Editing Elyria, Ohio (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Sherwood Anderson]], writer, lived here as business owner in early 1900s
* [[Wayne Barlow]], composer (1912–1996)
* [[Alonzo Barnard]] (1817–1905), Presbyterian missionary and abolitionist<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's New Archive – Nov 28 – Alonzo Barnard, Missionaries in Minnesota |url=http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/whatsnewarchive?action=show&id=227 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=Oberlin Heritage Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Snodgrass |first=Mary Ellen |url=https://archive.org/details/undergroundrailr0000snod/page/38/mode/1up |title=The Underground Railroad : an encyclopedia of people, places, and operations |date=2008 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-8093-8 |location=Armonk, New York |page=38}}</ref> 
* [[T. D. Bancroft]], temperance movement activist and academic
* [[Tianna Bartoletta]], track and field athlete
* [[Dwight Boyer]], maritime reporter and historical journalist
* [[Keefe Brasselle]], actor, title role of 1953 movie ''The Eddie Cantor Story''
* [[Joseph M. Bryan]], insurance executive and philanthropist
* [[Tony Curcillo]], First Ohio State University quarterback under Woody Hayes
* [[Susan Topliff Davis]], non-profit executive
* [[Thelma Drake]], politician
* [[Arthur Lovett Garford]], padded bicycle seat inventor and automobile manufacturer
* [[Nahum Ball Gates]], Colonel and city mayor
* [[Doug Gillard]], musician and songwriter, lead guitarist for [[Guided by Voices]]   
* [[Vic Janowicz]], former baseball and football player, 1950 [[Heisman Trophy]] winner
* [[Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr.]], CEO of S. C. Johnson & Son
* [[Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr.]], founder of [[S. C. Johnson & Son]]
* [[Anodea Judith]], author, therapist, public speaker and expert on [[Chakra]] system
* [[James Kirkwood Jr.]], playwright, author and actor, lived here during childhood
* [[Eric Lauer]], baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morningjournal.com/article/MJ/20150804/NEWS/150809821|title=Midview graduate Eric Lauer stars in Cape Cod|work=Morning Journal|date=November 20, 2009|access-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Lila Lee]] (1905–1973), actress from silent era; buried in Brookdale Cemetery in Elyria
* [[Robert E. Lee (playwright)|Robert Edwin Lee]], playwright and lyricist
* [[Brianne McLaughlin]], attended Elyria Catholic High School, ice hockey goaltender
* [[Maynard Mayo Metcalf]], biologist (1868-1940)
* [[Les Miles]], former [[LSU Tigers]] head football coach
* [[Haruki Nakamura]], professional football player
* [[Danny Noble]], professional football player for [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
* [[Dav Pilkey]], author of children's books
* [[Tim Rattay]], professional football player
* [[Clayton Rawson]], mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician
* [[Charles Roser]], real estate developer, businessman and philanthropist
* [[Gary R. Stevenson]], sports media executive 
* [[Chad Szeliga]], drummer for [[Breaking Benjamin]]
* [[Textbeak]], DJ and record producer
* [[Steve Tovar]], professional football player
* [[Charles Vinci|Charles Vinci Jr.]], weightlifter, Olympic champion in 1956
* [[Mark Winger]], convicted murderer
* [[Norma Jean Wright]], former lead singer for band [[Chic (band)|Chic]]   
* [[Victoria Wells Wulsin]], doctor and international epidemiologist 
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