Journalists, Photojournalists, Writers, Cartoonists, Poets, Authors, Playwrights, Screenwriters, Fil
- Berenice Abbott (journalist, photographer) (Springfield)
- Karen Ackerman (author) (Cincinnati)
- Dede Allen (film editor) (Cleveland)
- Sherwood Anderson (author) (Camden/Clyde)
- R.W. Apple, Jr. (journalist and author) (Akron)
- Brian Azzarello (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
- Natalie Barney (author) (Dayton)
- Billy Bass (radio host, program director) (Cleveland)
- Brian Michael Bendis (comic book writer) (Cleveland)
- Greg Berg (character actor-voce talent) (Cleveland/Akron)
- Ambrose Bierce (author) (Meigs County)
- Hanne Blank (author) (Cleveland)
- Erma Bombeck (newspaper columnist, author) (Dayton)
- Matthew Brandeburg (author) (Perrysburg, Columbus)
- Douglas Brinkley (author and professor) (Perrysburg)
- Louis Bromfield (author) (Mansfield)
- Raymond Buckland (author) (Warren)
- Michael Buckley (author) (Akron)
- Milton Caniff (cartoonist) (Dayton)
- Vincent J. Cardinal (playwright & director) (Kent)
- Alice Cary (poet) (Cincinnati)
- Charles Chesnutt (writer) (Cleveland)
- Gail Collins (journalist) (Cincinnati)
- Chris Columbus (film director) (Warren)
- Ian Corrigan (author, liturgist) (Warren)
- Jerome Corsi (author) (East Cleveland)
- Carol Costello (CNN correspondent) (Minerva)
- Hart Crane (poet) (Garrettsville)
- Wes Craven (film director) (Cleveland)
- Michael Cunningham (author) (Cincinnati)
- William H. Daniels (cinematographer) (Cleveland)
- Khashyar Darvich (film producer, director)(Oxford, Cleveland)
- Stephen Donaldson (author) (Cleveland)
- Rita Dove (poet) (Akron)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (poet) (Dayton)
- Harlan Ellison (author) (Cincinnati)
- Mel Epstein (film producer) (Dayton)
- Joe Eszterhas (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
- George Fett (cartoonist) (Cleveland)
- Atul Gawande (journalist, physician) (Athens)
- Paul Gilger (playwright, set designer, architect) (Mansfield)
- Bob Greene (newspaper columnist) (Columbus)
- Zane Grey (author) (Zanesville)
- Cathy Guisewite (cartoonist) (Dayton)
- Stephen Gyllenhaal (film director, poet) (Cleveland)
- Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author) (Columbus)
- Virginia Hamilton (children's author) (Yellow Springs)
- Benjamin Hanby (writer, composer) (Rushville, Westerville)
- Bill Hemmer (news anchor for Fox News) (Cincinnati)
- William Dean Howells (author, critic)
- Langston Hughes (poet) (Cleveland)
- Jim Jarmusch (film director) (Akron)
- Joe Kernen (CNBC news anchor) (Cincinnati)
- Katharine Kerr (sci-fi/fantasy author) (Cleveland)
- Eric Kripke (writer, director) (Toledo)
- Robert Kurtzman (film director/screenwriter) (Crestline)
- Jerome Lawrence (writer) (Cleveland)
- Robert Edwin Lee (writer) (Elyria)
- Brett Leonard (film director) (Toledo)
- Mark L. Lester (film director) (Cleveland)
- Dwight H. Little (director) (Cleveland)
- Sorche Nic Leodhas – (writer, recipient of Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal) (Youngstown)
- Bryan Malessa (author) (Chagrin Falls)
- Robin Meade (CNN news anchor) (New London)
- Nick G. Miller (screenwriter, film producer, film director) (Dayton)\
- Christopher Moore (Author) (Toledo)\
- Toni Morrison (author) (Lorain)
- Nema (author, liturgist) (Logan)
- Dudley Nichols (screenwriter) (Wapakoneta)
- Andre Norton (author) (Cleveland)
- Frederick Burr Opper (cartoonist, creator of Happy Hooligan) (Madison)
- P. J. O'Rourke (political satirist, author) (Toledo)
- Paul Palnik {artist,cartoonist} (Cleveland)
- Harvey Pekar (author) (Cleveland)
- Bob Peterson (animator, director) (Wooster/Dover)
- Dav Pilkey (author) (Cleveland)
- David Pogue (columnist) (Shaker Heights)
- Dawn Powell (author) (Mount Gilead)
- Ted Rall (editorial cartoonist) (Kettering)
- Robert Rehme (film producer) (Cincinnati)
- Terry Ryan (author) (Defiance) wrote The Prize Winning Mother from Defiance, Ohio, later made into a film
- Bill Sammon (Fox News Washington Managing Editor) (Cleveland)
- Martin Savidge (television journalist) (Rocky River)
- Dominic Sena (film director) (Niles)
- Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman (Cleveland)
- Marisa Silver (film director) (Shaker Heights)
- David C. Smith (novelist) (Youngstown)
- Jeff Smith (cartoonist) (Columbus)
- Al Snow (professional wrestler) (Lima)
- Tony Snow (news anchor) (Cincinnati)
- Stephen Sommers (film director, screenwriter) (Dayton)
- Steven Spielberg (film director, film producer) (Cincinnati)
- R. L. Stine (author) (Columbus )
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (author) (Cincinnati)
- Nick Sturm (poet) (Akron)
- Lowell Thomas (commentator/author) (Woodington)
- James Thurber (author, cartoonist) (Columbus)
- George Trendle (radio/TV producer) (Norwalk)
- Lee Unkrich (film director and editor) (Cleveland)
- Michael Wadleigh (film director) (Akron)
- Paula Wagner (film producer) (Youngstown)
- Brad Warner (author) (Akron)
- Jack Warner (movie mogul) (Youngstown)
- Harvey Wasserman (author, political activist) (Columbus)
- Lew Wasserman (studio executive) (Cleveland)
- Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (Cleveland)
- Bill Watterson (cartoonist) (Chagrin Falls)
- David Whitney (author) (Youngstown)
- Gerri Willis (news anchor for Fox Business Network) (Cincinnati)
- John Yang (news correspondent) (Chillicothe)
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