Soldiers, Sailors, Etc.
- "Mad" Ann Bailey (scout and spy for pioneers) (Harrison)
- George Custer (cavalry officer) (New Rumley)
- Dominic S. Gentile (WWII flying ace, 1st to break Rickenbacker's wartime kill record) (Piqua)
- Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War general, politician) (Point Pleasant, Ohio)
- Andrew L. Harris (Civil War general, U.S. Commissioner, Ohio Governor)
- Simon Kenton (soldier, frontiersman, friend of Daniel Boone) (Urbana)
- Isaac C. Kidd (Rear Admiral USN) (Killed on USS Arizona, Medal of Honor) (Cleveland)
- Ernest Joseph King (Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations (COMINCH-CNO) during World War II) (Lorain)
- Justin LeHew (Gunnery Sergeant USMC) (Hero of Nasiriyah - Awarded the Navy Cross, Bronze Star, Nominated for the Medal of Honor) (Columbus Grove)
- Curtis LeMay (Founder of Strategic Air Command) (Columbus)
- Eddie Rickenbacker (pilot) (Columbus)
- Robert C. Schenck (Civil War general, politician, diplomat) (Dayton)
- Philip Sheridan (Civil War general) (Somerset)
- William Tecumseh Sherman (Civil War general, politician) (Lancaster)
- Tecumseh (Native American leader)
- Paul Tibbets (pilot-Enola Gay WWII) (Columbus)
- Rodger Young (WWII soldier) (Fremont)
- Donald Russell Long (Medal of Honor Vietnam)
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