Notable Natives and Residents
- Terry Anderson, journalist and former Lebanese hostage
- Don Barden, Detroit businessman and owner of several large U.S. based casinos, Served 2 terms as Lorain's first black city councilman.
- Charles J. Berry, Corporal, winner of the Medal of Honor during World War II
- Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic
- Stevan Dohanos, artist
- Robert Galambos (1914–2010), researcher who discovered how bats use echolocation.
- Quincy Gillmore, General
- William Hanley, author
- Raymont Harris - NFL running back
- Lofton Henderson, Major, a hero of the Battle of Midway
- Ernest J. King, Fleet Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations and Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in World War II
- Ray Lawrence, bandleader, record company executive, record producer and personal manager.
- Jason Molina, singer-songwriter
- Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize laureate author
- Chad Muska, professional skateboarder, was born there, currently resides in the Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
- Don Novello, aka Father Guido Sarducci
- Ward Van Orman, three time winner of the Gordon Bennett Race
- Robert F. Overmyer, Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, test pilot and astronaut
- Martha Piper, former chancellor and president of the University of British Columbia
- Helen Steiner Rice, author and poetPam Robinson, co-founder of the American Copy Editors Society, a national journalism organization
- Vince Villanucci, NFL player
- Michael Gonzalez, Co-founder of Splashing Colors inc
- General Johnnie Wilson
- Matt Wilhelm, Elyria Catholic graduate, NFL Linebacker, Ohio State National Champion and Super Bowl Champ
- Colonel Douglas P. Yurovich, United States Marine Corps, CAG 9
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