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Springfield, OH

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.springfield.oh.us/

Population:
65358 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1801

County:
Clark County

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Wittenberg University
1845

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Randy Ayers
Basketball
16-Apr-1956   OSU Head Coach, 1989-97
W. R. Burnett
Novelist
25-Nov-1899 25-Apr-1982 Little Caesar
Ron Burton
Football
25-Jul-1936 13-Sep-2003 Former Patriots RB
Justin Chambers
Actor
11-Jul-1970   Dr. Alex Karev on Grey's Anatomy
Mike DeWine
Politician
5-Jan-1947   Attorney General of Ohio
Wayne Embry
Basketball
26-Mar-1937   NBA General Manager
Lillian Gish
Actor
14-Oct-1893 27-Feb-1993 Silent film actress, director
Alaina Reed Hall
Actor
10-Nov-1946 17-Dec-2009 Sesame Street
John Legend
Musician
28-Dec-1978   Get Lifted
Warder Norton
Business
17-Sep-1891 7-Nov-1945 W. W. Norton & Company

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Chatfield
Historian
11-Mar-1934 15-Jan-2015 Pacifism in America, 1914-1941
Charles Foster
Politician
12-Apr-1828 9-Jan-1904 Ohio Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Harvey Haddix
Baseball
18-Sep-1925 8-Jan-1994 MLB pitcher





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