Cleveland Heights has been home to an impressive array of prominent figures:
* **Travis Kelce** — NFL Tight End and Super Bowl Champion, grew up in Cleveland Heights and played for the CHHS Tigers. * **Jason Kelce** — Former NFL Center and Super Bowl Champion, also a proud CHHS Tigers alumnus. * **Harvey Pekar** — Iconic underground comic book writer (*American Splendor*), whose work heavily featured Cleveland Heights and Coventry Village. * **Patricia Heaton** — Emmy Award-winning actress (*Everybody Loves Raymond*, *The Middle*), raised in the city. * **Chuck Heaton** — Famed sports columnist for the *Plain Dealer* (and father of Patricia Heaton). * **John D. Rockefeller** — The industrialist and philanthropist maintained a summer estate on land that is now Forest Hill Park.