- Brad Miller
Bradley Alan Miller (born April 12 1976) is an American professional basketball player, currently starting at center for the Sacramento Kings. He is also a member of the USA national basketball team. Miller was selected two times for the NBA All-Star Game: he is notable for being one of the only three players ever to be in an NBA All-Star Game without having been drafted (John Starks and Ben Wallace are the others). Miller was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. - Tom Henry
Tom Henry is an American politician, former Fort Wayne City Councilman and a Democratic candidate for Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has a MBA from the University of St. Francis and is the President and CEO of the Gallant Group, a small insurance company in Fort Wayne. His wife, Cindy, owns the Green Frog, a neighborhood tavern. - Frances Slocum
Frances Slocum (Maconaquah, "The Little Bear") was an adopted member of the Miami tribe taken from her family home by the Lenape in Pennsylvania at the age of four and raised in what is now Indiana. Frances Slocum was taken captive by a group of Lenape on November 2, 1778 when she was just five years old. Her family had been among the first whites to settle in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. - Damarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Lamont Beasley (born May 24, 1982 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American soccer player who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers. He plays mainly as a winger. Beasley was one of the most prominent players in MLS before making a move during the league's 2004 season to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven. - Eric Wedge
Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is the current manager of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball's American League Central Division. He attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983. As a player, he led the Wichita State University Shockers to the 1989 College World Series championship. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox that same year, … - Tom Hayhurst
Dr. Thomas Eldon Hayhurst is a retired pulmonologist, outgoing Fort Wayne City Councilman and the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the third congressional district in Indiana He did both his undergraduate and doctoral work at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. He is a veteran from the Vietnam War era, having served in Michigan as a doctor in the United States Air Force. - Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is a contemporary American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing and performance. - Mitch Harper
Mitchell V. "Mitch" Harper is an American politician from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Harper served as a Representative in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1978 to 1990. In 1992 he served as a presidential elector for Indiana. Harper, an attorney, edits the weblog Fort Wayne Observed. He is a native of New Haven, Indiana, and grew up living above the family funeral business founded by his great-grandfather, Edward, in 1889. - William Wells
William Wells (c. 1770 - 15 August 1812), also known as Apekonit ("Carrottop"), was the son-in-law of Chief Little Turtle of the Miamis. Wells was born at Jacob's Creek, Pennsylvania, the youngest son of Captain Samuel Wells. The family moved to Kentucky when William was a small child, and his mother died shortly thereafter. The elder Wells was killed in an Indian raid near Louisville, and the young orphan was sent to live with a family friend. - Matt Bush
Matt Bush (born on February 8, 1986 in San Diego, CA) was selected first overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft out of Mission Bay High School. When Matt signed with the Padres he received a signing bonus of $3,150,000, which is the largest signing bonus ever given to a Padres draft pick. Bush was the first shortstop drafted first overall from high school since the Seattle Mariners took Alex Rodriguez in 1993. - Shelley Long
Shelley Lee Long, born on August 23, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress and comedienne. - Rob Bowen
Robert McClure Bowen (born February 24, 1981 in Bedford, Texas) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Oakland Athletics. On June 20th, 2007, The Cubs acquired Bowen and minor league outfielder Kyler Burke from the San Diego Padres in exchange for catcher Michael Barrett. However, Bowen was designated for assignment by Chicago and traded to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for fellow catcher Jason Kendall on July 16 of that year. - Randy Ready
Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960 in Fremont, California), is a former professional baseball player. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1983 to 1995. He played in the Puerto Rico's winter league for the Mayaguez Indios in 1985-86. Ready returned to baseball as a manager in the San Diego Padres minor league system. Ready served as the manager of the Fort Wayne Wizards (Class A, Fort Wayne, Indiana) from 2003 until 2006. - John Whistler
John Whistler (~1756 - 3 September 1829) was a soldier, born in Ulster, Ireland. He ran away from home when a boy, enlisted in the British army, and served under General John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War. Upon his return to England he was honorably discharged, and soon afterward, forming an attachment for a daughter of Sir Edward Bishop, a friend of his father, he eloped with her, and emigrated to America, settling at Hagerstown, Maryland. - Dick York
Dick York (September 4, 1928 - February 20, 1992) was an American actor in radio, Broadway stage, and television. Born Richard Allen York in Fort Wayne, Indiana, York grew up in Chicago, where a Catholic nun first recognized his vocal promise. He began his career at age 15 as the star of the CBS radio program "That Brewster Boy". He also appeared in hundreds of other radio shows and instructional films before heading to New York City, … - Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson is an American television personality, cartoonist and educator. He is best known for having hosted the children's program "Gigglesnort Hotel". Information on Jackson's early life has been very difficult to find (he has not revealed a place or date of birth so far as can be determined, even the Internet Movie Database has no such information). - Art Smith
Art Smith was an American pilot. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana; in 1910, his parents mortgaged their home for $1,800 so that he could build a plane, on which he spent six months; however, he crashed it on his first flight, destroying everything but the motor. However, he quickly became a celebrated stunt pilot, notable for flying at night; he was one of the pioneers of skywriting at night using flares attached to his aircraft. - Dale Purinton
Dale Purinton was born on the 11th of October, 1976, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is an ice hockey player currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). *Position: Defence *Shoots: Left *Height: 6'2" *Weight: 229 lb - Winfield Moses
Winfield "Win" C. Moses Jr. is an American politician from Fort Wayne, Indiana. - Jamar Beasley
Jamar Beasley (born October 11, 1979 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Detroit Ignition of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The promising young player who had at one point trained with A.C. Milan, but due to an excessive nightlife washed out of Major League Soccer, is currently enjoying a comeback in indoor soccer. Beasley began his professional career in 1998, as a member Major League Soccer's Project-40, … - Bill Glover
William Glover (born November 22, 1952) is a Christian drummer and musician. Glover moved to Fort Wayne in the 60s when he was still a kid. When he was 13, he had taken up drumming. While in high school he began playing in several bands, and upon finishing school he toured with Tommy Roe and The Romans, and also Gene Cotton. He returned to Fort Wayne in the early 70s and started playing with one of Christian rock pioneer bands, "Loth Lorin". - James Rhea
James Rhea was a native of New Jersey, and was lieutenant and adjutant of "Rhea’s levies" in 1791. He was ensign and second lieutenant of infantry in 1799, and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1800. He was commissioned a captain in July, 1807, and resigned at Fort Wayne as a result of his actions during the Siege of Fort Wayne. - June Peppas
June Peppas born in Fort Wayne, Indiana was a professional baseball player for the AAGPBL from 1948 to 1954, a women's professional baseball league which existed from 1943 to 1954. - Wilhelm Sihler
Wilhelm Sihler (1801 - 1885) was a German Lutheran minister. In 1846 Sihler founded the Concordia Theological Seminary at Fort Wayne in Indiana. This Seminary trains pastors for the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Born in Germany, Sihler went to America as a missionary and served as the third rector of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne. - Nathan Heald
Nathan Heald (New Ipswich, New Hampshire September 24, 1775 - O'Fallon, Missouri April 27, 1832) was an officer in the United States army during the War of 1812. He was in command of Fort Dearborn in Chicago at the time of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Captain Heald was stationed in Fort Wayne, Indiana prior to his appointment at Fort Dearborn, where he relieved the fort's first commander, John Whistler in 1810. - Dick Hunsaker
Dick Hunsaker is currently the head men's basketball coach at Utah Valley State. He is also a former head and assistant coach at Ball State University. As one of Rick Majerus' assistant coaches, he worked with the Cardinals for two seasons, including their berth in the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Hunsaker is best known for leading the team to the 1990 Tournament. - Johnny Bright
Johnny D. Bright (June 11, 1930 - December 14, 1983) was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League (primarily with the Edmonton Eskimos) and an outstanding American college football player at Drake University. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bright is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame, the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame, the Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour, … - Harry W. Baals
Harry William Baals (November 16, 1886 - May 9, 1954) was the Republican mayor of Fort Wayne from 1934-1947 and from 1951 until his death in 1954. He served more years as Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana than any other mayor. - Troy Shondell
Troy Shondell (born Gary Shelton, May 14, 1940, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American vocalist, who achieved a modicum of fame and recognition in the early 1960s. He became a transatlantic one-hit wonder by releasing a single that made the record charts in both the U.S. and the U.K. His most famous recording was "This Time (We're Really Breaking Up)." The song was a hit in 1961. Shondell recorded his first session for Mercury Records' subsidiary, Smash, in 1958. - Herb Shriner
Herb Shriner (born Herbert Arthur Schiner on May 29, 1918 in Toledo, Ohio; died April 23, 1970 in Delray Beach, Florida) was an American humorist, radio personality and television host. Shriner was best known for his homespun monologues, usually with roots in his adopted home state of Indiana. He was often compared to fellow humorist Will Rogers. Shriner moved to Fort Wayne as a toddler, when his mother Edith left his father. - Charles Case
Charles Case, a Representative from Indiana; born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana.; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Brenton; reelected to the Thirty-sixth United States Congress and served from December 7, 1857, … - Samuel Brenton
Samuel Brenton (Nov 22, 1810 - Mar 29, 1857) a US Representative from Indiana; born in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Attended the public schools; was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1830 and served as a minister; located at Danville, Indiana., in 1834 because of ill health, and studied law; member of the Indiana General Assembly in the State house of representatives (1838-1841); in 1841, returned to the ministry and served at Crawfordsville, Perryville, Lafayette, … - Samuel D. Jackson
Samuel Dillon Jackson (May 28, 1895 - March 8, 1951) was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born near Zanesville, Indiana, he attended the public schools of Fort Wayne and graduated from Indiana University Law School at Indianapolis in 1917, gaining admission to the bar the same year. During the First World War, he served as a captain of infantry from 1917 to 1919, and engaged in the practice of law at Fort Wayne in 1919. - Jesse E. Eschbach
Jesse Ernest Eschbach (October 26, 1920 - October 25, 2005) was a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, Eschbach graduated from Indiana University in 1943 and served in the Navy during World War II. - Cameron Scher
Cameron Scher (born on January 23, 1993, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an actor best known for his portrayal of Tyke in Nickelodeon's sitcom, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Scher's first acting role was in a youth production of The Jungle Book as a wolf. He also portrayed Ollie Herdman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. He starred in two feature length films and a short with Windsong pictures. - Billy Kratzert
William August "Billy" Kratzert (born June 29, 1952) is an American professional golfer and sportscaster, who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Kratzert was born in Quantico, Virginia when his dad was in the service but spent most of his youth in Indiana. His father was head pro for over 20 years at the Fort Wayne Country Club. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, … - Nicolas-Joseph de Noyelles de Fleurimont
Nicolas-Joseph de Noyelles (October 13 1695 - August 16, 1761) originally resided in Rochefort, France but came to New France in 1710 to begin his military career as an ensign in the regular colonial troops. He married in 1718 and, because of a strong family friendship with Governor Charles de Beauharnois, he received favorable postings and promotions. His two main postings were Detroit and (near) Fort Wayne. At Fort Wayne, he became heavily involved in the fur trade. - Robert George Fowler
Robert George Fowler (August 10, 1884 - June 15, 1966) was an early aviation pioneer and was one of the first people to set the transcontinental airspeed record. Aero, America's Aviation Weekly wrote on September 16, 1911: <blockquote> Ocean-to-Ocean Race Begins. - Fort Wayne
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