Editing Massillon, Ohio (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Bill Berry]] and his family moved to Massillon in 1971
* [[John Blackburn (songwriter)|John Blackburn]], wrote the lyrics of "[[Moonlight in Vermont (song)|Moonlight in Vermont]]"
* [[Mike Brown (owner)|Mike Brown]], owner of [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
* [[Paul Brown]], [[American football|football]] player and [[hall of fame]] coach<ref name=brown />
* [[Matt Campbell (American football coach)|Matt Campbell]], head coach of [[Iowa State Cyclones football]] team
* [[David Canary]], actor<ref name=canary>{{cite web|title=David Canary Home Page|url=http://dcanary.com/index.html|access-date=October 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201031832/http://dcanary.com/index.html|archive-date=February 1, 2010}}</ref> 
* [[Gareon Conley]], [[NFL]] cornerback for the [[Oakland Raiders]] in 2017
* [[Jacob S. Coxey, Sr.]], politician and activist
* [[Shawn Crable]], second-team [[All-American]] [[linebacker]] and defensive team captain at the [[University of Michigan]]
* [[Joseph Davenport]], founder of the Massillon Bridge Company, inventor of the locomotive cab and cow catcher
* [[Jan DeGaetani]], mezzo-soprano
* [[Dillon Dingler]] – Ohio State catcher, MLB player with the [[Detroit Tigers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://escoutroom.com/eScoutRoom/Articles/Articles-Detail/ArticleId/3060/Dillon-Dingler-Picked-with-38th-Pick-by-the-Detroit-Tigers-1|title=Dillon Dingler Picked with 38th Pick by the Detroit Tigers|work=eScoutRoom}}</ref>
* [[Caroline McCullough Everhard]], suffragist
* [[Mayhew Folger]], ship captain and uncle of [[Lucretia Mott]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massillonmuseum.org/research_massillonhistory_folger.html |title=The Story of Mayhew Folger |publisher=Massillon Museum |access-date=April 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313220650/http://www.massillonmuseum.org/research_massillonhistory_folger.html |archive-date=March 13, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Bob Fothergill]], [[MLB]] player who played primarily for the [[Detroit Tigers]]
* [[Lillian Gish]], actress
* [[Rod Graber]], player for 1958 [[Cleveland Indians]]
* [[Bobby Grier (Pittsburgh Panthers)|Bobby Grier]], first [[African-American]] to play in a college football [[bowl game]] (the 1956 [[Sugar Bowl]])
* [[Jessicka Havok]], pro wrestler
* [[Tommy Henrich]], [[MLB]] player for the [[New York Yankees]], 1937 - 1950
* [[Mike Hershberger]], [[MLB]] player for the [[Chicago White Sox]], [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City/Oakland Athletics]], and the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]
* [[Jim Houston]], member of [[College Football Hall of Fame]] and [[Pro Bowl]] linebacker for the [[Cleveland Browns]]
* [[Lin Houston]], an All-American [[guard (American football)|guard]] who played for [[Paul Brown]] in Massillon, at [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] and with the Cleveland Browns
* [[Carlin Isles]], a rugby union player and Olympian who plays for the [[United States national rugby sevens team]]
* [[Don James (American football)|Don James]], Hall of fame college football coach
* [[George V. Kelley]], recipient, [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Bobby Knight]] (1940-2023), college [[basketball]] coach of Indiana's 1976, 1981 and 1987 national champions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/k/knight_bob/knight.html |title=Bob Knight |access-date=May 29, 2007 |work=Library Factfiles |publisher=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419194719/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/k/knight_bob/knight.html |archive-date=April 19, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Mark Kozelek]], singer/songwriter
* [[Matt Lanter]], actor and model
* [[James Lawson (activist)|James Lawson]], civil rights activist 
* [[Lori Lightfoot]], former [[Mayor of Chicago]] and President of the [[Chicago Police Board]]. 
* [[Stanley Macomber]], inventor of the open-web steel joist
* [[Kameron Michaels]], famous Drag performer
* [[Ed Molinski]], member of College Football Hall of Fame
* [[Richard Myers (filmmaker)|Richard Myers]], filmmaker
* [[Kyle Nicolas]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Jack Oliver (scientist)|Jack Oliver]], geophysicist, led team that proved continental drift theory, or [[plate tectonics]] as it was more correctly termed
* [[Cy Rigler]], Major League Baseball umpire in 10 World Series and MLB's first All-Star Game  
* [[John Ruch]], member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Portrait and Biographical RECORD OF Sheboygan County, Wis.|location=Chicago|publisher=Excelsior Publishing Co.|year=1894|pages=201–202}}</ref>
* [[Robert R. Scott]], [[machinist's mate]] first class aboard the {{USS|California|BB-44}} posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for heroism during the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-s/rr-scott.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010426205034/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-s/rr-scott.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 26, 2001 |title=Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott, USN, (1915–1941) |access-date=February 17, 2009 |date=December 3, 2000 |publisher=[[US Department of the Navy]]}}</ref>
* [[Warren Shanabrook]], Major League Baseball player
* [[Devin Smith (American football)|Devin Smith]], wide receiver for the [[New York Jets]] of the [[National Football League]] and [[Ohio State University]].
* [[Joe Sparma]], pitcher for the [[Detroit Tigers]] and quarterback for [[Ohio State University]]
* [[Chris Spielman]], 1987 [[Lombardi Award]] winner at Ohio State and two-time [[All-Pro]] [[NFL]] linebacker<ref name=spielman />
* [[Rick Spielman]], general manager of the [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* [[Stalley]], rapper
* [[Harry Stuhldreher]], three-time All-American [[quarterback]] at [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]], one of the [[Four Horsemen of Notre Dame]]
* [[Patrick Sweany]], blues-rock musician
* [[Jeff Timmons]], founder/member of pop group, [[98 Degrees]]
* [[Ryan Travis]], [[Tuslaw High School]] graduate signed as an undrafted free agent by the [[Seattle Seahawks]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indeonline.com/communities/tuscarawas_twp/x2014914994/Tuslaws-Travis-signs-NFL-free-agent-contract |title=Former Tuslaw Great Ryan Travis signed by the NFL's Seattle Seahawks |date=July 27, 2011 |publisher=The Massillon Independent |access-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930093736/http://www.indeonline.com/communities/tuscarawas_twp/x2014914994/Tuslaws-Travis-signs-NFL-free-agent-contract |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Bob Vogel (American football)|Bob Vogel]], football player
* [[John Wager]], NFL center
* [[Tom Weiskopf]], professional golfer, winner of [[1973 Open Championship|1973 British Open]]
* [[Stanfield Wells]], Massillon's first All-American football player, selected in 1910
* [[Alex Wood (American football)|Alex Wood]], college and NFL football coach
* [[James Young (physician)|James Young]], [[White House]] [[physician]] to [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/06/09/james_young_78_physician_to_kennedy_and_johnson/ |title=James Young, 78, physician to Kennedy and Johnson |first=J.M. |last=Lawrence |date=June 9, 2008 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=December 3, 2009 }}</ref>
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