Karl Kae Knecht
Karl Kae Knecht (December 4, 1883 – July 28, 1972) was an American artist who was the cartoonist for the Evansville Courier (now Evansville Courier & Press) from 1906 to 1960 and was instrumental in the founding of Evansville’s Mesker Park Zoo. His work was the subject of a book, The World of Karl Kae Knecht […]
Charles Knoll
Charles Elmer “Punch” Knoll (born October 7, 1881 in Evansvile, and died Indiana February 8, 1960 in Evansville, Indiana) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Washington Senators in 1905. He also spent 27 seasons playing in the minor leagues and managed in the minor leagues for 22 seasons. Major league career Knoll made […]
Steve Klein
Steve Klein (born May 11, 1975) is an American former professional soccer player and coach who was born in Evansville, Indiana. Klein played college soccer at Bowling Green State University before being selected by the New England Revolution in the 1997 MLS College Draft. He later played professionally for several clubs, including the Charleston Battery […]
Barbara Kinney
Barbara “Barb” Kinney is an award-winning American photojournalist and former White House photographer from Evansville, Indiana. She is best known for documenting the presidency of Bill Clinton and later serving as an official photographer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns. Evansville and Education Kinney grew up in Evansville and graduated from William Henry Harrison High School […]
Henry S. Johnston
Henry Simpson Johnston (December 30, 1867 – January 7, 1965) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, the first President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the seventh governor of Oklahoma. He would become the second governor in Oklahoma history to be impeached and removed from […]
Bettye Lou Jerrel
Bettye Lou Jerrel graduated from Bosse High School and the University of Evansville. In addition to teaching at Washington School, she became a Republican precinct committeewoman at age 20, when the legal voting age was 21. Mrs. Jerrel was the first female Republican county chairperson and served as vice chair for five different chairmen. Her […]
Shirley James
Shirley James (died 2007) was an Evansville community activist and environmental advocate best known for her work to improve the city’s West Side and develop the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. Originally from Montana and raised in Washington state, James moved to Evansville, Indiana, in 1963 and attended the University of Evansville. In 1976, she helped […]
Clinton Keown
Clinton Wayne “Clint” Keown (February 25, 1980 – September 22, 2024) was an American basketball and baseball player and one of the most accomplished multi-sport athletes from Evansville, Indiana. Reitz Memorial High School Keown attended Reitz Memorial High School, where he excelled in basketball, baseball and football. On the basketball court, Keown scored 1,766 career […]
Leslie “Mad Dog” Irvin
Leslie “Mad Dog” Irvin (April 2, 1924 – November 9, 1983) was an American serial killer born in Evansville, Indiana, whose crimes terrorized southwestern Indiana and the Evansville-Henderson area during the 1950s. Crimes and Arrest Between December 1954 and March 1955, six people were killed in a series of robberies and attacks in Vanderburgh County, […]
Louie Iaccarino
Louie Iaccarino is an American actor, filmmaker, writer and producer from Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from Reitz Memorial High School before studying theater at Indiana University and later training at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre in Los Angeles. Iaccarino wrote, directed, produced and starred in the independent feature film Common Outlaws, which […]