At a certain point everyone will taste the certainty of death. And while the majority of people who die and are buried in the great state of Ohio aren't famous, there are some who buck that trend. Here's a list of the most famous/historically significant people buried in Ohio. May we remember them fondly.
23 Famous People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Buried in Ohio
By Scene Staff on Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 1:19 pm
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Alan Freed
Lakeview CemeteryThough Freed was not the first DJ to play rock ‘n’ roll on the radio, he is known for popularizing the genre and also for organizing the first rock ‘n’ roll concert. He became a kind of scapegoat for the 1959 payola scandal and tragically ended up drinking himself to death.
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Annie Oakley
Brock Cemetery, GreenvilleAmerica’s most infamous sharpshooter was born, lived, and died in Ohio. Inbetween, she showed the world what women are capable of.
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Arthur B. McBride
Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook ParkThe founder of the Cleveland Browns in 1944, McBride also arranged for the team to join the NFL in 1950.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Spiegel Grove, FremontOur 19th president, Hayes was also a lawyer and abolitionist who defended fugitive slaves in court in the antebellum years. He was also responsible for officially ending the Reconstruction Era through the Compromise of 1877.
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”Chef Boyardee”
All Souls Cemetery, ChardonHector Boiardi, known as Chef Boyardee, emigrated from Italy to New York City and then to Cleveland, where he founded his food franchise.
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Carl B. Stokes
Lakeview CemeteryStokes was the first black mayor of a major American city (Cleveland). He was elected in 1967 and remained in office until 1971.
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Carolyn Keene
Toledo Memorial Park, SylvaniaThe ghostwriter of the Nancy Drew series was born Mildred Wirt Benson and earned a master’s in journalism from the University of Iowa. She moved to Toledo and worked at the Toledo Blade for more than 50 years.
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Raymond Johnson Chapman
Lakeview CemeteryThe only Major League Baseball player who died from being hit by a pitch, played for the Indians.
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Dave Thomas
Union Cemetery, ColumbusThomas is best known as the founder of the fast-food burger gem Wendy’s. He appeared in almost every advertisement for the chain from 1989 until his death in 2002.
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Harvey Samuel Firestone
Columbiana Cemetery, ColumbianaYou guessed it — Firestone was the inventor of pneumatic tires and the founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Akron.
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