List of people from Evansville, Indiana

This is a list of people from Evansville, Indiana. This list includes people who either 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, current 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
 * McKinley Brewer, Negro league baseball player
 * Drew Butera, MLB catcher
 * 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

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

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
 * John D. Wiley, educator
 * Lester M. Wolfson, founding chancellor of Indiana University South Bend
 * Talitha Washington, mathematician

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