Arts and entertainment

• James Baldwin
  James Baldwin (writer)
  James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.Baldwin's essays, for instance "Notes of a Native Son" , explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th century America,...
  
  , author/poet
• Philana Marie Boles
  Philana Marie Boles
  Philana Marie Boles is the author of the young adult novel Glitz , the 'tween novel , and the adult novels Blame It on Eve and In the Paint...
  
  , author of Glitz, Little Divas, In the Paint, and Blame It on Eve
• James Carlos Blake
  James Carlos Blake
  James Carlos Blake is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. His work has received extensive critical favor and several notable awards...
  
  , author
• Bernie Casey
  Bernie Casey
  Bernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...
  
  , former professional football player, actor, and visual artist
• Tim Conway
  Tim Conway
  Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway is an American comedian and actor, primarily known for his roles in sitcoms, films and television. Conway is best known for his role as the inept second-in-command officer, Ensign Charles Parker, to Lt...
  
  , Emmy Award
  Emmy Award
  An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
  
   winning actor
• Jennifer Crusie
  Jennifer Crusie
  Jennifer Crusie is a pseudonym for Jennifer Smith, a bestselling and award winning author of contemporary romance novels. She has written over 15 novels, which have been published in 20 countries.-Biography:...
  
  , writer
• Jim Daniels
  Jim Daniels
  James Raymond Daniels is an American poet and writer.Since 1981, Daniels has been on the faculty of the creative writing program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is the Thomas Stockham Baker Professor of English.He won the inaugural Brittingham Prize in Poetry in...
  
  , writer
• Ray Davis
  Ray Davis (musician)
  Raymond "Ray" Davis was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments, Parliament, and Funkadelic. His regular nickname while he was with those groups was "Sting Ray Davis". Aside from George Clinton, he was the only original member of the Parliaments not to leave the...
  
  , musician
• Anthony Doerr
  Anthony Doerr
  Anthony Doerr is an American fiction writer. Raised in nearby Novelty, Ohio, he majored in history at Bowdoin College and earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University....
  
  , writers
• Frank Dungan
  Frank Dungan
  Frank Dungan is an award-winning television producer and writer who won a 1982 Primetime Emmy for the television show Barney Miller. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University.-External links:...
  
  , television producer and writer
• Erin "Erma" Edmunds-Hupp, stunt car driver, hollywood body double
• Robert Ferrigno
  Robert Ferrigno
  Robert Ferrigno is an American author of crime novels and of speculative fiction. Eight books published between 1990 ad 2004 were well received additions to the detective and thriller genres, while the post 9/11 'Assassin trilogy' is set in an imagined United States dominated by Islam.-Novels:*...
  
  , writer
• Carolyn Forche
  Carolyn Forché
  Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate.-Life:Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 28, 1950, to Michael Joseph and Louise Nada Blackford Sidlosky. Forché earned a B.A...
  
  , writer
• David Kennedy, CEO of Flycast Inc.
• Ashley Kuntz, award winning photographer
• Bob Hartman
  Bob Hartman
  Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's songs,...
  
  , musician
• Jennifer Higdon
  Jennifer Higdon
  Jennifer Higdon is an American composer of classical music. Higdon has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto and the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto.-Biography:Higdon was born in Brooklyn,...
  
  , composer
• Judson Laipply
  Judson Laipply
  Judson Laipply is an American motivational speaker and dancer from Bucyrus, Ohio. He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance viral video clip. He has worked as a public speaker since 2000.-The Evolution of Dance:...
  
  , comedian
• Don Lee, editorial cartoonist
• Charles Maniscalco, CEO of Gatorade
• Ian McConville
  Mac Hall
  Mac Hall is a webcomic which was created through a bet between the creator Ian McConville and a friend who claimed he "couldn't make a comic like Penny Arcade". After the fifteenth comic, McConville was joined by Matt Boyd who began to write the comic.Mac Hall follows the exploits of a group of...
  
  , webcomic artist
• Jason Nelson
  Jason Nelson
  Jason Nelson is a digital and hypermedia poet and artist. He is a lecturer on Cyberstudies, digital writing and creative practice at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He is best known for his artistic flash games/essays such as Game, Game, Game And Again Game and I made this. You play...
  
   Pioneering Net Artist and Digital Poet
• Ric Ocasek
  Ric Ocasek
  Ric Ocasek is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band, The Cars....
  
  , The Cars, Musician
• Robert Patrick
  Robert Patrick
  Robert Hammond Patrick, Jr. is an American actor, known for his leading and supporting roles in a number of films and television shows....
  
  , actor
• Barbara Paul
  Barbara Paul
  Barbara Paul is an American writer of detective stories and science fiction. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1931 and was educated at Bowling Green State University and the University of Pittsburgh, among others....
  
  , author
• Robbie Perry, musician/writer
• James Pickens, Jr.
  James Pickens, Jr.
  James Pickens, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.- Early life...
  
  , actor
• Gregory Ruffer, conductor
• Terry Ryan, writer
• Eva Marie Saint
  Eva Marie Saint
  Eva Marie Saint is an American actress who has starred in films, on Broadway, and on television in a career spanning seven decades. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama film On the Waterfront , and later starred in the thriller film North by...
  
  , Academy Award Winning Actress
• James Swearingen
  James Swearingen
  James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Masters Degree from Ohio State University and a Bachelors Degree from Bowling Green State University and is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.The music he writes...
  
  , composer
• Allen Wier
  Allen Wier
  Allen Wier , is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee.Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico...
  
  , author
• Dara Wier
  Dara Wier
  Dara Wier is an American poet and the author of eleven books of poetry, including most recently SELECTED POEMS from Wave Books. Awards include the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from the American Poetry Review, Pushcart Prize, San Francisco Poetry Center Prize. Her work is in Best American Poetry...
  
  , poet
• Theresa Williams
  Theresa Williams
  Theresa Williams, born 1956, is a contemporary fiction writer whose works include The Secret of Hurricanes: A Novel and short stories in such magazines and journals as The Sun, The Chattahoochee Review, and Hunger Mountain...
  
  , writer
• MisterFantasmo, YouTube Commentator

Athletes

• Omari Aldridge
  Omari Aldridge
  Omari Aldridge is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines football striker, who currently plays for Khalsa Sporting Club.-Club career:...
  
  , professional soccer player currently with Beijing Hongdeng
  Beijing Hongdeng
  Beijing Baxy is a Football Club based in Beijing, China, currently playing in the China League One.-History:Beijing Baxy F.C. was founded in 2004.The club failed to win promotion from China League Two in 2009, until they took over Beijing Hongdeng F.C...
  
  
• Harold Anderson
  Harold Anderson
  W. Harold Anderson was a college men's basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. As a player, he played at Otterbein College, a small liberal arts college outside of Columbus, Ohio. As a coach, he was one of the first to win more than 500 games on the...
  
  , former college basketball coach and basketball hall of fame member
• Burke Badenhop
  Burke Badenhop
  Burke Heinrich Badenhop is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins. Burke played college baseball at Bowling Green State University. He played High School Baseball at Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio...
  
  , pitcher for the Florida Marlins
  Florida Marlins
  The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...
  
  
• Doug Bair
  Doug Bair
  Charles Douglas Bair is a right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of fifteen seasons in the majors, from until , for seven different teams...
  
  , former professional baseball player
• Kevin Bieksa
  Kevin Bieksa
  Kevin Christopher Bieksa is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League , serving as an alternate captain for the Canucks during away games...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Vancouver Canucks
  Vancouver Canucks
  The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
  
  
• Rob Blake
  Rob Blake
  Robert Bowlby Blake is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, appearing in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy and serving as team captain for five seasons in his initial 11 season-stint with...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Los Angeles Kings
  Los Angeles Kings
  The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
  
• Emily "Bona" Bonath, professional dancer currently with Footnotes Dance Academy
• Aris Brimanis
  Aris Brimanis
  Aris Aldis Brimanis is an American professional ice hockey defenseman from Shaker Heights, Ohio who is currently a free agent. He most recently played with the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Hannover Scorpions
  Hannover Scorpions
  The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark. The team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. Their games are played at TUI Arena of the Expo Plaza...
  
  
• Dan Bylsma
  Dan Bylsma
  Dan Bylsma is the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League as of February 15, 2009, replacing Michel Therrien. Prior to coaching the Penguins, he played as a forward in the NHL and coached in the American Hockey League . He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1989...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player and head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
  The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
  
  
• Khary Campbell
  Khary Campbell
  Khary K. Campbell [] is an American football linebacker who last played for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
  
  , professional football player currently with the Washington Redskins
  Washington Redskins
  The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
  
  
• Bernie Casey
  Bernie Casey
  Bernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...
  
  , former professional football player
• Gino Cavallini
  Gino Cavallini
  Gino J. Cavallini is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.Cavallini played one year for the St. Michael's Buzzers, a Junior hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association Following his short stint with the Buzzers, Cavallini was offered a scholarship to play college hockey for the...
  
   former professional hockey player, and scorer for the Falcons NCAA National Championship over time goal.
• Walley Charko former professional hockey player.
• Kim Collins
  Kim Collins
  Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...
  
   former professional hockey player
• Alissa Czisny
  Alissa Czisny
  Alissa Czisny is an American figure skater. She is the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final champion, two-time U.S. national champion, the 2007 U.S...
  
  , figure skater and national champion
  2009 United States Figure Skating Championships
  The 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships were the United States Figure Skating Championships of the 2008-2009 figure skating season. They were a national championship to determine the national champions of the United States. In addition to determining the national champions, the event...
  
  
• Antonio Daniels
  Antonio Daniels
  Antonio Robert Daniels is an American professional basketball player. He most recently played for the Philadelphia 76ers.-Career:...
  
  , professional basketball player currently with the New Orleans Hornets
• Greg de Vries
  Greg de Vries
  Greg de Vries is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played over 800 games with six teams in the National Hockey League...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Nashville Predators
  Nashville Predators
  The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
  
• Andy Dilsaver, professional rugby player currently with Los Angeles Rugby
• Ian Duncan
  Ian Duncan
  Ian Duncan is one of Kenya's most successful rally drivers. He was Kenyan Rally Champion six times , and achieved outright victory in a World Rally Championship round when he won the 42nd Trustbank Safari Rally in 1994...
  
  , former professional hockey player
• Dave Ellett, former professional ice hockey player
• Nelson Emerson
  Nelson Emerson
  Nelson Donald Emerson is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger.-Playing career:Emerson grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Waterford, Ontario with the Waterford Wildcats of the OMHA...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player
• Alex Foster
  Alex Foster
  Alexander Dwight Foster is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing with HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga. He is the son of former NHL player Dwight Foster and nephew of former NHL player Wes Jarvis. Prior to advancing to the professional ranks, Foster played both junior...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs
  Toronto Maple Leafs
  The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
  
• Garry Galley
  Garry Galley
  Garry Michael Galley is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League from 1984 to 2001...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player
• Gary Kruzich, former professional ice hockey player
• Scott Hamilton
  Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
  Scott Scovell Hamilton is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships , four consecutive World Championships and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics....
  
  , professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist
  Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
  -Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Donald H. GilchristAssistant Referee:* Tjasa AndréeJudges: Vladimir Amsel Gerhard Frey Monique Georgelin Ida Tateoka Ingrid Linke Björn Elwin Tatiana Danilenko Oskar Urban Margaret Berezowski Tsukasa Kimura -Ladies:Katarina Witt became the first lady to repeat as...
  
  
• Josh Harris
  Josh Harris (American football)
  Joshua Harris is an American football player who currently plays for the Marion Blue Racers of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.-College career:...
  
  , professional football player, last with the New York Giants
  New York Giants
  The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  
• Brian Hills former professional ice hockey player, current coach for NCAA d1 RIT
• Orel Hershiser
  Orel Hershiser
  Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for...
  
  , former professional baseball player
• Bob Hill
  Bob Hill
  Robert W. Hill is an American basketball coach. Hill grew up in Mount Sterling, Ohio moving to Worthington, Ohio for high school. Upon graduating from high School, Hill entered Bowling Green State University. Hill is currently the head coach of the Tokyo Apache in Japan...
  
  , professional basketball coach currently with the Seattle SuperSonics
  Seattle SuperSonics
  The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
  
  
• Brian Holzinger
  Brian Holzinger
  Brian Alan Holzinger is a retired American professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Columbus Blue Jackets.-Playing career:...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player and Hobey Baker Award
  Hobey Baker Award
  The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player.It is named for hockey player and World War I veteran Hobey Baker, who played collegiately at Princeton University and learned the game at St...
  
   winner
• Mike Johnson
  Mike Johnson (hockey)
  Michael Paul Johnson is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Phoenix Coyotes, Montreal Canadiens and the St...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player currently working as a broadcaster with Hockey Night in Canada
  Hockey Night in Canada
  Hockey Night in Canada is the branding used for CBC Sports' presentations of the National Hockey League...
  
  on CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  
• Michael Jones
  Michael Jones
  - Athletes :* Mike Jones , welterweight boxer* Mike Jones , English expedition canoeist* Mike Jones , American freestyle motocross rider also known as "Mad Mike Jones"...
  
  , former professional hockey player
• Jim Joyce
  Jim Joyce
  James A. "Jim" Joyce III is a Major League Baseball umpire who has worked in the American League from 1987 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears uniform number 66...
  
  , umpire for MLB
• Dan Kane, former professional ice hockey player
• Ken Klee
  Ken Klee
  Kenneth Robert Klee is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played most notably with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player
• Jay Larranaga
  Jay Larranaga
  Jay Larranaga is a former Irish basketball player. He is the current head coach of the Irish national basketball team and the NBA D-League team Erie BayHawks.-Career:...
  
  , professional basketball player, member of Ireland basketball team
  Ireland national basketball team
  - Performance at Summer Olympics :-Notable players:*Pat Burke – Only Irish-born to have played in the NBA. Played for Orlando Magic & Phoenix Suns...
  
  
• Kory Lichtensteiger
  Kory Lichtensteiger
  Kory Adam Lichtensteiger is an American football center currently playing for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
  
  , professional football player currently with the Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
  The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  
• Mike Liut
  Mike Liut
  Michael Dennis Liut is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.Liut played for the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association from 1977 to 1979 and for the St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, and Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1992. He won...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player
• Brian MacLellan
  Brian MacLellan
  Brian John MacLellan is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.After playing his college hockey at Bowling Green State University, MacLellan signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings in 1982...
  
  , professional ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 1989, and Current Director of Player Personal Washington Capitals
  Washington Capitals
  The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
  
  
• Mike McCullough, professional golfer and multiple winner on the PGA Tour
• Keith McLeod
  Keith McLeod
  Keith McLeod is an American professional basketball player, who plays point guard for the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League. He is 6' 2" tall...
  
  , professional basketball player, last with the Indiana Pacers
  Indiana Pacers
  The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
  
• George McPhee
  George McPhee
  George McPhee is the general manager of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals as well as the team's alternate governor and vice president...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player, Hobey Baker Award
  Hobey Baker Award
  The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player.It is named for hockey player and World War I veteran Hobey Baker, who played collegiately at Princeton University and learned the game at St...
  
   winner, and current General Manager of the Washington Capitals
  Washington Capitals
  The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
  
  
• Barry Mills, former professional hockey player
• Nick Mileti
  Nick Mileti
  Nick James Mileti was, during the 1970s, the owner of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Crusaders hockey team, the Coliseum at Richfield and radio station "3WE" WWWE AM/1100 ....
  
  , former owner of Cleveland Cavaliers
  Cleveland Cavaliers
  The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
  
  , Cleveland Indians
  Cleveland Indians
  The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
  
  , Cleveland Crusaders
  Cleveland Crusaders
  The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland, Ohio. The Crusaders were founded by Nick Mileti, and played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976...
  
  , and writer of Closet Italians
• Ken Morrow
  Ken Morrow
  Kenneth Arlington Morrow is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman and currently serves as the New York Islanders' director of pro scouting...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey team
  Miracle on Ice
  The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22...
  
  
• Scott Mruczkowski
  Scott Mruczkowski
  Scott Allen Mruczkowski [merch-COW-ski] is an American football center for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chargers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Bowling Green.-External links:*...
  
  , professional football player San Diego Chargers
  San Diego Chargers
  The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  
• Gregg Napoli, former athletic supporter for the San Diego Padres
  San Diego Padres
  The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
  
  
• Don Nehlen
  Don Nehlen
  Don Nehlen is a former American football player and coach. He was head football coach at Bowling Green State University and at West Virginia University . Nehlen retired from coaching college football in 2001 with a career record of 202–128–8 and as the 17th winningest coach in...
  
  , former player who became a highly successful coach at West Virginia University
  West Virginia Mountaineers football
  The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...
  
   and college football hall of fame member
• Nick Pappas
  Nick Pappas
  Dr Nicholas George Pappas is a solicitor from Sydney, Australia, and also the current chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby league club. He was also chairman of the club from April 2003 to June 2006...
  
   former professional ice hockey player and former coach of Johnstown Chiefs
• Doyt Perry
  Doyt Perry
  -External links:* , WBGU-PBS documentary...
  
  , former college football coach and college football hall of fame member
• Nolan Reimold
  Nolan Reimold
  Nolan Gallagher Reimold is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.-Early life:Reimold was born to John and Mary Reimold on October 12, 1983 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. He attended Kennedy Catholic High School in Hermitage, Pennsylvania...
  
  , outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
  
• Todd Reirden
  Todd Reirden
  Todd Reirden is a retired American ice hockey player and currently an Assistant Coach with the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins. Before that he was Head Coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Reirden played in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers, St...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player and currently head coach for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
  The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. They play in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza...
  
  
• John Samaski former professional ice hockey player
• Dan Sexton
  Dan Sexton
  Dan Sexton is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks.-Playing career:...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Anaheim Ducks
  Anaheim Ducks
  The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
  
• Jordan Sigalet
  Jordan Sigalet
  Jordan Marvin Sigalet is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.-Career:Sigalet ended the 2003 NCAA hockey season by playing his team's last game while feeling numbness across his entire body...
  
  , professional ice hockey player currently with the Vienna Capitals
  Vienna Capitals
  Vienna Capitals are a member of the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games in Vienna, Austria, at Albert Schultz Eishalle.-Current roster:-References:...
  
  
• Shaun Suisham
  Shaun Suisham
  Shaun Christopher Suisham is a Canadian placekicker of American football for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League . He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2005...
  
  , professional football player currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  Pittsburgh Steelers
  The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
  
  
• Nate Thurmond
  Nate Thurmond
  Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond is a retired American basketball player. Dominant at both center and power forward, he was a seven-time All-Star and the first player in NBA history to record a quadruple-double....
  
  , former professional basketball player and NBA hall of fame member
• Paul Titanic, former professional hockey player
• Andy Tracy
  Andy Tracy
  Andrew Michael Tracy is a Major League Baseball first baseman. He is an alumnus of Bowling Green State University....
  
  , professional baseball player
• Erika True, former women's soccer player and current women's soccer head coach at Indiana State University
  Indiana State University
  Indiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
  
  
• Vince Villanucci
  Vince Villanucci
  Vince Villanucci is a former nose tackle in the National Football League.-Career:Villanucci played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1987 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at Bowling Green State University.-References:...
  
  , former professional football player
• Phil Villipiano, former professional football player
• Mark Wells
  Mark Wells
  Mark Ronald Wells is a retired American ice hockey forward. He is best known for being a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey team
  Miracle on Ice
  The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22...
  
  
• Wayne Wilson
  Wayne Wilson
  Wayne MacArthur Wilson is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for nine seasons for the New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, and Washington Redskins. He played college football at Shepherd University and was drafted in the 12th round of the 1979...
  
   current head coach of NCAA D1 RIT hockey program
• Dave Wottle
  Dave Wottle
  David James Wottle is a former American athlete. He is the winner of the 800 meter run at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is perhaps, however, best known for wearing a golf cap while running....
  
  , olympic gold medalist
• Paul Ysebaert
  Paul Ysebaert
  Paul Robert Ysebaert is a former professional ice hockey player. During his fourteen years playing career in the National Hockey League, Ysebaert played left wing for the New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, and Tampa Bay Lightning...
  
  , former professional ice hockey player
• Kim Rector Rickard, poet, Associate Professor Sinclair Community College
• Dana Veth
  Dana Veth
  Dana Matthew Veth is a former Bahamian footballer, who currently works as Assistant coach of Spring Hill Badgers.-Early life:Veth was born in the Bahamas but has dual American-Bahamian citizenship...
  
  , former professional soccer player

Politics

• Daniel Ayalon
  Daniel Ayalon
  Daniel "Danny" Ayalon is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu...
  
  , former Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  i ambassador to the United States
• Tim Berry
  Tim Berry
  -Education:Berry graduated from Wayne High School. Berry got a Bachelors degree from Bowling Green State University, and a MBA from Indiana University Bloomington.-State Auditor:He has served in the position of Indian State Auditor since January 1, 2007....
  
  , Indiana State Auditor (R)
• Dan Carter, State Representative, Connecticut 2nd Assembly District
• Kevin Coughlin
  Kevin Coughlin
  Kevin J. Coughlin is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000...
  
  , Ohio state senator (R)
• Bruce Edward Johnson, former Ohio Lieutenant Governor
• Robert P. Hanrahan
  Robert P. Hanrahan
  Robert Paul Hanrahan is a former U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Hanrahan was educated in the public schools. He attended Thornton Community College in Harvey, Illinois from 1952 to 1954. He earned a B.S. at Bowling Green State University in 1956, and a M.Ed....
  
  , former US Congressional Representative (R-IL)
• Randy Gardner
  Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
  Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...
  
  , Ohio state senator (R)
• Bob Latta
  Bob Latta
  Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, the second-largest in the state, includes most of Toledo's suburbs, including Fremont and Bowling Green....
  
  , US Congressional Representative (R-OH)
• Tom Luken
  Tom Luken
  Thomas Andrew Luken is a politician of the Democratic Party from Ohio.Luken received his high school diploma in 1942 from Purcell High School. During the Second World War, Luken served as a U.S. Marine. In 1947, he earned a bachelor of arts degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, after having...
  
  , former Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
  
   and US Congressional Representative(D-OH)
• Betty Montgomery
  Betty Montgomery
  Betty Montgomery is an American politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican, she formerly served as Ohio State Auditor.-Prosecutor:...
  
  , former Ohio Attorney General and State Auditor (R)
• Chris Redfern
  Chris Redfern
  Chris Redfern is the current chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party. He won election to the chairmanship of the Ohio Democratic Party in December, 2005 and reelection in 2008...
  
  , former Ohio state Representative and current chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party
  Ohio Democratic Party
  The Ohio Democratic Party is the Ohio affiliate to the United States Democratic Party. Former Ohio House Minority Leader Chris Redfern is the Ohio Democratic Party chairman. Redfern was elected to office in December 2005...
  
   (D)
• Tim Ryan, US Congressional Representative (D-OH)

News

• Jerry Anderson, WTOL
  WTOL
  WTOL is the CBS- affiliated television station licensed in Toledo, Ohio. The station broadcasts on channel 11 and can be seen quite clearly throughout Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan , and southwest Ontario...
  
   news anchor
• Leon Bibb
  Leon Bibb
  Leon Bibb is an American news anchor for WEWS-TV in Cleveland, OH and was a member of the BGSU Board of Trustees...
  
  , WEWS news anchor
• Scott Clark, WABC-TV
  WABC-TV
  WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Disney-owned American Broadcasting Company located in New York City. The station's studios and offices are located on the Upper West Side section of Manhattan, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters, and its transmitter is atop the Empire State...
  
   sportscaster
• Jay Crawford
  Jay Crawford
  Jason "Jay" Crawford is the co-host of ESPN2's morning TV show First Take.-Early life and career:Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Crawford graduated from Perkins High School in Sandusky, Ohio in 1983...
  
  , ESPN sportscaster
• Leah D'Emilio
  Leah D'Emilio
  Leah D'Emilio is an American media personality. She was the co-host of the Mahalo Daily podcast show alongside Lon Harris.-Background:...
  
  , producer at Rocketboom
  Rocketboom
  Rocketboom is a daily vlog produced by Andrew Baron that was most recently hosted by Meme Molly until August 25, 2011. Joanne Colan hosted from July 12, 2006 until April 17, 2009. In the intervening time between Colan and Molly, Caitlin Hill hosted a few episodes in April 2009...
  
  
• Mike Emrick
  Mike Emrick
  Michael "Doc" Emrick, is an American sports commentator noted mostly for his work in ice hockey. Emrick is currently the lead announcer for NHL national telecasts on both NBC and Versus...
  
  , NHL on Versus play-by-play announcer
• Steve Hartman
  Steve Hartman
  Stephen Robert "Steve" Hartman is a television journalist.Steve Hartman attended a Catholic Elementary School in Little Flower Parish of Toledo, Ohio that has since been consolidated to "Saint Benedict Catholic Elementary School"....
  
  , CBS News correspondent
• Jason Jackson
  Jason Jackson
  Jason Jackson is an American sportscaster and writer. He worked for ESPN from 1995 until 2002, best known as the host of NBA 2Night. Jackson was fired from ESPN in May 2002 for violating company policy...
  
  , ESPN sportscaster
• Diane Larson, WTVG
  WTVG
  This is about the TV station in Toledo, Ohio for the former WTVG-TV in Newark, New Jersey see WFUT-DT.WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. WTVG's studios and offices are located in Toledo and its transmitter is located in...
  
   news anchor
• Denielle Rohe, KVWN Channel 4 news anchor
• Jim Tocco
  Jim Tocco
  Jim Tocco is a former minor-league baseball announcer who is now working in marketing. Tocco grew up in North Olmsted, Ohio and attended North Olmsted High School before moving on to Bowling Green State University, where he graduated with a B.A...
  
  , announcer for the Montgomery Biscuits
  Montgomery Biscuits
  The Montgomery Biscuits are a minor league baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama. The team is the Class AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and plays in the Southern League. The 2004 season was the team's first in Montgomery...
  
  
• Rebecca Aguilar, freelance Dallas TV/Multimedia reporter

Other

• Conrad Keene Allen
  Conrad Allen
  Conrad Keene Allen is an American Exploration Geologist. He served two terms on the National Petroleum Council in Washington D.C.; first appointed in 2000 by Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson and reappointed in 2003 by Secretary Spencer Abraham.Allen established the Conrad & Deanna Allen...
  
  : Exploration Geologist
• J. Robert Sebo: Retired senior vice president for Paychex
  Paychex
  Paychex, Inc. is a payroll and human resource service company which serves approximately 572,000 businesses in the US. The company is headquartered in Penfield, New York and has more than 100 locations across the country...
  
   Inc & Chairman of the Board
  Chairman of the Board
  The Chairman of the Board is a seat of office in an organization, especially of corporations.Chairman of the Board may also refer to:*Chairman of the Board , a 1998 film*Chairmen of the Board , a 1970s American soul music group...
  
   of Trustees of BGSU.
• Dr. Victor J. Boschini, Jr.
  Victor Boschini
  Victor J. Boschini, Jr., is the current chancellor at Texas Christian University. He assumed office as the university's tenth chancellor on June 1, 2003. He also holds the rank of professor of education....
  
  , Chancellor of Texas Christian University
  Texas Christian University
  Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
  
  
• Shantanu Narayen
  Shantanu Narayen
  Shantanu Narayen is the current CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005.-Early life:...
  
  , CEO of Adobe Systems
  Adobe Systems
  Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
  
  
• Cara Zavaleta
  Cara Zavaleta
  Cara Zavaleta is an American model and actress.-Reality TV career:Zavaleta was a cast member of MTV's reality show Road Rules during the Road Rules: South Pacific season...
  
  , Playboy playmate
• Gary W. Pettibone, Professor of Biology
• Dave Foley, Procurement Business Rep
• William Easterly
  William Easterly
  William Russell Easterly is an American economist, specializing in economic growth and foreign aid. He is a Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings...
  
  , development economist
• Andrea Pacione, Miss Ohio USA 1993
• Becky Minger
  Becky Minger
  Becky Minger holds the title of Miss Ohio 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a recent graduate of Bowling Green State University, where she majored in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in Political Science.-External links:* *...
  
  , Miss Ohio America 2010
• Branden Michael Robinson Welch, United States Peace Corps Volunteer (Tanzania 2009-2011), Inventor
• Chunsheng Zhang, Vice Provost of International Affairs, University of North Alabama
  University of North Alabama
  The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....
  
  .
• John R. Adams
  John R. Adams
  John Randell Adams is a United States federal judge.Adams was born in Orrville, Ohio, and received a B.S. from Bowling Green State University in 1978, followed by a J.D. from University of Akron School of Law in 1983. He was a law clerk to W. F. Spicer of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas from 1983...
  
  , Federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio