Barbra Hennigs
A dancer and choreographer who shared her immense talents with Findlay for over 40 years,…
Ben Roethlisberger
Led Pittsburgh Steelers to 15-1 regular season record as a rookie in 2004. Helped Steelers…
Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuel
Born in Antigua, the bass player played with many great bands and musicians over the…
Charlie Parker
Assistant coach for the New Orleans Hornets (2006-2007) and Dallas Mavericks (1995-2005). He was head…
Clyde “Dizzy” Kirkendall
A member of five national championship fast pitch teams, Kirkendall compiled a record of 1,144…
Dave Sorenson
Twice named first team All-Buckeye Conference, was Ohio Player of the Year 1965-66, and was…
Delos Daniel Drake
Was a Major League Baseball player who played 83 games in the Detroit Tigers outfield…
Dick Strahm
Head football coach at the University of Findlay (1975-1998). In 24 seasons as head coach,…
Douglas Blue Feather
Cherokee heritage & adopted Dakota (Zephier family Ihunktowan Band of the Yankton Sioux Nation of…
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Minister and author of the book “The Power of Positive Thinking“. Lived in Findlay when…
Emily Saliers
Founder, with Amy Ray, of the folk rock duo Indigo Girls. Although born in Connecticut,…
James B. Hill
Invented the Buckeye Traction Ditcher in 1894 that helped quickly drain the Great Black Swamp…
James D. Parriott
Lived for a time in Findlay as a youth. Has worked as creator and/or producer…
James Purdy
May not be well known to the general public but Purdy’s writing influenced a number…
James Wilson Aiken
Jim Aiken coached the Findlay High School football team to a state championship in 1925.…
Jeff Gordon
He took NASCAR by storm in the 1990s, becoming the youngest driver in the modern…
Jo Ann Davidson
Selected as the first woman speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1995. Served…
Joe Marsh Jr.
Joe became one of the leading harness racing drivers on the continent, competing at Roosevelt,…
Jonathan T. Baker
Spent his formative years in Findlay, Ohio, attending Central Junior High and graduating from Findlay…
Katherine Miller
Resigned from West Point in 2010 in protest of the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”…
Marilyn Miller
One of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. She…
Ralph Dayton Cole
U.S. Representative from Ohio (1905-1911) One of the founders of the American Legion at Paris…
Richard Purdy
Appeared on Broadway and TV dramas in the 1950s Born in Hicksville, OH graduated from…
Sara Parriott
Most recently helped write and produce The Descendants movie series for the Disney Channel. She…
Scott Lavender
Boasting a professional career of over 40 years, Lavender is an entrepreneur in the music…
Tell Taylor
Helped create one of the original Tin Pan Alley music publishing houses and wrote the…
Velma Whitman
Velma Whitman was an actor on stage and in silent films before 1920. She appeared…
Weldon Howard “Weldy” Olson
An American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics…