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Notable People

Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta in Auglaize County. The Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum is named to honor his achievements.
Figure Skater Alissa Czisny is from Bowling Green in Wood County. She won a bronze medal at the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships in Spokane.
Actor Jamie Farr, best known as Corporal Maxwell Klinger from the TV series M*A*S*H, is from Toledo.
Former president Gerald Ford's wife Betty Ford lived in Toledo for a short period of time in the 1940s with her ex-husband before marrying Gerald Ford.
Stephen Hadley, National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, was born in Toledo and lived in Ottawa Hills, Ohio, until his family moved to the Cleveland area.
Olympic Figure Skater Scott Hamilton is from Bowling Green in Wood County. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, lived in Fremont, Ohio.
Actress Katie Holmes is from Sylvania Township in Lucas County.
2006 Indianapolis 500 winner, 3 time Indy Car champion, and current NASCAR driver Sam Hornish Jr. was born in Bryan, grew up in Defiance, and now lives in Napoleon.
Children's television show host Frances Horwich, also known as "Miss Frances", was born in Ottawa, Putnam County.
American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair graduated from Rossford High School.
Kenneth Richey, an 18-year death row inmate who was born in the Netherlands and convicted of murder in Putnam County.
Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback and Super Bowl champion Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay in Hancock County.
Teresa Brewer, a popular jazz and traditional pop music singer, was a native of Toledo.
Guitarist Tom Scholz of the rock band Boston is from Ottawa Hills.
Noted feminist Gloria Steinem is from Toledo. Her grandmother, Pauline Steinem, was the first woman (and thus, the first Jewish woman) elected to the Toledo Board of Education.

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