John Hostettler
John Nathan Hostettler (born June 19, 1961) is an American engineer and Republican politician from the Evansville area who represented Indiana’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007. Early Life Hostettler was born in Evansville, Indiana, and grew up in rural Posey County. He graduated from North Posey High […]
David Horsey
David Horsey (born September 13, 1951) is an American editorial cartoonist, columnist and author who was born in Evansville, Indiana. His family moved from Evansville to Seattle, Washington, when he was three years old. Horsey became a nationally recognized political cartoonist, spending more than three decades with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and later working for the […]
Charles Hornbostel
Charles Christian “Chuck” Hornbostel (September 26, 1911 – January 13, 1989) was an American middle-distance runner and two-time Olympian from Evansville, Indiana. One of the nation’s leading runners of the 1930s, Hornbostel won three consecutive NCAA championships and competed for the United States at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. Evansville and Central High School […]
Joe Hinton
Joe Hinton (November 15, 1929 – August 13, 1968) was an American soul and R&B singer from Evansville, Indiana, best known for his hit recording of Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away.” Early Career Hinton began his musical career singing gospel, performing with groups including the Blair Gospel Singers, the Chosen Gospel Quartet and […]
Charles T. Hinde
Charles T. Hinde (July 12, 1832 – March 10, 1915) was an American riverboat captain, businessman, industrialist and investor who lived for a period in Evansville, Indiana. Hinde built a fortune through river transportation, railroads and business investments and later became an important figure in the development of Coronado, California, including an investment in the […]
Belford Hendricks
Belford Cabell “Sinky” Hendricks (May 11, 1909 – September 24, 1977) was an American composer, arranger, pianist, conductor and record producer born in Evansville, Indiana. Hendricks became an important behind-the-scenes figure in American popular music, working with artists including Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Brook Benton, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie. Early Life […]
Vance Hartke
Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919 – July 27, 2003) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. In 1994, he was indicted by a grand jury in Indiana for polling violations. As part of a plea agreement, Hartke received a six-month suspended sentence. Early life, education, military service Born in Stendal, […]
James S. Harlan
James S. Harlan (1861- 1927) was an American lawyer and commerce specialist, son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan and uncle of Justice John Marshall Harlan II. He was born at Evansville, Indiana, graduated from Princeton University in 1883, and studied law in the office of Melville W. Fuller in 1884-88. Admitted to […]
Kevin Hardy
Kevin Lamont Hardy (born July 24, 1973) is a former professional football player from Evansville, Indiana. A linebacker, Hardy won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top college linebacker at the University of Illinois before being selected second overall in the 1996 NFL Draft. He went on to a nine-year NFL career and earned Pro […]
Lee Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton (April 20, 1931 – February 3, 2026) was an American politician and statesman who grew up in Evansville, Indiana. He represented Indiana’s 9th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years, from 1965 to 1999, and later served as vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission. Evansville and Early Life […]