- Carol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland (born January 13, 1942, London, England) is a British comic actress, most notable for her appearances as the only significant female performer on "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
- Missy Cleveland
Amanda (Missy) Hodges Cleveland (born December 25, 1959 in Jackson, Mississippi - August 14, 2001 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) was an American model and actress. She was "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. Missy was discovered by "Playboy" through the magazine's 25th Anniversary Great Playmate Hunt, a contest she entered after being prodded by her mother.
- Horace Cleveland
Horace William Shaler Cleveland was a noted American landscape architect, sometimes considered second only to Frederick Law Olmsted. His approach to natural landscape design can clearly be seen in projects including the Grand Rounds in Minneapolis, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass., and St. Anthony’s Park in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Al Cleveland
Al Cleveland was an African-American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most popular co-compositions are "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye.
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (February 16, 1799 - June 6, 1887) was a United States Representative and Governor of Connecticut. Born in Canterbury, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and taught school from the age of fifteen to twenty. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Hampton. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1826 to 1829, 1832, 1835, 1836, 1838, 1847, and 1848, …
- Harlan Cleveland
Harlan Cleveland is an American diplomat, educator, and author. He served as Lyndon Johnson's U.S. Ambassador NATO, 1965–1969, and earlier as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs. He was President of the University of Hawaii 1969–1974, and the World Academy of Art and Science in the 1990s. He was also an early advocate and practitioner of online education, …
- James Cleveland
James Cleveland (December 5, 1931 - February 9, 1991) was a gospel singer, arranger, composer and, most significantly, the driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound, bringing the stylistic daring of hard gospel and jazz and pop music influences to arrangements for mass choirs.
- John Cleveland
John Cleveland (June 16, 1613 - April 29, 1658) was an English poet. The son of an usher in a charity school, Cleveland was born in Loughborough, and educated at Hinckley Grammar School and the University of Cambridge, where he became college tutor and lecturer on rhetoric at St John's College, and was much sought after. A staunch Royalist, he opposed the election of Oliver Cromwell as member for Cambridge in the Long Parliament, …
- Rick Cleveland
Rick Cleveland is an American television writer, playwright and monologist, best known for writing on the HBO original series, "Six Feet Under" and NBC's "The West Wing". More recently, he served as executive producer on the critically acclaimed HBO original series "Six Feet Under" from 2001-2005 which ran for 5 seasons. Most recently, Rick won the Jury Award for Best One Person Show at the 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, …
- Orestes Cleveland
Orestes Cleveland (March 2, 1829 - March 30, 1896) was a nineteenth century politician and manufacturer from New Jersey. Born in Duanesburg, New York, Cleveland attended common schools as a child. He moved to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1845 and became involved in the manufacturing of black lead, stove polish and pencils. He was a member of the Jersey City Board of Aldermen in 1861 and 1862, serving as president in the latter year, …
- Ashley Cleveland
Ashley Cleveland (born 2 February 1957) is an American singer/songwriter perhaps best known as a background vocalist and Grammy-winning gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was married to Kenny Greenberg on 27 April, 1991 and has three children.
- Robert Cleveland
Robert Cleveland (1744-1812) was an American revolutionary from Wilkes County, North Carolina, and served as a Captain in the militia under his brother Colonel Benjamin Cleveland. Cleveland was the son of John Cleveland and Elisabeth Coffey Cleveland. He was born on his father's plantation in Orange County, Virginia on June 8, 1744; along with several siblings he migrated to western North Carolina sometime around 1769.
- Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland (born May 3, 1926) is an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee, perhaps best-known for his studio recordings with Miles Davis, such as his appearances on "Miles Ahead" and "Porgy and Bess". Cleveland worked with many well-known jazz musicians, including Sarah Vaughan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Pettiford and James Brown.
- Ruth Cleveland
Ruth Cleveland (October 3, 1891 - January 7, 1904) was the first child of United States President Grover Cleveland and the First Lady Frances Cleveland. Her birth between Cleveland's two terms of office caused a national sensation. However she was a very sick child who died at the age of twelve of diphtheria, and was buried in Princeton Cemetery. The Curtiss candy company claimed to have named the "Baby Ruth" candy bar after her, 17 years after her death.
- Steve Cleveland
Steve Cleveland is the current men's head basketball coach at Fresno State University. His prior head coaching position was at Brigham Young University from 1997-2005, leading the Cougars to 3 NCAA Tournaments. In 2003, Cleveland was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year after compiling a 23-9 record.
- Benjamin Cleveland
Benjamin Cleveland (1738-1806) was an American pioneer and soldier in North Carolina. He is best remembered for his service as a colonel in the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War, and in particular for his role in the American victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
- Esther Cleveland
Esther Cleveland (9 September 1893 - June 25 1980), American daughter of Grover Cleveland. Cleveland is the first and only presidential child born in White House. She contracted measles when it spread through the White House, leading to a quarantine. Five years later, she contracted diphtheria. She made her debut in 1912 and was rumored to engaged to Randolph D. West shortly after (denied by relatives).
- Charlie Cleveland
Charlie "Flayra" Cleveland (b. 1973) American video game designer, programmer, developer, businessman, founder of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, and the designer of Natural Selection, a Half-Life modification. He is working on raising money for a commercial game in the Natural Selection universe. He worked on Empire Earth for Stainless Steel Studios and MindRover for CogniToy. Recently he worked on the game Zen of Sudoku in an effort to raise money for future projects.
- Clarence Chester Cleveland
Clarence Chester Cleveland was a Canadian politician. Born in Danville, Canada East, Cleveland was educated at the Grammar School in Lennoxville, Quebec. He was a farmer and a manufacturer of leather with his brother. He was mayor of Danville and warden of Richmond County. He was a Captain in the 54th Richmond Battalion Volunteer Infantry (now the Sherbrooke Hussars.
- Rose Cleveland
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (June 13, 1846 - November 22, 1918), was the First Lady during the first of U.S. President Grover Cleveland's two administrations. She was the 27th First Lady; she came to take up the job when her elder brother won the presidency. When President Cleveland married Frances Folsom, Rose resigned and began a career in education. She died in Bagni di Lucca, Italy from the Spanish flu, and was buried there. <br clear="right" /> simple:Rose Cleveland
- Alice Cleveland
Alice Cleveland is a former television home shopping host on HSN and most recently an on-air vendor representative on QVC. She was fired from HSN shortly after being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease; HSN maintained that her dismissal was based on the network's dissatisfaction with her hosting style, and because she appeared in an unauthorized infomercial on another station. A court awarded Cleveland $495,000 in actual and punitive damages, …
- Jesse Franklin Cleveland
Jesse Franklin Cleveland (October 25, 1804 - June 22, 1841) was a United States Representative and businessman from Georgia. Cleveland was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1804. He attended school in South Carolina before moving to Georgia. From 1831 to 1843, Cleveland served in the Georgia Senate.
- Michael Cleveland
Mike Cleveland is a bluegrass musician who took home his fourth Fiddle Player of the Year award and third Instrumental Album of the Year award for "Let 'Er Go, Boys!" at the 17th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards in Nashville on September 28. Tom Adams won the Best Liner Notes award for "Let 'Er Go, Boys!." The awards were given by the International Bluegrass Music Association in a star-studded ceremony at The Grand Ole Opry House.
- Jonathan Cleveland
Jonathan ("Jon") Cleveland (born December 19, 1970 in Fresno, California) is a former international breaststroke swimmer, who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Team, alongside Mark Tewksbury, Marcel Gery, and Stephen Clarke. His best individual performance was the seventh place at the Seoul Olympics, …
- William Cleveland
William Cleveland (born Devonshire, died December 6th 1758) was an English independent slave trader(or interloper) who was stationed at Galinhas in Sierra Leone during the 1730s. He was from the respectable Devonshire family and his brother was the Secretary of Admiralty during his time as a slave trader in Africa. William Cleveland took refuge from a Sherbro chief, Skinner Caulker, on the Banana Islands. Skinner Corker was involved in trading redwood, ivory, gum, …
- Cutler J. Cleveland
Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Before becoming a high profile scholar, Dr. Cleveland had a very successful career as an exotic dancer. Dr. Cleveland is now the editor-in-chief of the "Encyclopedia of Energy" (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the "Dictionary of Energy" (Elsevier, 2005), …
- Reggie Cleveland
Reginald Leslie Cleveland (born on May 23, 1948 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan). was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers. He ended his career with 105 wins, with a 4.01 ERA and 930 strikeouts. Sportswriter Bill Simmons created the "Reggie Cleveland All-Stars" - a team of athletes whose names he believes to not be representative of their ethnicities.
- Patience Cleveland
Patience Cleveland was a New Hampshire-born American film and television actress. Cleveland died from cancer in Santa Monica, California, four days after her 73rd birthday.
- Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party and a candidate for President of the United States in both 2004 and 2008. Kucinich currently represents the 10th District of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. His district includes most of western Cleveland, as well as such suburbs as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights.
- Hilary Cleveland
Hilary Cleveland has been a professor of History and Political Science at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, for over 50 years. She was married to former New Hampshire Republican Congressman James Colgate Cleveland and was sister in law of the late Patience Cleveland. She was born in Andover, New Hampshire, and still lives in the area. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the national Advisory Council on Continuing Education.
- Odessa Cleveland
Odessa Cleveland played Lt. Ginger Bayliss, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H for 20 episodes from 1972 to 1974; plus 2 episodes in 1977. She also had a guest role in an episode of the M*A*S*H spinoff Trapper John, M.D.. She played "Jim's" slave wife in the 1974 musical release of "Huckleberry Finn".
- Jeff Garcia
Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American professional quarterback currently employed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Garcia's professional career began in the CFL before becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers in the early 2000s. After disappointing seasons in Cleveland and Detroit, Garcia resurrected his career in Philadelphia. Garcia is of Irish and Mexican descent.
- Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor and comedian recognizable by his crew cut and black-rimmed glasses. After making a name for himself in stand-up comedy he eventually gained popularity starring on his own self-titled sitcom, "The Drew Carey Show", and serving as host on the U.S. version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?".
- 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.
- Phil Savage
Phil Savage (born Phillip Savage Jr. April 7 1965 in Mobile, Alabama) was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cleveland Browns on January 6 2005. Previously, Savage served as Director of Player Personnel for the Baltimore Ravens under General Manager Ozzie Newsome (ironically, a former Browns' player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame).
- 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.
- Tim Couch
Timothy Scott Couch (born July 31, 1977 in Hyden, Kentucky) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was a standout Heisman Trophy finalist in 1998 playing for the University of Kentucky, and was the number one selection in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He played most of his career in Cleveland, ending with the exception of a short stint with the Green Bay Packers in 2004.
- Tom Jones
Tom Jones (born 26 April 1943) is an American former racing driver, born in Dallas, Texas. He entered his own Cooper T82 in one Formula One race, the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix. After a promising practice performance, he suffered electrical problems during Qualifying and only set one very slow lap time. The stewards denied him a place on the grid on the grounds that he was "too slow", even though he had been competitive in practice runs.
- Terry Pluto
Terry Pluto is an award-winning Akron, Ohio sportswriter who primarily writes columns for the "Akron Beacon Journal" about Cleveland sports and religion. He has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize twice, and has been named Ohio Sportswriter of the Year eight times. Pluto is also the author of over 20 books and a graduate of Benedictine High School in Cleveland Ohio.
- Guillermo Mota
Guillermo Reynoso Mota is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently on the New York Mets. Mota made his Major League Debut with the Montreal Expos in 1999. The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired him before the 2002 season via trade. While with the Dodgers, Mota's career took off when he became the setup man for All-Star closer Éric Gagné. In 2003, Mota had his breakthrough season posting a 6-3 record with a 1.97 ERA.