The Dayton Daily News Library has prepared factfiles on the following local people in the news:- Aull, Marie
- -- naturalist, founder of Aullwood Garden and Aullwood Audubon Center.
- Baldridge, Jim
- -- WHIO-TV news anchor
- Beattie, Leal
- -- late DDN sports writer
- Beerman, Arthur
- -- Founder of Elder-Beerman's
- Bernardin, Cardinal Joseph
- -- late archbishop of Cincinnati and Chicago diocese
- Blunden, Jeraldyne
- -- Founder and director of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
- Boehner, John
- -- Congressman from southwestern Ohio.
- Bombeck, Erma
- -- Humor columnist from Dayton
- Bradley, Russell (1920-1997)
- -- Sheriff of Greene County for 30 years.
- Brown, Roger
- -- former UD basketball star (deceased).
- Capizzi, Tony
- -- former DaytonCommissioner, 1997 mayoral candidate.
- Carroll, Timothy and Kathleen
- -- Adoptive parents investigated after suspicious child deaths
- Coslet, Bruce
- -- coach of the Cincinnati Bengals
- Cox, James M.
- -- Former Ohio governor and founder of the Dayton Daily News
- Daniels, Chris
- UD basketball star who died of a heart attack
- Davis, Mickey
- -- form DDN and JH columnist (deceased)
- Davis, Willis "Bing"
- -- Dayton artist
- Dayton, Jonathan
- namesake of the city of Dayton
- Dugan, Donald (Sgt. 1st Class)
- America's first casualty in Bosnia
- Emerick, Edmund Earl III
- convicted in 1994 Sloopy's Bar murders
- Emm, Lou
- Dayton-area radio personality who died in 1997.
- Erwin, Duane L.
- CEO of Franciscan Medical Center
- Estabrook, Bill
- Former Dayton city manager who sued the city over his dismissal.
- Finn, Chester Jr.
- -- education policy expert, originally from Dayton.
- Flack, Harley
- -- president of Wright State University
- Fraze, Ermal "Ernie"
- local inventor of pop-top beverage can
- Garland, John W.
- -- president of Central State University.
- Gieskes, Hans
- CEO of Lexis-Nexis
- Gittleman, Neal
- -- conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Glenn, John
- -- U.S. Senator from Ohio
- Grossnickle, Jason
- -- Dayton police officer killed in the line of duty
- Hall, Dave
- -- Mayor of Dayton, 1966-1970
- Hall, Matt
- -- Son of Rep. Tony Hall; died of leukemia at 15.
- Hall, Tony
- -- Congressman from Dayton.
- Hall, Sam
- -- 1960 Olympic medal winner from Dayton
- Hasenjager, Joe
- Former Dayton labor leader
- Hollingsworth, Kathy
- -- president and CEO of National City Bank
- Holmes, David
- -- CEO of Reynolds & Reynolds
- Hopfer, Rebecca
- Teenager convicted of killing her newborn
- Kessler, John
- Montgomery County judge
- Kettering, Virginia
- -- philathropist
- Lemmie, Valerie
- -- city manager of Dayton
- Lewis, Lloyd Jr.
- -- Dayton City Commissioner
- Lowe, Ronald
- -- Dayton Police Chief
- McGee, James H.
- -- Dayton's first black mayor.
- Mershad, Frederick J.
- -- president and CEO of Elder-Beerman Stores.
- Myers, David Lee
- Sentenced to death in 1988 railroad spike slaying
- Nyberg, Lars
- -- CEO of NCR Corp.
- Nyerges, Alexander
- -- Director of the Dayton Art Institute
- Orick, Abner
- -- Two-time Dayton City Commissioner.
- Pero, Maureen
- Former interim Dayton City Manager; president of the Downtown Dayton Partnership
- Rike, Frederick
- -- president of Rike-Kumler Co for 40 years.
- Ritchie, Therressa Jolynn
- Convicted of killing her 4-year-old daughter
- Rogers, Glen E.
- Hamilton native suspected in a series of murders.
- Ross, Ted
- -- Broadway performer from Dayton
- Schilling, Ed
- -- WSU basketball coach
Schott, Marge-- controversial owner of Cincinnati Reds- Schwarz, Hermene
- -- co-founder of the Dayton Ballet
- Schwarz, Josephine
- -- co-founder of the Dayton Ballet
- Smith, Eric
- Englewood city manager acquitted of theft in office.
- Turner, Mike
- -- Mayor of Dayton, 1993 --
- Underhill, Ralph
- -- former WSU basketball coach
- Voinovich, George
- - governor of Ohio
- Walker, Johnny
- -- head of Hara Arena and former Channel 22 broadcaster
- Wayne, Don
- longtime Dayton WHIO newscaster
- Whalen, Steve
- -- Dayton police officer killed in the line of duty.
- Wilcox, M. Jenny
- -- freed after 11 years in prison for a crime that apparently never happened
- Wiseman, Mary
- -- Dayton City Commissioner
- Zickler, Robert
- -- Kettering Fire Chief