Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city and the county seat of Allen County in northeastern Indiana. As of the 2000 census, as recertified in June 2003, the city had a total population of 220,486. It is named after a U.S. military fort established in 1794 by Gen. Anthony Wayne where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River join to form the Maumee River.

Notable natives and former residents

• Julia Barr, actress, All My Children
• DaMarcus Beasley, professional soccer player for PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) and the US national team, who used to play for the Chicago Fire of the MLS.
• JaMar Beasley, former professional soccer player for the New England Revolution and the Chicago Fire of the MLS.
• Bill Blass, fashion designer
• Eric Bruskotter, actor, Starship Troopers, Six Feet Under
• Andrew George Burry, industrialist
• Dan Butler, actor Frasier
• Daniel R. Coats, U.S. ambassador to Germany, former U.S. representative, U.S. senator
• Vaughn Dunbar, athlete, NFL New Orleans Saints
• Kris Bex, president, Remnant Trust
• Jason Fabini, athlete, NFL New York Jets
• Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor
• Sharon Gabet, actress,The Edge of Night, One Life to Live
• Edith Hamilton, author
• Drake Hogestyn, actor Days of Our Lives
• Stephen King, author
• Neil LaBute, director
• Ross Lockridge, Jr., author, Raintree County
• Carole Lombard, actress, My Man Godfrey
• Shelley Long, actress, Cheers
• Hugh McCulloch, former United States Secretary of the Treasury, namesake of McCulloch Park
• Mark McLendon II, musician
• Patrick McVey, actor, Dark Shadows, North by Northwest
• Gray Morrow, comic book artist and illustrator
• Amanda Perez, R&B singer
• Ian Rolland, business leader, philanthropist
• Robert Rusler, actor, Babylon 5, Weird Science
• Mark Souder, U.S. Representative
• Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's restaurant chain
• Randy Thompson, actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Rod Woodson, athlete, NFL Oakland Raiders
• Herb Vigran, actor, White Christmas, The Flintstones, Benji
• Dick York, actor, Bewitched
• Fred Zollner, industrialist and founder of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, later the Detroit Pistons.