Below is a list we’ve compiled of notable people from the Dayton area. We’ve only included people we’ve actually heard of, but you can find a complete list here.

Actors and Models:

• Nancy Cartwright – voice of Bart Simpson
• Allison Janney – actress
• Dr. Creep – actor
• Luke Grimes – actor
• Charles Michael Davis – actor
• Toccara Jones – model
• Chad Lowe – actor
• Rob Lowe – actor
• Martin Sheen – actor
• Dave Chappelle – comedian (Yellow Springs)

Athletes:

• Rob Dyrdek – skateboarder, TV personality, contributed to design of the DC Shoes Skate Plaza

• Roger Clemens – baseball
• AJ Hawk – football
• Brady Hoke – University of Michigan football coach
• Edwin C. Moses – Olympic Gold Medalist
• Mike Schmidt – baseball

Writers:

• Erma Bombeck
• Paul Laurence Dunbar

Inventors and Entrepreneurs

• John H. Patterson – founder of NCR
• Orville and Wilbur Wright – first successful inventors of powered airplanes
• Charles F. Kettering – inventor of self-starter for automobiles, Freon refrigerant, and premature infants incubator
• James & John Ritty – inventors of the Incorruptible Cashier.
• Esther Price – founder of Esther Price Candies.

Miscellaneous:

• Althea Harper – designer, contestant on Project Runway
• Wendy Pepper – designer, contestant on Project Runway
• Cathy Guisewite – cartoonist of Cathy comic strip

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Know someone we forgot? Let us know! (We only mention those who were born here, or spent a significant amount of time here and contributed to Dayton’s history.)