List of Ohio Wesleyan University people

This is a table of notable people affiliated with Ohio Wesleyan University, including graduates, former students, and former professors. Some noted current faculty are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.


Academics

Nobel Prize winners

Science

Education

Sports

Politics

Social activists

Literature

Entertainment

News

  • Mariana Gosnell, science journalist and book author
  • Byron Pitts, Class of 1982 – CBS News correspondent
  • Kenyon Farrow, Class of 1997 - Senior Editor at TheBody and TheBodyPro; healthcare journalist and equal rights activist

Religion/Ministry

  • Nathan Sites, graduated in 1859 - Methodist Episcopal missionary stationed at Foochow, China from 1861 to 1895.[28]
  • Charles Wesley Brashares, 1914 – a Bishop of the Methodist Church
  • Orville Nave – author of Nave's Topical Bible
  • Norman Vincent Peale, class of 1920 – author of The Power of Positive Thinking (which sold over 20 million copies in 41 languages); founder of Guideposts magazine; host of the weekly NBC radio program The Art of Living for 54 years; also wrote The Art of Living (1937), Confident Living (1948), and This Incredible Century (1991)
  • Ralph Washington Sockman – author; host of NBC's National Radio Pulpit, 1928–1962; minister of Christ Church, Methodist, New York City, 1916–1961
  • Joseph D. Cohen, graduated in 2005 - President Shomrim Society, New York City, 2017-2018

Corporate leaders

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