The following is a list of people from Mansfield, Ohio. These people were born, lived, or worked in and around the city. Architecture Paul Gilger, architect, set designer and playwright F.F. Schnitzer, architect with many structures on the National Register of Historic Places. Principal architect and superintendent of construction for the Old Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. His name is contained in documents found within the cornerstone of the structure. (https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/POP/Bus2/FFS.htm) Astronauts Michael L. Gernhardt, astronaut Athletics Ernie Beam, former baseball player Hugh Douglas, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Pete Henry, professional football player Mary Holda, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Dick Logan, professional football player Terry McDaniel, professional football player for the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks Ricky Minard, professional basketball player Don Nehlen, former head football coach Bill Peterson, former head football coach at Florida State, Mansfield Senior High, Rice University, and with the Houston Oilers Ryan Pore, professional soccer player, Major League Soccer, Kansas City Wizards Marc Wilkins, former Major League Baseball player Natalie Hershberger (taekwondo), six-time National Olympic-style Taekwondo Champion Jamie Feick, former NBA player Authors and writers Jacob Brinkerhoff, jurist, congressman, and author Roeliff Brinkerhoff, lawyer; editor and owner of the Mansfield Herald; later a bank president Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Dittrich, true crime author and mystery novelist Terry Hertzler, poet and writer Mary Bigelow Ingham, educator, writer, social reformer Christopher Moore, author Natalie Hershberger, author Entertainment Lee Adams, stage lyricist Jenni Barber, actress, The Electric Company John Bishop, playwright and film writer James Lapine, playwright and director Michael McConnohie, voice actor Sylvia McNair, operatic soprano Luke Perry, actor (television) Beverly Hills, 90210 Daniel Roemer, film director, screenwriter Robert F. Simon, actor Entrepreneurs Homer Lee, engraver, artist, entrepreneur, founder of Homer Lee Bank Note Company Military Matthias W. Day, US Army Medal of Honor recipient Frank Purdy Lahm, first Army aviator Mark Matthews, veteran Musicians and bands Ohio Express, rock group; Doug Grassel (rhythm guitar), Dale Powers (lead guitar), Dean Kastran (bass), Jim Pfahler (keyboards), and Tim Corwin (drums) Music Explosion, rock group; James "Jamie" Lyons (singer, percussion), Donald Atkins (guitar), Richard Nesta (guitar), Burton Stahl (bass), Robert Avery (drums); Top Ten hit in 1967, "Little Bit O'Soul" Switch, Motown R&B/soul group Politicians Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, D-Ohio Jay Goyal, Ohio State Representative, D-Mansfield William Johnston, U.S. Representative, D-Ohio from 1863 to 1865 Lovana Jones, Illinois State Representative Winfield S. Kerr,