This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Steubenville, Ohio, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Arts

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835–1915) – painter Thomas Cole (1801–1848) – artist, oil painter, founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting Alexander Doyle (1857–1922) – sculptor Eugene Louis Faccuito (1925–2015) – jazz dancer and teacher, choreographer Albert Newsam (1809–1864)  – painter, engraver and lithographer

Athletics

Danny Abramowicz (born 1945) – former NFL wide receiver Chinedu Achebe (born 1977) – Arena Football League linebacker Johnny Bates (1882–1949) – former MLB outfielder Zinn Beck (1885–1981) – former MLB infielder Ray Bracken (1891–1974) – Olympic gold medal-winning sport shooter Zach Collaros (born 1988) – CFL quarterback Chip Coulter (born 1945) – former MLB infielder Sylvia Crawley (born 1972) – former ABL forward, women's basketball head coach Audrey Deemer (1930–2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Rich Donnelly (born 1946) – former MLB coach Rollie Fingers (born 1946) – former MLB pitcher, National Baseball Hall of Famer Tom "Knute" Franckhauser (1937–1997) – former NFL cornerback Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1927–2012) – Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer, former college football quarterback and coach Mike Gulan (born 1970) – former MLB infielder Paul Hoover (born 1976) – former MLB player and current field coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays Jim Hudson (1943–2013) – former NFL and AFL safety Tony Jeter (born 1944) – former NFL tight end Cal Jones (1933–1956) – All-American football player at Iowa in College Football Hall of Fame Don Joyce (1929–2012) – former NFL and AFL defensive end, wrestler George Kaiserling (1893–1918) – FL and MLB pitcher Eddie Kazak (1920–1999) – former MLB infielder Chuck Mather (1915–2006) – Kansas football head coach, Chicago Bears assistant coach Najee Murray – defensive back, Kent State 2013–2016 All-Mac; defensive back for Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League Tom Needham (1879–1926) – former MLB catcher Tom Perko (1954–1980) – former NFL linebacker Wally Pesuit (born 1954) – former NFL and USFL offensive and defensive lineman Eric Piatkowski (born 1970) – former NBA forward Adam Riggs (born 1972) – former MLB and Japanese Central League infielder Will Robinson (1911–2008) – first African-American head coach at a Division I school Chaz Roe (born 1986) – MLB Pitcher Gene Trosch (1945–2010) – former AFL defensive lineman Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856–1924) – first African-American MLB player Weldy Walker (1860–1937) – second African-American MLB player Johnny Wilson (1915–2002) – former NFL tight end Bobby Joe Young (born 1959) – former welterweight boxer

Business

Dard Hunter (1883–1966) – papermaker, authority on printing

Literature

Richard C. Banks (1931–2021) – ornithologist, writer Bob Borden (born 1969) – writer Richard Hague (born 1947) – poet and novelist Jeffrey Hatcher – playwright, screenwriter Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Mary Bynon Reese (1832–1908) – poet laureate of Steubenville Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916) – novelist

Military

John S. Mason (1824–1897) – Union Army general during the Civil War, Indian fighter Anson G. McCook (1835–1917) – Union Army general during the Civil War, U.S. congressman Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834–1864) – Union Army general during the Civil War Edward M. McCook (1833–1909) – Union Army general, U.S. minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii (1866–1868) George Wythe McCook (1821–1877) – Union Army general, Ohio attorney general Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911) – Union Army chaplain and officer, minister John James McCook (1806–1865) – patriarch of the "Fighting McCooks" U.S. Army family, physician Robert Latimer McCook (1827–1862) – Union Army general Cas Myslinski (1920–1993) – USAF officer, athletic director of the University of Pittsburgh (1968–1982) Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (1929–2003) – USAF major general

Movies, television, and media

John Buccigross (born 1966) – ESPN sportscaster Frederick S. Clarke (1949–2000) – magazine publisher and editor Traci Lords (born 1968) – adult film actress Al Mancini (1932–2007) – actor Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer, actor, entertainer Will McMillan (1944–2015) – film and TV actor Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – playwright and screenwriter Jon Nese – meteorologist, TV weather channel personality Charles Stanton Ogle (1865–1940) – actor John Scarne (1903–1985) – magician, authority and writer on card manipulation Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (1918–1996) – bookmaker, sports commentator

Music

4th Disciple, a.k.a. El-Divine Amir Bey – record producer Ed Crawford, a.k.a. ed fROMOHIO (born 1964) – musician, guitarist Paul Howard (1895–1980)  – musician, bandleader Kinetic 9, a.k.a. Beretta 9 – musician, rapper William H. MacDonald (1849–1906), baritone and actor Robert Porco – choral conductor RZA (born 1969) – musician, rapper, producer Dorothy Sloop (1913–1998) – jazz musician, pianist The Stereos (formed c. 1955 and disbanded c. 1968) – doo-wop/pop group Patricia Welch (born 1954) – singer Wild Cherry (formed 1970 and disbanded 1979) – funk rock band

Politics

Douglas Applegate (1928–2021) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1995) Ed Buck (born 1954) – Democrat political activist, convicted murderer, and fundraiser Jacob Pitzer Cowan (1823–1895) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877) Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902) – United States senator (1866–1871) John M. Goodenow (1782–1838) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1829–1830) Robert H. Hatton (1826–1862) – United States congressman, confederate during the Civil War Joseph P. Hoge (1810–1891) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797–1870) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1837–1841) Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796–1873) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1830–1833, 1833–1834), United States district court judge William C. McCauslen (1796–1863) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1845) Anson G. McCook (1835–1917) – Union Army general, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1883) B. Frank Murphy (1867–1938) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1919–1933) Rees G. Richards (1842–1917) – politician Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869) – lawyer, Secretary of War (1862–1868) Samuel Stokely (1796–1861) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1841–1843) Andrew Stuart (1823–1872) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1855) Henry Swearingen (c. 1792–1849) – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1838–1841) Benjamin Tappan (1773–1857) – founder of the city of Ravenna, Ohio, U.S. senator (1839–1845) Edward Vincent (1934–2012) – politician Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) – theologian, father of President Woodrow Wilson Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813–1894) – jurist and judge, legislator Jack Yost (born 1945) – politician

Religion

Charles Clinton Beatty (1800–1882) – Presbyterian minister, founder of Steubenville Female Seminary Daniel DiNardo (born 1949) – Roman Catholic Cardinal, archbishop of Galveston-Houston Roger Joseph Foys (born 1945) – 10th bishop of Covington John McDowell Leavitt (1824–1909) – lawyer, Episcopal priest Hlib Lonchyna (born 1954) – bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born 1963) – fifth bishop of Steubenville Stephen Return Riggs (1812–1883) – Christian missionary with the Dakota people, linguist David Stanton Tappan (1845–1922) – Presbyterian minister Edward F. Walker (1852–1918) – minister, general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1911–1918) Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) – Presbyterian theologian; father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Miscellaneous

Dino Cellini (1914–1978) – mafioso, ran casinos for Meyer Lansky Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951) – astronomer Eli Todd Tappan (1824–1888) – educator Richard Timberlake (1922–2020) – professor of economics

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