Famous Hoosiers
George Ade | humorist, Kentland |
Leon Ames | actor, Portland |
Anne Baxter | actress, Michigan City |
Larry Bird | basketball player, French Lick |
Bill Blass | fashion designer, Fort Wayne |
Hoagy Carmichael | songwriter, Bloomington |
James Dean | actor, Marion |
Eugene V. Debs | Socialist leader, Terre Haute |
Theodore Dreiser | writer, Terre Haute |
Bernard F. Gimbel | merchant, Vincennes |
Virgil Grissom | astronaut, Mitchell |
Alfred Bertram Guthrie | author, Bedford |
Phil Harris | actor, band leader, Linton |
John Milton Hay | statesman, Salem |
James R. Hoffa | labor leader, Brazil |
Michael Jackson | singer, Gary |
Buck Jones | actor, Vincennes |
David Letterman | TV host, comedian, Indianapolis |
Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis |
Carole Lombard | actress, Fort Wayne |
Shelley Long | actress, Fort Wayne |
Marjorie Main | actress, Acton |
James McCracken | tenor, Gary |
John Cougar Mellencamp | singer,songwriter, Seymour |
Joaquin Miller | poet, Liberty |
Andrew J. Moyer | inventor, Star City |
Paul Osborn | playwright, Evansville |
Cole Porter | songwriter, Peru |
Ernest Taylor Pyle | journalist, Dana |
J. Danforth Quayle | vice president, Indianapolis |
James Whitcomb Riley | poet, Greenfield |
Ned Rorem | composer, Richmond |
Red Skelton | comedian, Vincennes |
Rex Stout | mystery writer, Noblesville |
Booth Tarkington | author, Indianapolis |
Twyla Tharp | dancer, choreographer, Portland |
Forrest Tucker | actor, Plainfield |
Harold C. Urey | physicist, Walkerton |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | author, Indianapolis |
Jessamyn West | author, North Vernon |
Wendell Willkie | lawyer, Elwood |
Wilbur Wright | inventor, Millville |
Willis Van Devanter | Supreme Court justice, Marion |
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