Athens, Ohio
1. Maya Lin (1959)
American Architect
American architectural designer and artist who, at age 21, designed the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC. She also has a sculpture series called Disappearing Bodies of Water.
2. Dow Finsterwald (1929)
American Professional Golfer
Winner of the 1958 PGA Championship who had 12 career PGA Tour victories to his name.
3. Art Tripp (1944)
American Musician
Drummer who was in the band Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa.
4. Kevin Hartman (1974)
American Soccer Player
American soccer goalkeeper who was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year in 1999. He spent the bulk of his MLS career with the Los Angeles Galaxy, appearing in 243 games...
5. Ruby Mercer (1906)
Canadian Singer Writer And Broad
Ruby Mercer CM was a writer broadcaster soprano and entrepreneur. Mercer founded Opera Canada a periodical for which she served as editor from 1960 to 1990. She also founded the...
6. John William Brown (1913)
Politician
John William Brown was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3 1957 to January 14 1957 and served as the...
7. Claire Ball (1941)
American Politician
Claire Buzz Ball is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
8. John D. Boon (1817)
unknow
John Daniel Boon was an American merchant and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio he immigrated to the Oregon Country where he farmed and...
9. Paul Melko (1968)
American Writer
Paul Melko is an American science fiction writer whose work has appeared in Realms of Fantasy Asimov's Science Fiction Strange Horizons and Live Without a Net. His first professional story...
10. Israel Moore Foster (1873)
American Politician
Israel Moore Foster was a Republican Representative in the United States Congress from the State of Ohio. Born in Athens Ohio Foster attended the public schools and graduated from the...
11. Robert Caplin (1983)
American Photographer
Robert Caplin is an American photographer and cinematographer. Since 2005 Caplin has photographed over 800 assignments for The New York Times and has contributed to and has been published by...
12. George Kahler (1889)
Major League Baseball Pitcher
George Runnells Krum Kahler was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from Athens Ohio. He played for the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1914. The spelling of Kahler's last name...
13. Larry Hunter (1949)
American Basketball Player-coach
Larry Hunter August 8 1949) is an American college basketball coach and the current 17th head coach of the Western Carolina University men's basketball team. He had been head coach...
