- List of people from Fort Wayne, Indiana
The following is a list of notable natives, residents, or former residents of
Fort Wayne, Indiana .Notable natives and former residents
Artists, designers, architects
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Bill Blass , fashion designer
*Jack Boyd Buckley , civil engineer
* Steven Montgomery, documentaryfilmmaker
*Gray Morrow ,comic book illustrator, art director for "Spider-Man "
*Bruce Nauman , artist
*Frederick William Sievers , sculptor
*Alvin M. Strauss , architect
*Brentwood S. Tolan , architect
*Thomas J. Tolan , architect
*George Washington Whistler , railroad engineerAthletes
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Jason Baker , professional football player,NFL Carolina Panthers
*Lloy Ball , professional volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist,2008 Summer Olympics
* Roosevelt Barnes, professional football player, NFLDetroit Lions
*DaMarcus Beasley , professional soccer player,Rangers FC of theScottish Premier League , U.S. national team, MLS Chicago Fire
*Jamar Beasley , professional soccer player, MLSNew England Revolution , Chicago Fire
*Will Billingsley , professional football player, NFLMiami Dolphins
* Adam Bobay, martial artist,UFC
*Rob Bowen , professional baseball player, MLBOakland Athletics ,Minnesota Twins ,San Diego Padres ,Chicago Cubs
*Johnny Bright , professional football player, CFLEdmonton Eskimos , field atDrake University named for him
* Rob Brooks, professionalBMX racer in 1980-90's
*Vaughn Dunbar , professional football player, NFLNew Orleans Saints ,Jacksonville Jaguars
*Eric England , professional football player, NFLPhoenix Cardinals
*Trai Essex , professional football player, NFLPittsburgh Steelers ,Super Bowl XL champion
*Bill Everitt , professional baseball player, MLB Chicago Colts/Orphans, Washington Senators
*Jason Fabini , professional football player, NFLDallas Cowboys ,New York Jets ,Washington Redskins
*Jon Fitch , martial artist, UFC
* James Hardy, professional football player, NFLBuffalo Bills
*Butch Henline , former professional baseball player, MLB New York Giants,Philadelphia Phillies , Brooklyn Robins,Chicago White Sox
* Robert Howe, martial artist
* Henry James, former professional basketball player, NBACleveland Cavaliers ,Utah Jazz ,Sacramento Kings ,Houston Rockets ,Los Angeles Clippers ,Atlanta Hawks
*Billy Kratzert , former professional golfer, sportcaster
*Selwyn Lymon , professional football player, NFL Miami Dolphins
*Kyle Macy , former professional basketball player, NBAPhoenix Suns ,Chicago Bulls ,Indiana Pacers , sportscaster
* Bobby Milton, basketball player, manager ofHarlem Globetrotters
*Matt Painter , head coach ofPurdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
*Bernard Pollard , professional football player, NFLKansas City Chiefs
*Bill Roberts , former professional basketball player, NBA
*Emil Sitko , former professional football player, NFLSan Francisco 49ers , Chicago Cardinals
* Art Smith, aviator, invented "loop the loop"
* Lamar Smith, former professional football player, NFLSeattle Seahawks , Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers
*Anthony Spencer , professional football player, NFL Dallas Cowboys
* Mark Virts, diver, participated in boycott of the1980 Summer Olympics led by PresidentJimmy Carter
* Matt Vogel, swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist,1976 Summer Olympics
*Eric Wedge , professional baseball player, MLBBoston Red Sox ,Colorado Rockies , manager ofCleveland Indians
*Sharon Wichman , swimmer, Olympic gold medalist,1968 Summer Olympics
*Rod Woodson , professional football player, NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and future Pro Football Hall of Famer
*Justin Wynn , professional football player, NFL Miami DolphinsAuthors, writers and journalists
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E. Jean Carroll , author, journalist
*Constance Cumbey , author, lawyer
*Edith Hamilton , author, mythology expert, sister of Dr.Alice Hamilton
*Stephen King , best-selling author
*Ross Lockridge, Jr. , author, "Raintree County "
*Nicole Manske , 1998Miss Teen USA semi-finalist, former journalist forCBS affiliateWANE-TV , former co-host ofSpeed Channel 's "The Speed Report ", current host ofESPN 's "NASCAR Now "
*Michael A. Martone , author
*George Jean Nathan , author, drama critic, founder of "American Spectator
*Emmanuel Ortiz , poet, writer
*William Rockhill Nelson , founder of the "Kansas City Star ", namesake of theNelson-Atkins Museum of Art inKansas City, Missouri
*Charlie Savage , "Boston Globe " columnist, 2007Pulitzer Prize -winner
*Chris Schenkel , sportscaster
* Ray Scherer, NBC News television journalist
*Nancy Snyderman , NBC News chief medical editor, journalist
*David Zinczenko , editor-in-chief of "Men's Health", author of "Eat This, Not That Business leaders
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Andrew George Burry , philanthropist, paper box manufacturer
* Angie Hicks, founder of [http://www.angieslist.com/AngiesList/ AngiesList.com] , consumer "guru"
*Russell W. Kruse , auctioneer, founder ofKruse International
* Dale "Mr. Mac" McMillen, founder of Central Soya, Wayne Feeds, Allied Mills
*Cosette Simon , philanhthropist, politician, first female mayor of Fort Wayne
* Dave Thomas, founder ofWendy's International
*Kevin Wall , Emmy Award-winning producer, founder ofLive Earth
*Fred Zollner , industrialist, founder of theNational Basketball Association (NBA) andFort Wayne Zollner Pistons (laterDetroit Pistons )Entertainers
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Joey Allen ,glam metal guitarist , "Warrant"
*Julia Barr ,Daytime Emmy six-time nominee and two-time winning actress, "All My Children "
* Jill Bennett, actress, "Dante's Cove "
*Jeoffrey Benward , Contemporary Christian singer, songwriter
*Eric Bruskotter , actor, "Starship Troopers ", "Six Feet Under"
*Dan Butler , actor, "Frasier "
*Ann Colone , broadcaster, talkshow host, "The Ann Colone Show"
*Monique Edwards , actress
*Jenna Fischer , Emmy-nominated actress, "The Office"
*Sharon Gabet , actress, "The Edge of Night ", "One Life to Live "
*Hilliard Gates , sportscaster
*Daniel E. Gawthrop , composer
*Heather Headley ,Tony Award -winning and two-timeGrammy Award -nominee, Broadway and R&B singer
*Drake Hogestyn , actor, "Days of Our Lives "
*Neil LaBute , director, screenwriter, playwright
*Stephanie Larimore ,Playmate
*Carole Lombard , Oscar-nominated actress, "My Man Godfrey "
*Shelley Long ,Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award-winning actress, "Cheers "
*Marilyn Maxwell , actress, "The Lemon Drop Kid "
* Patrick McVey, actor, "Dark Shadows ", "North by Northwest "
*Edwin C. Metcalfe , saxophonist withSpike Jones
*Lee Miles , folk singer, songwriter
*Megan Mullins , country music singer
*Amanda Perez ,R&B singer
*Robert Rusler , actor, "Babylon 5 ", "Weird Science"
*Jon Schaffer ,heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, "Iced Earth "
*Chris Schenkel , sportscaster
*Cameron Scher , actor, "Beerfest "
*Troy Shondell , singer
*Herb Shriner , comedian, game show host, "Two for the Money", father ofWil Shriner
* Randy Thompson, actor, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
* John Bon Tingley, drummer, "Rosemary Gates"
*Herb Vigran , actor, "White Christmas", "The Flintstones ", "Benji "
*Dick York , actor, "Bewitched "Miscellaneous
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Dean Corll , serial killer, responsible for the deaths of 27 people
*Frank Burns , the fictitious major played byLarry Linville from the series "M*A*S*H"
*Margaret Ringenberg , early female aviator
* Colonel George Taylor, fictitious character played byCharlton Heston in the 1968 movie "Planet of the Apes "
*Homer Van Meter , gangster, bank robberPhysicians and medical researchers
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Alice Hamilton , M.D., first woman on faculty ofHarvard Medical School , sister ofEdith Hamilton
*Leonard A. Scheele , M.D., formerU.S. Surgeon General
*Allen Steere , M.D., identifier ofLyme Disease Public servants
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E. Ross Adair , former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, U.S. Representative
*Robert E. Armstrong , politician, former Fort Wayne mayor and councilman
*Harry W. Baals , politician, longest-serving mayor of Fort Wayne
* Paul Baer, first American ace ofWorld War I
*Samuel Bigger , politician, SeventhGovernor of Indiana
*Claude Bowers , former U.S. Ambassador toSpain andChile , author
*Samuel Brenton , former U.S. Representative
* Daniel R. Coats, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator
*Harry Gandy , former U.S. Representative
*Phil GiaQuinta , U.S. Representative
*Allen Hamilton , firstAllen County, Indiana sheriff, banker
*Tom Hayhurst , politician, former Fort Wayne councilman
*Paul Helmke , politician, former mayor, current president of theBrady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
*Tom Henry , politician, former Fort Wayne councilman, current mayor
*William J. Hosey , politician, former mayor
*Merchant W. Huxford , politician, physician, former mayor
*Matt Kelty , politician, architect
* Henry Lawton U.S. Army General duringSpanish-American War , namesake ofLawton, Oklahoma
*Hugh McCulloch , formerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury , firstComptroller of the Currency , namesake ofMcCulloch Park
* Armin H. Meyer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Lebanon, and Iran
*Robert Meyers , politician, judge, former mayor
*Winfield Moses , politician, former mayor
*Graham Richard , politician, former mayor
*Mark Souder , U.S. Representative
*George W. Wood , politician, first mayor of Fort WayneReligious leaders
* John Chapman,
Swedenborgian missionary, famous Americanfolklore figure
* Archbishop John Noll, founder of "Our Sunday Visitor "cientists and inventors
* Robert Borkenstein, inventor of the
breathalyzer alcohol detection device
*Sylvanus Bowser , inventor of thegas pump
* Marion Donovan, invented prototype of the disposablediaper
*Philo T. Farnsworth , inventor of thetelevision
* Joseph Hoagland and Cornelius Hoagland, inventors ofbaking powder
* James Jenny, perfectedarc light
* James J. Wood, holder of 240 patents (fourth greatest number forGeneral Electric )
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