(Bowling Green) Mark Dantonio (football coach) (Zanesville) Thom Darden (football player) (Sandusky) Helen Darling (WNBA player) (Columbus) Doug Dascenzo (baseball player and coach) (Cleveland) Fred Davis (football player) (Toledo) Nate Davis (football player) (Bellaire) Len Dawson (football player) (Alliance) Ed Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland) Frank Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland) Jim Delahanty (baseball player) (Cleveland) Josh Devore (baseball player) (Murray City) Jon Diebler (born 1988) - (basketball player) Kris Dielman (football player) (Troy) Dan Dierdorf (Hall of Fame football player, sportscaster) (Canton) Derek Dietrich (baseball player) (Cleveland) Cecil Dillon (hockey player) (Toledo) Michael Dokes (boxer) (Akron) Jiggs Donahue (baseball player) (Springfield) Andrew Donnal (football player) (Monclova) Red Dooin (baseball player and manager) (Cincinnati) Bill Doran (baseball player) (Cincinnati) Andy Dorris (football player) (Bellaire) Richard Dotson (baseball player) (Cincinnati) Bobby Douglas (Olympic freestyle wrestler and coach) (Bridgeport) Hugh Douglas (football player) (Mansfield) James "Buster" Douglas (boxer) (Columbus) Bob Dove (lineman, College Football Hall of Fame) (Youngstown) Dick Drago (baseball player) (Toledo) Dave Dravecky (baseball player) (Youngstown) Dick Drott (baseball player) (Cincinnati) Pat Duncan (baseball player) (Coalton) Leon Durham (baseball player) (Cincinnati) Duffy Dyer (baseball player) (Dayton) Rob Dyrdek (skateboarder) (Kettering) E–G Adam Eaton (baseball player) (Springfield) Nate Ebner (football player and rugby Olympian) (Dublin, Cincinnati, Columbus) Marc Edwards (football player) (Norwood) Ray Edwards (football player) (Cincinnati) Ron Edwards (football player) (Columbus) Scott Effross (born 1993 (baseball pitcher) Jacob Eisner (Israeli basketball player) (Cincinnati) Pat Elflein (football player) (Pickerington) Nat Emerson (tennis player) (Cincinnati) Evan Eschmeyer (basketball player) (New Knoxville) Billy Evans (Baseball Hall of Fame umpire) (Youngstown) Lee Evans (football player) (Sandusky) Buck Ewing (baseball player) (Hoagland) James Farragher (football player, coach) (Youngstown) Bruce Fields (baseball player, coach) (Cleveland) Chris Finch (basketball coach) (Cambridge) Rollie Fingers (baseball player) (Steubenville) Sarah Fisher (race car driver) (Columbus) Bradley Fletcher (football player) (Youngstown) London Fletcher (football player) (Cleveland) Elmer Flick (Baseball Hall of Famer) (Bedford) Dezső Földes (Hungarian-born 2x Olympic champion saber fencer) (Cleveland) Charles Follis (football player) (Wooster) Wayne Fontes (football coach) (Canton) Matt Fox (baseball player) (Columbus) Rich Franklin (UFC champion) (Middletown) Mike Fratello (basketball coach) (Bratenahl) Brad Friedel (soccer goalkeeper) (Lakewood) Benny Friedman (1905-1982) (Hall of Fame NFL football quarterback) (Cleveland) Ross Friedman (born 1992) (Major League Soccer player) Charlie Frye (football player) (Willard) Eric Fryer (baseball player) (Columbus) Mike Furrey (football player) (Grove City) Joey Galloway (football player) (Bellaire) Johnny Gargano (professional wrestler) (Cleveland) Jason Garrett (football player) (Hunting Valley) Jackie