George Washington Williams
1849–1891 American Civil War soldier, Christian minister, Ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer
Abraham Arnold
1837–1901 American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Henry Woods
1764–1826 American politician from Pennsylvania
TB Thomas A. Boyd
1830–1897 American politician
David Bradley
born 1950 Novelist, essayist, academic
Edward Danner Ziegler
1844–1931 American politician
Jesse Topper
born 1981 American politician
Keith Williams
born 1972 American baseball player
Rufus W. Holsinger
1866–1930 American photographer
Sam Fletcher
born 1881 American baseball player
Sarah A. Evans
1854–1940 American clubwoman and suffragist
John Calhoun Baker
1895–1999 President of Ohio University
May Beegle
1882–1943 American theatre manager, publicist, concert promoter and agent
Mike Turkovich
born 1986 Player of American football
Sol Metzger
1880–1932 American football player, coach of football and basketball, college athletics administrator, and sports journalist
William Tecumseh Barks
1840–1906 Civic leader and poet
William Watson
1837–1879 American surgeon, born 1837
George W. Griffith
1851–1923 American photographer and publisher
Oliver Ormsby
1767–1832 American settler
Vernon K. Irvine
1871–1942 American football coach
Also called Bedford home
SB Samuel Moore Barclay
1802–1852 Attorney