List of Ohio State University people

This is a list of Ohio State University people. Individuals listed may have only attended the university at one point and not necessarily have graduated. Currently there are nearly 500,000 living Ohio State alumni.[1]

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National and international award winners

Nobel laureates

• Leon Cooper, 1972 Nobel laureate in Physics (Faculty)
• Paul Flory, 1974 Nobel laureate in Chemistry (Ph.D. 1934)
• William A. Fowler, 1983 Nobel laureate in Physics (B.S. 1933)
• Kenneth G. Wilson, 1982 Nobel laureate in Physics (Faculty)

Pulitzer Prize winners

• Nick Anderson, Editorial Cartooning 2005
• Walt Bogdanich, Specialized Reporting 1988; National Reporting 2005; Investigative Reporting 2008
• Paul H. Buck, History 1938
• Julia Keller, Feature Writing 2005
• Judith Miller, Explanatory Reporting 2002
• Mary Oliver, Poetry 1984
• Jim Schaefer, Local Reporting with the Detroit Free Press 2009[2]

Academia

• Michael F. Adams, President, University of Georgia (M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1973)
• Omer Clyde Aderhold, former President, University of Georgia (Ph.D. 1938)
• Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University (Ph.D. 1995)
• Steve Ballard, Chancellor East Carolina University (Ph.D. 1976)
• Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University (Ph.D.)
• John Bardo, educator, President of Wichita State University, Chancellor of Western Carolina University (Ph.D. 1973)
• James Bonk, longtime chemistry professor, Duke University (Ph.D. 1958)
• Douglas Brinkley, Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at Tulane University (B.A. 1982)
• Molly Corbett Broad, President of the University of North Carolina System (M.S. 1964)
• Paul H. Buck, historian; former Provost of Harvard University; awarded 1938 Pulitzer Prize in History (B.A. 1921)
• Calvin Adam Buehler, professor and chair of the Chemistry Department at University of Tennessee (B.S. 1918, M.S. 1920, Ph.D. 1922)
• Robert Buzzanco, professor and chair of the History Department at the University of Houston (Ph.D.)
• Tamal Dey, former professor and chair of the department of computer science and engineering at the Ohio State University
• Neil W. Chamberlain, economist and industrial relations scholar at Yale and Columbia Universities (Ph.D. 1942)
• Helen G. Edmonds, professor of history at North Carolina Central University, first black woman to earn a Ph.D. at Ohio State (1946)
• Perry A. Frey, professor of biochemistry at University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.S. 1959)
• Harold J. Grimm, Professor of History and an expert on the Protestant Reformation (PhD)
• John R. Halstead, President of SUNY-Brockport (Ph.D. 1980)
• Judy Hample, President of the University of Mary Washington (B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D.)
• Harlan Hatcher, former President (1951–1968) of the University of Michigan (B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D.)
• Sam Higginbottom, missionary and founder of Allahabad Agricultural Institute
• Christopher Hirata, astrophysicist (Faculty)
• Charles F. Hockett, Linguist, professor at Cornell University (B.A./M.A. 1936)
• Philip G. Hoffman, former President of the University of Houston (1961–1977); first Chancellor of the University of Houston System (1977–1979) (Ph.D. 1948)
• Michael Hogan, former history professor; former president of the University of Connecticut; former president of the University of Illinois
• Donald Kagan, scholar, Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale (Ph.D., 1958)
• Ellyn Kaschak, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University (Ph.D., 1974)
• David Kier, Professor of History, specializing in modern Germany and Russia (Ph.D.)
• George Kohlrieser, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Institute for Management Development IMD, Lausanne (Ph.D. 1988)
• Murray Krieger, literary critic and theorist, professor at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Irvine (Ph.D. 1952)
• Vijay Kumar, professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania (M.Sc. 1985; Ph.D. 1987)
• Arthur Lucas, Principal of King's College London (1993–2003) (Ph.D.)
• David Warren Maurer, professor of linguistics at the University of Louisville and an author of numerous studies of the language of the American underworld (Ph.D.)
• Oliver McGee, former Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science at The Ohio State University (2001–2005) (B.S. 1981)
• Raymond Mikesell, economist; participant in the Bretton Woods Conference (B.S. Ph.D.)
• Richard Thacker Morris, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, chairman of the Sociology Department at UCLA, author (Ph.D. 1952)
• Henry Panion, III, composer, arranger, conductor, educator; professor and chairman in the Department of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Ph.D.)
• Calie Pistorius, Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in South Africa (M.S. 1984; Ph.D. 1986)
• Wynetka Ann Reynolds, former President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1997–2003); former Chancellor of the City University of New York (1990–1997); former Chancellor of the California State University system (1982–1990); former Provost at the Ohio State University (1979–1982); director of Abbott Laboratories, Invitrogen Corporation, Humana Inc., and Owens Corning
• Michael J. Saks, professor of law and psychology at Arizona State University; president of the American Psychology-Law Society; editor of the scientific journal Law and Human Behavior (Ph.D., 1975)
• Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., historian namesake of Schlesinger Library at Harvard University (B.A. 1910)
• Gene Sharp, political scientist; founder of the Albert Einstein Institution; his writings on nonviolent revolution have been credited with providing the intellectual underpinnings for democratic movements around the world (B.A. 1949; M.A. 1951)
• Amit P. Sheth, professor at Wright State University and director of Kno.e.sis Center (M.S. 1983; Ph.D. 1985)
• Paul Torgersen, president of Virginia Tech (M.S. 1956; Ph.D. 1959)
• Quentin D. Wheeler, President, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (BS 1976; MS 1977; PhD 1980)
• Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor, State University of New York system (BA 1968; M.A. 1971; Ph.D. 1976)

Arts and literature

• Berenice Abbott, photographer (attended briefly)
• James Akins, Principal Tubist, Columbus Symphony Orchestra (B.M. 1978; M.M. 1982)
• John Backderf, a.k.a. Derf, political and satirical writer, cartoonist
• Brian Basset, cartoonist and painter; editorial cartoonist for The Seattle Times 1978–1994; creator of the comic strip Adam@Home 1984–2009, creator of the comic strip Red and Rover 2000– (1975–1978; attended but did not graduate)
• George Wesley Bellows, painter (1905) (attended but did not graduate)
• Lois McMaster Bujold, science fiction novelist (attended but did not graduate)
• Ron Burch, writer (BS; MA)
• Rosaria Butterfield, author (PhD 1992)
• Milton Caniff, cartoonist (1930)
• Charles Csuri, artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA; MFA)
• Harlan Ellison, science fiction writer (attended but did not graduate; expelled)
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher, novelist and education activist (B.A. 1899)
• Brian Gage, author of satire, fairy tales, and fiction (B.S. 1996)
• Jan Groover, photographer noted for her use of emerging color technologies (M.A. 1970)[3]
• Virginia Hamilton, author (M.A. 1958)
• Karen Harper, author (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1969)
• Chester Himes, "the black Raymond Chandler"; writer; of hard-boiled detective novels including Cotton Comes to Harlem (attended one year only)
• Velina Hasu Houston, playwright
• Kermit Hunter, playwright (B.A. 1931)
• John Jakes, author (M.A. 1954)
• Kerry G. Johnson, caricaturist and cartoonist (B.F.A 1989)
• Adrienne Kennedy, playwright, multiple Obie Award recipient, Guggenheim Fellow (B.A. 1953)
• David Kier, novelist and historian
• Betina Krahn, author (B.S.)
• Jerome Lawrence, playwright (B.A. 1937)
• Samella Lewis, artist, printmaker, art historian and scholar of African-American art, first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in fine arts and art history (M.A. 1948 Ph.D. 1951)
• Roy Lichtenstein, artist (BFA, 1946; MFA, 1949; honorary doctorate, 1988)
• Rick Mills, art educator, glass artist (BFA, 1980)
• Stephen Montague, composer and worldwide touring musician (2000 distinguished alumnus) (Ph.D. 1972)
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil, poet (B.A. and M.F.A. 1996/2000)
• Phil Ochs, 1960s and 70s folk singer, anti-war activist; majored in journalism
• Cynthia Ozick, author (M.A., 1950)
• Paul Palnik, cartoon artist and writer; some original drawings are in the collection of the Ohio State University Libraries (BFA, 1968; MA 1969)
• Joseph W. Papin, reportorial artist, illustrator, courtroom artist, editorial artist (B.A. 1955)
• Clayton Rawson, mystery writer (B.A. 1929)
• Christopher Ries, glass sculptor (BFA, 1975)
• Frank Schmalleger, professor and author (Ph.D., 1974)
• Loren Singer, screenwriter and novelist (B.A., 1947)
• Jeff Smith, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist; creator of the comic book series Bone (B.A.)
• Samuel Steward, professor and author (see also Phil Andros) (Ph.D., 1934)
• R. L. Stine, children's author of Goosebumps series (B.A., 1965)
• Julia Suits, cartoonist for The New Yorker (M.F.A., Sculpture, 1982)
• Graeme Sullivan, artist, author, art theorist, and educator (M.A. and Ph.D. 1984)
• James Thurber, author and humorist (attended but did not graduate)
• J.D. Vance, author of New York Times bestseller list Hillbilly Elegy, 2016
• Jon Whitcomb, illustrator whose style became highly influential in mid-century American magazines (B.A.)

Business

• Dan Amstutz, influential expert on agriculture trade with Goldman Sachs, as Ambassador and Chief Negotiator for Agriculture during the Uruguay Round General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and later Executive Director of the International Wheat Council in London, England (B.S. 1954)
• Emily E. Douglas, founder and CEO of Grandma's Gifts (M.L.H.R. 2007, M.B.A. 2009)
• Max M. Fisher, philanthropist and businessman; significant donor to and the namesake of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State (B.S. 1930)
• Mark Frissora, CEO of Caesars Entertainment, former CEO of The Hertz Corporation and Tenneco (B.A. 1977)
• Yang Huiyan, real estate developer; China's wealthiest woman, with a $16.2 billion net worth in 2007 (B.A.)
• Paul F. Iams, founder of Iams (B.S. 1937)
• William Isaac, former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 1981 to 1985 and current Chairman of consulting firm LECG's Global Financial Services
• Vyomesh Joshi, Executive Vice President, HP Imaging and Printing Group (M.S. Electrical Engineering 1980)
• Fred Lazarus, Jr., founder of Federated Department Stores
• John C. Lincoln, inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and in 1924, the Vice-Presidential candidate under the Commonwealth Land Party ticket. He held 55 patents on several electrical devices, founded the Lincoln Electric Co., invested in the construction of the Camelback Inn, presided over he Bagdad Mine and funded two hospitals in Phoenix, one which bears his name.
• Abraham M. Lurie, developer of Marina del Rey
• Robert E. Murray, founder and CEO of Murray Energy Corporation, one of the largest coal mine operators in the world
• Phuthuma Nhleko, CEO of MTN Group, South Africa's largest telecommunications company (B.S. 1983)
• Walden O'Dell, CEO of Diebold
• Edward J. Orton, Jr., Columbus philanthropist, founded the Standard Pyrometric Cone Company
• Alan Patricof, venture capitalist and founder of Apax Partners (B.S.)
• James E. Rohr, Chairman and CEO of PNC Financial Services Group (B.S. M.B.A.)
• Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr., founder and former owner of Gale Research, reference work publisher sold for $66 million to International Thomson in 1985 (B.A., 1950)
• Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr, Senior Vice President of Wyeth and President of Wyeth Research (B.S. 1973; Ph.D. 1976)
• Alex Schoenbaum, founder of Shoney's Restaurants (B.S. 1939)
• Deven Sharma, President, Standard & Poor's (Ph.D.)
• George Steinbrenner, one-time head of Cleveland's American Shipbuilding Company; former owner of the New York Yankees, former OSU graduate assistant under Woody Hayes; deceased (M.A. 1955 in physical education)
• Leslie Wexner, CEO, chairman and founder of Limited Brands corporation (B.S. 1959)
• Mark Whitacre, COO of Cypress Systems (B.S. M.S. 1979)
• Kenny Yap, executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation

Entertainment

• Lee Adams, songwriter; Tony Award winner; inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (B.A.)
• Carole Black, President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services (B.A. 1965)
• Budd Boetticher, film director of classic Westerns, many starring Randolph Scott
• Marc Butan, film producer and founder of MadRiver Pictures (B.A. 1992)
• Don Handfield, film producer, writer, co-creator of Knightfall on History Channel and producer of The Founder (B.A.)
• Margaret Carson, longtime publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman
• Kim Deal, musician, member of The Breeders, formerly of The Pixies and The Amps
• John Donkin, producer of 2007 Academy Award-nominated animated short No Time for Nuts (M.S. 1986)
• Tim Easton, musician alt-country singer
• Mark Eitzel, musician, member of The Naked Skinnies
• Ruby Elzy, break-through African American operatic soprano who created the role of Serena in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (B.S. 1930)
• Dudley Fisher, nationally syndicated cartoonist most known for the Right Around Home strip. (Did not graduate.)
• Charles W. Fries, film producer and former vice-president of Columbia Pictures, originated the Movie of The Week format (B.A.)
• Alan Freed, disc jockey, widely credited for coining the term "Rock and Roll"
• Patricia Heaton, Emmy Award-winning actress on Everybody Loves Raymond (B.A., 1980)
• Eileen Heckart, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress (B.A., 1942)
• Pee Wee Hunt, jazz trombonist, who had a number one hit with the "Twelfth Street Rag" in 1948
• Toni-Leslie James, Costume Designer.(BFA 1979)
• Jim Jinkins, animator and creator of the animated Doug television series
• Tyler Joseph, lead singer/songwriter of the indie-pop duo Twenty One Pilots
• Melina Kanakaredes, actress, star of Providence and CSI: NY (attended but did not graduate)
• James C. Katz, film restoration expert responsible for restoring the original prints of Rear Window, Lawrence of Arabia and My Fair Lady (B.A. 1960)
• Reuben Klamer, creator of Milton-Bradley's The Game of Life, the Art Linkletter Spin-A-Hoop, Gaylord the Walking Dog, Busy Blocks, and Fisher-Price's training roller skates
• Fred Ladd (né Laderman), producer, considered an industry trailblazer and the first to transform Japanese anime into an American commodity (B.S. 1949)[4]
• Richard Lewis, comedian, actor, writer (B.S. 1969)
• Aleen Leslie, screenwriter
• Gary LeVox, lead singer of the country music group Rascal Flatts
• Patrick Markey, producer of films including A River Runs Through It and White Oleander (B.A.; M.A.)
• Vince Mendoza, musician and composer of jazz (B.A. 1983)
• Dean Miller, actor (December Bride) and radio station executive
• Ric Ocasek, member of rock group The Cars
• Phil Ochs, 1960s and 70s folk and protest singer and progressive activist (attended journalism school but did not graduate)
• Of a Revolution, rock band of members Marc Roberge, Chris Culos, Richard On, Benj Gershman, and Jerry DePizzo
• Ron O'Neal, actor, Superfly
• Ross Patterson, actor and screenwriter (B.A. 1999)
• Coyote Peterson, Youtuber and wildlife educator at his channel Brave Wilderness
• Jean Peters, varsity cheerleader, Miss Ohio State University, actress, second wife of Howard Hughes
• Jack Renner, founder and CEO of TELARC Classical Records; nominated for 20 Grammy Awards, winning nine (B.S.)
• Gigi Rice, actress (B.A. 1987)
• Kristen Ruhlin, actress, Human Giant, She Wants Me, The Girl in the Park
• Ed Sabol, filmmaker, producer, multiple Emmy Award winner, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, co-founder of NFL Films
• Fred Silverman, trendsetting 1970s television executive as president of ABC
• Randy Skinner, director, choreographer, performer (B.S. in Education, 1974)
• Larry Smith, puppeteer and producer of children's programming in the Cincinnati area since 1957
• Richard Stoltzman, musician, Avery Fisher Prize-winning clarinetist, Sony Classical recording artist (B.A. Music / B.S. Mathematics)
• Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer (BFA, 1970)
• Chris Wedge, director of computer animation films including Ice Age and Robots (M.A. Computer Graphics)
• Nar Williams, host of the Science Channel's Science of the Movies
• Norma Jean Wright, lead singer of the late 70s disco band Chic
• Dwight Yoakam, country musician, actor

Journalism

• Andrew Anglin, founder of white supremacist news and commentary website The Daily Stormer
• Les Biederman, sports writer, columnist and editor for The Pittsburgh Press (B.A. 1930)
• Ned Brooks, moderator, Meet the Press
• Jack Buck, Hall of Fame announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football announcer, journalist
• Christine Chubbuck, television reporter who committed suicide on live television in 1974
• Len Downie, Jr., journalist, Executive Editor, Washington Post (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965)
• Hugh Fullerton, sportswriter, uncovered the Black Sox Scandal
• Julia Keller, columnist for Chicago Tribune; 2005 Pulitzer Prize recipient (Ph.D. 1995)
• W.M. Kiplinger, among first two journalism graduates; founder of Kiplinger's
• Brian Lehrer, radio host of The Brian Lehrer Show on New York's WNYC (M.A.)
• Dave Malkoff, Weather Channel correspondent and six-time Emmy Award recipient
• Joel Meyerowitz, photojournalist, Guggenheim Fellow chronicler of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack (B.A. 1959)
• Judith Miller, former New York Times reporter, 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
• Jerry Mitchell, investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger whose reporting helped lead to the conviction of Byron De La Beckwith, youngest recipient of John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism (M.A.)
• Erin Moriarty, CBS news correspondent and nine-time Emmy Award recipient (B.S. 1973; J.D. 1977)
• Reynelda Muse, first woman and first African American to anchor a television news program in Colorado (B.A. 1968)
• Frank Stanton, longtime President of CBS, 1946–73
• Bill Stewart, reporter, foreign correspondent for ABC executed by Nicaraguan government forces (B.A. 1963)
• David Teeuwen ( 1970 – 2015), managing editor of USA Today where he helped pioneer digital news
• Earl Wilson, New York Post (B.S. 1931)

Law

• Brent Benjamin, Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court (B.A., J.D.)[5]
• John W. Grabiel, Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas in 1922 and 1924, attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas (1900)[6]
• Claude M. Hilton, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (B.S. 1963)[7]
• Colleen McMahon, United States Judge for the Southern District of New York (B.A. 1973)[8]
• Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1961 J.D. 1964)[9]
• Paul Pfeifer, current Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1963 J.D. 1966)[10]
• C. William O'Neill, one-term governor of Ohio, Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court (JD 1942)[11]
• Brian Sandoval, 29th Governor of Nevada, former Nevada Attorney General; former United States District Court Judge (J.D. 1989)[12]
• Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, current Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (J.D. 1978)[13]
• Jeffrey Sutton, federal appeals court judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (J.D. 1990)[14]

Politics, diplomacy and military

• Rutherford B. Hayes, Civil War general, two-time Ohio Governor, and later American President who is given credit, while governor, for turning the early Ohio State Agricultural & Mechanical school into the comprehensive Ohio State University

Current United States Senators

• Sherrod Brown, United States Senator from Ohio (M.A., 1981)[15]
• Thomas R. Carper, United States Senator from Delaware (B.A., 1968)[16]

Current United States Congressmen

• Troy Balderson, Ohio's 12th congressional district (B.A. 1984)
• Bob Gibbs, Ohio's 7th congressional district (A.A.S., 1974)[17]
• James Jordan, Ohio's 4th congressional district (B.A.; M.A.)[18] - Assistant wrestling coach, 1987-1995
• Ron Klein, Florida's 22nd congressional district (B.A. 1979)[19]
• Alan Lowenthal, California's 47th congressional district (M.S. Ph.D.)[20]
• Steve Stivers, Ohio's 15th congressional district (B.A. 1989)[21]

Diplomats and international politicians

• Ljubica Acevska, diplomat, Macedonian Ambassador to the United States (B.A.)
• Amadou Lamine Ba, diplomat, Senegal Ambassador to the United States (B.S. M.S. Ph.D.)
• Chester Crocker, diplomat; former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs; author of United Nations' Namibian Peace Plan (B.A. 1963)
• Grant Devine, former Progressive Conservative Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan (Ph.D. 1976)
• Alan Fiers, key figure in the Iran-Contra Affair as head of the Central Intelligence Agency's Central American Task Force from 1984 to 1988 (B.A.)
• Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Senegal Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ph.D.)
• Stephen Kappes, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• Foy D. Kohler, diplomat, former United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (B.A.)
• Andrew McIntosh, British Labour Party Politician, Whip and culture spokesman of the House of Lords
• Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed, Somali educator and politician; former Minister of Education, Higher Education and Culture of Somalia[22]
• Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, politician
• Dr Stephen Oru, Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria[23][24]
• Paul A. Russo, Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, 1986-1988
• Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (B.S.; M.S. 1978)
• Roberto Sánchez Vilella, second elected Governor of Puerto Rico (B.S. 1934)
• Milton A. Wolf, diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Austria (B.A. 1948)
• Joseph Wu, former Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council; first and only non-KMT-affiliated Representative to the United States of the Republic of China (Ph.D. 1989)

State politicians

• Javier Rivera Aquino, member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives; Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture (B.S. 1996)
• Tony Dale, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from suburban Austin, Texas (B.A. Political Science)[25]
• Grace Towns Hamilton, first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly (Masters in Psychology 1929)[26]
• John Kasich, Governor and former Congressman from Central Ohio (B.A. 1974)[27]
• Robert S. Kiss, Speaker, West Virginia Legislature (B.A. J.D.)
• Ron Klein, Minority Leader, Florida Senate (B.A. 1979)

Ohio Senate

• Jim Hughes, Ohio Senate, from the 16th district[28]
• Kris Jordan, Ohio Senate from the 19th district[29]
• Frank LaRose, Ohio Senate from the 27th district[30]
• Tom Niehaus, 93rd President of the Ohio Senate from the 14th district[31]
• Larry Obhof, Ohio Senate from the 22nd district[32]
• Robert Shaw, Ohio Senate from the 16th District, 1967–1972
• Mark Wagoner, Ohio Senate from the 2nd district

Ohio House of Representatives

• William G. Batchelder, Ohio House of Representative from the 69th district[33]
• Andrew Brenner, Ohio House of Representative from the 2nd district[34]
• John Patrick Carney, Ohio House of Representative from the 22nd district[35]
• Kathleen Clyde, Ohio House of Representative from the 68th district[36]
• Mike Duffey, Ohio House of Representative from the 21st district[37]
• Bill Hayes, Ohio House of Representative from the 91st district[38]
• Brian Hill, Ohio House of Representative from the 94th district[39]
• Clayton Luckie, Ohio House of Representative from the 39th district[40]
• Bob Peterson, Ohio House of Representative from the 85th district[41]
• Dan Ramos, Ohio House of Representative from the 56th district[42]
• Stephen Slesnick, Ohio House of Representative from the 52nd district[43]
• Peter Stautberg, Ohio House of Representative from the 34th district[44]
• Gerald Stebelton, Ohio House of Representative from the 5th district[45]
• Fred Strahorn, Ohio House of Representative from the 39th district[46]

Former politicians

• Chester Hardy Aldrich, one-term Governor of Nebraska and former Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (B.A. 1888)[47]
• Laurie Calvin Battle, former Professor at Ohio State University; U.S. Representative from Alabama (M.A. 1939)[48]
• John W. Bricker, three-term Governor of Ohio; Republican vice presidential nominee in 1944; two-term United States Senator from Ohio; co-founder of Bricker & Eckler law firm; associated with the Bricker Amendment, a series of proposed changes to the US Constitution that would have limited the US president's ability to make treaties and executive agreements (B.A. 1916; J.D. 1920)[49]
• Dan Crippen, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1981)[50]
• Israel Moore Foster, U.S. Representative from Ohio[51]
• Richard A. Heyman (c. 1935-1994), Mayor of Key West Florida, one of the first openly gay politicians in the US (1957)[52]
• Dave Hobson, Ohio's 7th congressional district, (J.D. 1963)[53]
• William M. McCulloch, twelve-term former Congressman from Ohio (J.D. 1925)[54]
• James H. McGee, longest serving mayor of Dayton, Ohio (J.D.)[55]
• Oliver McGee, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Technology Policy (1999–2001) (B.S. 1981)
• Howard Metzenbaum, former United States Senator (B.A., 1939; J.D., 1941)[56]
• William H. Natcher, fifteen-term former Congressman from Kentucky, noted for never taking political contributions (J.D. 1933)[57]
• Mike Oxley, former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 4th district (J.D. 1969)[58]
• Deborah Pryce, former Congresswoman of Ohio's 15th congressional district (B.A. 1973)[59]
• James A. Rhodes, former four-term (non-consecutive) Governor of Ohio; former Mayor of Columbus, Ohio; former Ohio State Auditor (attended but did not graduate)[60]
• William B. Saxbe, United States Senator from Ohio, United States Attorney General, United States Ambassador to India (BA 1940; JD 1948)[61]
• Robert M. Switzer, former United States Representative from Ohio[62]
• George Voinovich, former United States Senator from Ohio; former Governor of Ohio (J.D.)[63]
• John M. Vorys, nine-term former Congressman from Ohio, 1951 delegate to the United Nations (J.D. 1923)[64]
• Michael R. White, longest-serving Mayor of Cleveland (B.A. 1973, MPA 1974)
• Chalmers P. Wylie, thirteen-term former Congressman from Ohio (B.A.)[65]
• Pat Tiberi, Ohio's 12th congressional district (B.A., 1985)[66]

Military

• Jesse L. Brown, first African American Navy pilot, received Navy Distinguished Flying Cross
• Clovis E. Byers, Chief of Staff, Eighth United States Army
• Robert L. Eichelberger, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy; Commander of the Eighth United States Army in the South West Pacific theater in World War II
• Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (World War II and Cold War) (B.S. 1928)
• Geoffrey Miller, United States Army major general (B.A.)
• John M. Murray, United States Army, general
• Robert W. Parker, United States Air Force general
• Robert R. Scott, awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II; namesake of destroyer escort USS Scott (DE-214) and OSU's Scott House dormitory
• Douglas M. Webster, Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy; lost in the Pacific Ocean December 5, 1965, when his A-4 Skyhawk, armed with a B43 nuclear bomb, rolled off the elevator of the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in a Broken Arrow not acknowledged by the Pentagon until 1981[67]

Science, engineering and architecture

• Amy Acton, director of Ohio Department of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic (MPH)
• Homer Burton Adkins, organic chemist who developed the Adkins catalyst (Ph.D. 1918)
• Mahzarin Rustum Banaji, psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Harvard University (M.A. 1982, Ph.D. 1986)
• Charles Bassett, astronaut
• Grace Marie Bareis, mathematician
• Hendrik Wade Bode, scientist and engineer with numerous civilian and military contributions (B.S. 1924, M.S. 1926)
• Thomas D. Brock, microbiologist who discovered hyperthermophiles living in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park
• Nancy J. Currie, astronaut on STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109 (B.A. 1980)
• Melvin De Groote, prolific chemist, with the second most patents in the US, next to Edison
• Agnes Meyer Driscoll, cryptanalyst deciphered Japanese Naval Codes before and during World War II (B.A. 1911)
• Jewell James Ebers, transistor engineer (MS 1947, PhD 1950)
• Bertha Lamme Feicht, first female engineering graduate; first female engineer to be hired by Westinghouse (B.S. 1893)
• Judah Folkman, scientist; Harvard medical researcher; cancer researcher (B.S. 1953)
• Gerard Fowke, geologist and archeologist
• Henry J. Hatch, engineer, Lt. General, former Army Chief of Engineers (M.S.)
• Rod Holt, developed the unique method of power supply for Apple Inc.'s 1977 Apple II
• David A. Huffman, computer scientist (B.S. 1944, M.S. 1949)
• Christina Hulbe, Antarctic researcher, glaciologist (MSc 1994)
• Cheryl Johnson (B.S. Chemistry, 1968), later attended law school; has served since 1999 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, Texas
• Charles Kettering, electrical engineer; founder of Delco; Vice President of Research for General Motors; invented electric starter for automobiles; co-founder (with Alfred Sloan) of Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1945 (B.S. 1904)
• Benjamin G. Lamme, engineer; longtime head of engineering at Westinghouse; pioneered the design of rotary converters; developed direct current railway motors; produced the first commercially successful induction motor (B.S. 1888)
• Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., first African-American NASA astronaut (Ph.D. Chemistry 1965)
• Richard M. Linnehan, astronaut (DVM 1985)
• Nigel Lockyer, Director of Fermilab since September 2013 (Ph.D. 1980)
• Ralph D. Mershon, engineer, inventor, and benefactor
• Redonda G Miller, MD, MBA, first female president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• John L. Moll, engineer, pioneer in the use of silicon transistors at Bell Labs, Stanford University and Hewlett-Packard (B.S. 1943, Ph.D. 1952)
• Ruth Ella Moore, scientist, first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in bacteriology (B.S. 1926, M.A. 1927, Ph.D. 1933)
• Russell C. Newhouse, engineer, pioneer in development of radio altimeter for aircraft, Bell Labs (B.S. EE 1929)
• Julie Palais, Antarctic researcher, glaciologist (M.S., Ph.D.)
• Roy Plunkett, inventor of teflon (Ph.D. 1936)
• Douglas Prasher, discoverer of green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene (Ph.D. 1979)
• Karl Probst, engineer, inventor of the Jeep (B.S. 1906)
• Frederick Patterson, the first African-American to manufacture cars. He developed the Patterson-Greenfield car and was in direct competition with Henry Ford's Model T.
• Wallace Clement Sabine, architect; Harvard professor; founder of the field of modern architectural acoustics; acoustical architect of Boston's Symphony Hall (B.S. 1886)
• Wolfram Samlowski, oncologist
• Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia (Ph.D., 2000)
• Betty Schmoll, founder of Hospice of Dayton, one of the first hospice programs in the United States (M.S. 1978)
• Ronald M. Sega, astronaut (M.S. 1975)
• Robert Slocum, botanist and biologist (M.S. 1977)
• Howard Dwight Smith, Ohio Stadium architect (B.S. 1907)
• Thamotharam Somasekaram, Sri Lankan Tamil geographer, Surveyor General of Sri Lanka from 1991 to 1992
• Claude Steele, psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University (Ph.D. 1971)
• Esther S. Takeuchi, bioengineer; Chief Scientist at Greatbatch; inventor of the microbatteries that made implantable defibrillators possible (Ph.D.)
• Sidney van den Bergh, Canadian astronomer who served as President of the Canadian Astronomical Society and as Vice President of the International Astronomical Union; namesake of asteroid 4230 van den Bergh (M.S.)
• Quentin D. Wheeler, entomologist and taxonomist, President of ESF (B.S. 1976; M.S. 1977; Ph.D. 1980)

Others

• Robert Bales, former United States Army soldier responsible for the Kandahar massacre (left 1996, didn't graduate)
• Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer and cannibal (Left after one quarter with a 0.45/4.00 GPA)
• Paul Ebert, pediatric heart surgeon; former director of the American College of Surgeons; former chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell University Medical College and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center (B.S. M.D)
• Ray Evans editorial cartoonist
• Mantaro Hashimoto, linguist and sinologist
• Wilson A. Head, sociologist, activist in race relations, peace and the abolition of prisons (doctoral degree in Sociology, Adult Education, and Social Psychology, 1958)
• Ammon Hennacy, social critic and reformer
• Stephanie Hightower, President of USA Track & Field
• Bill Kraus, gay rights and AIDS activist; former Congressional aide who served as a liaison between the San Francisco gay community and congress in the 1980s
• Roger McMurrin, conductor and Presbyterian pastor
• Jerrie Mock, aviator, first woman to successfully fly solo around the world (B.S.)
• Dillon S. Myer, director of War Relocation Authority during World War II and commissioner of Bureau of Indian Affairs (1914)
• Keo Nakama, athlete; first person to verifiably swim an open water Hawaiian channel; OSU swimming record holder, 1943, 1944
• Jim Reeder, coach; California State University Hall of Fame Charter Member; namesake for the baseball field at California State University, Los Angeles
• Ann Shaw (1921–2015), civic leader and social worker based in Los Angeles, California (M.S. Speech, 1944)[68]
• Mike Sexton, professional poker player; host of the World Poker Tour
• Brian Shaffer, undergraduate alumnus and medical student who disappeared from a Columbus bar in 2006
• Faye Wattleton, activist; former President of Planned Parenthood of America; co-founder of Center for the Advancement of Women (B.S. 1964)

Athletics

Olympic medalists

Ohio State has produced over 200 Olympic athletes, including the following medalists.

• David Albritton, track and field 1936 Summer Olympics silver medal[69]
• Miller Anderson, diving 1948 Summer Olympics silver medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games silver medal[70]
• Aldis Berzins, volleyball 1984 Summer Olympics gold medal[71]
• Raj Bhavsar, gymnastics 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medal[72]
• Tessa Bonhomme, Canada women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal[73]
• Juan Botella, Mexico, diving 1960 Summer Olympics bronze medal[74]
• Nathan Brooks, boxing 1952 Summer Olympics gold medal[75]
• Jennifer Chandler, diving 1976 Summer Olympics gold medal[76]
• Lisa Chesson, women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics silver medal[77]
• Mary Ellen Clark, diving 1992 Summer Olympics bronze medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games bronze medal[78]
• Bob Clotworthy, diving 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games bronze medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games gold medal[79]
• Gerald Cole, track and field 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games silver medal[80]
• Glenn Davis, track and field 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games gold medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games two gold medals[81]
• Diane Dixon, track and field 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal[82]
• James George, weightlifting 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games bronze medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games silver medal[83]
• Peter George, weightlifting 1948 London Olympic Games silver medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal[84]
• Joe Greene, track and field 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games bronze medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games bronze medal[85]
• Sam Hall, diving 1960 Rome Olympic Games silver medal[86]
• Morgan Hamm, gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games silver medal[87]
• Paul Hamm, gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games gold medal, two silver medals
• Bruce Harlan, diving 1948 London Olympic Games gold medal, silver medal[88]
• Donald Harper, diving 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal[89]
• Bill Hosket, Sr., basketball Big Ten Conference championship in 1933[90]
• Bill Hosket, Jr., basketball 1968 Summer Olympics gold medal[91]
• Karen Josephson, synchronized swimming, 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal; 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games gold medal[92]
• Sarah Josephson, synchronized swimming1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal; 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games gold medal[93]
• Ryan Kesler, men's ice hockey, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, silver medal[94]
• Ford Hiroshi Konno, swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games two gold medals, silver medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal[95]
• Emma Laaksonen, Finland women's hockey, 1998 Winter Olympics bronze medal; 2010 Winter Olympics bronze medal[96]
• Jerry Lucas, basketball 1960 Rome Olympic Games gold medal[97]
• Kelly McCormick, diving 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games bronze medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal[98]
• Jesse Owens, track and field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games four gold medals[99]
• Yoshi Oyakawa, swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal[100]
• Jerry Page, boxing 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal[101]
• Lea Ann Parsley, skeleton, 2002 Winter Olympics silver medal[102]
• Michael Redd, basketball 2008 Beijing Olympic Games gold medal[103]
• Butch Reynolds, track and field 1988 Seoul Olympic Games gold medal, silver medal[104]
• Jason Rodgers, Fencing, 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal[105]
• Gordy Sheer, luge, 1998 Winter Olympics silver medal[106]
• George Simpson, track and field, 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal[107]
• Bill Smith, swimming 1948 London Olympic Games two gold medals[108]
• Katie Smith, WNBA player; basketball 2000 Summer Olympics gold medal; 2004 Athens Olympic Games gold medal; 2008 Beijing Olympic Games gold medal[109]
• Jack Taylor, swimming 1952 Summer Olympics bronze medal[110]
• Hanna Thompson, fencing 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal[111]
• Minttu Tuominen, Finland women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics bronze medal[112]
• Bryan Volpenhein, rowing 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal; 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medal[113]
• Marc Waldie, volleyball 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal[114]
• Malden Whitfield, track and field 1948 London Olympic Games two gold medals, bronze medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal; silver medal[115]
• Blaine Wilson, gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games silver medal[116]
• William Buford, former basketball player at Ohio State[117]
• Mike Conley, Jr., 4th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft of the Memphis Grizzlies, NBA player for the Utah Jazz[118]
• Daequan Cook, NBA player for the Houston Rockets[119]
• Aaron Craft, professional basketball player for AS Monaco
• Jon Diebler, player for the Panionios B.C.[120]
• John Havlicek, NBA star, Basketball Hall of Fame[121]
• Othello Hunter, NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks[122]
• Jim Jackson, former NBA player[123]
• Chris Jent, former NBA player and current Ohio State assistant coach[124]
• Neil Johnston, NBA player and coach, Basketball Hall of Fame[125]
• Roger Jorgensen, BAA player[126]
• Clark Kellogg, former NBA player, TV sports analyst[127]
• Bobby Knight, coach at Texas Tech University, Basketball Hall of Fame (B.A. 1962)[128]
• Kosta Koufos, NBA player for the Sacramento Kings[129]
• Ron Lewis, basketball player for Ironi Nahariya from the Israeli Super League[130]
• Jerry Lucas (1958–1962), NBA star, Basketball Hall of Fame[131]
• Mark Minor, former NBA player[132]
• Kelsey Mitchell, first Team All-American, 2016, 2nd Team All-American, 2015, 2017, 2018, WNBA player for the Indiana Fever, selected 2nd overall[133]
• B. J. Mullens, 24th draft pick in the 2009 NBA Draft (2008–2009)
• Greg Oden, first Team All-American, 2007, selected with the number one pick of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers (2006–2007)[134]
• Scoonie Penn, Euroleague player[135]
• Michael Redd, NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks (1997–2000)[136]
• Arnie Risen, four-time NBA all-star, Basketball Hall of Fame[137]
• Evan Ravenel, current free agent.
• LaQuinton Ross (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League[138]
• D'Angelo Russell, 2nd overall pick in 2015 NBA Draft by Los Angeles Lakers, NBA player for the Memphis Grizzlies
• Brad Sellers, former NBA player[139]
• Jim Smith, former NBA player[140]
• Jared Sullinger, NBA player for the Boston Celtics[141]
• Fred R. Taylor, long-time former OSU head basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame[142]
• Evan Turner, NCAA Player of the Year, NBA player for the Boston Celtics[143]
• Trevor Thompson, current free agent
• Bob Weltlich, former University of Texas coach, author of the novel Crooked Zebra[144]
• Herb Williams[145]

Baseball

• Steve Arlin, MLB pitcher (1969–1974)[146]
• Barry Bonnell, MLB outfielder (1977–1986)[147]
• Chuck Brinkman, MLB catcher (1969–1974)[148]
• Dave Burba, MLB pitcher (1990–2004)[149]
• Galen Cisco, MLB pitcher (1961–1969)[150]
• Rollin Cook, MLB pitcher (1915)[151]
• John Dagenhard, MLB pitcher (1943)[152]
• Mark Dempsey, MLB pitcher (1982)[153]
• Johnny Edwards, MLB catcher[154]
• Brad Goldberg, MLB pitcher[155]
• Frank Howard, MLB outfielder[156]
• Cory Luebke, MLB pitcher (2010–present)[157]
• Jim Reeder, lettered in three varsity sports at OSU; World War II prevented him from playing Major League Baseball; upon his death California State University at Los Angeles renamed their baseball field the James B. Reeder Memorial Field to honor their long-time head coach; he never had a losing season as Cal State's head coach (B.S. 1948)
• Moe Savransky (born 1929), MLB pitcher (1954)
• George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees owner[158]
• Nick Swisher, MLB outfielder, World Series Champion 2009 New York Yankees[159]

Football

• Eli Apple, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants
• Brian Baschnagel, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears[160]
• Joey Bosa, NFL defensive end for the Los Angeles Chargers
• Nick Bosa, NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
• Paul Brown, coach, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and namesake of Paul Brown Stadium (M.A. 1940)[161]
• Earle Bruce, College Football Hall of Fame coach[162]
• Connie Carberg, first female NFL scout[163]
• Cris Carter, former NFL wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame member[164]
• Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Heisman Trophy winner 1955[165]
• Frank Clair, Canadian Football Hall of Fame coach[166]
• Joe Cooper, Calgary Stampeders player[167]
• Tom Cousineau, former linebacker, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns first pick of the 1979 NFL Draft[168]
• Mike Doss, NFL safety for the Minnesota Vikings, three-time All-American[169]
• Nate Ebner, NFL safety for the New England Patriots and rugby Olympian[170]
• Byron Eby, football player[171]
• Wes Fesler, three-time All-American end; coach[172]
• John E. Frank, NFL tight end[173]
• Jake Gaither, head coach at Florida A&M
• Eddie George, Heisman Trophy winner 1995, former NFL football player[174]
• Sid Gillman, NFL coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame[175]
• Ted Ginn, Jr., NFL wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers[176]
• Terry Glenn, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys; 1995 Biletnikoff Award winner[177]
• Randy Gradishar, NFL linebacker, College Football Hall of Fame member[178]
• Archie Griffin, only two-time Heisman Trophy winner (1974, 1975); current president of the Ohio State University Alumni Association[179]
• Lou Groza, football kicker and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Lou Groza Award namesake[180]
• Chic Harley, three-time All-American running back[181]
• Dwayne Haskins, NFL quarterback for the Washington Redskins, 2018 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, 2019 Rose Bowl MVP
• A. J. Hawk, NFL linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, 2005 Lombardi Award recipient[182]
• Woody Hayes, Ohio State football coach and educator (M.A.)[183]
• Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN sports analyst and former OSU quarterback
• John Hicks, 1973 winner of Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award[184]
• Les Horvath, Heisman Trophy winner 1943[185]
• Cardale Jones, NFL quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers
• Vic Janowicz, Heisman Trophy winner 1950[186]
• Pete Johnson, NFL running back[187]
• Dante Lavelli, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1945)[188]
• Dick LeBeau, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator[189] Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2010)
• Dick Logan, NFL guard for the Green Bay Packers[190]
• Nick Mangold, former NFL center for the New York Jets, 2-time pro bowler[191]
• Terry McLaurin, NFL wide receiver for the Washington Redskins
• Urban Meyer, head coach of Ohio State Football (M.A. 1988)[192]
• Braxton Miller, wide receiver for Houston Texans
• Mike Nugent, NFL placekicker for the Cincinnati Bengals[193]
• Orlando Pace, NFL offensive lineman Chicago Bears; winner of 1995 Outland Trophy and the 1994 and 1995 Lombardi Award; first pick of the 1996 NFL Draft[194]
• Jim Parker, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts and Pro Football Hall of Fame[195]
• Dwight Peabody, NFL end[196]
• Pete Perini, NFL fullback[197]
• Ev Rowan, NFL end[198]
• Steve Ruzich, NFL guard for the Green Bay Packers[199]
• Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler, former football coach of the Michigan Wolverines (Master's 1952)[200]
• Tom Skladany, three-time All-American punter and former professional football player, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles[201]
• Troy Smith, 2006 Heisman Trophy winner, former NFL Player[202]
• Chris Spielman, former NFL linebacker with the Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns; 1987 Lombardi Award recipient[203]
• Shawn Springs, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots[204]
• Jim Stillwagon, Canadian Football League player, 1970 winner of Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award
• Don Sutherin, Canadian Football Hall of Fame defensive back[205]
• Jack Tatum, football player for the Oakland Raiders, author[206]
• Paul Warfield, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver[207]
• Dan Wilkinson, NFL Defensive Lineman, first pick of the 1994 NFL draft[208]
• Joe Williams, football player[209]
• Bill Willis, Pro Football Hall of Famer; first African-American pro football player[210]
• Antoine Winfield, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings; 1998 Jim Thorpe Award winner[211]

For a more complete list of Ohio State University alumni in the NFL see: Buckeyes in the NFL

Golf

• John Cook[212]
• Rosie Jones[213]
• Meg Mallon[214]
• Jack Nicklaus[215]
• Joey Sindelar[216]
• Chris Smith[217]
• Tom Weiskopf

Hockey

• Tom Askey, retired goaltender for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and various European pro teams[218]
• Mike Bales, NHL ice hockey goalie, currently playing for the Straubing Tigers (DEL)[219]
• Mathieu Beaudoin, current NHL player with Phoenix Coyotes[220]
• Sean Collins, current NHL player for the New York Rangers
• Zac Dalpe, current NHL player with the Rochester Americans (AHL)[221]
• Ryan Dzingel, current player with the Ottawa Senators
• Corey Elkins, current player/left wing with HIFK (Liiga)[222]
• Nate Guenin, current NHL player with the Colorado Avalanche[223]
• Ryan Kesler, current NHL player with the Anaheim Ducks[224]
• Jamie Macoun, longtime veteran defenceman in the NHL[225]
• Jeff Madill, retired NHL player with the New Jersey Devils[226]
• Bill McKenzie, retired NHL goaltender[227]
• Éric Meloche, former professional player, Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins[228]
• Rod Pelley, currently playing for the Albany Devils (AHL)[229]
• Dave Steckel, current player for the Norfolk Admirals (AHL)[230]
• Tyson Strachan, current NHL player/defenseman with the Buffalo Sabres[231]
• R.J. Umberger, current player/center in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers[232]
• Jim Witherspoon, retired NHL player/defenseman with the Los Angeles Kings[233]

Rowing

• Erden Eruç, first solo human-powered circumnavigator of the Earth with multiple Guinness world records for ocean rowing[234][235][236]

Shooting (pistol)

• James Howard Snook, gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics at Antwerp; 1908 graduate from OSU College of Veterinary Medicine; also served on faculty; inventor of the "snook hook" surgical instrument; executed in February 1930 for murder[237]

Soccer

• Eric Brunner, Houston Dynamo[238]
• Ray Burse, goalkeeper, Puerto Rico Islanders[239]
• Roger Espinoza, Sporting Kansas City[240]
• Dustin Kirby, Real Salt Lake[241]
• Kyle Veris, LA Galaxy and top European clubs[242]

Wrestling

• Mark Coleman, NCAA Champion wrestler (190 lbs); silver medalist at the 1991 FILA Wrestling World Championships; retired professional mixed martial artist; former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion; UFC Hall of Fame member[243]
• Lance Palmer, four-time Ohio State wrestling champ, four-time All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, former WSOF Champion[244]
• Kevin Randleman, two-time NCAA Champion (1992 & 1993) and runner-up wrestler (1991); former UFC Heavyweight Champion[245]
• Logan Stieber, five time HS Champion wrestler, four time NCAA Champion wrestler
• Kyle Snyder two time NCAA Champion wrestler, World Champion, Olympic Champion
• Jim Jordan - assistant coach 1987-1995 (elected to Ohio congress in 1994, US congress in 2006)[246][247][248]
• Richard Strauss - team doctor, committed suicide in 2005, age 67[249][250]

Notable current faculty

National Academy of Sciences members

• Carlo Croce, medicine and genetics
• Avner Friedman, mathematics
• Leo Paquette, chemistry
• Duane W. Roller, Professor Emeritus of Classics
• Lonnie G. Thompson, geology, Tyler Prize-winning glaciologist (M.S. 1971 Ph.D. 1976)

National Academy of Engineering members

• Jose B. Cruz, Jr., electrical engineering

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Members

• Clara D. Bloomfield

Arts, humanities, and social sciences

• Kevin Boyle, National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age (History, 2004)
• Henri Cole, poetry, awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pulitzer Prize finalist
• Charles Csuri, art and computer graphics, influential artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA 1946; MFA 1948)
• Ann Hamilton, sculpture; 1993 MacArthur Fellow; 2008 Heinz Award recipient
• Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics
• Tony Mendoza, photography
• Bebe Miller, dance; Guggenheim Fellow; founder of Bebe Miller Dance Company (M.A. 1975)
• John Mueller, political science; Guggenheim Fellow; holds the Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies; winner of Georgetown University's Lepgold Prize for the best book on international relations for The Remnants of War
• Geoffrey Parker, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of history
• Alexander Wendt, political science; Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security; named the third most influential scholar of international relations by Foreign Policy magazine

Math and physical sciences

• George Billman, physiology
• Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor, College of Engineering[251]
• Rick Freuler, professor and coordinator of the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program
• Harvey Friedman, mathematics and logic
• William J. Mitsch, environmental science, awarded 2004 Stockholm Water Prize for wetlands research
• William Pease, medicine
• Altaf Wani, radiology
• Terry Jean Wilson, geologist, Antarctic researcher

School of Physical Activity and Educational Services

• Gwendolyn Cartledge Professor

Notable former faculty members

Arts and humanities

• John C. Rule, Professor of History, 1958–1995
• Thyrsa Frazier Svager, professor, 1954-1987; Provost, 1987-1993
• Stephen V. Tracy, Professor of Greek & Latin, 1971-2002; creator and first director of the Center for Epigraphic and Paleographic Studies at The Ohio State University

National Academy of Science Members

• Bernadine Healy, cardiology, former head of the National Institutes of Health and the American Red Cross, 1995-1999
• Kenneth G. Wilson, physics, 1982-2008, Nobel laureate

Presidents of the Ohio State University

Main article: List of Presidents of Ohio State University

The first president of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College is Edward Orton, Sr., who served from 1829 to 1899. During Orton's term, the university became Ohio State University, in 1878. Karen A. Holbrook took office in 2002 and was the first female president. E. Gordon Gee is the only president who served two terms, after from serving from 1990 to 1998 and returning in 2007-2013. Michael V. Drake, former chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, assumed the role of university president on June 30, 2014.[252] Drake also serves as the first African American President of the university.

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