Notable Natives
- Doug Bair, pro baseball player
- Alene Duerk, first woman to be selected for flag rank in the U. S. Navy
- Chad Billingsley, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Sam Hornish Jr., Indianapolis 500 winner and current driver for the Nascar Penske Racing team
- Michelle Burke, television and film actress
- Jason Berry, television meteorologist and avid storm chaser
- Wild Bill Davison, jazz cornet player
- Greg Kampe, men's head basketball coach at Oakland University
- Don Miller, one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
- Jon Niese, pitcher for the New York Mets
- Chad Reineke, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
- Evelyn Ryan, jingle-writer, and subject of the film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
- Terry "Tuff" Ryan, author
- Bruce Shingledecker, Alaskan wildlife painter
- H. Allen Smith, humorist
- Alan Francis, 16 time Horseshoe World Champion
- Kevin Boyd, Professional Musician, Studio Musician, Tour Musican
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