List of people from Fort Wayne, Indiana
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The following is a list of natives, residents and former residents of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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[edit] Notable natives and former residents
[edit] Athletes
- Jason Baker, football player, Carolina Panthers
- Lloy Ball, Olympic and professional volleyball player
- Roosevelt Barnes, football player, Detroit Lions
- DaMarcus Beasley, professional soccer player for Manchester City (England) and the US national team, soccer player for the MLS Chicago Fire.
- Jamar Beasley, soccer player in MLS: New England Revolution and Chicago Fire.
- Johnny Bright, football player, CFL Edmonton Eskimos, Football field at Drake University is named for him.
- Rob Brooks, professional BMX racer in the 1980-90's.
- Vaughn Dunbar, football player, New Orleans Saints
- Bill Everitt, baseball infielder, Chicago Colts/Orphans, Washington Senators
- Trai Essex, football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jason Fabini, football player, NFL Dallas Cowboys
- Jared Jeffries, IU basketball player, New York Knicks
- Bobby Milton, basketball player and manager, Harlem Globetrotters
- Matt Painter, basketball player and coach of Purdue Boilermakers
- Bernard Pollard, football player, Kansas City Chiefs
- Art Smith, aviator, invented "loop the loop"
- Mark Virts, diver, member of the U.S. Olympic team denied participation in the 1980 Olympics by decision of President Jimmy Carter
- Matt Vogel, swimmer, Gold Medal winner, Olympics
- Eric Wedge, baseball catcher, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, manager of Cleveland Indians
- Rod Woodson, football player, NFL Pittsburgh Steelers
- Sharon Wichman, swimmer, Gold Medal winner Olympics
[edit] Artists, Designers, Architects
- Bill Blass, fashion designer
- Steven Montgomery, documentary filmmaker
- Gray Morrow,robbie rules and sam comic book artist and illustrator
- Bruce Nauman, artist
- Frederick William Sievers, sculptor
- George Washington Whistler, architect
[edit] Authors, Writers and Journalists
- E. Jean Carroll, author
- Edith Hamilton, author, mythology expert, sister of Dr. Alice Hamilton
- Ross Lockridge, Jr., author, Raintree County
- George Jean Nathan, author and drama critic, magazine founder
- William Rockhill Nelson, founder of the Kansas City Star, namesake of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Ray Scherer, NBC News executive and television journalist
- Nancy Snyderman, M.D., ABC News and NBC News reporter and medical editor
[edit] Entertainers
- Joey Allen, glam metal guitarist, Warrant
- Julia Barr, actress, All My Children
- Eric Bruskotter, actor, Starship Troopers, Six Feet Under
- Dan Butler, actor Frasier
- Jenna Fischer, actress The Office (US TV Series)
- Sharon Gabet, actress,The Edge of Night, One Life to Live
- Hilliard Gates, sportscaster
- Heather Headley, Broadway and R&B singer
- Drake Hogestyn, actor Days of Our Lives
- Neil LaBute, director
- Stephanie Larimore, Playmate
- Carole Lombard, actress, My Man Godfrey
- Shelley Long, actress, Cheers
- Marilyn Maxwell, actress, The Lemon Drop Kid
- Patrick McVey, actor, Dark Shadows, North by Northwest
- Edwin C. Metcalfe, saxophonist with Spike Jones
- Amanda Perez, R&B singer
- Robert Rusler, actor, Babylon 5, Weird Science
- Herb Shriner, comedian, father of Wil Shriner
- Randy Thompson, actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Herb Vigran, actor, White Christmas, The Flintstones, Benji
- Dick York, actor, Bewitched
[edit] Business leaders
- Andrew George Burry, paper box manufacturer
- Dale "Mr. Mac" McMillen, founder of Central Soya, Wayne Feeds, Allied Mills
- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's International
- Fred Zollner, industrialist, founder of the National Basketball Association and the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, later the Detroit Pistons.
[edit] Physicians and Medical Researchers
- Dr. Alice Hamilton, founder of the field of industrial medicine, first woman on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, sister of Edith Hamilton
- Leonard Andrew Scheele, M.D., former U.S. Surgeon General
- Allen Steere, M.D., identifier of Lyme Disease
[edit] Public servants
- E. Ross Adair, former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, former U.S. Representative
- Harry Baals, former Mayor
- Paul Baer, pilot. first American ace of World War I
- Claude G. Bowers, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, U.S. Ambassador to Chile, author, editor of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
- Samuel Brenton (Nov 22, 1810 - Mar 29, 1857) a US Representative from Indiana; born in Gallatin County, Kentucky.
- Daniel R. Coats, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator
- Allen Hamilton, first county sheriff, banker.
- Paul Helmke, former Mayor, former Republican nominee for US Senate, current President of the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence
- Henry Lawton U.S. Army General, Spanish-American War, Highest ranking officer killed, namesake of Lawton, OK
- Hugh McCulloch, former United States Secretary of the Treasury, first Comptroller of the Currency, namesake of McCulloch Park
- Armin Meyer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, U.S. Ambassador to Iran.
- Mark Souder, U.S. Representative
[edit] Religious leaders
- John Chapman, Swedenborgian missionary
- Archbishop John Noll, founder of the Our Sunday Visitor
[edit] Scientists and inventors
- Robert F. Borkenstein, invented the Breathalyzer alcohol detection device for law enforcement
- Sylvanus Bowser, invented the gas pump
- Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television
- Joseph and Cornelius Hoagland, invented baking powder
- James Jenny, perfected arc light. Jenny Electric became General Electric
- James J. Wood, prolific electrical inventor and industry pioneer, holder of 240 patents - fourth greatest number for General Electric,.
