The 27 Most Famous People From Cleveland

Astronauts, Oscar winners and two teenagers who invented a superhero all started out in the same Ohio city; a few of them you'd never guess.

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   Halle Berry

   Cleveland-born actress who became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, for Monster's Ball.
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   Terrence Howard

   Oscar-nominated actor of Hustle & Flow and Empire who grew up in Cleveland.
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   Ruby Dee

   Cleveland-born actress and civil rights activist known for A Raisin in the Sun and Do the Right Thing.
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   Dorothy Dandridge

   Cleveland-born star of Carmen Jones and the first Black woman nominated for the Best Actress Oscar.
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   Margaret Hamilton

   Cleveland-born actress forever known as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
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   Drew Carey

   Cleveland native who set The Drew Carey Show in his hometown and later took over The Price Is Right.
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   Jake Paul

   YouTuber turned boxer born in Cleveland in 1997, who headlined Netflix's record-setting fight with Mike Tyson.
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   Phil Donahue

   Cleveland-born host who invented the audience-participation talk show with The Phil Donahue Show.
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   Carol Kane

   Cleveland-born actress of Taxi and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Oscar-nominated for Hester Street.
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    The Russo Brothers

    Cleveland-born directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo, behind Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
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    Tracy Chapman

    Cleveland-born singer-songwriter of Fast Car and a four-time Grammy winner.
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    Jim Backus

    Cleveland-born actor who voiced Mr. Magoo and played Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island.
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    Bobby Womack

    Cleveland-born soul singer and songwriter of Across 110th Street, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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    Jim Lovell

    Cleveland-born astronaut who flew on Apollo 8 and commanded the near-disastrous Apollo 13.
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    Steve Harvey

    Comedian and Family Feud host who grew up in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood.
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    Wes Craven

    Horror director born in Cleveland who created A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream.
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    John D. Rockefeller

    Oil magnate who grew up in Cleveland and founded Standard Oil there in 1870.
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    Jerry Siegel

    Cleveland-born writer who created Superman with Joe Shuster while both were teenagers in Glenville.
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    Machine Gun Kelly

    Rapper and rock singer who came up in Cleveland and made the city the centerpiece of his breakout mixtapes and debut album Lace Up.
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    Joe Shuster

    Artist raised in Cleveland who co-created and first drew Superman.
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    Kid Cudi

    Cleveland-born rapper and singer behind Day 'n' Nite and the Man on the Moon albums.
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    Bob Hope

    Comedy legend raised in Cleveland after emigrating from England, famed for films, Oscars hosting and USO tours.
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    Jesse Owens

    Track star raised in Cleveland who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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    Arsenio Hall

    Cleveland-born comedian whose late-night Arsenio Hall Show became a cultural force around 1990.
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    Henry Mancini

    Cleveland-born composer of The Pink Panther theme and Moon River.
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    Langston Hughes

    Harlem Renaissance poet who spent his high school years in Cleveland and wrote his first poems there.
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    Desmond Howard

    Cleveland-born Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl XXXI MVP, now a College GameDay analyst.
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