List of people from Gallipolis, Ohio
This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Athletics
- Emma Gatewood, known as Grandma Gatewood, long-distance hiker, first woman to through-hike the Appalachian Trail
- Karl George, former NFL guard[1]
- Jerry Lucas, basketball player
- Dave Roberts, former Major League Baseball pitcher[2]
Arts and entertainment
- Skip Battin, musician and former member of the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers
- Lionel Cartwright, country music singer[3]
- Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, writer born in Gallipolis[4]
- Alice S. Deletombe, published poet
- Jenny Holzer, public artist[5]
- Loretta Cessor Manggrum, composer[6]
- O. O. McIntyre, syndicated columnist
- Minnie E. Neal (1858–1945), photographer and temperance leader
Education, politics and service
- James B. Aleshire, U.S. Army major general[7]
- Jean-Joseph de Barth, leader of the "French 500" and as such one of the municipality's founders.
- Richard H. Cain, minister, abolitionist and U.S. Representative of South Carolina
- Frank Cremeans, former U.S. Congressman[8]
- Olivia A. Davidson, a future teacher and vice-principal at Tuskegee Institute, attended school here.[9]
- Brereton Jones, former Governor of Kentucky
- Geoffrey D. Miller, retired U.S. Major General
- William H. Nash (1834–1902), US Army brigadier general[10]
- Nathaniel C. Sears (1854–1934), judge of the Illinois Appellate Court and Cook County Superior Court; 1897 Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago[11]
- Ryan Smith, former Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives
- Marian Spencer, civil rights activist and former Vice-Mayor, Cincinnati,[12]
- Robert M. Switzer, former U.S. Congressman[13]
- Samuel Finley Vinton, former U.S. Congressman and Secretary of the Interior[14]
- Nancy L. Zimpher, former president, University of Cincinnati,[15] chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY)
Other
- Bob Evans, Bob Evans Restaurants founder, bought a small diner in Gallipolis in 1948
References
- ↑ "Carl George". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Dave Roberts Stats".
- ↑ "Lionel Cartwright Biography".
- ↑ "Finding aid of "Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren Papers"". Georgetown University Library Special Collections Research Center. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Jenny Holzer". Art History Archive: Biography & Art. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Art, Literature & Music | African American Resources | Cincinnati History Library and Archives". research.cincymuseum.org. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ↑ Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. (1908). Who's Who In America. Vol. 5. Chicago, IL: A.N. Marquis & Company. p. 22 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "CREMEANS, Frank, (1943 - 2003)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ Dorsey, Carolyn A. "The Pre-Hampton Years of Olivia A. Davidson," The Hampton Review 14. Fall 1988. 44–52.
- ↑ Evans, Nelson W. (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern. Portsmouth, Ohio: Nelson Wiley Evans. pp. 1084–1085 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Nathaniel Sears Dies at 80; Once Appellate Judge; Prominent G.O.P. Leader at Turn of Century" (PDF). Library.Northwestern.edu. Chicago Daily Tribune. May 8, 1934. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Civil Rights Icon Marian Spencer to Hold Book Launch, Signing Event Oct. 22". Archived from the original on October 23, 2015.
- ↑ "SWITZER, Robert Mauck, (1863 - 1952)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "VINTON, Samuel Finley, (1792 - 1862)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Nancy Zimpher, UC's new president, at a glance". Retrieved September 4, 2008.