Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Akron

Joseph Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio, United States. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances often incorporate the use of a number of distortion and loop pedals, and his shows are recorded live at the soundboard and made available to concertgoers immediately following the show on recordable media.

Ronald Paul Herzog was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Bishop of Alexandria in central Louisiana from 2005 to 2017.

Robert Carroll Nye was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944.

William R. "Bill" Turner es un exjugador de baloncesto estadounidense que disputó seis temporadas en la NBA. Con 2,01 metros de estatura, jugaba en la posición de alero.

Haywood Chris Owens es un exjugador de baloncesto estadounidense. Jugó también un partido en la NBA, además de hacerlo en la CBA, la NBA D-League, la liga ACB, la liga italiana, la liga griega, la liga turca, la Basketball Bundesliga y la liga francesa. Con 2.04 metros de estatura, lo hacía en la posición de ala-pívot. Es el sobrino-nieto del atleta ganador de cuatro medallas de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Berlín 1936 Jesse Owens, ciudad donde jugó una temporada en el ALBA Berlín.

Michael Wadleigh, also known as Michael Wadley, is an American film director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, Woodstock.

Franklin Augustus “Frank” Seiberling, also known as F.A. Seiberling, was an American innovator and founder. He is most famous for co-founding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1898 and the Seiberling Rubber Company in 1921. He also built Stan Hywet Hall, a Tudor Revival mansion, now a National Historic Landmark and historic house museum in Akron, Ohio.

Richard Errett Smalley fue un químico y profesor universitario estadounidense galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Química de 1996.