William B. Saxbe
William Bart Saxbe (born June 24, 1916) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Saxbe was born in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and received a bachelor's degree from the Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio), Class of 1940, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He served in the military during World War II, …
- Robert Smith
Robert Scott Smith (born March 4, 1972 in Euclid, Ohio) is a former American football running back who played with the Ohio State Buckeyes and later with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. He was known for his academic hobbies including astronomy and medicine. He also starred in Track and Field while at Ohio State. Smith is the only player to ever win Ohio's Mr. Football Award twice (in 1988 and 1989).
- James Grover Thurber
James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio. His father was Charles Leander (later surnamed Lincoln), a minor politician. Mary Thurber , his mother, was a strong-minded woman and a practical joker, whom her son depicted in his autobiographical stories MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES (1933). Thurber's father, who had dreams of being an actor or lawyer, was said to have been the basis for the typical small, slight man of Thurber's stories.
- Deborah Pryce
Deborah D. Pryce (born July 29, 1951 in Warren, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. She is a Republican and is currently a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 15th District of Ohio, which includes the western half of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs.
- Karen Holbrook
Karen A. Holbrook (born November 6, 1942 in Des Moines, Iowa) was the 13th presiding president of The Ohio State University. She took office on October 1, 2002, replacing Interim President Edward H. Jennings. Holbrook earned her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in zoology. After teaching biology at Ripon College, she earned a Ph.D. in biological structure from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1972, …
- Mike Brown
Michael "Mike" Brown (born 1937) is the son of former Cleveland Browns, Ohio State University and Cincinnati Bengals coach, Paul Brown. Paul Brown was the co-founder of the Cincinnati Bengals, and since his death in 1991, Mike Brown has taken the responsibilities as the franchise owner. Through the years of his ownership of the Cincinnati Bengals(1991-Present) he has been criticized for the Bengals' reputation of losing during his tenure.
- Andy Geiger
Andy Geiger (born March 23, 1939), was the seventh athletics director at The Ohio State University. Geiger was named athletic director on April 29, 1994. He officially took over the job on May 16,1994 following his tenture at the University of Maryland, College Park. Geiger retired in June 2005, one year before his contract was up, saying 'the job wasn't fun anymore'. Many speculate that this decision was made because of two scandals, …
- Michael Redd
Michael Redd (born August 24 1979, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA, and the United States national basketball team.
- Anthony Gonzalez
Anthony Gonzalez (b. September 18, 1984) for Ohio State University and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts, in the 2007 NFL Draft. Gonzalez was born in Avon Lake, Ohio and graduated from Saint Ignatius High School. Gonzalez is a receiver who teamed with Santonio Holmes and Ted Ginn, Jr. in 2005 to give the Buckeyes three big-play receivers on what was one of the most explosive offenses in the country.
- Cris Carter
Cristopher D. Carter (born November 25, 1965 in Troy, Ohio) is a former American football player. He played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles (1987-89), the Minnesota Vikings (1990-2001) and the Miami Dolphins (2002). Carter attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio. He went on to star at The Ohio State University and was drafted by the Eagles in the 4th round of the 1987 NFL supplemental draft.
- Chris Smith
Chris Smith (born April 15 1969) is an American professional golfer. Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has won one tournament on the PGA Tour. In 1997, Smith became the first-ever golfer on the Nike Tour (now known as the Nationwide Tour) to immediately move up to the PGA Tour by way of the "battlefield promotion", which is awarded to a player who wins three tournaments in one Nationwide Tour season.
- Don Scott
Donald E. Scott was a star of American football. He was a two-time All-America quarterback at the Ohio State University. He died on Oct. 1, 1943 when his bomber crashed while he was training as a pilot in England during World War II.
- Gene Smith
Gene Smith is currently the athletic director for The Ohio State University. He was named the university's eighth athletic director on March 5, 2005. Prior to his tenure at Ohio State, he served as the ad for Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, and Iowa State. He oversees one of the biggest athletics programs, with 36 varsity sports, and over 900 student athletes. He was also identified as Black Enterprise's "50 most powerful African-Americans in sports".
- Orlando Pace
Orlando Lamar Pace (born November 4, 1975 in Sandusky, Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. He was the first overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft and has been selected to the Pro Bowl seven times.
- Derek Anderson
Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats. Anderson is a graduate of Doss High School and was a Kentucky All-Star. Anderson played college basketball at the Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky. In 1996, Anderson helped the University of Kentucky win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship as part of a team that featured seven future NBA players.
- Zack Space
Zachary T. (Zack) Space (b. January 27, 1961) of Dover, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic Party and presently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 18th Congressional district. Space won the seat in the November 7, 2006 election, defeating state Senator Joy Padgett. Space's seat was formerly held by Republican Bob Ney, who plead guilty to conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Abramoff scandal.
- Chris Gamble
Chris Gamble (born March 11, 1983) is a football player with the Carolina Panthers. During his NFL career Gamble has only played cornerback, but at Ohio State University he began his career as a wide receiver. It wasn't until his Sophomore year that he was moved to cornerback. His playmaking ability on defense and in the return game turned the tide in some close games during the 2002 National Championship season. Gamble has boasted of a 40 inch (101.6 cm) vertical jump, …
- Fred Taylor
Fred R. Taylor (born December 3, 1924 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States - died January 6, 2002 in Columbus, Ohio) was a college men's basketball coach for The Ohio State University from 1959 to 1976.
- Pat Tiberi
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi (born October 21, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former four-term member of Ohio House of Representatives who is now a United States Congressman for the 12th District, currently serving his fourth term in Congress. He is a member of the House Financial Services Committee, House Education Committee, the Workforce Committee, and is currently the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- Ray Miller
Ray Miller of Columbus, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic party who serves as a member of the Ohio Senate. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a master of arts degree in public administration from Ohio State University. Miller served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993 and from 1998 to 2002. He was elected to the senate in 2002. Miller is president of Professional Employment Services of America.
- Steve Stivers
Steve Stivers of Columbus, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party. In 2003, Stivers was appointed to the 16th District seat in the Ohio Senate to fill out the term of Priscilla Mead. He was successfully elected to the seat in 2004. Stivers current term expires in December 2008. He is eligible to run for another four-year term. Stivers earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1996 from Ohio State University.
- Justin Zwick
Justin Zwick (born May 12, 1983) was a collegiate football player who played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2002-2006.