Mike Warnke

Michael Alfred Warnke (born November 19, 1946) is an American Christian evangelist, comedian and author who was born in Evansville, Indiana. He became nationally known during the 1970s and 1980s through Christian comedy recordings, speaking appearances and his bestselling book The Satan Seller, in which he claimed to have been a Satanic high priest before […]

Michael Vandeveer

Michael D. Vandeveer (born August 22, 1941) is an American politician and former public official who served as mayor of Evansville, Indiana, from 1980 to 1987. A Democrat, Vandeveer previously served as an at-large member of the Evansville City Council from 1975 to 1979. He was elected mayor in 1979, reelected in 1983, and resigned […]

Captain Henry Vanderburgh

Henry Vanderburgh (c. 1760 – April 5, 1812) was an American military officer, lawyer, judge, and early Indiana Territory official. Vanderburgh County, Indiana, which includes the city of Evansville, was named in his honor when the county was organized in 1818. Vanderburgh was born around 1760 in Troy, New York, and served in the Continental […]

Titanic Thompson

Alvin Clarence “Titanic” Thompson (November 30, 1893 – May 19, 1974) was an American professional gambler, hustler, golfer, card player and legendary proposition bettor who became one of the most famous gamblers of the 20th century. Although born in Missouri and raised largely in Arkansas, Thompson developed an important connection to Evansville, Indiana, during the […]

Timmy Thomas

Timothy Earle “Timmy” Thomas (November 13, 1944 – March 11, 2022) was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, keyboardist, musician, and record producer from Evansville, Indiana. He is best remembered for his 1972 international hit “Why Can’t We Live Together,” a minimalist anti-war song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and […]

Scott Studwell

Scott Studwell John Scott Studwell (born August 27, 1954) is a former American professional football player and longtime NFL executive from Evansville, Indiana. A star at Harrison High School, Studwell became an All-American linebacker at the University of Illinois before spending his entire 14-year NFL playing career with the Minnesota Vikings. One of the greatest […]

Jami Stallings

Jami Anne Stallings Miller (born 12 May 1986) is a beauty queen from Evansville, Indiana who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant and competed for in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. Stallings won her first major pageant in 2002 when she was crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA 2003. She had placed in […]

Jerry Sloan

Gerald Eugene “Jerry” Sloan (March 28, 1942 – May 22, 2020) was an American basketball player and coach who became one of the most respected figures in NBA history. Before becoming the legendary head coach of the Utah Jazz and the player known as “The Original Bull” in Chicago, Sloan starred for Evansville College, now […]

Charlie Siesky

Charlie Siesky Charles “Charlie” Siesky is a former track and cross-country coach and athlete from Evansville, Indiana who spent nearly four decades teaching and coaching at Harrison High School. He became one of the most successful track coaches in Evansville history. Bosse High School and Indiana University Siesky attended Bosse High School in Evansville, where […]

Pat Schulz

Patrick “Pat” Schulz (born November 30, 1970) is a former professional baseball player from Evansville, Indiana who became one of the most accomplished players in the history of the University of Evansville baseball program. Reitz Memorial High School Schulz grew up in Evansville and attended Reitz Memorial High School, where he played baseball before continuing […]