Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

male, 36 years old
comedian, Chappelle's Show, American, Comedy Central, Muslim, Sketch comedy…from Washington, D.C., fromYellowSprings, Ohio, From Springfield, Ohio, from Ohio
David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American Muslim stand-up comedian, satirist and actor. In 2003, he became known for his...
Steve Curwood

Steve Curwood

male, 62 years old
cape town, fromYellowSprings, Ohio, Boston Phoenix, national public radio, apartheid, boston globe
Journalist, author, public radio personality and actor Steve Curwood was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on December 11, 1947, and brought up as a...
Richie Furay

Richie Furay

male, 65 years old
buffalo springfield, rock singer, Denver, Yellow Springs, Tom Stipe, The Heartbeat of Love…fromYellowSprings, Ohio, born in Yellow Springs, Ohio
Richie Furay (born Paul Richard Furay, on 9 May, 1944, in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is best known...
Horace Mann

Horace Mann

male, deceased (1859)
Brown University alumni, from Massachusetts, Educator, Educationist, Massachusetts State Senator, abolitionist…fromYellowSprings, Ohio
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 - August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer and abolitionist. He was also a member of the U.S. House of...
Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

female, deceased (2006)
Bates University alumni, Congressional Gold Medal, Princeton University alumni, Baptist from the United States, Non-South African anti-apartheid activist, Duke University alumni…from Alabama, fromYellowSprings, Ohio
Coretta Scott King was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted community leader. Coretta King is a...
Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

female, deceased (2002)
MacArthur Fellow, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal winner, Newbery Medal winner, children's writer, newbery medal, American…fromYellowSprings, Ohio
Virginia Hamilton (March 12, 1936 - February 19, 2002) was a prolific children's author. She wrote over 35 books, including "M. C. Higgins, the...
Arnold Adoff

Arnold Adoff

male, 74 years old
City University of New York, African American, poet, children's writer, American, City College of New York…fromYellowSprings, Ohio, Yellow Springs
Arnold Adoff (born July 16, 1935 in Bronx, New York) is a U.S. poet and anthologist. He has published more than 30 books, which have won numerous...
Jorn Barger

Jorn Barger

male, 56 years old
vegetarian, Robot Wisdom, coined the term, fromYellowSprings, Ohio, neologism, self-published
Jorn Barger (born 1953 in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is an American blogger, best known today as editor of "Robot Wisdom", an influential early weblog....
Joseph Young Bergen

Joseph Young Bergen

male, deceased (1917)
Salisbury, professor, Botanist, Educator, natural science, Science writer…Ohio Geological Survey, fromYellowSprings, Ohio, Yellow Springs
Joseph Young Bergen (1851-1917) was an American scientist, born at Red Beach, Me. He graduated in 1872 at Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio),...
Juli Loesch

Juli Loesch

female, 58 years old
Cleveland, United Farm Worker, fromYellowSprings, Ohio, nuclear weapons, Yellow Springs, Operation Rescue…from Pennsylvania
Julianne ("Juli") Loesch (married name: "Julianne Wiley" or "Juli Loesch Wiley") is a pro-life activist and former media coordinator for Operation...