Michael Michele
Michael Michele (born August 30, 1966) is an American film and television actress. She played Dr. Cleo Finch on the medical drama ER and Det. Rene Sheppard on the police procedural Homicide: Life on the Street. Her films include the Academy Award-nominated film Ali. Early Life Michele was born Michael Michele Williams in Evansville, Indiana, […]
Porter Louis Meriwether
Porter Louis Meriwether (March 16, 1940 – November 13, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. Early Life Meriwether was born March 16, 1940 in Evansville, Indiana. He played high school basketball at Lincoln High School in Evansville. College Career He played college basketball at Tennessee State University. He was a 4 year starter and averaged […]
Arad McCutchan
Arad A. McCutchan (July 4, 1912 – June 16, 1993) was an American basketball coach, educator and athletic director from Evansville, Indiana, best known for building the University of Evansville men’s basketball program into a national powerhouse. Known throughout Evansville as “Coach Mac,” McCutchan coached the Purple Aces for 31 seasons from 1946 to 1977, […]
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 […]