Editing Lima, Ohio (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Dorothy Beecher Baker]] – early American Baha'i
* [[Jim Baldridge]] – news anchor 
* [[Walter Baldwin]] – actor 
* [[Ortha Orrie Barr Sr.]] – attorney, politician and original proprietor of the historic [[Barr Hotel]]
* [[Tom Barrington]] – professional football player
* [[James T. Begg]] – U.S. congressman
* [[James R. Black]] – actor and former professional football player
* [[Joseph Cyrus Bradfield]] – African-American physician and medical corpsman during [[World War I]]
* [[Tanner Buchanan]] – actor (''[[Cobra Kai]]'')
* [[Jerry Byrd]] – [[Lap steel guitar]] musician
* [[John L. Cable]] – U.S. congressman
* [[Nash Carter]] – professional wrestler
* [[Bud Collins]] – sportswriter and TV commentator, member of [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]
* [[Steve Cook (pool player)|Steve Cook]] – pocket billiards player
* [[D. Michael Crites]] – U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio
* [[Adrian Cronauer]] – announcer and on-air staffer at WIMA-TV (now [[WLIO]])
* [[Pamela Kyle Crossley]] – historian 
* [[Mike Current]] – professional football player
* [[Phyllis Diller]] – comedian and actress
* [[Sue Downey]] – Miss Ohio USA 1965, Miss USA 1965
* [[Hugh Downs]] – television host, producer, and author
* [[Ryan Drummond]] – actor, voice actor, comedian, and singer
* [[Howard D. Eberhart]] - engineer and academic
* [[Virgil Effinger]] – White supremacist and a leader of the Black Legion
* [[Edward L. Feightner]] – [[World War II]] flying ace, [[test pilot]], and [[Blue Angels]] lead solo
* [[William Alfred Fowler]] – recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
* [[Gloria Foy]] – dancer, singer, and vaudeville performer
* [[Charles William Fulton]] – U.S. Senator
* [[Ann Hamilton (artist)|Ann Hamilton]] – contemporary artist
* [[Joe Henderson]] – [[jazz]] [[tenor]] saxophonist
* [[Rosemary Hinkfuss]] – member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Hit The Lights (band)|Hit The Lights]] – pop punk band
* [[R. Duane Ireland]] – academic<ref name="Éire">{{cite web|url=https://mays.tamu.edu/news/2021/11/01/first-generation-r-duane-ireland-interim-dean-mays-business-school/|title=First-Generation: R. Duane Ireland, interim dean, Mays Business School|date=November 1, 2022|access-date=May 15, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230515170538/https://mays.tamu.edu/news/2021/11/01/first-generation-r-duane-ireland-interim-dean-mays-business-school/|archive-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Al Jardine]] – founding member of [[The Beach Boys]]
* [[Brad Komminsk]] – professional baseball player
* [[Charles N. Lamison]] – two-term U.S. congressman
* [[Justin LeHew]] – [[Navy Cross]] recipient
* [[Edna de Lima]] – opera singer, named herself after her hometown
* [[Jim Lynch]] – professional football player
* [[Thomas Lynch (admiral)|Tom Lynch]] – admiral and commandant of U.S. Naval Academy
* [[Marilyn Meseke]] – Miss America 1938<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marionstar.com/story/news/local/2016/10/06/remembering-marions-miss-america/91616856/|title = Remembering Marion's Miss America}}</ref> 
* [[William E. Metzger, Jr.]] – [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Gary Moeller]] – [[Michigan Wolverines football|University of Michigan]] football head coach<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105645843/the-lima-news/|newspaper=[[The Lima News]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=September 11, 1963|page=19|author=Dell, Chuck|title=Ex-Spartan Moeller Enters Pro Ranks}} {{Open access}}</ref> 
* [[Joe Morrison]] – professional football player and collegiate football coach
* [[Jeff Mullen]] – football coach 
* [[Chloe Mustaki]] – footballer for the [[Republic of Ireland women's national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
* [[Matthias H. Nichols]] – U.S. congressman
* [[Jon Niese]] – professional baseball player<ref name=joc>{{cite web|title=Niese Bio|url=http://www.toconnellsports.com/Niese_Bio.html|publisher=Joe O'Connell Sports|access-date=May 1, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221212335/http://toconnellsports.com/Niese_Bio.html|archive-date=February 21, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Maidie Norman]] – actress and acting instructor, best known for her role in ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]''
* [[Helen O'Connell]] – singer, actress, and television personality<ref name=ps>{{cite news|last1=McManus|first1=Margaret|title=Helen O'Connell Starts New Career|newspaper=The Post-Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2022172/oconnell_new_career/|agency=The Post-Standard|date=January 13, 1957|page=75|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = March 19, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref>
* [[Michael Pitts (preacher)|Michael Pitts]] – pastor and preacher
* [[Frederick Rakestraw]] – Justice of the [[Indiana Supreme Court]]<ref name="IU">{{cite journal |title=Frederick Eugene Rakestraw |url=https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/36/ |journal=Maurer Notable Alumni|date=January 1923 }}</ref>
* [[Donald Richie]] – author of books about the [[Japanese people]] and [[Japanese cinema]]<ref>''From Lima to Japan'' {{cite web |url=http://the419.com/lima-japan/ |title=From Lima to Japan - the419 |access-date=February 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206190903/http://the419.com/lima-japan/ |archive-date=February 6, 2015 }}</ref>
 
* [[Christine Schenk|Sister Christine Schenk]], founder of [[FutureChurch]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Carole Garibaldi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdVoAgAAQBAJ |title=Habits of Change: An Oral History of American Nuns |date=2011-06-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-983042-8 |location=New York |pages=276–294 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Paul Shuey]] – professional baseball player
* [[Al Snow]] – professional wrestler
* [[Thomas L. Sprague]] – U.S. admiral<ref name="bosamar">{{Cite web|url= http://www.bosamar.com/pages/sprague_t_bio|title=Biography of ADM Thomas Sprague, USN|work=bosamar.com|accessdate=9 November 2010}}</ref>
* [[Gene Stechschulte]] – professional baseball player
* [[Donald F. Steiner]] – biochemist, discoverer of proinsulin<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=donald-steiner&pid=173172579 Chicago Tribune obituary]</ref>
* [[Clay Tucker]] – professional basketball player
* [[Travis Walton (basketball)|Travis Walton]] – collegiate basketball player
* [[William White (American football)|William White]] – professional football player<ref name="PFR player">{{cite web|title=William White Stats|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitWi22.htm|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=July 31, 2022}}</ref>
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