I grew up in Northeastern Ohio. Ohio is a lot cooler than most people would like to admit.

• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
• The Afghan Whigs (my personal favorite)
• Pere Ubu
• Dean Martin
• Guided By Voices
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• The Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde is from Akron)
• Nine Inch Nails
• Lycia
• Scrawl
• Bone thugs-n-harmony
• Devo
• The Breeders (The Deals are from Dayton)
• Filter
• Howlin' Maggie
• Paul K. and the Weathermen
• Over the Rhine
• Macy Gray
• Brainiac
• The Ass Ponys
• New Bomb Turks
• Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
• Kelley Deal 6000
• Prick
• Marilyn Manson (Marilyn is from Canton)
• Gaunt

A good source for music news in Ohio and beyond: "Moo."

• Jim Jarmusch (Yeah, I like him a bit, too)
• Theda Bara
• Paul Newman
• Roy Rogers
• Drew Carey (of coursse)
• Martin Sheen
• Clark Gable
• Dorothy Gish
• Lillian Gish
• Paul Lynde
• Wes Craven
• Steven Spielberg
• Tim Conway
• Jonathan Winters
• John Holmes(I couldn't resist)
• Traci Lords (I sense a pattern)

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• James Thurber
• Toni Morrison
• Rita Dove
• Zane Grey
• Erma Bombeck
• Ambrose Bierce

• James A. Garfield
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Warren G. Harding
• Benjamin Harrison
• William Henry Harrison
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• William McKinley
• William H. Taft

• Thomas Alva Edison
• Orville Wright
• Wilbur Wright
• Harvey Firestone
• Frank A. Seiberling

• Jesse Owens
• Edwin Moses
• Annie Oakley
• John Heisman
• Denton (Cy) Young

• William McGuffey
• Maya Lin
• Tecumseh

For even more notable Ohioans, visit Ohio Biography.