Born in Akron/Ohio

Akron is the fifth-largest city in Ohio and situated in the northeast of the state. The city is nicknamed "Rubber Capital of the World" and was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. during the 1910s. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Akron.

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Inventor of the cordless telephone	1920	George Sweigert
Tennis player, she won all four Grand Slam events	1927	Shirley Fry
Former White House Counsel for President Nixon, known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal	1938	John Dean
Hall of Fame basketball player who spent most of his career with the Baltimore Bullets, nicknamed "Honeycomb"	1938	Gus Johnson
Hall of Fame center who spent the majority of his career with the Golden State Warriors	1941	Nate Thurmond
Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-recipient for the discovery of a new form of carbon, also known as buckyballs	1943	Richard Smalley
Actor, known for his role as Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks"	1947	Ray Wise
Former catcher who played for the New York Yankees, AL MVP 1976, three times winner of the Gold Glove Award, seven times All-Star and two times World Series champion. He died at age 32 as result of a plane crash.	1947	Thurman Munson
NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and fourth woman to fly in space	1949	Judith Resnik
Lead singer and keyboardist of the band Devo	1950	Mark Mothersbaugh

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Singer, "I Don't Have the Heart" "Baby, Come to Me" "Somewhere Out There"	1952	James Ingram
Poet and second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry	1952	Rita Dove
Actress, known for her role as Stella Bonasera in "CSI: NY"	1967	Melina Kanakaredes
Head coach of the Tennessee Titans from 2018 to 2023	1975	Mike Vrabel
Former cornerback who played for the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills	1977	Antoine Winfield Sr.
Former linebacker, only undrafted player to be named NFL Defensive Player of the Year and all-time sack leader of the Pittsburgh Steelers	1978	James Harrison
Vocalist and guitarist of The Black Keys	1979	Dan Auerbach
Drummer of The Black Keys	1980	Patrick Carney
Small forward who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, winner of four NBA championships, four MVP awards and two Olympic gold medals	1984	LeBron James
Point guard who plays for the Golden State Warriors, winner of three NBA championships and two MVP awards	1988	Stephen Curry

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