Some folks who attended Ohio University but didn’t earn degrees here:

• Edward James Roye, 1832-35; fifth president of Liberia (1870), the only Ohioan to become president of a foreign country
  See more: Edward James Royce (Wikipedia)


• George Shiras, Jr., 1840s; ten years on the Supreme Court of the United States
  See more: George Shiras, Jr. (Supreme Court Historical Society)


• Wilson Shannon, 1820-22, governor of Ohio (1838–40, 1842-44); U.S. minister to Mexico (1844–45); governor, Kansas Territory (1855–56)
  See more: Wilson Shannon (Wikipedia)


• Samuel Sullivan Cox, U.S. minister to Turkey (1885-86)
  See more: Samuel Sullivan Cox (Wikipedia)


• John Brough, Ohio governor (1864-65)
  See more: John Brough (Wikipedia)


• Benjamin Butterworth, U.S. Representative from Ohio (October 22, 1837 – January 16, 1898) and U.S. commissioner of patents (1896-98)
  See more: Benjamin Butterworth (Wikipedia)


• Carr Van Anda, 1880–82, managing editor of The New York Times (1904-21) largely credited with making it the nation’s newspaper of record
  See more: Carr Van Anda (Wikipedia)


• Paul Newman, 1943, Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood icon
  See more: Paul Newman (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Erma Bombeck, 1948, beloved humorist and columnist
  See more: Erma Bombeck (Wikipedia)


• Rick Hurst, Cletus Hogg on “The Dukes of Hazzard”
  See more: Rick Hurst (IMDb)


• Eugenia Price, writer of best-selling historical romances
  See more: Eugenia Price (Wikipedia)


• Don King, boxing promoter who took correspondence courses through incarceration program in prison
  See more: Don King (Wikipedia)


• Joe Eszterhas, 1962-66, screenwriter (“Flashdance,” “Basic Instinct”)
  See more: Joe Eszterhas (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Stanley Plumly, 1966-68, poet whose works have been nominated for National Book Critics Circle Award


• Ed O’Neill, 1966, actor best known as Al Bundy on “Married with Children”
  See more: Ed O’Neill(Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Stephen V. Smith, 1969-71, former Ringling Brothers clown and director of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College


• Richard Dean Anderson, 1970-73, star of “MacGyver” and “Stargate SG-1”
  See more: Richard Dean Anderson (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Arsenio Hall, 1973-75, actor and TV host
  See more: Arsenio Halll(Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Nancy J. Cartwright, 1976-78, voice of Bart Simpson
  See more: Nancy J. Cartwright (Wikipedia) (IMDb)


• Paul “Snoopy” Graham, 1985-89, former player, Atlanta Hawks


• Gary Trent, 1993-95, player, Minnesota Timberwolves
  See more: Gary Trent (Wikipedia)


• Thom Brennamen, Arizona Diamondbacks announcer
  See more: Thom Brennamen (Wikipedia)