Inductee Profiles

1860 – 1926

Phoebe Anne Mosey was a standout sharp shooter who became known as “Miss Annie Oakley” in “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show, later teaching more than 15,000 women how to use a gun for self defense.

1915 – 2020

Zoe Dell Nutter worked for Piper Aviation to improve pilot safety, increase the number of private pilots, and encourage women in the aviation profession.

1900 – 1989

James A. Parsons, Jr. was an engineer, inventor and educator.

1952 – 2021

Idotha “Bootsie” Neal was a pioneer who made history as the first African American woman elected to the Dayton City Commission.

Active 1967 – 2022

The Ohio Players were trailblazers of a virtual Rhythm & Blues empire with its roots in Dayton.

1844 – 1922

John H. Patterson was the President and principal owner of the National Cash Register Company (NCR).

1914 – 2000

Ervin J. Nutter was an entrepreneur who, with a $360 investment, started a company that grew to be one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sophisticated tubular assemblies for jet engines.

Active 1953 – 2005

Bobby and Sonny Osborne were pioneering bluegrass musicians who formed the hugely influential Osborne Brothers duo.

1943 – Present

Mike Peters is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News, as well as the author of the comic strip Mother Goose & Grimm.