Stephen Curry
born 1988 American basketball player
Willard Van Orman Quine
1908–2000 American philosopher and logician
Judith Resnik
1949–1986 American engineer and astronaut
Chrissie Hynde
born 1951 American rock musician, founder of The Pretenders
Lola Albright
1924–2017 American actress and singer
Gates McFadden
born 1949 American actress and choreographer
Melina Kanakaredes
born 1967 American actress
Ray Wise
born 1947 American actor
James Ingram
1952–2019 American singer-songwriter and record producer
Jaroslav Pelikan
1923–2006 US historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale
Nate Thurmond
1941–2016 American basketball player
Rita Dove
born 1952 American poet, essayist, and university teacher
Shirley Fry
1927–2021 American tennis and badminton player
Tim "Ripper" Owens
born 1967 American heavy metal singer
Bronny James
born 2004 American basketball player
Butch Reynolds
born 1964 American sprinter
John Magaro
born 1983 American actor
Jani Lane
1964–2011 American rock singer
Elizabeth Franz
1941–2025 American actress
Glen Buxton
1947–1997 American guitarist, songwriter
Phil Boggs
1949–1990 Diver
Trent Ford
born 1979 British-American model and actor
Bob Neuwirth
1939–2022 American musician
Keith Carter
1924–2013 American swimmer
Rachel Sweet
born 1962 American singer
Robert Geroch
born 1942 American physicist
Jerome Lane
born 1966 American basketball player
Paul Tazewell
born 1964 American costume designer
Rowland Brown
1897–1963 Writer/Director 1931-1952
Andrew Kay
1919–2014 American businessman
Chuck Noble
1931–2011 American basketball player
Jimmy Butler
1921–1945 American actor
Joe Bottom
born 1955 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Michael Wadleigh
born 1939 American filmmaker
John Korfas
born 1962 Greek-American professional basketball player and coach
Walter Hermann Bucher
1888–1965 American scientist
Also called Akron home
John Brown
1800–1859 American abolitionist
J. T. Buck
born 1978 American composer
Joe Vitale Jr
American musician, singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Liz Walters
American politician from Ohio
Alexa Konstand
American college tennis player (2001–2003), Syracuse
Bruss Hamilton
born 1989 American professional wrestler and strongman
Daniel C. Thomas
1905–1991 U.S. Army service member, 371st Infantry Battalion
Dennis Shaul
American politician
Ellen M. Pint
born 1960 American economist
Prince-Tyson Gulley
American football running back, Syracuse
Ron Ritter
United States Air Force executive
Tara McCarthy
1933–2018 American instructional materials writer