Kira Hurley
Kira Hurley (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who made history while playing for the Evansville IceMen. Hurley played college hockey at Clarkson University, where she became the program’s first women’s hockey All-American and established several goaltending records. Evansville IceMen In 2009, Hurley signed with the Evansville IceMen of […]
Larry Humes
Larry Humes (born April 24, 1944) is a former American basketball player and one of the greatest players in University of Evansville history. A native of Madison, Indiana, Humes came to Evansville after being named Indiana Mr. Basketball in 1962. University of Evansville Humes starred for coach Arad McCutchan and the Purple Aces from 1963 […]
Mary Ann Hughes
Mary Ann Hughes is an Evansville writer and journalist best known for her longtime work with The Message, the newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Evansville. As a staff writer and photographer for The Message, Hughes covered the people, churches, schools and events of the Diocese of Evansville for many years. Her work was also […]
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, […]