Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Etc.
- Henry D. Coffinberry (industrialist) (Cleveland)
- John R. Commons (economist) (Hollansburg)
- Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (developer, real estate magnate) (Youngstown)
- Herbert H. Dow (chemist, industrialist) (Cleveland)
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone) (Columbiana)
- John W. Galbreath (real estate mogul and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Darby Dan Farm) (Columbus)
- Charles Geschke (co-founder of Adobe Systems) (Cleveland)
- B. F. Goodrich (industrialist) (Akron)
- Jeff Immelt (Chairman & CEO of GE) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Keating (banker, activist) (Cincinnati)
- Charles F. Kettering (Inventor/Industrialist/Philanthropist)(Loudonville/Dayton)
- Peter B. Lewis (prominent entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist, activist) (Cleveland)
- Carl Lindner (prominent entrepreneur, political contributor, philanthropist) (Dayton)
- Lance Mehl (Linebacker from N.Y. Jets) (Bellaire)
- Brian Moynihan (CEO of Bank of America) (Marietta)
- Henry Nicholas (co-founder of Broadcom) (Cincinnati)
- Ransom Olds
- Don Panoz (entrepreneur) (Alliance)
- John H. Patterson (industrialist) (Dayton)
- William Procter (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
- Bruce Ratner (real estate developer and owner of the New Jersey Nets) (Cleveland)
- John D. Rockefeller (industrialist) (Strongsville/Cleveland)
- Frank Seiberling (industrialist) (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.)
- David Sinton (industrialist) (Cincinnati)
- George Steinbrenner (shipping magnate, sports club owner) (Cleveland)
- W. D. Twichell (Texas surveyor) (reared in Madison County; educated in Lebanon, Ohio)
- Ronald Wayne (co-founder of Apple Inc.) (Cleveland)
- Jed York (president/owner of the San Francisco 49ers) (Youngstown)
- Denise DeBartolo York (co-chair of the San Francisco 49ers) (Youngstown)
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