# List of people from Evansville, Indiana

This is a list of people from Evansville, Indiana. This list includes people who were born in Evansville or lived in or around the city for a period of time.

## Government, law and activism

* Albion Fellows Bacon, reformer and writer
* Conrad Baker, 15th governor of Indiana (1867–1873) and 15th lieutenant governor (1861–1867)
* George Washington Buckner, physician, U.S. minister to Liberia
* Larry Bucshon, U.S. Representative (2011–present)
* Suzanne Crouch, former lieutenant governor of Indiana and former Indiana State Auditor
* Roger O. DeBruler, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (1968–1996)
* Charles Denby Jr., U.S. diplomat in China and later in Vienna, Austria
* Charles Harvey Denby, U.S. Union officer in the Civil War; diplomat
* Edwin C. Denby, Secretary of the Navy (1921–1924) and notable figure in the Teapot Dome scandal
* Winfield K. Denton, U.S. Representative (1949–1953, 1955–1966)
* Brad Ellsworth, U.S. Representative (2007–2011), 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate
* John H. Foster, U.S. Representative (1905–1909)
* John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State (1892–1893)
* James S. Harlan, lawyer and commerce specialist
* John Hostettler, U.S. Representative (1995–2007)
* Henry S. Johnston, 7th governor of Oklahoma
* Joseph Lane, general, first governor of Oregon Territory, one of Oregon's first two U.S. senators, and 1860 candidate for vice president on the Democratic Party ticket
* Robert D. Orr, 45th governor of Indiana (1981–1989)
* Gary R. Pfingston, 10th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (1990–1994)
* Randall Shepard, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
* Sallie Wyatt Stewart, former president of the National Association of Colored Women
* Barbara Underwood, Attorney General of New York

## Sports and sports-related

* Marty Amsler, NFL defensive end
* Chic Anderson, sportscaster
* Aaron Barrett, MLB pitcher
* Alan Benes, MLB pitcher
* Andy Benes, MLB pitcher, member of US Olympic team, #1 draft pick
* Sean Bennett, NFL player, New York Giants
* Mats Bjurman, soccer player
* McKinley Brewer, Negro League baseball player
* Drew Butera, MLB catcher
* Scott Cannon, soccer player
* Ray Cariens, racing driver
* Jamey Carroll, MLB infielder
* Rudy Charles, WWE & former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling referee
* Calbert Cheaney, Harrison High School, Indiana and NBA player
* DeLisa Chinn-Tyler, softball outfielder
* Deke Cooper, North High School, University of Notre Dame, NFL player
* Jerry Dale, MLB umpire
* Phelps Darby, coach of Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
* Luke Drone, NFL and AF2 player
* Todd Duffee, UFC fighter, actor
* Jerad Eickhoff, MLB pitcher for Philadelphia Phillies
* Bob Ford, North High School, Purdue basketball player, sportscaster
* Bob Griese, Rex Mundi High School, Purdue and NFL quarterback, All-Pro, Hall of Famer, Super Bowl champion, sportscaster
* Harley Grossman, MLB pitcher
* Bob Hamilton, professional golfer, winner of 1944 PGA Championship
* Kevin Hardy, Harrison High School, University of Illinois, NFL linebacker
* Lilly King, swimmer, gold medalist at 2016 Summer Olympics
* Michael Klueh, swimmer, world champion
* Luke Kruytbosch, sportscaster
* Kyle Kuric, Memorial High School, University of Louisville basketball player, professional basketball player in Spain
* Khristian Lander, Reitz High School, Indiana University and Western Kentucky University
* Don Mattingly, MLB player for New York Yankees, former manager of Los Angeles Dodgers and Miami Marlins
* Walter McCarty, NBA player, assistant coach for Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics, former head coach for University of Evansville
* Arad McCutchan, basketball coach
* Dorothy Montgomery, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player; cytologist at Welborn Clinic
* Jerry Nemer (1912–1980), basketball player and attorney
* Ray Newman, MLB player for Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers
* Jeff Overton, professional golfer
* Tubby Rohsenberger, NFL player
* Scott Rolen, MLB Hall of Fame third baseman
* Vince Russo, former WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling writer; podcaster for Podcast One
* Dave Schellhase, basketball player, Purdue University
* Dru Smith, Reitz High School, NBA Player
* Paul Splittorff, MLB pitcher, Kansas City Royals
* Larry Stallings, NFL linebacker, St Louis Cardinals
* Scott Studwell, NFL player, Minnesota Vikings

## Performing and visual arts
### Actors, actresses and directors

* Tom Armstrong, cartoonist creator of Marvin
* Billie Bennett, silent-film actress
* Budd Boetticher, film director
* Avery Brooks, actor, known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Spenser: For Hire
* Joe Cook, actor, entertainer, and comedian
* Louise Dresser, Academy Award-nominated actress
* David Emge, actor, known for Dawn of the Dead
* Ron Glass, actor, known for Barney Miller and Firefly
* Phil Goss, actor and TV personality in Poland, voice-over professional for MTV and VH1 in Europe
* Rami Malek, actor, known for Bohemian Rhapsody, attended University of Evansville
* Michael Michele, actress, best known for ER
* Marilyn Miller, singer and dancer of 1920s and 1930s
* Dylan Minnette, actor, known for his roles in 13 Reasons Why, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Goosebumps
* Roger Mobley, child actor of 1960s, later a Christian pastor in Texas
* Venus Raj, actress, model, beauty queen crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA 2006, Miss Indiana USA 2009, Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010, and 4th runner-up at the Miss Universe 2010
* Jama Williamson, actress, known for playing Principal Mullins in the Nickelodeon series School of Rock and Wendy Haverford in Parks and Recreation

### Music

* Kyle Burns, musician, member of Forever the Sickest Kids
* Sid Catlett, musician, jazz drummer
* John Cowan, singer, bassist John Cowan Band and New Grass Revival
* Jody Davis, guitarist for Newsboys
* Neal Doughty, keyboard player, REO Speedwagon's only remaining founding member
* Jace Everett, country music singer
* Josh Gard, electronic music producer, DJ
* Ernie Haase, Southern gospel tenor vocalist for the Cathedral Quartet and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
* Joe Hinton, R&B singer; biggest hit "Funny", 1964
* Philip Martin Lawrence II, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and voice actor; best known for his work with The Smeezingtons and teaming with Bruno Mars
* Mock Orange, indie-rock band
* Noncompliant, DJ and record producer
* Dax Riggs, musician
* Fred Rose, musician, Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive
* Ryan Seaton, gospel solo artist formerly of Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2003–2009)
* Timmy Thomas, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
* Andy Timmons, guitarist, musical director, and solo artist
* Geno Washington, soul singer

### Media and artists

* David Horsey, cartoonist for Los Angeles Times
* Edward McKnight Kauffer, artist and graphic designer, grew up in Evansville
* Barbara Kinney, photojournalist and White House photographer during Clinton administration
* Karl Kae Knecht, cartoonist for Evansville Courier
* William Snyder, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer
* Casey Stegall, national correspondent for Fox News Channel
* Aaron Tanner, graphic designer and author
* Ansel E. Wallace, photographer and film correspondent for the International News Service in World War I

### Authors, producers, playwrights, writers, and poets

* Marilyn Durham, author of The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
* Bettiola Heloise Fortson, poet and author
* Annie Fellows Johnston, author of The Little Colonel series
* Edward J. Meeman, journalist and environmental crusader, born in Evansville in 1889
* Molly Newman, playwright and television producer
* Paul Osborn, playwright, screenwriter of East of Eden
* Steven Sater, Broadway lyricist, playwright and poet
* Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr., prolific child author and poet
* Matt Williams, producer of The Cosby Show, Home Improvement, and Roseanne

## Academics

* Margaret K. Butler, mathematician
* Elbert Frank Cox, mathematician
* Raymond Geuss, philosopher and university professor
* Clark Kimberling, mathematician
* Paul Musgrave, professor and expert in American foreign policy matters
* Henry Babcock Veatch, philosopher and writer
* Talitha Washington, mathematician
* John D. Wiley, educator
* Lester M. Wolfson, founding chancellor of Indiana University South Bend

## Business

* Charles T. Hinde, businessman, riverboat captain, and original investor of the Hotel del Coronado
* Mary Fendrich Hulman, wife of industrialist Tony Hulman and matriarch of the Hulman-George family
* Edward Mead Johnson, businessman, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, and founder of Mead Johnson & Co.
* Aaron Patzer, entrepreneur and founder of Mint.com, a personal financial management service
* Francis Joseph Reitz, banker, civic leader, and philanthropist
* John Augustus Reitz, lumber magnate, civic leader, and philanthropist
* Ray Ryan, gambler, oilman, promoter, developer
* Ruth Siems, Stove Top Stuffing creator
* Harry J. Sonneborn, first president and CEO of McDonald's (played by actor B.J. Novak in the film The Founder)
* Cari Tuna, philanthropist

## Religion

* Mary Simpson, one of the first women ordained a priest by the American Episcopal Church
* John Roach Straton, minister
* Paul E. Waldschmidt, Roman Catholic bishop
* Mike Warnke, Christian comedian, discredited "expert" on Satanism