List of people from Steubenville, Ohio explained

This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Steubenville, Ohio, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Arts

• Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835–1915) – painter
• Thomas Cole (1801–1848) – artist, oil painter, founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting
• Alexander Doyle (1857–1922) – sculptor
• Eugene Louis Faccuito (1925–2015) – jazz dancer and teacher, choreographer
• Albert Newsam (1809–1864)  – painter, engraver and lithographer^[1]

Athletics

• Danny Abramowicz (born 1945) – former NFL wide receiver
• Chinedu Achebe (born 1977) – Arena Football League linebacker
• Johnny Bates (1882–1949) – former MLB outfielder
• Zinn Beck (1885–1981) – former MLB infielder
• Ray Bracken (1891–1974) – Olympic gold medal-winning sport shooter
• Zach Collaros (born 1988) – CFL quarterback
• Chip Coulter (born 1945) – former MLB infielder
• Sylvia Crawley (born 1972) – former ABL forward, women's basketball head coach
• Audrey Deemer (1930–2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Rich Donnelly (born 1946) – former MLB coach
• Rollie Fingers (born 1946) – former MLB pitcher, National Baseball Hall of Famer
• Tom "Knute" Franckhauser (1937–1997) – former NFL cornerback
• Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1927–2012) – Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer, former college football quarterback and coach
• Mike Gulan (born 1970) – former MLB infielder
• Paul Hoover (baseball) (born 1976) – former MLB player and current field coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Jim Hudson (1943–2013) – former NFL and AFL safety
• Tony Jeter (born 1944) – former NFL tight end
• Cal Jones (1933–1956) – All-American football player at Iowa in College Football Hall of Fame
• Don Joyce (1929–2012) – former NFL and AFL defensive end, wrestler
• George Kaiserling (1893–1918) – FL and MLB pitcher
• Eddie Kazak (1920–1999) – former MLB infielder
• Chuck Mather (1915–2006) – Kansas football head coach, Chicago Bears assistant coach
• Najee Murray - Defensive Back, Kent State 2013–2016 All-Mac | Current Defensive Back for Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League
• Tom Needham (1879–1926) – former MLB catcher
• Tom Perko (1954–1980) – former NFL linebacker
• Wally Pesuit (born 1954) – former NFL and USFL offensive and defensive lineman
• Eric Piatkowski (born 1970) – former NBA forward
• Adam Riggs (born 1972) – former MLB and Japanese Central League infielder
• Will Robinson (1911–2008) – first African-American head coach at a Division I school
• Chaz Roe (born 1986) – MLB Pitcher
• Gene Trosch (1945–2010) – former AFL defensive lineman
• Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856–1924) – first African-American MLB player
• Weldy Walker (1860–1937) – second African-American MLB player
• Johnny Wilson (1915–2002) – former NFL tight end
• Bobby Joe Young (born 1959) – former welterweight boxer

Business

• Dard Hunter (1883–1966) – papermaker, authority on printing

Literature

• Richard C. Banks (1931–2021) – ornithologist, writer
• Bob Borden (born 1969) – writer
• Richard Hague (born 1947) – poet and novelist
• Jeffrey Hatcher – playwright, screenwriter
• Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
• Mary Bynon Reese (1832–1908) – poet laureate of Steubenville
• Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916) – novelist

Military

• John S. Mason (1824–1897) – Union Army general during the Civil War, Indian fighter
• Anson G. McCook (1835–1917) – Union Army general during the Civil War, U.S. Congressman
• Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834–1864) – Union Army general during the Civil War
• Edward M. McCook (1833–1909) – Union Army general, U.S. Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii (1866–1868)
• George Wythe McCook (1821–1877) – Union Army general, Ohio attorney general
• Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911) – Union Army chaplain and officer, minister
• John James McCook (1806–1865) – patriarch of the "Fighting McCooks" U.S. Army family, physician
• Robert Latimer McCook (1827–1862) – Union Army general
• Cas Myslinski (1920–1993) – USAF officer, athletic director of The University of Pittsburgh (1968–1982)
• Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (1929–2003) – USAF major general

Movies, television, and media

• John Buccigross (born 1966) – ESPN sportscaster
• Traci Lords (born 1968) – adult film actress
• Al Mancini (1932–2007) – actor
• Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer, actor, entertainer.^[2] His daughter, Deana Martin, and her husband John Griffith, established the Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville. It is held annually in mid-June. Gail Martin, also a singer and another of Dean Martin's daughters, was born in Steubenville.
• Will McMillan (1944–2015) – film and TV actor
• Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – playwright and screenwriter
• Jon Nese – meteorologist, TV weather channel personality
• Charles Stanton Ogle (1865–1940) – actor
• John Scarne (1903–1985) – magician, authority and writer on card manipulation
• Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (1918–1996) – bookmaker, sports commentator

Music

• 4th Disciple, a.k.a. El-Divine Amir Bey – record producer
• Ed Crawford, a.k.a. ed fROMOHIO (born 1964) – musician, guitarist
• Paul Howard (1895–1980)  – musician, bandleader
• Kinetic 9, a.k.a. Beretta 9 – musician, rapper
• Robert Porco – choral conductor
• RZA (born 1969) – musician, rapper, producer
• Dorothy Sloop (1913–1998) – jazz musician, pianist
• The Stereos (formed c. 1955 and disbanded c. 1968) – doo-wop/pop group
• Patricia Welch (born 1954) – singer
• Wild Cherry (formed 1970 and disbanded 1979) – funk rock band

Politics

• Douglas Applegate (1928–2021) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1995)
• Ed Buck (born 1954) – Democrat political activist, convicted murderer, and fundraiser^[3]
• Jacob Pitzer Cowan (1823–1895) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877)
• Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902) – United States Senator (1866–1871)
• John M. Goodenow (1782–1838) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1829–1830)
• Robert H. Hatton (1826–1862) – United States Congressman, confederate during the Civil War
• Joseph P. Hoge (1810–1891) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847)
• Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797–1870) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1837–1841)
• Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796–1873) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1830–1833, 1833–1834), United States district court judge
• William C. McCauslen (1796–1863) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1845)
• Anson G. McCook (1835–1917) – Union Army general, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1883)
• B. Frank Murphy (1867–1938) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1919–1933)
• Rees G. Richards (1842–1917) – politician
• Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869) – lawyer, Secretary of War (1862–1868)
• Samuel Stokely (1796–1861) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1841–1843)
• Andrew Stuart (1823–1872) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1855)
• Henry Swearingen (c. 1792–1849) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1838–1841)
• Benjamin Tappan (1773–1857) – founder of the city of Ravenna, Ohio, U.S. Senator (1839–1845)
• Edward Vincent (1934–2012) – politician
• Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) - theologian, father of President Woodrow Wilson
• Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813–1894) – jurist and judge, legislator
• Jack Yost (born 1945) – politician

Religion

• Charles Clinton Beatty (1800–1882) – Presbyterian minister, founder of Steubenville Female Seminary
• Daniel DiNardo (born 1949) – Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
• Roger Joseph Foys (born 1945) – 10th bishop of Covington
• John McDowell Leavitt (1824–1909) – lawyer, Episcopal priest
• Hlib Lonchyna (born 1954) – Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London
• Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born 1963) – fifth Bishop of Steubenville
• Stephen Return Riggs (1812–1883) – Christian missionary with the Dakota people, linguist
• David Stanton Tappan (1845–1922) – Presbyterian minister
• Edward F. Walker (1852–1918) – Minister, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1911–1918)
• Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) – Presbyterian theologian; father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Miscellaneous

• Dino Cellini (1914–1978) – mafioso, ran casinos for Meyer Lansky
• Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951) – astronomer
• Eli Todd Tappan (1824–1888) – educator
• Richard Timberlake (1922–2020) – professor of economics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The Library Company of Philadelphia. World Digital Library. 2 January 2014.
2. News: Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars . The Milwaukee Sentinel . Nov 27, 1969 . 22 May 2015 . Wilson, Earl . A33.
3. Web site: Who is ed Buck?. August 16, 2017.