Clarence L. "Carl" Brumback, M.D., M.P.H. (1914-2012) was born in Colorado and raised in Kansas, where he completed medical school at the University of Kansas. During World War II, Brumback…
Edward Riley "E. R." Bradley (1859-1946) was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the oldest child of Hugh Bradley, an Irish steelworker, and Mary "Mollie" Riley. At fourteen, his adventurous spirit led…
Stephen Bennett Bell (1844-1896) was born in Decatur County, Georgia, to Margaretta Moore and Larkin Bell. Stephen attended medical school in Philadelphia, it is believed, at one of the Eclectic…
John Bloomfield Beach (1866-1929), pioneer horticulturist, was born in Rome, New York. After finishing military school, he moved to Melbourne, Florida, and established Indian River Nurseries in 1887, the first…
Rosemary Barkett (1939-), U.S. Circuit Judge, was born in Mexico to Syrian parents. When her parents tried to follow family members from Syria to the United States in the 1920s,…
Mary Lewis-Warren Bankston (1942-) was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and at the age of eleven moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, along with her eight siblings. Mary graduated from the…
James Arango Armour (1825-1910) was born to Dutch settlers in New York City. He made his way to the Indian River in the 1850s and settled at Sand Point, now…
Ottis Jerome Anderson (1957-) was born in West Palm Beach, where he dominated the football team at Forest Hill High School in the early 1970s. Anderson has attributed his passion…
Anders Sorenson "A.S." Andersen (1890-1953) was known to his friends as "Captain" Andersen due to his love and lifelong connection with the sea. Captain Andersen, the son of Rasmus (or…