Celebrities Born in the Great State of Ohio Quiz

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- Neil Armstrong (Wapakoneta) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. In 1950 he entered the Korean War as a pilot where he was shot down once, and was also granted three Air Medals for his service.

- Erma Bombeck (Bellbrook) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column. A sample quote: "The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?"

- George Armstrong Custer (New Rumley) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. He pinned on his first general's star at age 23, and remains the youngest general officer in U.S. military history.

- Doris Day (Cincinnati) was an American actress and singer. She set a record that has yet to be equaled, receiving seven consecutive Laurel Awards as the top female box office star.

- Thomas Edison (Milan) was an American inventor and businessman. He got a chance to learn to operate a telegraph when he saved a three-year-old from a train accident. The child's grateful father, the station's agent, taught Edison telegraphy as a reward.

- Clark Gable (Cadiz) was an American film actor who was often referred to as the "King of Hollywood". He was accidentally listed as a female on his birth certificate.

- James A. Garfield (Moreland Hills) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his assassination in September of that year. Garfield was the first President to use a telephone. The White House phone number was "1."

- John Glenn (Cambridge) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the oldest person to travel to space, which he did when he was 77. He and his wife were married for 73 years.

- Cy Young (Gilmore) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Cy Young holds the MLB records for the most career wins, with 511, along with most career losses, innings pitched, games started, and complete games.

- Steven Spielberg (Cincinnati) is an American filmmaker. During his internship at Universal Studios, he was allowed to create a short film titled "Amblin". The short film received high praise and several awards that caught the attention of Universal Studios's vice president Sidney Sheinberg. Sheinberg offered Spielberg a 7-year directing contract, making him the youngest director ever signed to a long-term contract.

- Eddie Rickenbacker (Columbus) was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. He scored the highest number (26) of American aerial conquests in WWI, winning the title of 'Ace of Aces'.

- Gloria Steinem (Toledo) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She did not spend a full year in school until age 12.

- James Thurber (Columbus) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. There is an award named after him - the Thurber Prize, which recognizes outstanding examples of American humor.

- Jack Nicklaus (Columbus) nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is an American retired professional golfer and golf course designer. In 2005 the Royal Bank of Scotland put Jack Nicklaus on a special commemorative 5-pound note.

- Dean Martin (Steubenville) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. In 1968, he signed the biggest contract in the history of show business. He signed a three-year contract for $34 million to do three more seasons of his hit series "The Dean Martin Show". The unique contract stated that since Dean hated rehearsing, he would not have to show up all week to rehearse the show.