Preston Mattingly
Preston Mattingly (born August 28, 1987) is an American baseball executive and former professional baseball player from Evansville, Indiana. He is the Vice President and General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. Mattingly is the son of Evansville native, former New York Yankees star and Major League manager Don Mattingly. Central High […]
Russell G. Lloyd Sr.
Russell G. Lloyd Sr. (March 29, 1932 – March 21, 1980) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as mayor of Evansville, Indiana, from 1972 through 1979. Lloyd was elected mayor in 1971, becoming the first Republican elected to the office in Evansville since the 1950s. He was reelected four years later and […]
Lilly King
Lillia Camille “Lilly” King (born February 10, 1997) is an American Olympic swimmer from Evansville, Indiana, widely regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers in American history. King represented the United States at three Olympic Games — Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024 — winning six Olympic medals: […]
Stan Levco
Stan Levco is the former elected Prosecutor in Vanderburgh County. Biography Levco attended and graduated from the University of Massachusetts before becoming a student of law at Indiana University. After his graduation from Indiana University and admission to the Indiana Bar in 1972, Mr. Levco began his legal career as Chief Deputy Prosecutor in Posey County. […]
Luke Kruytbosch
Luke Kruytbosch (May 27, 1961 – July 14, 2008) was an American horse-racing announcer best known as the longtime voice of the Kentucky Derby. Kruytbosch served as track announcer at Churchill Downs from 1999 until his death and called ten Kentucky Derbys. He also had a strong connection to the Evansville area through his work […]
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 […]
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, […]