Feb 28, 2025 - Culture
Ohio's four top Oscar winners
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Did you know Ohio is the birthplace of multiple Oscar-winning actors?
The big picture: Ahead of Sunday's 97th Academy Awards, Axios dove into the Oscars' database to find out where Best Actress and Best Actor winners were born.
Zoom in: Three of the 86 Best Actor winners and one of the 87 Best Actress winners were born in Ohio.
- That includes 1930 winner Warner Baxter (Columbus), 1935's Clark Gable (Cadiz), 1987's Paul Newman (Cleveland Heights), and 2002's Halle Berry (Cleveland).
- Baxter was born here in 1889, and starred largely in silent films before his Oscar win for "In Old Arizona."
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