This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Athletics Dale Bandy, Ohio University basketball coach Al Bridwell, former Major League Baseball player Gerald Cadogan, former professional football player Chuck Ealey, former football player for University of Toledo, and others Larry Hisle, former Major League Baseball player, currently employed with Milwaukee Brewers organization Rocky Nelson, former Major League Baseball player Josh Newman, Major League Baseball pitcher Al Oliver, former Major League Baseball player Del Rice, former Major League Baseball player Branch Rickey, baseball executive, signed Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers Adam Stevens, 2-time champion crew chief with Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Cup Series Gene Tenace, former Major League Baseball player
Arts and entertainment Kathleen Battle, opera singer Earl Thomas Conley, country music singer and songwriter Martin Dillon, musician and operatic tenor Bil Dwyer, cartoonist (Dumb Dora) and humorist Steve Free, ASCAP Award-winning Appalachian musician Liza Johnson, film director Serena B. Miller, author Jeff Munn, Vice President of operations for Harlem Globetrotters Wally Phillips, longtime Chicago radio personality Barbara Robinson, author Herb Roe, mural artist Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy movie star Cheryl Shuman, media personality strategic political and media strategist Stuff Smith, jazz musician
Education, politics and service James Mitchell Ashley, drafter of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Henry T. Bannon, U.S. representative from Portsmouth (1901–1905), attorney, author, and historian Emma M. Cramer, member of the Ohio House of Representatives Mary A. G. Dight, physician Bill Harsha, Ohio politician for the United States House of Representatives Chase Wilmot Kennedy, U.S. Army major general Wells A. Hutchins, U.S. representative from Portsmouth (1883–1885), attorney Elza Jeffords, U.S. representative from Mississippi (1883–1885) Chase Wilmot Kennedy, U.S. Army major general Charles Kinney, Jr. - Ohio Secretary of State (1897–1901) Raphael Lasker, rabbi Cheryl L. Mason, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, US Department of Veterans' Affairs (2017-2022), Inspector General, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs (Incumbent) Max Raisin, rabbi Ted Strickland, former Ohio governor
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