Joshua Radin (singer-songwriter) (Shaker Heights) Chuck Rainey (bassist, Steely Dan) (Cleveland) Kevin Ray (musician, Walk the Moon) (Columbus) Trippie Redd (rapper) (Canton) Conrad Reeder (singer-songwriter) (Columbus) Antonio "L.A." Reid (record executive, songwriter, producer) (Cincinnati) Alvino Rey (bandleader) (Cleveland) Trent Reznor (musician, Nine Inch Nails) (Cleveland) Marty Roe (lead singer, Diamond Rio) (Lebanon) Roy Rogers (singer, actor) (Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Lucasville, McDermott) Vanessa Rubin (jazz singer) (Cleveland) George Russell (jazz composer) (Cincinnati) John Morris Russell (classical conductor) (Cleveland, Cincinnati) S–Z JD Samson (musician, Le Tigre) (Cleveland) Scott Savol (singer) (Cleveland) Boz Scaggs (singer-songwriter) (Canton) Tom Scholz (musician, inventor) (Toledo) John Scofield (jazz-rock guitarist) (Dayton) Jimmy Scott (jazz singer) (Cleveland) Brady Seals (musician) (Fairfield) Ruth Crawford Seeger (modernist composer) (East Liverpool) Philip Setzer (classical violinist, Emerson String Quartet) (Cleveland) Bud Shank (jazz saxophonist) (Dayton) Elliott Sharp (guitarist, saxophonist) (Cleveland) Scott Shriner (musician, Weezer) (Toledo) Eric Singer (musician, Kiss) (Cleveland) Connie Smith (singer) (Marietta) Hale Smith (jazz composer) (Cleveland) Mamie Smith (singer) (Cincinnati) Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (Portsmouth) Robert Spano (orchestral conductor) (Conneaut) Stalley (rapper) (Massilon) Michael Stanley (musician) (Cleveland) Billy Strayhorn (jazz composer) (Dayton) Rachel Sweet (musician) (Akron) Chad Szeliga (drummer, Breaking Benjamin) (Elyria) George Szell (orchestral conductor) (Cleveland) Art Tatum (jazz pianist) (Toledo) Danny Thomas (singer, comedian) (Toledo) David Thomas (musician) (Akron) Charles Thompson (jazz pianist) (Springfield) Jeff Timmons (singer-songwriter, producer) (Cleveland) Joe Trohman (guitarist, Fall Out Boy (South Russell) Roger Troutman (musician, singer-songwriter) (Dayton/Hamilton) Mark Turner (jazz saxophonist) (Fairborn) Kate Voegele (singer-songwriter, musician) (Bay Village) Abdul Wadud (jazz cellist) (Cleveland) Scott Walker (singer, The Walker Brothers) (Hamilton) Joe Walsh (musician) (Kent, Cleveland) Robert Ward (classical composer) (Cleveland) Earle Warren (jazz saxophonist) (Springfield) Sean Waugaman (drummer, Walk the Moon) (Columbus) Jeff Weaver (musician) (Athens) Scott Weiland (musician) (Cleveland) Jiggs Whigham (jazz trombonist) (Cleveland) Vesta Williams (singer) (Coshocton) John Finley Williamson (choral conductor) (Canton, Dayton) Nancy Wilson (singer) (Chillicothe) Bobby Womack (singer) (Cleveland) JT Woodruff (singer, Hawthorne Heights) (Dayton) Frank Yankovic (musician) (Cleveland) Jimmy Yeary (singer) (Hillsboro) Dwight Yoakam (singer, actor) (Columbus) Snooky Young (jazz trumpeter) (Dayton) See also List of people from Akron, Ohio List of people from Ashtabula, Ohio List of people from Cincinnati List of people from Cleveland List of people from Columbus, Ohio List of people from Dayton, Ohio List of people from Shaker Heights, Ohio List of people from Toledo, Ohio List of people from Youngstown, Ohio List of Ohio suffragists References