J. Ottis Adams (July 8, 1851-Jan. 28, 1927). Adams was born in Amity, Johnson County, Indiana, the grandson of one of that county’s pioneers. His visit to the 1869 Indiana State Fair in… Read More »J. Ottis Adams
Wayman Eldridge Adams (Sept. 23, 1883-Apr. 4, 1959). Adams was born in Delaware County, Indiana. His father Nelson Perry Adams, a stock breeder and self-taught painter of horses and other livestock, influenced him… Read More »Wayman Eldridge Adams
Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis (June 27, 1929-Nov. 10, 1991). Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Richard Afflis was raised in Delphi before moving with his family to Indianapolis during World War II. He attended Shortridge High… Read More »Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis
Kay Debow Alford (Dec. 12, 1957 – July 19, 2021). Kayanne DeBow Alford, known as “Kay,” was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Charles DeBow Jr. and Aurelia Jane Stuart DeBow. She came from… Read More »Kay Debow Alford
George Alig Sr. (Feb. 24, 1852-Jan. 17, 1941). Born Johann Georg Alig in Affeier, Switzerland, a small village in the eastern Alps in the Canton of Grissom (Obersaxon), Alig’s family farmed and raised… Read More »George Alig Sr.
James A. Allison (Aug. 11, 1872-Aug. 4, 1928). Allison was one of the founders of the INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY and the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. He also established a machine shop that became two… Read More »James A. Allison
Frank J. Anderson (Sept. 1, 1938 – Apr. 30, 2022). Frank Anderson grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended Shortridge High School. He was a member of the school’s wrestling team and… Read More »Frank J. Anderson
Garo Z. Antreasian (Feb. 16, 1922 – Nov. 3, 2018). Born in Indianapolis to Armenian immigrants fleeing the Turkish Genocide, Antreasian introduced himself to lithography using abandoned equipment at Arsenal Technical High School… Read More »Garo Z. Antreasian
Lionel F. Artis (Dec. 3, 1895-Sept. 1, 1971). Born in Paris, Illinois, Artis moved to Indianapolis as a youth. He attended Butler University and in 1933 earned a degree in social science at… Read More »Lionel F. Artis
Henry Cornelius Atkins (Nov. 27, 1868-June 15, 1944). Atkins was born in Atlanta, Idaho Territory, and moved to Indianapolis with his family at age two. He was one of the original pupils of… Read More »Henry Cornelius Atkins
