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==Notable people== <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The biographical article must mention how they are associated with <city name>, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited. · Alphabetical by last name please · All others will be deleted without further explanation --> {{div col}} === Academia === * [[J. Gayle Beck]], clinical psychologist, Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence and Professor at the [[University of Memphis]] * [[Landrum Bolling]], president of [[Earlham College]], humanitarian, diplomat * [[Mary Haas]] (1910 – 1996), linguist and professor at [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California-Berkeley]] * [[Wendell Stanley]], [[biochemist]], [[Virology|virologist]], Nobel Prize winner<ref>{{cite web|title=Wendell M. Stanley – Biographical|url=http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1946/stanley-bio.html|access-date=2017-01-07|website=Nobelprize.org}}</ref> === Actors === * [[Timothy Brown (actor)|Timothy Brown]], professional football player, television/film actor and recording-artist * [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]], actor, director * [[Sarah Purcell]], actress * [[Elizabeth Reller]], old-time radio actress === Artists and designers === * [[George Herbert Baker]], [[Impressionist]] painter * [[John Elwood Bundy]], [[Impressionist]] painter * [[Charles Fremont Conner]], [[Impressionist]] painter * [[Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer]], [[Impressionist]] painter * [[Marcus Mote]], painter * [[Carole Wantz]], [[folk artist]] * [[Gaar Williams]], [[cartoonist]] === Business === * [[Micajah C. Henley]], businessman, [[roller skate]] pioneer * [[Charles Francis Jenkins]], pioneer of [[History of film|early cinema]] and one of the inventors of [[television]] * [[Addison H. Nordyke]], industrialist and co-founder of [[Nordyke Marmon & Company]]. *[[Daniel G. Reid]], [[industrialist]], [[Investor|financier]], and [[philanthropist]] *[[Burton J. Westcott]], businessman, automobile manufacturer of [[Westcott Automobile|Westcott Motor Car Company]] === Musicians === * [[May Aufderheide]], [[ragtime]] composer * [[George Duning]], musician and composer * Harry "[[Singin' Sam]]" Frankel, radio star, minstrel * [[Baby Huey (singer)|Baby Huey]], rock and soul vocalist * [[Jeff Hamilton (drummer)|Jeff Hamilton]], jazz drummer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Hamilton - Drums - Jazz at Newport|url=http://www.jazzatnewport.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=47265|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907035520/http://www.jazzatnewport.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=47265|archive-date=September 7, 2006|access-date=2006-09-09}}</ref> * [[Harold Jones (drummer)|Harold Jones]], has performed with many notables, including Tony Bennett and Count Basie * [[Melvyn "Deacon" Jones]], [[blues]] organist * [[Rich Mullins]], singer/musician * [[Sondra Radvanovsky]], opera singer * [[Ned Rorem]], composer and Putlizer Prize winner * [[The Will-O-Bees]], pop music trio in the 1960s === Politicians, activists, and civic leaders === * [[Bill W. Balthis]] (1939 – 2016), Illinois state representative and businessman<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1995–1996,' Biographical Sketch of Bill W. Balthis, pg. 105</ref> *[[Thomas W. Bennett (territorial governor)|Thomas W. Bennett]], Richmond mayor, Governor, congressional delegate of Idaho territory. *[[John A. Bridgland]] (1826–1890), diplomat, businessman and soldier; colonel in the [[Union army|Union Army]]<ref name="Robert Clarke & Company-18912">{{Cite book |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Reunion_of_the_Society_of_the_Army_of_the_Cumberland_%28IA_reunionofsociety1890soci%29.pdf |title=Society of the Army of the Cumberland, 21st Reunion, 1890 |publisher=[[Robert Clarke & Company]] |year=1891 |location=Toledo, Ohio |pages=281–283 |chapter=Colonel John A. Bridgeland |via=[[WikiCommons]]}}</ref> *[[Levi Coffin]], underground railroad organizer, and director of a local Richmond bank *[[David W. Dennis]], [[U.S. Congressman]] *[[Jehu Elliott]], Justice of the [[Indiana Supreme Court]] *[[Gregory Lee Johnson]] (born 1956), American political activist. *[[John F. Kibbey]], [[Indiana Attorney General]] *[[Ida Finney Mackrille]] (1867 – 1960) [[Women's suffrage|suffragist]] and a women's political leader in the State of California.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=1960-06-05|title=Obituary, Vineyardist Dies At 92|pages=62|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26129314/the-los-angeles-times/|url-access=limited|access-date=2021-01-06|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *[[Dan Mitrione]], Richmond police chief from 1956 to 1960, and U.S. adviser who trained police in the use of torture in Uruguay. *[[Oliver P. Morton]], Indiana's Civil War governor<ref>{{cite web|date=March 24, 2014|title=Oliver P. Morton Biography Page|url=http://www.civilwarhome.com/mortonbio.htm|access-date=2017-01-07|website=Civilwarhome.com}}</ref> *[[Susan Porter Rose]], [[Chief of Staff to the First Lady of the United States]] (1989–1993)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheeley |first=Rachel E. |date=1999-10-30 |title=Earlham graduate worked for several first ladies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/palladium-item-earlham-graduate-worked-f/159890298/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |work=Palladium-Item |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> === Religion and related === * [[John Wilbur Chapman]], [[Presbyterian]] evangelist *[[Jim Jones]], founder-leader of [[Peoples Temple]] *[[William Paul Quinn]], an [[African Methodist Episcopal]] Bishop *[[D. Elton Trueblood]], [[Quaker]] theologian<ref>{{cite web|date=December 20, 1994|title=D. Elton Trueblood, 1900 to 1994|url=http://www.waynet.org/people/biography/trueblood.htm|access-date=2017-01-07|website=Waynet.org}}</ref> === Science === * [[Charles A. Hufnagel]], M.D. [[artificial heart valve]] inventor<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Charles A. Hufnagel|url=http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mendel/hufnagel.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172038/http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mendel/hufnagel.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016|access-date=2017-01-07|website=Astro4.ast.vill.edu|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * [[Wright brothers]], aviation pioneers === Sports === *[[Desmond Bane]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], Selected 30th overall by the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] in the [[2020 NBA draft]] *[[Claude Berry]], [[MLB]] catcher *[[Weeb Ewbank]], coach of 1958 and 1959 [[NFL]] champion [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] and the [[Super Bowl III]] champion [[New York Jets]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Weeb Ewbank | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=65|access-date=2017-01-07|website=Profootballhof.com}}</ref> * [[Vagas Ferguson]], [[NFL]] running back * [[Paul Flatley]], [[NFL]] wide receiver ([[Minnesota Vikings]]) * [[Del Harris]], professional [[basketball]] coach *[[Daniel Kinsey]], hurdler, Olympic gold medalist *[[Jim Logan (American football)|Jim Logan]] * [[Lamar Lundy]], football player, one of the [[L.A. Rams]]' "[[Fearsome Foursome (American football)|Fearsome Foursome]]" *[[Bo Van Pelt]], professional golfer === Writers and journalists === *[[Christopher Benfey]], literary critic * [[Mae Bramhall]], actress, writer * [[William Dudley Foulke]], lawyer, author {{div col end}}
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