Notable Natives
The following individuals were born in, raised in, lived in, or currently live in Wooster, Ohio.
- Josh Krajcik (born 1981), Musician, Finalist on The X Factor
- Jon Belmont (born 1952), Radio Newscaster, ABC New York, and Associated Press Washington D.C.
- US Representative George Bliss (1813–1868), Attorney, Judge, Politician.
- Vince Cellini (born 1959), Broadcaster, Sports Journalist.
- Dean Chance (born 1941), Major League Baseball Player, 1964 Cy Young award winner.
- Dr. William Estabrook Chancellor (1867–1963), Author, Professor of History.
- Martha Chase (1927–2003), Biologist, Geneticist, Professor.
- Ginger Clark (1879–1943), Major League Baseball Player.
- Arthur Compton (1892–1962), Physicist, Nobel Laureate.
- Karl Compton (1887–1954), Physicist.
- Hal Dean (1922–2011), Professional Football Player.
- John Dean (born 1938), Attorney, Politician, Banker. White House Counsel to Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
- Edward Fenwick (1768–1832), Priest, College Founder, Missionary.
- Charles Follis (1879–1910), First African-American to play professional football.
- Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980), Cryptographer, Student of Languages and Literature.
- Hollis Frampton (1936–1984), Avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, writer/theoretician, and pioneer of digital art.
- William H. Gass (born 1924), Author, Educator.
- Stanley Gault (born 1926), CEO and Board Chairman, Rubbermaid, Inc.; CEO and Board Chairman, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
- Richard Gibbs, Musician.
- Guy Hecker (1856–1938), Major League Baseball Player.
- Duncan Jones, Movie Director, Son of Hall of Fame Rock Musician David Bowie.
- Jack Lengyel, Software Executive, Football Coach.
- Roscoe C. McCulloch (1880–1958), Attorney, Policitian.
- John McSweeney (1890–1969), U.S. Representative (1923–1929), Attorney.
- George Morgan (1924–1975), Country Music Performer.
- Bill Musselman (1940–2000), was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.
- Roger Peckinpaugh (1891–1977), Major League Baseball Player.
- Jack Perkins (born 1933), Journalist.
- Bob Peterson (born 1961), Animator for Pixar.
- Joseph Banks Rhine (1895–1980), Psychologist, Professor of Parapsychology.
- John Sloane (1779–1856), Ohio Secretary of State (1841–1844), U.S. House of Representatives (1819–1829), Treasurer of The United States (1850–1853).
- Dr. James Stuart, Founder of Ohio Light Opera, Musician, Singer, Professor of Music.
- Lynn St. John (1876–1950), Athlete, Basketball Coach.
- Tyrell Sutton (born 1986), Football Athlete.
- Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and Mantis James Van Sweringen (1879–1936 and 1881–1934, respectively), Businessmen, Railroad Tycoons.
- Hal Varian (born 1947), Economist specializing in microeconomics and information economics; Chief Economist at Google.
- John T. Walton (1946–2005), Businessman, Soldier, Philanthropist. Son of Wal-Mart founder, Sam Walton.
- Kaiser Wilhelm (1874–1936), Major League Baseball Player.
- John Howard Yoder (1927–1997), Christian (Mennonite) Theologian, Author, Pacifist.
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—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“The partridge and the rabbit are still sure to thrive, like true natives of the soil, whatever revolutions occur. If the forest is cut off, the sprouts and bushes which spring up afford them concealment, and they become more numerous than ever. That must be a poor country indeed that does not support a hare. Our woods teem with them both.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)