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 […]
Bob Hamilton
Robert T. Hamilton (January 10, 1916 – December 6, 1990) was an American professional golfer. He was born, raised, and died in Evansville, Indiana. He attended and graduated from Evansville Reitz High School in 1934. Hamilton won ten professional titles, including one major, the PGA Championship in 1944 at Manito Golf and Country Club in […]
Scott Haffner
Scott Richard Haffner (born February 2, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. Haffner, a 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m), 180 lb (81+3⁄4 kg) point guard, played two years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the Miami Heat during the 1989–90 season and for the Charlotte Hornets during the 1990–91 season. His best year as […]
Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann
Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann (December 22, 1890—June 26, 1972) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Evansville, Indiana. (1944-1965). Biography Henry Grimmelsmann was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to G.H. and Frances Grimmelsman.Raised in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, he was one of ten children; three of his […]
Bob Griese
Robert Allen “Bob” Griese (born February 3, 1945) is a former professional football quarterback and one of the most accomplished athletes from Evansville, Indiana. A two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins, Griese was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early Life and Evansville […]
Aaron Gries
Aaron Gries is a former baseball player from Evansville, Indiana, who starred at Reitz Memorial High School and the University of Evansville. Gries was a four-year starting shortstop for the Purple Aces under head coach Jim Brownlee. In 1993, he was named the Academic All-America Player of the Year, earning Academic All-America honors for the […]
Alan B. Graf
Alan B. Graf Alan B. Graf is an American businessman and attorney from Evansville, Indiana, best known for his longtime leadership at FedEx Corporation. Graf graduated from Memorial High School in Evansville before earning degrees from Indiana University and the Kelley School of Business. Graf joined FedEx in 1980 and later became the company’s longtime […]
Mike Goebel
Mike Goebel is an Evansville, Indiana educator and longtime coach at Mater Dei High School, where he became one of the most successful high school wrestling and football coaches in Indiana history. Goebel graduated from Mater Dei in 1970 and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana in 1974. Coaching Career Goebel […]