Aaron Diehl
Aaron Diehl

My grandfather, Arthur Baskerville, he played and still plays a little bit piano and trombone, and so when I was a kid, I always heard jazz around the house, but I also went to his gigs, whether it be a Saturday brunch in my hometown Columbus, Ohio. We'd go and hear him play with some of the local musicians.

Adrienne Mayor
Adrienne Mayor

In April 2001, I visited Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky. The heaps of mastodon and other large skeletons that used to loom out of the brackish backwaters along the Ohio River here are long gone, though the occasional big bone sometimes comes to light.

Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau

I'm a Buckeye at heart. I spend more time giving concerts in Ohio than I do in any other state - perhaps more time than I spend performing anywhere else in the world. I have a great relationship with the people of Ohio, and it's great to be near the OSU when I come to Columbus.

Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley

The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.

Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley

I grew up in Ohio. I was born in a suburb of Oakland, but I grew up in Ohio.

Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley

Chrissie Hynde's from Ohio, and so am I. If there's a Cleveland sound, that's what it is.

Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley

My favourite roller coaster is the Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio.

Allison Janney
Allison Janney

Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.

Alyson Stoner
Alyson Stoner

To this day, I remember vividly Missy Elliott, Ludacris, and my grandma riding in a golf cart to set. My grandma went back to Ohio and told her bowling friends, 'Guess what? I was riding to set with Missy and Ridiculous!'

Alyson Stoner
Alyson Stoner

I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.