List of people from Fort Wayne, Indiana

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The following is a list of notable natives, residents, or former residents of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Artists, designers, and architects[]

Athletes[]

Manager of the Cleveland Indians from 2003–2009, Fort Wayne native Eric Wedge
Pro Football Hall of Famer and Fort Wayne native Rod Woodson

Authors and writers[]

  • , author, retired United States Naval Officer
  • Eric Baus, poet
  • E. Jean Carroll, author, journalist
  • Constance Cumbey, author, lawyer
  • Les Edgerton, author
  • Ashley C. Ford, author and essayist
  • Edith Hamilton, author, mythology expert
  • Stephen King, best-selling author (spent parts of childhood in the city)[9]
  • Ross Lockridge, Jr., novelist
  • Michael Martone, author
  • George Jean Nathan, author, drama critic, founder of American Spectator
  • William Rockhill Nelson, founder of the Kansas City Star
  • Emmanuel Ortiz, poet, writer
  • Charlie Savage, New York Times reporter, 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner

Business leaders[]

Inventors and scientists[]

Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the modern television, lived in Fort Wayne from 1948–1967
  • Sylvanus Bowser, inventor of the gas pump
  • Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television
  • John Henry Holland, pioneer in the field of genetic algorithms

Media[]

Fort Wayne native and screen legend Carole Lombard
  • Julia Barr, two-time Daytime Emmy award-winning actress, All My Children
  • Jill Bennett, actress
  • Nicole Briscoe, 1998 Miss Illinois Teen USA, host of ESPN2's NASCAR Now
  • Eric Bruskotter, actor
  • Dan Butler, actor
  • Ann Colone, broadcaster, talkshow host
  • Jenna Fischer, Emmy-nominated actress, The Office
  • Sharon Gabet, actress
  • Hilliard Gates, sportscaster
  • Molly Hagan, actress
  • Drake Hogestyn, actor
  • Neil LaBute, director, screenwriter, playwright
  • Stephanie Larimore, model, Playboy Playmate of the Month
  • Carole Lombard, Oscar-nominated actress, My Man Godfrey
  • Shelley Long, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actress, Cheers
  • Marilyn Maxwell, actress
  • Patrick McVey, actor
  • Bree Olson, pornographic actress
  • Robert Rusler, actor
  • Andrea Russett, actress, Internet celebrity
  • Chris Schenkel, sportscaster
  • Jan Schweiterman, actor
  • Carrie M. Shoaff, artist, author, potter, playwright, correspondent
  • Herb Shriner, comedian, game show host
  • Nancy Snyderman, MD, journalist, NBC News chief medical editor
  • Zuzanna Szadkowski, actress
  • Lyn Thomas, actress
  • Randy Thompson, actor
  • David Turnley, photographer
  • Peter Turnley, photographer
  • Herb Vigran, actor
  • Dick York, Emmy-nominated actor, Bewitched

Music[]

Fort Wayne native The Ready Set performing at Emo's in 2010.
  • Joey Allen, glam metal guitarist, Warrant
  • Jeoffrey Benward, contemporary Christian singer, songwriter
  • Sonny Charles, soul singer, Checkmates, Ltd., Steve Miller Band
  • Daniel E. Gawthrop, contemporary classical composer
  • Heather Headley, Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway actress and R&B singer
  • Edwin C. Metcalfe, saxophonist with Spike Jones
  • Megan Mullins, Country singer
  • Niyoki, gospel musician
  • Nyzzy Nyce, rapper
  • Amanda Perez, R&B singer
  • Petra, Grammy-winning Christian rock band
  • Jon Schaffer, heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, Iced Earth
  • Troy Shondell, rock and roll singer, songwriter
  • Jordan Witzigreuter, pop singer (stage name The Ready Set)
  • Addison Agen, singer and finalist on The Voice

Physicians and medical researchers[]

  • Alice Hamilton, MD, first woman on faculty of Harvard Medical School; sister of Edith Hamilton
  • Jane Henney, MD, first woman Commissioner of the FDA (1998–2001)
  • Leonard A. Scheele, MD, seventh U.S. Surgeon General (1948–1956)
  • Susan Smalley, Ph.D., first to conduct genome-wide study in ADHD
  • Allen Steere, MD, identifier of Lyme disease

Public servants[]

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and first Comptroller of the Currency, Hugh McCulloch
  • E. Ross Adair, U.S. Representative (1951–1971), United States Ambassador to Ethiopia (1971–1974)
  • Robert E. Armstrong, Fort Wayne Mayor (1975–1979), Allen County Councilman (1990–2002)
  • Paul W. Baade, major general in the United States Army
  • Harry W. Baals, Fort Wayne mayor (1934–1947, 1951–1954)
  • Paul Frank Baer, first flying ace in American military aviation
  • Tim Berry, Indiana State Treasurer (1999–2007), Indiana State Auditor (2007–2013), Indiana Republican Party Chairman (2013–present)
  • Samuel Bigger, Indiana State Representative (1834–1835), Indiana Circuit Court Judge (1835–1840), seventh Governor of Indiana (1840–1843)
  • James W. Borden, judge and diplomat
  • Randy Borror, Indiana State Representative (2001–2010)
  • Claude Bowers, writer, U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1933–1939), U.S. Ambassador to Chile (1939–1953)
  • Samuel Brenton, U.S. Representative (1851–1853, 1855–1857)
  • Susan Brooks, Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis (1998–1999), U.S. Attorney for Southern Indiana (2001–2007), U.S. Representative (2013–present)
  • James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (2010–2017)
  • Daniel R. Coats, U.S. Representative (1981–1989), United States Ambassador to Germany (2001–2005), U.S. Senator (1989–1999, 2011–present)
  • Walpole G. Colerick, U.S. Representative (1879–1883)
  • Joseph K. Edgerton, U.S. Representative (1863–1865)
  • Shirley Adele Field, judge, Oregon State Representative (1956–1960, 1962–1966)
  • Eliza George, Civil War nurse (1863–1865)
  • Phil GiaQuinta, Indiana State Representative (2006–present)
  • George W. Gillie, U.S. Representative (1939–1949)
  • Timothy Goeglein, White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Deputy Director (2001–2008)
  • Allen Hamilton, Allen County sheriff (1824–1826), Fort Wayne Postmaster (1825–1831), Allen County Auditor, Clerk, and Recorder (1831–1838)
  • Mitch Harper, Indiana State Representative (1978–1990), Fort Wayne City Councilman (2008–present)
  • Paul Helmke, Fort Wayne Mayor (1988–2000), President of Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (2006–2011), Founder of the Civic Leaders Center at Indiana University (2013-).
  • Tom Henry, Fort Wayne City Councilman (1984–2004), Fort Wayne Mayor (2008–present)
  • Richard E. Hoagland, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan (2003–2006), U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2008–2011), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia (2013–2015)
  • William J. Hosey, Fort Wayne Mayor (1905–1909, 1913–1917, 1921–1925, 1929–1934)
  • Merchant W. Huxford, doctor, Fort Wayne Mayor (1845–1849)
  • Samuel D. Jackson, U.S. Senator (1944)
  • Matt Kelty, politician, architect
  • Edward H. Kruse, U.S. Representative (1949–1951)
  • Henry Lawton, U.S. Army General (1861–1865, 1867–1899), namesake of Lawton, Oklahoma
  • Thomas R. Marshall, 27th Governor of Indiana (1909–1913), 28th U.S. Vice President (1913–1921)
  • Hugh McCulloch, first Comptroller of the Currency (1863–1865), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1865–1869, 1884–1885)
  • Robert Meyers, Fort Wayne Mayor (1954–1959), Allen County Superior Court Judge (1971–1985)
  • Winfield Moses, Fort Wayne City Councilman (1972–1979), Mayor (1980–1987), Indiana State Representative (1992–2012)
  • Cherrish Pryor, Indiana State Representative (2008–present)
  • Ben Quayle, U.S. Representative (2011–2013)
  • Graham Richard, entrepreneur, Fort Wayne Mayor (2000–2008)
  • James M. Robinson, judge, U.S. Representative (1897–1905)
  • Mark Souder, U.S. Representative (1995–2010)
  • Harold J. Warner, Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice (1955–1957)
  • James Bain White, U.S. Representative (1887–1889)
  • George W. Wood, first Fort Wayne Mayor (1840–1841)

Religious leaders[]

John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, is believed to have died in Fort Wayne.
  • Herman Joseph Alerding, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1900–1924)
  • John Chapman, Swedenborgian, nurseryman, missionary, famous American folklore figure Johnny Appleseed
  • John Michael D'Arcy, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Boston (1974–1985), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1985–2009)
  • William Edward McManus, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Chicago (1967–1976), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1976–1985)
  • Archbishop John F. Noll, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1925–1956), founder of Our Sunday Visitor
  • Wilhelm Sihler, Lutheran minister and founder of Concordia Theological Seminary
  • Alexa Suelzer, Roman Catholic nun, author, educator, theologian
  • Robert Thieme, author, Pastor of Berachah Church (1950–2003)

Miscellaneous[]

  • Charlie Brandt, serial killer
  • Dean Corll, serial killer
  • Alexander Ewing, soldier during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, later a founding resident of Fort Wayne
  • , businessman and chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1988 to 1994; former Fort Wayne resident
  • Alixa Naff, historian
  • ML Procise, concert sound engineer
  • Margaret Ringenberg, aviator
  • Ernest Gottlieb Sihler, professor of classics at New York University
  • Art Smith, aviator
  • Homer Van Meter, infamous bank robber who worked with John Dillinger

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  10. ^ "On the Case at Mount Sinai, It's Dr. Data". The New York Times. March 8, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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