United States – Ohio

Lucy Orintha Oxley (1912-1991)
Pioneering physician and cancer researcher Lucy Orintha Oxley was born on August 19, 1912, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Her father, Edmund...
July 12th, 2025

At the Junction of History and Myth: Mary Fields (ca. 1832-1914), A Black Woman on the Montana Frontier
In the article below, writer Leslie Budewitz works to separate fact from fiction in the story of Mary Fields, one...
July 3rd, 2025

David Satcher (1941- )
David Satcher is a distinguished American physician, educator, public health leader, and administrator. He was born in Anniston, Alabama on...
June 17th, 2025

Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
Frederick McKinley Jones was a prolific early 20th Century black inventor who helped to revolutionize both the cinema and refrigeration...
June 15th, 2025

Nate Archibald (1948- )
Nathaniel “Nate” Archibald is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player who spent 14 seasons as a point guard with...
June 11th, 2025

Lyda Newman (1885-?)
Inventor and women’s rights advocate Lyda Newman is best known for a newly-designed hairbrush patent and her effort to fight...
June 5th, 2025

Alexander Miles (1838-1918)
Born near Circleville, Ohio to Michael Miles and Mary Pompy, Alexander Miles is the 19th Century African-American inventor known best...
May 4th, 2025

Wilbur Gordon (1879-1945)
Wilbur Clarence Gordon was a distinguished physician and real estate developer, born in Ironton, Ohio, on May 9, 1879. He...
April 20th, 2025

William Andrew McClain (1913-2014)
The Honorable William Andrew McClain was born on January 11, 1913, in Sanford, North Carolina, to Frank McClain and Blanche...
March 21st, 2025