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The following is a list of famous people born in [[Ohio]] and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio. {{listdev}} ==Journalists, Photojournalists, Writers, Cartoonists, Poets, Authors, Playwrights, Screen Writers, Film Directors, Film Producers, Critics, etc.== * [[Berenice Abbott]] (journalist, photographer) (Springfield) * [[Karen Ackerman]] (author) * [[Sherwood Anderson]] (author) (Camden/Clyde) * [[R.W. Apple, Jr.]] (journalist and author) (Akron) * [[Natalie Barney]] (author) (Dayton) * [[Billy Bass]] (radio host, program director) (Cleveland) * [[Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce|Ambrose Bierce]] (author) (Meigs County) * [[Hanne Blank]] (author) (Cleveland) * [[Erma Bombeck]] (newspaper columnist, author) (Dayton) * [[Louis Bromfield]] (author) (Mansfield) * [[Milton Caniff]] (cartoonist) (Dayton) * [[Vincent J. Cardinal]] (playwright & director) (Kent) * [[Alice Cary]] (poet) * [[Charles Chesnutt]] (writer) (Cleveland) * [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] (film director) (Warren) * [[Hart Crane]] (poet) (Garrettsville) * [[Wes Craven]] (film director) (Cleveland) * [[Michael Cunningham]] (author) * [[William H. Daniels]] (cinematographer) (Cleveland) * [[Khashyar Darvich]] (film producer, director)(Oxford, Cleveland) * [[Stephen Donaldson]] (author) (Cleveland) * [[Rita Dove]] (poet) (Akron) * [[Paul Laurence Dunbar]] (poet) (Dayton) * [[Harlan Ellison]] (author) (Cincinnati) * [[Mel Epstein]] (film producer) (Dayton) * [[Paul Gilger]] (playwright, set designer, architect) (Mansfield) * [[Bob Greene]] (newspaper columnist) (Columbus) * [[Zane Grey]] (author) (Zanesville) * [[Cathy Guisewite]] (cartoonist) (Dayton) * [[Virginia Hamilton]] (children's author) (Yellow Springs) * [[Sean Holbrook]] (author) (Cincinnati) * [[William Dean Howells]] (author, critic) * [[Henry J. Inman]] (author) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[Jim Jarmusch]] (film director) (Akron) * [[Jerome Lawrence]] (writer) (Cleveland) * [[Robert Edwin Lee]] (writer) (Elyria) * [[Sorche Nic Leodhas]] - (writer, recipient of [[Newbery Honor]] and [[Caldecott Medal]]) (Youngstown) * [[Farzana Moon]] (writer of historical sagas and biography of Prophet Muhammad) (Springfield) * [[Toni Morrison]] (author) (Lorain) * [[Paul Palnik]] {artist,cartoonist} (Cleveland) * [[Harvey Pekar]] (author) (Cleveland) * [[Dav Pilkey]] (author) (Cleveland) * [[Terry Ryan]] (author) (Defiance) (wrote '''The Prize Winning Mother from Defiance, Ohio''', which was made into a film starring Woody Harrelson and Julianne Moore) * [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]], the creators of [[Superman]] (Cleveland) * [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]] (cartoonist) (Columbus) * [[Steven Spielberg]] (film director, film producer) (Cincinnati) * [[R. L. Stine]] (author) * [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] (author) (Cincinnati) * [[James Thurber]] (author, cartoonist) (Columbus) * [[Michael Wadleigh]] (film director) (Akron) * [[Paula Wagner]] (film producer) (Youngstown) * [[Brad Warner]] (author) * [[Jack Warner]] (movie mogul) (Youngstown) * [[Lew Wasserman]] (studio executive) * [[Bill Watterson]] (cartoonist) * [[Tony Cochran]] (cartoonist - Agnes) (Upper Arlington) * [[Chris Vaughn]] (author) (Steubenville) * [[Virginia Wright]] (author, writer, editor) (Jacobsburg) * [[Timothy Kendrick]] (author, warrior) ==Insurance * [[Donald Emmerling]] (US Regional / Interpretive Dance Artist) (Columbus) ==Politicians, Public Servants, Public Officeholders, etc.== '''See also''': [[List of Ohio politicians]] * [[Michael K. Allen]] (politician, lawyer) * [[Charles Anderson (Governor of Ohio)|Charles Anderson]] (Ohio governor) (Dayton) * [[Frank J. Battisti]] (judge, [[U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio]]) (Youngstown) * [[Autumn Conley]] (author]]) (Springfield) * [[Henry Lawrence Burnett]] - (prosecutor in trial for [[Abraham Lincoln]] assassination) (Youngstown) * [[Prescott Bush]] (U.S. Senator, businessman) (Columbus) * [[Terry Cain]] (Garfield Heights) * [[William Case]] (Cleveland) * [[Steve Chabot]] (politician, U.S. representative) (Cincinnati) * [[Charles G. Dawes]] (politician) * [[James M. Cox]] (Governor, Presidential candidate, Media mogul) (Dayton) * [[Mike DeWine|R. Michael DeWine]] (politician) * [[James A. Garfield]] (Civil War general, U.S. president) * [[James Rudolph Garfield]] (U.S. Interior Secretary) * [[John J. Gilligan]] (politician, Ohio Governor) * [[Bill Gradison]] (politician, U.S. representative) * [[Ulysses S. Grant]] (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (Point Pleasant) * [[Warren G. Harding]] (U.S. president) * [[Andrew L. Harris]] (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor) * [[Benjamin Harrison]] (soldier, politician, U.S. president) (North Bend) * [[Dave Hobson]] (politician, U.S. representative) (Springfield) * [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] (politician, U.S. president) (Delaware) * [[Nathaniel R. Jones]] (judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit) (Youngstown) * [[Michael J. Kirwan]] (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown) * [[Dennis Kucinich]] (politician) * [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]] (federal judge, baseball commissioner) (Millville) * [[Frank Lausche]] (Ohio Senator and Governor) * [[Neil H. McElroy]] (businessman, cabinet secretary) * [[William McKinley]] (U.S. president) (Niles) * [[Arthur Ernest Morgan]] (college president, hydraulic engineer, TVA administrator) * [[Jim Rhodes|James A. Rhodes]] (politician, Ohio Governor) * [[William Saxbe]] (U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General, Ambassador to India) * [[Donna Edna Shalala]] (U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993 - 2001) * [[William Howard Taft]] (politician, jurist, U.S. president, chief justice) (Cincinnati) * [[Robert Taft|Robert A. Taft I]] (politician) (Cincinnati) * [[Robert Taft, Jr.|Robert Taft (Jr.)]] * [[Bob Taft|Robert A. Taft II]] (politician, Ohio governor) * [[Charles Phelps Taft II]], Mayor of Cincinnati * [[David Tod]] (governor) (Youngstown) * [[James Traficant]] (politician, U.S. representative) (Youngstown) * [[Clement Vallandigham]] (politician, activist) (Dayton) * [[George Voinovich]] (politician) (Cleveland) * [[Daniel J Wagner]] (Police Union Leader)(Toledo) * [[Brand Whitlock]] (politician, diplomat) * [[Jay Williams (politician)|Jay Williams]], (mayor) (Youngstown) ==Artists, Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, etc.== * [[Jon Holt]](Fashion Photographer, Film editor) (New York City, Chicago) * [[William Jacob Baer]] (painter) * [[George Bellows]] (painter) (Columbus) * [[Jim Dine]] (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati) * [[Ann Hamilton]] (artist) (Lima) * [[Robert Henri]] (painter) * [[Jenny Holzer]], (conceptual artist) (Gallipolis) * [[Joseph Kosuth]], (conceptual artist) (Toledo) * [[Maya Lin]] (sculptor) (Athens) * [[Lily Martin Spencer]] (painter) (Avondale/Marietta) * [[Ruth Ann Tillman]] (painter) (Lakewood) * [[John Henry Twachtman]] (painter) * [[Tom Wesselmann]] (pop artist) (Cincinnati) * [[Clarence White]] (photographer) (West Carlisle/Newark) * [[Dare Wright]] (photographer, children's author) * [[Julius VeaL]] (graphic arts pioneer) (Youngstown) * [[Bill Dodson]] (portraiture-permaneant exhibition DC)(Youngstown) * [[Jay "Gambino" Esparza]](Fashion Photographer) (Indianapolis, New York City) ==Actors, Dancers, Comedians, Magicians, Performers, Models, Broadcasters, Commercial Spokespersons, Television Presenters/Hosts, etc.== * [[Lola Albright]] (actor) (Akron) * [[Tom Aldredge]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Louis Aldrich]] (actor) (unknown){{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | date = 1967}} * [[Corey Allen]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Catherine Bach]] (actor) (Warren) * [[Jim Backus]] (actor) (Cleveland) *Ron Jeremy (Porn Star) (Clintonville) * [[Kaye Ballard]] (actor) * [[Lisa Banes]] (actor) (Chagrin Falls) * [[Theda Bara]] (actor) (Avondale) * [[Majel Barrett]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Ned Bellamy]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Halle Berry]] (actor, fashion model) (Cleveland) * [[Jonathan Bennet]] (actor) (Rossford) * [[David Birney]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[John Bixler]] (actor) (Shaker Heights) * [[Nina Blackwood]] (veejay) (Cleveland) * [[J. Paul Boehmer]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Mark Boone Jr.]] (actor) {Cincinnati) * [[John Bottoms]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Bill Boyd]] (actor) * [[Bob Braun]] (talk show host) *Michael Jackson (Singer) * [[Clancy Brown]] (actor) (Urbana) * [[Woody Brown]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Michelle Burke]] (actor) (Defiance) * [[Tyreese Burnett]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ralph Byrd]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Marion Byron]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Drew Carey]] (actor, comedian) (Cleveland) * [[Brian Carter]] (comedian) (Oakwood/Dayton) * [[Nancy Cartwright (actress)|Nancy Cartwright]] (voice performer) (Kettering/Dayton) * [[George Chakiris]] (actor) (Norwood) * [[Damian Chapa]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Dave Chappelle]] (comedian, actor) (Yellow Springs) * [[Marguerite Clark]] (actor) (Avondale) * [[Mystro Clark]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ray Combs]] (game show host) (Hamilton) * [[Tim Conway]] (actor, comedian) (Willoughby) * [[Yvonne Craig]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Tom Cruise]] - actor ([[Ottawa Hills, Ohio|Ottawa Hills]])''[[The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills]]'' * [[Beverly D'Angelo]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Dorothy Dandridge]] (actor) * [[Frank Daniels]] (actor, Captain Jinks) (Dayton) * [[Doris Day]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[June Dayton]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ruby Dee]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Phyllis Diller]] (actor, comedian) (Lima) * [[Jim Dine]] (painter, sculptor) (Cincinnati) * [[Phil Donahue]] (talk show host) (Cleveland/Dayton) * [[Mike Douglas]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Hugh Downs]] (broadcaster) (Akron) * [[Hugh Downs]] (broadcaster) (Lima) * [[Keir Dullea]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Ryan Dunn]] (actor) (Medina) * [[Micah Dyer]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Jonathan Eldell]] (actor) (Warren) * [[Joe Estevez]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Angie Everhart]] (fashion model) (Akron) * [[Kim Faris]] (Radio personality and Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame member) (Dayton) * [[Sean Faris]] (actor, model) (Parma) * [[Jamie Farr]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Suzanne Farrell]] (dancer) (Cincinnati) * [[Joe Flynn (US actor)|Joe Flynn]] (actor) (Youngstown) * [[Alan Freed]] (radio show host, namer of "Rock 'n Roll") (Cleveland) * [[Clark Gable]] (actor) (Cadiz) * [[Teri Garr]] (actor) (Lakewood) * [[Dorothy Gish]] (actor) * [[Lillian Gish]] (actor) (Springfield) * [[Carlin Glynn]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Maggie Grace]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[David Graf]] (actor) (Lancaster) * [[Joel Grey]] (actor, singer, dancer) (Cleveland) * [[Julie Hagerty]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Arsenio Hall]] (comedian, talk show host, actor) (Cleveland) * [[Margaret Hamilton]] (actor) * [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]] (ice skater) (Bowling Green) * [[Dorian Harewood]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Woody Harrelson]] (actor) (Lebanon) * [[Rachael Harris]] (actress/comedienne) ([[Worthington, Ohio|Worthington]]) * [[Steve Harvey]] (comedian/actor) (Cleveland) * [[Patricia Heaton]] (actor) (Bay Village) * [[Anne Heche]] (actor) (Aurora) * [[Eileen Heckart]] (actor) (Columbia) * [[John Hockenberry]] (broadcaster) (Dayton) * [[Hal Holbrook]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Katie Holmes]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Bob Hope]] (comedian, actor) (Cleveland) * [[Kevin Lee Hughes]] (Magician) (Cincinnati) * [[Chrissie Hynde]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Rule Janice]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Elsie Janis]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Allison Janney]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ken Jenkins]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Gordon Jump]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Carol Kane]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Melina Kanakaredes]] (actor) (Akron) * [[Michael Kent]] (comedian/magician) (Urbana) * [[Perry King]] (actor) (Alliance) * [[Robert Knepper]] (actor in Prison Break) * [[A. J. Langer]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Walter Law]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Hudson Leick]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Ted Levine]] (actor) (Parma) * [[RuDee Lipscomb]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[John Lithgow]] (actor) (Yellow Springs) * [[Chad Lowe]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Rob Lowe]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Paul Lynde]] (actor) * [[Diane McBain]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Timm McCoy]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Gates McFadden]] (actor) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[Mark Metcalf]] (actor) (Findlay) * [[W. Chrystie Miller]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Walter Miller]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Ryan Mitchell]] (actor) * [[Bill Moor]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Greg Morris]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Martin Mull]] (comedian, actor) (North Ridgeville) * [[Rick Nasal]] (actor) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[John Newland]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Paul Newman]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Stephen Nichols]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Don Novello]] (comedian, actor) (Ashtabula) * [[Ed O'Neill]] (actor) (Youngstown) * [[Annie Oakley]] (markswoman) (Greenville) * [[Jack Paar]] (talk show host) (Canton) * [[Lawanda Page]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Suzee Pai]] (actor) (Toledo) * [[Eleanor Parker]] (actor) (Cedarville) * [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] (actor) (Cincinnati/Nelsonville) * [[Dan Patrick]] (sportscaster, talk show host) (Mason) * [[Robert Patrick]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Austin Pendleton]] (actor) (Warren) * [[Luke Perry]] (actor) (Fredericktown) * [[Tom Poston]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Monica Potter]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Jess Robbins]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Roy Rogers]] (actor) (Cincinnati/Lucasville) * [[Ted Ross]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Alan Ruck]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Devin Rumer]] (actor) (Lima) * [[Tyrone Power]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Gary Sandy]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Sherri Saum]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Fred Scott]] (broadcaster, "Uncle Fred") (Dayton) * [[William H. Self]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Molly Shannon]] (comedian) (Shaker Heights/Cleveland) * [[Martin Sheen]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Lew Short]] (actor) (Dayton) * [[Mamie Smith]] (singer) (Cincinnati) * [[Hal Sparks]] (actor) (Cincinnati) * [[Dina Spybey]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Mark Stevens (actor)|Mark Stevens]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Shannon Niquette Stewart]] (model) (Franklin) * [[Alyson Stoner]] (actress/dancer) (Toledo) * [[Philip Michael Thomas]] (actor) (Columbus) * [[Andrea Thompson]] (model, broadcaster) * [[Vera-Ellen]] (actress) (Norwood) * [[Lucille Ward]] (actor) (Dayton) * Tom Wesselmann (painter) (Cincinnati) * [[Jack Weston]] (actor) (Cleveland) * [[Fred Willard]] (actor) (Cleveland Heights) * [[Debra Winger]] (actor) (Cleveland Heights) * [[Jonathan Winters]] (comedian, actor) (Dayton) * [[Ray Wise]] (actor) (Akron) * [[Amy Yasbeck]] (actor) (Cincinnati) The Rest Not Listed in Alphabetical Order: * [[Tina Bockrath]] (model) (Dayton) * [[Deanna Brooks]] (model) * [[Mary Katherine Campbell]] (Miss America 1922, 1923) * [[Laura Cover]] (model) * [[Carmella DeCesare]] (model) (Avon Lake) * [[Sue Downey]] (Miss USA 1965) * [[Carmen Electra]] (model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak) * [[Angie Everhart]] (fashion model) (Akron) * [[Taylor Hayes (porn star)|Taylor Hayes]] (cheesecake model) * [[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]] (adult entertainment performer) * [[Toccara Jones|Toccara Elaine Jones]] (contestant on [[America's Next Top Model]])(Dayton) * [[Heather Kozar]] (model) (Akron) * [[Allie LaForce]] (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermilion) * [[Jacquelyn Mayer]] (Miss America 1963) (Sandusky) * [[Marilyn Meseke]] (Miss America 1938) * [[Shannon Niquette Stewart]] (model) (Franklin) * [[Ce Ce Peniston]] (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton) * [[Susan Perkins]] (Miss America 1978) * [[Laurel Lea Schaefer]] (Miss America 1972) * [[Kim Seelbrede]] (Miss USA 1981) * [[Hlee Xiong]] ([[Miss Lao Hmong]] 2004) (Akron) * [[Raven Riley]] (adult entertainment performer) ==Miscellaneous Celebrities== * [[Judith Resnik]] (astronaut) (Akron) * [[Christina Angel]] (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton) * [[Tina Bockrath]] (cheesecake model) (Dayton) * [[Deanna Brooks]] (cheesecake model) * [[Mary Katherine Campbell]] (Miss America 1922, 1923) * [[Laura Cover]] (cheesecake model) * [[Carmella DeCesare]] (cheesecake model) (Avon Lake) * [[Amee Donovan]] (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton) * [[Sue Downey]] (Miss USA 1965) * [[Carmen Electra]] (cheesecake model, actor) (Cincinnati/White Oak) * [[Leo Ford]] (adult entertainment performer) (Dayton) * [[Felicia Fox]] (adult entertainment performer) (Springfield) * [[Taylor Hayes (porn star)|Taylor Hayes]] (cheesecake model) * [[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]] (adult entertainment performer) * [[Toccara Jones|Toccara Elaine Jones]] (contestant on [[America's Next Top Model]])(Dayton) * [[Heather Kozar]] (cheesecake model) (Green) * [[Allie LaForce]] (Miss Teen USA 2005) (Vermillion) * [[Traci Lords]] (adult entertainment performer, actor, author) (Steubenville) * [[Jacquelyn Mayer]] (Miss America 1963) * [[Marilyn Meseke]] (Miss America 1938) * Jason Papp (astronaut) * [[Ce Ce Peniston]] (model, Miss Black Arizona 1989) (Dayton) * [[Susan Perkins]] (Miss America 1978) * [[Danielle Reyes]] (contestant on ''[[Big Brother USA season 3|Big Brother 3]]'') (Dayton) * [[Matthew Rush]] (adult entertainment actor) (Columbus) * [[Laurel Lea Schaefer]] (Miss America 1972) * [[Kim Seelbrede]] (Miss USA 1981) * [[Shark Boy|Dean Roll]] (professional wrestler) (Dayton) * [[Hlee Xiong]] ([[Miss Lao Hmong]] 2004) (Akron) ==Singers, Musicians, Composers, Songwriters, Conductors, etc.== * [[Dead Poetic]], (band) (Dayton) * [[Morgan Phelps]], Warr Guitar, Chapman Stickist, Bass guitarist for [[Co_conspirator]] (musicians) (Akron) * [[Clarence Adler]] (musicians) (Cincinnati) * [[Bone Thugs N Harmony]] (musicians) (Cleveland) * [[Steven Adler]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Ray Anthony]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Dan Auerbach]], Guitarist and Singer of [[the Black Keys]], (Akron) * [[Avant]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Albert Ayler]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[David Baerwald]] (musician) (Oxford) * [[Bobby Bare]] (singer) (Ironton) * [[Lou Barlow]] (musician) (Dayton) * [[Stiv Bators]] (musician) (Youngstown) * [[Kathleen Battle]] (singer) (Portsmouth) * [[Cindy Blackman]] (musician) (Yellow Springs) * [[Bow Wow]] (musician) (Reynoldsburg) * [[Jerry Brightman]] Formerly with Buck Owens (musician) * [[Mike Callahan]] of [[Earshot-Band]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Eric Carmen]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Patrick Carney]], drummer and producer of [[the Black Keys]] (Akron) * [[Michael Cartellone]], drummer of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] (musician) (Solon) * [[Lionel Cartwright]] (musician, singer) (Gallipolis) * [[Tracy Chapman]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Gilby Clarke]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Tammy Cochran]] (singer) (Austinburg) * [[David Allan Coe]] (singer, musician) (Akron) * [[Bootsy Collins]] (musician) (Cincinnati) * [[Earl Thomas Conley]] (singer) (Portsmouth) * [[Cowboy Copas]] (singer) (Adams County) * [[Gavin Creel]], Broadway Star (Findlay) * [[Martin Dillon (musician)|Martin Dillon]], Tenor and Professor of Music at [[Rutgers University]] (Portsmouth) * [[Louis "Chip" Davis Jr.]] (musician) (Sylvania) * [[Lucky Harrison Dayton]] (musician) (Dayton) * [[Kim Deal]] and [[Kelley Deal]] of [[The Breeders]] (musicians) (Huber Heights/Dayton) * [[Jay DeMarcus]], singer, bassist and keyboardist of [[Rascal Flatts]] (musician, singer) (Columbus) * [[Bethany Dillon]] (Christian singer/songwriter) (Bellefontaine) * [[Conya Doss]] (R&B singer/songwriter) (Cleveland) * [[Jerry Douglas]] (musician) (Warren) * [[Greg Dulli]] (singer, musician) (Hamilton) * [[Donald Erb]] (composer) (Youngstown) * [[Michael Feinstein]] (Columbus) * [[Craig Fuller]] (musician) (Waverly/Columbus) * [[Sonny Geraci]] (Cleveland) * [[Neil Geraldo,guitarist of Pat Benatar]] (Parma/Cleveland) * [[Andy Graham]] (musician) (Cuyahoga Falls) * [[Macy Gray]] (musician) (Canton) * [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Foo Fighters]] (musician) (Warren) * [[Henry Fillmore]] (composer) (Cincinnati) * [[Robert Lee Fitzgerald III]] (musician) * [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Hawthorne Heights]] (band) (Dayton) * [[Howard Hewett]] (singer) (Akron) * [[Chrissie Hynde]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Lux Interior]] (musician) (born Erick Purkhiser, Stow) * [[Chester Jennings]] AKA [[Lyfe]] (musician, singer) (Toledo) * [[Maynard James Keenan]] (musician) (Ravenna) * [[Mark Kozelek]] (singer, musician) (Massillon) * [[Nick Lachey]] (musician) (Cincinnati) * [[Jani Lane]] (musician) (Akron) * [[John Legend]] (musician) (Springfield) * [[Gerald Levert]] (R&B singer) (Cleveland) * [[James Levine]] (conductor, musician) (Cincinnati) * [[Gary LeVox]], lead singer of [[Rascal Flatts]] (Columbus/Lewis Center) * [[Marilyn Manson (person)|Marilyn Manson]] (musician) (Canton) * [[Brad Martin (singer)|Brad Martin]] (singer) (Greenfield) * [[Dean Martin]] (singer, actor) (Steubenville) * [[Billy Mason]] (drummer) (Fairborn) * [[Maureen McGovern]] (singer) (Youngstown) * [[Mark Miller]], lead singer of [[Sawyer Brown]] (singer) (Dayton) * [[The Mills Brothers]] (band) (Piqua) * [[Bob Mothersbaugh]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Gary Patterson]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Johnny Paycheck]] (singer) (Greenfield) * [[Danielle Peck]] (singer) (Coshocton) * [[Robert Pollard]] (composer) (Dayton) * [[Pure Prairie League]] (band) (Columbus) * [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Marty Roe]], lead singer of [[Diamond Rio]] (singer) (Lebanon) * [[Roy Rogers]] (singer, actor) (Cincinnati/Portsmouth/Lucasville/McDermott) * [[JD Samson]] of [[Le Tigre]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Scott Savol]] (singer) (Cleveland) * [[Boz Scaggs]] (singer, songwriter) (Canton) * [[Tom Scholz]] of [[Boston (band)]] (musician, inventor) (Toledo) * [[Scott Shriner]] of [[Weezer]] (musician) (Toledo) * [[Connie Smith]] (singer) (Marietta) * [[Michael Stanley]] (musician) (Youngstown) * [[Billy Strayhorn]] (musician) (Dayton) * [[Rachel Sweet]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Art Tatum]] (musician) (Toledo) * [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas]] (musician) (Akron) * [[Joe Trohman]], guitarist of [[Fall Out Boy]] (musician) (South Russell) * [[Roger Troutman]] and [[Larry Troutman]] (composers) (Hamilton) * [[Joe Walsh]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Scott Weiland]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Jon Frederic West]] (singer) (Dayton) * [[Sally Wilfert]], singer (Cincinnati) * [[Dana Williams]], singer and bassist of [[Diamond Rio]] (musician, singer) (Dayton) * [[Vesta Williams]] (singer) (Coshocton) * [[Yankee Grey]] (band) (Cincinnati) * [[Frank Yankovic]] (musician) (Cleveland) * [[Dwight Yoakam]] (singer, actor) (Columbus) * [[Julius "Julio" Veal]] Guiitarist,vocalist,studio composer,publisher(youngstown) * [[Relient K ]] The band (Canton, Ohio) * [[Ray Cash]] (musician) (cleveland) ==Soldiers, Sailors, etc.== * [[George Custer]] (cavalry officer) (New Rumley) * [[James "Matt" Green]] (Hurricane Katrina/Rita Relief Soldier) (Columbus) * [[James E. Power]] (Kosovo Soldier) (Circleville) * [[Ulysses S. Grant]] (soldier, politician) (Point Pleasant, Ohio) * [[Philip Sheridan]] (soldier) (Somerset) * [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] (soldier, politician) (Lancaster) * [[Tecumseh]] (soldier) * [[Curtis LeMay]] (Founder of Strategic Air Command) ([[Columbus]]) * [[Andrew L. Harris]] (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor) * [[Eddie Rickenbacker]] (pilot) (Columbus) * [[Robert C. Schenck]] (Civil War general, politician, diplomat) (Dayton) * [[Rodger Young]] (WWII soldier) (Fremont) * [[Wes Gomez]] (Sailor) (Holgate) (Ohio) * [[Dominic S. Gentile]] (WWII flying ace, 1st to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua) * [[Timothy Kendrick]] (U.S. Soldier Somalia, Iraq) (Tipp City) ==Architects, Inventors, Explorers, Adventurers, Astronauts, Aviators, Spies, etc.== * [[Neil Armstrong]] (astronaut) (Wapakoneta/Lebanon) * [[George Bartholomew]] (inventor) * [[Charles A. Bassett II]] (astronaut) * [[Mark N. 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Hobaugh]] (astronaut) (North Ridgeville) * [[Philip Johnson]] (architect) (Cleveland) * [[Charles Kettering]] (inventor) (Loudenville/Dayton) * [[Whitmore Knaggs]] (soldier, spy) * [[Kevin P. Layman]] (astronaut) * [[Jim Lovell]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[G. David Low]] (astronaut) {Cleveland) * [[Stanley A. Meyer]] (inventor) (Fayette County) * [[Garrett Morgan]] (inventor) (Cleveland) * [[Robert F. Overmyer]] (astronaut) * [[Ronald A. Parise]] (astronaut) * [[Judith Resnick]] (astronaut) (Akron) * [[Eddie Rickenbacker]] (aviator, race car driver) (Columbus) * [[Ron Sega]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[Howard Dwight Smith]] (architect) (Dayton/Columbus) * [[Robert C. Springer]] (astronaut) * [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]] (astronaut) * [[Don Thomas]] (astronaut) * [[Carl Walz]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[D. Thomas Walz]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[Mary Ellen Weber]] (astronaut) (Cleveland) * [[Sunita L. Williams]] (astronaut) * [[Alexander Winton]] (inventor) (Cleveland) * [[Granville Woods]] (inventor) (Columbus/Cincinnati) * [[Orville Wright]] and [[Wilbur Wright]] (inventors) (Dayton) * [[Jerome Moore]] (inventor) (East Cleveland) ==Athletes, Coaches, etc.== * [[Kurt Abbott]] (baseball player) (Zanesville) * [[Randy Ayers]] (basketball coach) (Springfield) * [[Coy Bacon]] (football player) (Ironton) * [[Chris Bando]] (baseball player) (Solon) * [[Tim Belcher]] (baseball player) (Mount Gilead) * [[Dave Blaney]] (race car driver) (Hartford) * [[Cameron Bowman]] (football player) (Centerville) * [[Earl Boykins]] (basketball player) (Cleveland) * [[Paul Brown]] (football coach) (Norwalk) * [[Ray Brown (baseball player)|Ray Brown]] (baseball player) (Alger) * [[Jim Brown]] (football player) (Cleveland) * [[George Cappuzzello]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Rob Carpenter]] (football player) (Junction City) * [[Butch Carter]] (basketball player, coach) (Middletown) * [[Cris Carter]] (football player) (Middletown) * [[Drew Carter]] (football player) (Solon) * [[Ezzard Charles]] (boxer) (Cincinnati) * [[Marco Coleman]] (football player) (Dayton) * [[Maurice Clarett]] (football player) (Warren) * [[Roger Clemens]] (baseball player} (Dayton) * [[Cris Collinsworth]] (football player) (Dayton) * [[Sylvia Crawley]] (basketball player/coach) (Steubenville) * [[Larry Csonka]] (Hall-of-fame football player) (Stow) * [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] (golf player) * [[Thom Darden]] (football player) (Sandusky) * [[Len Dawson]] (football player) (Alliance) * [[Andy Dorris]] (football player) (Bellaire) * [[Bob Dove]] (lineman, [[College Football Hall of Fame]]) (Youngstown) * [[Dave Dravecky]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Rob Dyrdek]] (skateboarder) (Kettering) * [[James "Buster" Douglas]] (boxer) (Columbus) * [[Nat Emerson]] (tennis player) (Cincinnati) * [[Evan Eschmeyer]] (basketball player) (New Knoxville) * [[Billy Evans]] (Hall-of-Fame umpire) (Youngstown) * [[James Farragher]] (football player, coach) (Youngstown) * [[Charlie Frye]] (football player) (Willard) * [[Rollie Fingers]] (baseball player) (Steubenville) * [[Sarah Fisher (driver)|Sarah Fisher]] (race car driver) (Columbus) * [[Dan Fritsche (hockey player)|Dan Fritsche]] (hockey player) (Parma) * [[Joey Galloway]] (football player) (Bellaire) * [[Ted Ginn, Jr.]] (football player) (Cleveland) * [[Terry Glenn]] (football player) (Columbus) * [[Bob Golic]] (football player, actor) (Cleveland) * [[Mike Golic]] (football player, sports talk host) (Cleveland) * [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] (baseball player) (Cincinnati) * [[Archie Griffin]] (football player) (Columbus) * [[Lou Groza]] (football player) (Martins Ferry) * [[Jim Harbaugh]] (football player) (Toledo) * [[John Havlicek]] (basketball player) (Martins Ferry) * [[A.J. 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Moses]] (runner) (Dayton) * [[Thurman Munson]] (baseball player) (Canton) * [[Anthony Napolitan]] (BMX rider) (Youngstown) * [[Jack Nicklaus]] (golfer) (Columbus) * [[Joe Niekro]] (baseball player) (Blaine) * [[Phil Niekro]] (baseball player) (Blaine) * Joe Norman ILB 1979-81, 83 Seattle Seahawks #52 (Millersburg) * [[Joe Nuxhall]] (baseball player and announcer) (Hamilton) * [[Jim Leyland]] (baseball manager) (Perrysburg) * [[Al Oliver]] (baseball player) (Portsmouth) * [[Paul O'Neill (baseball player)|Paul O'Neill]] (baseball player) (Columbus) * [[Doug Mientkiewicz]] (baseball player) (Toledo) * [[Jerry Olsavsky]] (football player) (Youngstown) * [[Jesse Owens]] (runner) (Cleveland) * [[Orlando Pace]] (Football Player) (Sandusky) * [[Ara Parseghian]] (football coach) (Akron) * [[David Payne]] (Professional Wrestler (The Rage), real name David Vernier)(West Portsmouth) * [[Jay Payton]] (baseball player) (Zanesville) * [[Jim Paxson]] (basketball player) (Dayton) * [[John Paxson]] (basketball player) (Dayton) * [[Matthew Pustay]] (baseball player) (Gainesville) * [[Brady Quinn]] (football player for Cleveland Browns) * [[Bobby Rahal]] (race car driver) (Medina) * [[Tim Rattay]] (football player) (Elyria) * [[Jeff Reboulet]] (baseball player) (Kettering) * [[Tim Richmond]] (race car driver) (Ashland) * [[Branch Rickey]] (baseball manager) (Stockdale) * [[Ben Roethlisberger]] (football player) (Findlay) * [[Pete Rose]] (baseball player, manager) (Cincinnati) * [[Mike Rupp]] (hockey player) (Cleveland Heights) * [[Bo Schembechler]] (football coach) (Barberton) * [[Mike Schmidt]] (baseball player) (Dayton) * [[George Shuba]] (baseball player) (Youngstown) * [[Don Shula]] (football coach) (Painesville) * [[Frank Sinkwich]] ([[Heisman Trophy]] recipient) (Youngstown) * [[George Sisler]] (baseball player) (Manchester) * [[Troy Smith]] (football player) (Cleveland) * [[Roger Staubach]] (football player) (Cincinnati) * [[Shannon Stewart]] (baseball player) * [[Bill Talbert]] (tennis player) (Cincinnati) * [[Ben Taylor]] (football player) (Bellaire) * [[Tim_Thomas_%28cross_country_coach%2C_track_and_field_coach%29|Tim Thomas]] (high school cross country coach, track and field coach) (Ironton) * [[Steve Tovar]] (football player) (Elyria) * [[Tony Trabert]] (tennis player) (Cincinnati) * [[Jim Tracy]] (baseball player, manager) (Hamilton) * [[Jim Tressel]] (football coach) (Mentor) * [[Moses Fleetwood Walker]] (baseball player) (Mount Pleasant) * [[Randy Walker (football coach)|Randy Walker]] (college football coach) (Troy) * [[Paul Warfield]] (football player) (Warren) * [[Sol White]] (baseball player, manager, executive) (Bellaire) * [[Matt Wilhelm]] (football player) (Lorain) * [[Jeff Wilkins]] (football player) (Youngstown) * [[Charles Woodson]] (football player) (Fremont) * [[Kevin Youkilis]] (baseball player) (Cincinnati) * [[Cy Young]] (baseball player) (gilmore/Newcomerstown) * [[Don Zimmer]] (baseball player, coach) (Cincinnati) * [[Ron Zook]] (football coach) (Loudonville) * [[Michael Zordich]] (football player) (Youngstown) * [[Diamante Butler]] (Basketball player)(Cleveland) ==Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, etc.== * [[Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.]] (developer, real estate magnate) (Youngstown) * [[Herbert H. Dow]] (chemist, industrialist) (Cleveland) * [[John W. Galbreath]] (real estate mogul and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Darby Dan Farm) (Columbus) * [[B. F. Goodrich]] (industrialist) (Akron) * [[Charles Keating]] (banker, activist) (Cincinnati) * [[Peter B. Lewis]] (prominent entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist, activist) (Cleveland) * [[Carl Lindner]] (prominent entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist) (Dayton) * [[Ransom Olds]] * [[John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)|John H. Patterson]] (industrialist) (Dayton) * [[William Procter (candlemaker)|William Procter]] (industrialist) (Cincinnati) * [[John D. Rockefeller]] (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland) * [[Frank Seiberling]] (industrialist) (Western Star) Jerome Monroe Smucker (Smucker's®) (Orrville) * [[George Steinbrenner]] (shipping magnate, sports club owner) (Cleveland) * [[Carl Stevens]] (Software Developer) (Hamilton/Fairfield) * [[Leslie "Les" H. Wexner]] (founder of the Limited Brands Corporation) (Dayton) * [[Lance Mehl]] (Linebacker from N.Y. Jets) (Bellaire) ==Publishers, Media Moguls, etc.== * [[James M. Cox]] (publisher of [[Dayton Daily News]], founder of [[Cox Communications]], politician) (Jacksonburg) * [[Larry Flynt]] (publisher of [[Hustler]] adult magazine) (Cincinnati) * [[Ted Turner]] (founder of [[Turner Broadcasting]], [[CNN]]) (Cincinnati) ==Activists, Philanthropists, Public Agitators, Advocates, Lawyers, etc.== * [[Zeev Friedman (Ohio State Bar Association)|The Friedman Law Firm]] (American Trial Lawyers' Association) (Cuyahoga County Bar Association)(Ohio State Bar Association)(Cleveland Ohio) * [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] (abolitionist) (Hudson) * [[Clarence Darrow]] (lawyer) (Kinsman) * [[Ronald Daniels]] (activist) (Youngstown) * [[Richard Dillingham]] ([[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] [[abolitionism|abolitionist]]) ([[Morrow County, Ohio|Morrow County]]) * [[Gloria Steinem]] (feminist) * [[Irvin F. Westheimer]] (founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters) * [[Victoria Woodhull]] (activist, stock broker, journalist, politician) (Homer/Mount Gilead) * [[Bob Smith (doctor)]] (founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]) (Akron) ==Criminals== * [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] ([[serial killer]]) (lived in [[Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio|Bath]]) * [[Donald DeFreeze]] (Patty Hearst kidnapper) (Cleveland) * [[James Oliver Huberty]] (murderer) (Massillon) * [[Charles Manson]] (murderer, cult leader) (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills) * [[Nathan Brooks]] (murderer) (Bellaire) ==Scholars, Scientists, Historians, Theorists, Philosophers, Opinionists, etc.== * [[Thomas Alva Edison]] (scientist, inventor) * [[William A. Fowler]] (physicist, Nobel Prize Winner) (The Ohio State University, Lima) * [[Samuel Dana Horton]] (monetary theorist) * [[Thomas Samuel Kuhn]] (science philosopher) * [[Albert A. Michelson]] (physicist) (Case Institute of Technology) * [[E. W. Morley]] (physicist) (Western Reserve University) * [[Charles Richter]] (physicist) (Hamilton) * [[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.]] (historian) * [[Thomas J. Silhavy]] (molecular biologist) (Wauseon) * [[Sander Vanocur]] (commentator) (Cleveland) * [[Michael S. Witherell]] - particle physicist, president of [[Fermilab]] (Toledo) * [[Elizabeth Witherell]] - editor-in-chief of ''[[The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau]]'' (Toledo) ==Educators, Religious Leaders, Lecturers, Motivational Speakers, Self-Help Gurus, etc.== * [[William Holmes McGuffey]] (educator, author)(Tuscarawas County/Oxford/Cincinnati) * [[Norman Vincent Peale]] * [[William Strunk Jr.]] (educator, author) (Cincinnati) * [[Don Hall]] (Historian) (Cincinnati) ==Others== * [[Clyde Beatty]] (animal trainer) (Chillicothe) * [[Brenda Carlin]] (television producer, wife of [[George Carlin]]) (Dayton) * [[John Dean]] (White House Counsel to President Nixon) (Akron) * [[Jack Hanna]] (zoo director, animal expert) (Columbus) * [[Walter J. Halchak III]] (IRON CHEF OHIO) (Cleveland) * [[Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder]] (sports handicapper) (Steubenville) * [[James LaPlaca]] (CEO Hair Club For Men) (Cleveland) ==References== * ==See also== * [[List of people from Cincinnati]] * [[List of people from Cleveland, Ohio]] * [[List of people associated with Columbus, Ohio]] * [[List of people from Youngstown, Ohio]] {{Lists of people by U.S. state}} [[Category:Lists of people by U.S. state|Ohio]] [[Category:People from Ohio|*]]

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IT'S 7TH GRADE... I stared at the girl next to me...She was my so called "best friend"... I stared at her... Long, silky hair... And I wished she was mine... But she didn't notice me like that... I knew it... After class she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before... And I handed them to her... She said "thanks"... And gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I want her to know that I don't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And I don't know why... IT'S JUNIOR YEAR... My phone rang... On the other end it was her... She was in tears... Mumbling on and on about how her love had broken her heart... She asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone... So I did... As I sat next to her on the sofa... I stared at her soft eyes... Wishing she was mine... After 2 hours... A Drew Barrymore movie... And 3 bags of chips... She decided to go to sleep... She looked at me.. Said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I want her to know... That I don't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And I don't know why... IT'S SENIOR YEAR... The day before prom... She walked to my locker... "My date is sick" she said... He's not going to go... Well... I didn't have a date and in 7th grade... We made a promise that if neiter of us had dates... We'd go together just as "best friends"... And so we did... IT'S PROM NIGHT... After everything was over with... I was standing at her front door step... I stared at her ... She smiled at me... I wanted her to be mine... But she doesn't think of me like that... And I know it... Then she said "I had the best time... Thanks!"... And she gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to telll her... I wanted her to know that I don't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm just too shy... And I don't know why... IT'S GRADUATION DAY... A day passed... And then a week... And then a month... Before I could blink... It was graduation day... I watched her... Perfect body... Floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma... I wanted her to be mine... But she doesn't think of me that way... And I know it... Before everyone went home... She came to me in her smock and hat... And cried as I hugged her... Then she lifted her head from my shoulders and said "you're my best friend"... "Thanks!"... And gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her.. I wanted to know that I wanted to be more than "just friends"... I love her but I'm too shy... And I don't know why... IT'S A FEW YEARS LATER... Now I sit in the pews of the church... A church that she is getting married in now... I watched her say "I do" an drive off to her new life... Married to another man... I wanted her to be mine... But she didn't see me like that... And I knew it... But before she drove away... She came to me and said "You came!... Thanks!"... And she kissed me on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I wantd her to know that I didn't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm just too shy... And I don't know why... YEARS PASSED... I looked down at the coffin of a girl who used to be my "best friend"... At the service they read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years... This is what it said... "I stare at him... Wishing he was mine... But he doesn't notice me like that... And I know it... I wanted to tell him... I wanted him to know... That I don't want to be "just friends"... I love him but I'm just too shy... And I don't know why... I wish he would tell me he loved me"... I wish I did too... I thought to myself and I cried... REPOST THIS IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES AND SOMEONE WILL TELL YOU THEY LOVE YOU AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU... BUT IF YOU BREAK THIS CHAIN YOU WILL HAVE RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT 13 YEARS!! SINCE U OPENED THIS SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO U AT 11:52 PM IF YOU'RE A GIRL POST THIS AS "Why cant he tell me!!!" IF YOU'RE A BOY POST THIS AS "I wanna tell her Sponsored Links Legal Nurse Consultant

You opened this so you have to do it. Put the number representing what you are depending on the question. At the end it will look like a phone number so then put it in the subject line. You must do this or you will get bad luck for one entire year. Here's your new digits: (area code)### - #### ------------------------------- 1st number: Your relationship status 1- gay 2- taken 3- single and what ever happens, happens... 4- single and like someone but no chance with that person 5- taken & loving every second of it. 6- taken and like somone else 7- taken and confused 8- single and like someone that likes you back. 9- love someone 0- just dating around ------------------- 2nd number: Your current mood 1- Nervous 2- Sad 3- Cheerful 4- Angry/mad 5- happy 6-Confused 7- Sleepy 8- Just fine 9- Excited 0- blah ---------------------- 3rd number: The color of your shirt 1- Black 2- Pink 3- Yellow 4- Red/Reddish 5- Blue 6- Green 7- White/Gray/brown 8- Purple 9- Orange 0- none[[haha. xD]] ------------------------- 4th Number: The month you were born 1- Jan. or Feb. 2- March 3- April 4- May. or Jun. 5- July 6- Aug. 7- Sep. 8- Oct. 9- Nov. 0-.Dec. ------------------------ 5th number: Your favorite color 1- Black 2- White 3- Red 4- Purple 5- Green 6- Orange 7- Blue 8- Pink 9- Yellow 0- other ------------------------- 6th Number: Your favorite sport 1- Soccer 2- Volleyball 3 -cheerleading 4- Hockey 5- Football 6- sex [haha!] 7- Baseball/softball 8- Tennis 9- basketball 0- Other/ track/none -------------------------------- 7th number: Your sign 1- Capricorn 2- Leo 3- Sagittarius/Aries 4- Virgo 5- Gemini 6- Taurus 7- Libra 8- Aquarius 9- Scorpio/Pisces 0- Cancer ------------------ POST THIS WITH YOUR NEW NUMBER IN 5 MINUTES AND SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN

GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND NUMBER IT FROM (1-13) AND NO CHEATING! SEE THE RESULTS AT THE END OF THE TEST! WHEN YOU SEND IT ON PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT BAR... 1.WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR EYES? A. LIGHT COLOR B. CHANGE COLORS C. DARK 2.IF YOU WERE TO MEET UP WITH THE CRUSH OF YOUR LIFE YOU WOULD... A. SEDUCE THEM B. JUST CHILL C. CHILL AND THEN SEDUCE 3.WHATS YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF WEATHER? A. RAIN B. THUNDERSTORM C. SUNNY D. CLOUDY 4.WHATS THE BEST TYPE OF FRUIT? A. STRAWBERRYS B. CHERRYS C. GRAPES D. PEACHES E. KIWI 5.THE BEST PART OF THE 24 HOURS IS.... A. NIGHT B. DAY C. AFTERNOON 6.WHATS THE BEST SEASON OF THE YEAR? A. FALL B. SUMMMER C. SPRING D. WINTER 7.HEADBOARD OR NO HEADBOARD? -HEADBOARD -NO HEADBOARD 8.WHATS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? LEO VIRGO SCORPIO LIBRA GEMINI ARIES CAPRICORN CANCER PISCES AQUARIUS TAURUS SAGITARIUS 9.PICK A PLACE YOU WOULD HAVE SEX AT OUT OF THESE... A. ASRTO VAN B. ON THE ROOF TOP OF A BUILDING C. PARK D. AIR PLANE E. PARENTS ROOM F. ALL OF THE ABOVE 10.YOUR PHONE SERVICE? A. SPRINT/CINGULAR B. VERIZON C. T-MOB./NEXTEL D. ALTEL E. CRICKET F. SUNCOM G. BOOST MOB 11.PICK AN ANIMAL A. LION B. LIZARD C. SNAKE D. MONKEY 12.PICK A TOPPING A. CHOCLATE SYRUP B. HONEY C. WHIP CREAM D. NUTS 13.WHICH WAY? A. UP B. DOWN C. SIDEWAYS NOW THINK OF THE PERSON YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON OR A PERSON WHOSE ASS YOU JUST WANNA SMACK========= ***ANSWERS**** 1. A. LIGHT COLOR------ (4) POINTS B. CHANGE COLORS- (5) POINTS C. DARK---------------- (4) POINTS 2. A. SEDUCE THEM--------------- (5) POINTS B. JUST CHILL------------------- (2) POINTS C. CHILL AND THEN SEDUCE- (4) POINTS 3. A. RAIN--------------- (3) POINTS B. THUNDERSTORM- (5) POINTS C. SUNNY------------- (4) POINTS D. CLOUDY----------- (2) POINTS 4. A. STRAWBERRYS- (5) POINTS B. CHERRYS-------- (4) POINTS C. GRAPES---------- (3) POINTS D. PEACHES-------- (4) POINTS E. KIWI-------------- (5) POINTS 5. A. NIGHT-------- (4) POINTS B. DAY----------- (3) POINTS C. AFTERNOON- (5) POINTS 6. A. FALL-------- (3) POINTS B. SUMMMER- (4) POINTS C. SPRING---- (2) POINTS D. WINTER--- (5) POINTS 7. -HEADBOARD-------- (5) POINTS -NO HEADBOARD-- (2) POINTS 8. LEO---------- (5) POINTS VIRGO------- (5) POINTS SCORPIO--- (5) POINTS LIBRA-------- (3) POINTS GEMINI------ (4) POINTS ARIES-------- (3) POINTS CAPRICORN- (3) POINTS CANCER------ (4) POINTS PISCES------- (5) POINTS AQUARIUS--- (4) POINTS TAURUS------ (5) POINTS SAGITARIUS- (4) POINTS 9. A. ASRTO VAN------------------------------ (3) POINTS B. ON THE ROOF TOP OF A BUILDING- (4) POINTS C. PARK------------------------------------- (2) POINTS D. AIR PLANE------------------------------- (5) POINTS E. PARENTS ROOM------------------------ (5) POINTS F. ALL OF THE ABOVE-------------------- (10) POINTS 10. A. SPRINT/CINGULAR- (5) POINTS B. VERIZON------------- (4) POINTS C. T-MOB./NEXTEL----- (3) POINTS D. ALTEL----------------- (5) POINTS E. CRICKET-------------- (2) POINTS F. SUNCOM-------------- (3) POINTS G. BOOST MOB---------- (4) POINTS 11. A. LION------ (5) POINTS B. LIZARD--- (3) POINTS C. SNAKE--- (4) POINTS D. MONKEY- (3) POINTS 12. A. CHOCLATE SYRUP- (3) POINTS B. HONEY--------------- (2) POINTS C. WHIP CREAM------- (5) POINTS D. NUTS----------------- (3) POINTS 13. A. UP----------- (2) POINTS B. DOWN------ (3) POINTS C. SIDEWAYS- (5) POINTS NOW ADD THE POINTS UP (FOR THE SLOW ONES) SCORES!!!!! 25-34= PRIESTS SON/DAUGHTER. MIGHT AS WELL SAVE IT TILL MARRIAGE. 35-49= PRETTY FREAKY BUT THERES STILL A COUPLE OF TRICKS U CAN LEARN... FROM ME. 50-65= TOTAL OUTRAGEOUS FREAK! OMG! CALL ME!!!! NO SERIOUSLY START DIALING!*** NOW REPOST THIS IN THE NEXT 2 MINUTES AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK WITH THE PERSON YOU THOUGHT OF! REPOST AS: FREAK IN BED TEST, I GOT A ( your score)

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One of my friends called me tonight, and we been cool for a while, hes been through my ups and downs in my relationships, well lately i told him how me an my dude were having problems, and now all of a sudden out of the blue he calls me tonight to tell me of his undieing luv for me, i dont understand it, what about me he likes... hes a great guy hes an amazing friend and he tells me all the things i wnt my man 2, but what do i say or do that way i can explain my situation to him, that way i dont lose him all together?

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.. His glasses went flyi ng, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. " They really should get lives. " He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and aske d him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and myfriends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday! " He just laughed and handed me half the books. Ove r the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.. When we were seniors we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me having to g et up there and speak Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was jealous! Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. " Thanks," he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends... I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story." I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wo uldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. "Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable." I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize it's depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each others lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others. "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering ho w to fly." There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. T oday is a gift. It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends

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