List of people from Shaker Heights, Ohio

The following is a list of natives, residents and former residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

A

*Griff Allen, auto racing promoter

B

*Jamie Babbit, director, producer, and screenwriter
*Newton D. Baker, politician
*Carter Bays, television creator and producer
*David Mark Berger, a weightlifter who was one of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Arab commandos at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games [cite web|url=http://www.starofdavid44.com/dbbiography.html|title=David Berger Biography|accessdate=2008-03-27]
*Peter Bergman (comedian), two members of the Firesign Theatre
*John Bixler, actor
*Sara Bloomfield, Executive Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
*Andy Borowitz, comedian and satirist
*Jim Brickman, musician

C

*Martha Chase, geneticist
*Ward Cleaver, (fictional) character in "Leave It to Beaver"
*Nate Clements, San Francisco 49ers cornerbackcite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Shaker-Heights-Ohio.html|title=Shaker Heights, Ohio|accessdate=2008-02-24|date=2008|publisher=City-Data.com]
*Adrien Clarke, Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman

D

*Marc Dann, former Ohio Attorney General [cite news|url=http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/05/14/copy/0_BLACK_EYE.ART_ART_05-14-08_B1_1BA6O5F.html?sid=101|title=Traficant, the mob, and now Marc Dann|publisher=Columbus Dispatch|accessdate=2008-07-03|date=2008-05-14]
*Cheri Dennis, the Princess of Bad Boy Entertainment

F

*Michelle Federer, a theatre and film actress
*Danny Ferry, former NBA player and current General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
*Bobby Few, jazz pianist
*Craig Finn, singer and guitarist [cite web|url=http://www.cloakanddaggermedia.com/features/craig_finn/features2.html|title=Features:The Swish|accessdate=2008-07-02]
*Katrina Firlik, writer [cite web|url=http://www.katrinafirlik.com/katrina_firlik.htm|title=Katrina S. Firlik, M.D.|accessdate=2008-07-02]
*Lee Fisher, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio [cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/OH/G/lee.fisher.html|title=Candidate Profile from Congressional Quarterly|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-03-21]
*James Frey, author

G

*Zelma Watson George, philanthropist
*Jeff Gerth, journalist
*Maurice Goldman, composer
*Stuart Goldman, journalist, screenwriter, musician
*Richard J. Green, chemist
*Tom Griswold, co-host of The Bob & Tom Show
*Matt Guerrier, baseball player

H

*Jamey Haddad, percussionist
*Jerry Heller, rap manager
*Terrance Howard, actor
*Caroline Hoxby, economist

I

*David Icove, former FBI Academy Instructor

J

*Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County commissioner [cite web|url=http://bocc.cuyahogacounty.us/lawsonjones.htm|title=Peter Lawson Jones|publisher=Cuyahoga County Board of Comissioners|accessdate=2008-03-21]

K

*Jeremy Kahn, journalist and former managing editor of The New Republic

L

*Al Lerner, late owner of the Cleveland Browns and former chairman of MBNA
*Gerald Levert, musician
*Sean Levert, musician
*Todd A. Levett, political strategist
*Earl Leiken, mayor
*Matthew Luckiesh, physicist

M

*Gordon Macklin, businessman
*Bill Mason, jewel thief
*Michael McElroy, actor
*Ted Mosby, (fictional) character in "How I Met Your Mother"

N

*Paul Newman, actor and auto racer

O

*Susan Orlean, journalist [cite web|url=http://www.susanorlean.com/about/index.html|title=About Susan Orlean|accessdate=2008-01-20]
*Peter Ostrum, actor

P

*Paula Jai Parker, actress
*Denny L. Peck, psychologist
*Roger Penske, race car driver, team owner, and business entrepreneur
*David Pogue, technology writer, journalist and commentator

R

*Joshua Radin, singer-songwriter
*Members of the Ratner family, founders of Forest City Enterprises and other philanthropic and entrepreneurial endeavors.
*Arnold Reisman, engineer, historian and author
*Chris Rose, host of Best Damn Sports Show Period [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741303/|title=Chris Rose|accessdate=2008-02-25]
*Rachel Ryan, porn actress

*Scott Savol, of American Idol fame, claims to be a Shaker Heights native because he attended Shaker Schools, however is actually from the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
*Molly Shannon, comedian
*Marisa Silver, author, screenplay writer, and director
*Ben Simon, NHL ice hockey center
*Bob Switzer, inventor

T

*Bill Taft, rock musician

V

*William R. Van Aken, politician
*Daniel Vovak, ghostwriter of movies and books

W

*David Wain, actor and comedian [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/fashion/12nite.html|title=Thou Shalt Carry Fliers |publisher= New York Times|date=2007-08-12|last=Williams|first=Alex|accessdate=2008-09-05]
*Dr. Robert J. White, neurosurgeon [cite web|url=http://www2.lakelandcc.edu/nora/events/iuser/news/newsmore.asp?ID=917|title=Dr. Robert J. White to Discuss "Rise and Fall of the Human Brain"|publisher=Lakeland Community College|accessdate=2008-09-05]
*Kym Whitley, comedian and actress [cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Kym-Whitley.html|title=Kym Whitley Biography (1961-)|year=2007|accessdate=2008-02-25]
*Fred Willard, comedian [cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-mxa0224tvclosefeb24,1,5653664.story|title=Fred Willard|last=O'Hare|first=Kate|date=2008-02-24|accessdate=2008-02-25]
*Milton Wolf, late real estate developer and U.S. Ambassador [cite web|url=http://www.case.edu/news/2005/5-05/wolf.htm|title=Milton A. Wolf, longtime and honorary Case trustee, alumnus and former U.S. ambassador to Austria, dies at 80|date=2005-05-20|accessdate=2008-02-25]

ee also

*List of people from Cleveland, Ohio
*List of people from Ohio

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