David Emge
David Emge (September 9, 1946 – January 20, 2024) was an American actor from Evansville, Indiana, best known for playing Stephen “Flyboy” Andrews in George A. Romero’s 1978 horror classic Dawn of the Dead. Emge was born and raised in Evansville and attended Reitz High School before earning a bachelor’s degree in drama from the […]
Brad Ellsworth
John Bradley “Brad” Ellsworth (born September 11, 1958) is an American former politician and law enforcement officer with longtime ties to Evansville, Indiana. He served as Vanderburgh County Sheriff from 1999 to 2007 and represented Indiana’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Evansville career Ellsworth was born in […]
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois (November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American-born author, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American and other causes, as well as spouse of noted African-American thinker, writer, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Biography She was born Lola Shirley Graham in Evansville, Indiana, in 1896, but often gave her […]
Louise Dressar
Louise Dresser (October 5, 1878 – April 24, 1965) was an American actress. Biography Born Louise Josephine Kerlin in Evansville, Indiana, her first film was The Glory of Clementina (1922), and her first starring role was in The City that Never Sleeps (1924). She took her professional last name as a tribute to her good friend, […]
Neal Doughty
Neal Allan Doughty (born July 29, 1946, Evansville, Indiana) is an American keyboardist and the sole remaining founding member of REO Speedwagon currently in the band.He formed the band in the fall of 1967, with original drummer Alan Gratzer. Although he has never been one of REO Speedwagon’s primary songwriters, Doughty has written or co-written […]
Gus Doerner
Wilfred “Gus” Doerner (February 27, 1922 – December 10, 2001) was an American basketball player and Evansville businessman best known for his career at Evansville College, now the University of Evansville. Doerner played for the Purple Aces from 1939 to 1942 and became the first All-American in program history. He later played professionally for the […]
Charlie Dexter
Charles Dana Dexter (June 15, 1876 in Evansville, Indiana – June 9, 1934 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa), was a Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from 1896-1903. He would play for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs. An alumnus of the University of the South, he committed suicide in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, […]
Anthony Deydier
Father Anthony Deydier (April 30, 1788 – February 11, 1864) was a French-born Catholic priest and pioneer religious leader in Evansville, Indiana. He is best known for establishing Assumption Church, Evansville’s first Catholic parish, in 1837. Deydier was born in France and came to the United States in 1810. He was ordained a priest in […]
Colonel Charles Denby
Colonel Charles Denby (June 16, 1830 – January 13, 1904) was a U.S. Union officer in the Civil War and diplomat. He was the father of Edwin C. Denby, a U.S. Representative from Michigan, and later Secretary of the Navy, and Charles Denby, Jr., a diplomat. Family and early life Denby was born in Mount […]
Suzanne Crouch
Suzanne Crouch (born February 27, 1952) is an American politician from Evansville, Indiana, who served as the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 2017 to 2025. A Republican, she previously served as Indiana State Auditor, a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, Vanderburgh County Commissioner and Vanderburgh County Auditor. Evansville and political career Crouch […]