5 Curiously Awesome People From Evansville, Indiana

Considering the fact that most Americans have never even heard of Evansville, Indiana, you wouldn’t think that they would produce too many people who qualify as curiously awesome…but you’d be wrong. We’ve collected 5.

5. Don Mattingly, Professional Baseball Player and Cultivator of a Most Extraordinary Mustache – Also known as "Donnie Baseball", Mr. Mattingly played for the New York Yankees throughout most of the 1980s and early 1990s. Today, he and his family enjoy the simple life on a horse farm back home in Evansville.

4. Matt Williams, TV Producer – The wildly successful producer of movies like What Women Want and television shows like Roseanne and Home Improvement. He actually used images of Evansville in Roseanne.

3. Neil Doughty, Musician – If you've found yourself singing along to songs like "Keep on Lovin' You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling", you owe a debt of gratitude to Neil Doughty. As one of the founding members of REO Speedwagon, he is most definitely deserving of the "curiously awesome" designation.

2. Michael Rosenbaum, Actor – Michael Rosenbaum has played a chest-flashing dance competition meanie, a cross dresser (twice), and "some guy that gets killed" in more than one teen horror flick, but he's best known for his uniquely complex portrayal of Smallville villain Lex Luthor. His dashing good looks give him the deciding edge over #3 Mr. Doughty.

1. Ruth Siems, Inventor – Although she passed on in 2005, Mrs. Siems was responsible for developing Stovetop Stuffing. She figured out the size of bread crumb that would be necessary to get the desired consistency, and we all know how that turned out.

So, while athletes and actors and producers are awesome, Ruth Siems puts food in our stomachs, and that makes her the most curiously awesome person from Evansville, Indiana.