# List of people from Indiana

This is a list of notable people who were born or lived in the American state of Indiana.

## Military

| Martha Baker | Jeremy Michael Boorda | Ambrose Burnside | John Howard Cassady | George Rogers Clark |
| Sammy L. Davis | Jonathan D. George | William Grose | Scott S. Haraburda | Horace Meek Hickam |
| Jonas Ingram | Opha May Johnson | Henry Maston Mullinnix | John Poindexter | David M. Shoup |
| Walter Bedell Smith | Raymond Ames Spruance | Lew Wallace | Anthony Wayne | Samuel Woodfill |
* Marion T. Anderson, Medal of Honor recipient in American Civil War (Decatur County)
* Martha Baker, nurse in the American Civil War (Concord)
* Jeremy Michael Boorda, admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (South Bend)
* Ambrose Burnside, general in the Civil War, sideburns are named after him (Liberty)
* John Howard Cassady, U.S. Navy admiral, Commander in Chief Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Spencer)
* George Rogers Clark, man who conquered Indiana for the United States (Clarksville)
* Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam War, U.S. Army (Freedom)
* Jonathan D. George, retired Air Force brigadier general, 9th District congressional candidate (Bedford)
* William Grose, Civil War general (New Castle)
* Scott S. Haraburda, colonel, U.S. Army; president of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers (Spencer)
* Horace Meek Hickam, lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps; aviation pioneer; Hickam AFB named in his honor (Spencer)
* Jonas Ingram, Medal of Honor recipient, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War II (Jeffersonville)
* Opha May Johnson, first woman known to have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (Kokomo)
* Henry Maston Mullinnix, rear admiral, U.S. Navy; USS Mullinnix was named in his honor (Spencer)
* John Poindexter, vice admiral, U.S. Navy, National Security Adviser to President Ronald Reagan, figure in the Iran-Contra affair (Odon)
* David M. Shoup, Medal of Honor recipient, 22nd commandant of the Marine Corps (Battle Ground)
* Walter Bedell Smith, general, U.S. Army, chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Indianapolis)
* Raymond Ames Spruance, admiral, U.S. Navy, Flagship Commander USS Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
* Lew Wallace, general in the Civil War (Crawfordsville)
* "Mad" Anthony Wayne, 18th century United States general and namesake to Fort Wayne
* Samuel Woodfill, most decorated American soldier in World War I (Jefferson County)

## Politicians and activists

* Gardner Ackley, chairman of Council of Economic Advisers under Lyndon B. Johnson (Indianapolis)
* Frank J. Anderson, Marion County Sheriff (Indianapolis)
* Birch Bayh, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate (Terre Haute)
* Evan Bayh, U.S. senator and former governor of Indiana (Shirkieville)
* Albert J. Beveridge, U.S. senator of Indiana (Indianapolis)
* Otis R. Bowen, Governor of Indiana and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
* Roger D. Branigin, Governor of Indiana and 1968 candidate for President (Franklin)
* Jesse D. Bright, U.S Senator and President Pro Tempore of the Senate (Madison)
* George Washington Buckner, U.S. minister to Liberia, 1913–1915 (Evansville)
* Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Mayor of South Bend, and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
* Earl Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Albion)
* Maria Cantwell, U.S. Congresswoman and U.S. Senator (Indianapolis)
* Homer E. Capehart, businessman and U.S. Senator (Algiers)
* Joseph Clancy, Director of the United States Secret Service under President Barack Obama (Elwood)
* James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama (Fort Wayne)
* Benjamin V. Cohen, a key figure in the administrations of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (Muncie)
* Schuyler Colfax, U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Vice President (South Bend)
* George N. Craig, Governor of Indiana, National Commander of American Legion (Brazil)
* Gonzalo P. Curiel, U.S. District Judge (East Chicago)
* John Wesley Davis, U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives (Carlisle)
* Eugene V. Debs, labor and political leader (Terre Haute)
* William Hayden English, U.S. Congressman and Vice Presidential Candidate (Lexington)
* Charles W. Fairbanks, U.S. Senator and Vice President of the United States (Indianapolis)
* John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State (Evansville)
* Nora Trueblood Gause (1851–1955), humanitarian (Kokomo)
* Walter Q. Gresham, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Postmaster General, Secretary of State (Lanesville)
* Marc L. Griffin, youngest judge at age 17 (Greenwood)
* Charles A. Halleck, U.S. Congressman (Rensselaer)
* Lee H. Hamilton, U.S. Congressman (Bloomington)
* Clifford Hardin, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Knightstown)
* Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States
* William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States and Governor of Indiana Territory
* Richard Hatcher, Gary mayor (Gary)
* John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State (Salem)
* Will H. Hays, U.S. Postmaster General (Sullivan)
* Thomas A. Hendricks, U.S. Senator and Vice President (Indianapolis)
* Louis McHenry Howe, close political advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Indianapolis)
* Jonathan Jennings, first congressional representative from the Indiana Territory and early abolitionist (Charlestown)
* Elisabeth Jensen, education advocate and former Disney Consumer Products executive
* Cleve Jones, gay/human rights activist, created the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (West Lafayette)
* Jane L. Kelly, U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Greencastle)
* Michael C. Kerr, U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives (New Albany)
* Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden (Indianapolis)
* Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, lived in Indiana from ages 7–21 (Spencer County)
* Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator and former mayor of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
* Thomas R. Marshall, U.S. Vice President (North Manchester)
* Mack F. Mattingly, U.S. Senator from Georgia, Asst. Sec Genl. NATO, US Ambassador
* Edward Ralph May, only delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1850 to support African American suffrage (Angola)
* Hugh McCulloch, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (Fort Wayne)
* Bob McDonald, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Gary)
* William H.H. Miller, U.S. Attorney General (Indianapolis)
* Sherman Minton, U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice
* Joy Morrissey, British MP for Beaconsfield
* Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana (Centerville)
* Harry S. New, U.S. Postmaster General (Indianapolis)
* Mike Pence, former congressman, former governor of Indiana, 2013–2017, and 48th vice president of the United States under Donald Trump (Columbus)
* Dennis Pennington, State Senator and early abolitionist (Central Barren)
* Bart Peterson, former Mayor of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
* John Poindexter, National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan (Washington)
* John Wesley Posey, Abolitionist (Petersburg)
* George H. Proffit Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Indiana's 1st district, United States Ambassador to Brazil (Petersburg)
* Dan Quayle, former U.S. senator from Indiana (1981–1989) and 44th Vice President of the United States under George HW Bush(Huntington and Indianapolis)
* John Rarick, former U.S. representative from Louisiana
* Alice Rivlin, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve (Bloomington)
* John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice (Long Beach)
* William Ruckelshaus, former U.S. Director of the F.B.I. and Deputy Attorney General
* Caleb Blood Smith, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (Indianapolis)
* Louis E. Sola, Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (Goodland)
* William L. Springer, U.S.Congressman (Sullivan)
* Ted Stevens, U.S. Senator from Alaska (Indianapolis)
* Richard Fred Suhrheinrich, Senior U.S. Circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Lincoln City)
* Benjamin Franklin Trueblood (1847–1916), pacifist who served the American Peace Society for 23 years
* John Palmer Usher, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (Terre Haute)
* Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, January 3, 1911 to June 2, 1937 (Marion)
* Mark Warner, current U.S. Senator for Virginia, former Governor of Virginia (Indianapolis)
* Gary Webb, journalist (Indianapolis)
* Ryan White, AIDS activist (Kokomo)
* Claude R. Wickard, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Camden)
* Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential nominee (Elwood)

## Native American leaders

* Pacanne, influential Miami chief and businessman
* Leopold Pokagon, Potawatomi chief for whom Pokagon State Park is named
* Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi chief, author, son of Leopold
* Little Turtle, Miami chief, leader of Native American forces in the Battle of the Wabash, the most decisive American Indian victory of the Indian Wars
* Metea, Potawatomi chief from northeast Indiana
* Young Tobacco, Piankeshaw chief who supported the United States in the American Revolution

## Entertainment
### Film and theatre

* Lillian Albertson, actress, producer (Noblesville)
* Leon Ames, actor (Portland)
* David Anspaugh, director (Decatur)
* Arija Bareikis, actress (Bloomington)
* Rhonda Bates, actress (Evansville)
* Anne Baxter, actress (Michigan City)
* Billie Bennett, actress (Evansville)
* Abraham Benrubi, actor (Bloomington)
* James Best, actor (Corydon)
* Monte Blue, actor (Indianapolis)
* Beulah Bondi, actress (Valparaiso)
* John Bowers, actor (Garrett)
* Avery Brooks, actor (Evansville)
* Ezra Buzzington, actor (Muncie)
* David Canary, actor (Elwood)
* James Carew, actor (Goshen)
* Ann Christy, actress (Logansport)
* Embeth Davidtz, actress (Lafayette)
* Johnny "Scat" Davis, actor, band leader (Brazil)
* James Dean, actor (Fairmount)
* Louise Dresser, actress (Evansville)
* Adam Driver, actor (Mishawaka)
* Ger Duany, actor (Bloomington)
* Irene Dunne, actress (Madison)
* Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, singer, songwriter, actor, film producer (Indianapolis)
* Chad Everett, actor (South Bend)
* Louise Fazenda, actress (Lafayette)
* Jenna Fischer, actress (Fort Wayne)
* Rhett Fisher, actor and musician (Indianapolis)
* Ken Foree, actor (Indianapolis)
* Vivica A. Fox, actress (Indianapolis)
* Brendan Fraser, actor (Indianapolis)
* Dolores Fuller, actress (South Bend)
* Ron Glass, actor (Evansville)
* Maude Turner Gordon, actress (Franklin)
* Sid Grauman, impresario (Indianapolis)
* Phil Harris, actor (Linton)
* Heather Headley, actress, singer (Fort Wayne)
* Ann Hovey, actress (Mt. Vernon)
* Doug Jones, actor (Indianapolis)
* Ken Kercheval, actor (Wolcottville)
* Greg Kinnear, actor (Logansport)
* Anita King, actress (Michigan City)
* Elmo Lincoln, actor (Rochester)
* Sarah Litzsinger, actress (Indianapolis)
* Jake Lloyd, actor (Carmel)
* Carole Lombard, actress (Fort Wayne)
* Shelley Long, actress (Fort Wayne)
* Marjorie Main, actress (Acton)
* Karl Malden, actor (Gary)
* Strother Martin, actor (Kokomo)
* Jack Mercer, voice actor (Worthington)
* John McMartin, actor (Warsaw)
* Steve McQueen, actor (Beech Grove and Indianapolis)
* Michael Michele, actress (Evansville)
* Marilyn Miller, actress, dancer (Evansville)
* Keith Alan Morris, director, screenwriter (South Bend)
* Ryan Murphy, writer, director (Indianapolis)
* Dean Norris, actor (South Bend)
* Katy O'Brian, actress (Indianapolis)
* Tommy O'Haver, director, screenwriter (Carmel)
* Betsy Palmer, actress (East Chicago)
* James Pierce, actor (Freedom)
* Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter (Bloomington)
* Sydney Pollack, actor, producer, director (Lafayette)
* Victor Potel, actor (Lafayette)
* James Rebhorn, actor (Anderson)
* Michael Rosenbaum, actor (Newburgh)
* Robert Rusler, actor (Fort Wayne)
* George Seaton, film director (South Bend)
* Jake Short, actor (Indianapolis)
* Valeska Suratt, actress (Owensville)
* Max Terhune, actor (Anderson)
* Alice Terry, actress (Vincennes)
* Twyla Tharp, dancer (Portland)
* Forrest Tucker, actor (Plainfield)
* William Walker, actor (Pendleton)
* Clifton Webb, actor (Indianapolis)
* Dreya Weber, actress (Bloomington)
* Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor (South Bend)
* Fred Williamson, actor (Gary)
* Robert Wise, director (Winchester)
* Jo Anne Worley, actress (Lowell)
* Keke Wyatt, singer, actress (Indianapolis)
* Sasheer Zamata, comedian, actress (Indianapolis)

### Comedians and humorists

* Mike Epps, comedian (Indianapolis)
* Michael Essany, comedian (Valparaiso)
* Jim Gaffigan, comedian (Chesterton)
* David Letterman, comedian, television personality, and former longtime host of The Late Show (Indianapolis)
* Buddy Lewis, comedian (Gary)
* Herb Shriner, comedian (Fort Wayne)
* Red Skelton, comedian (Vincennes)
* Brad Stine, comedian (Bremen)

### Musicians

* Steve Allee, jazz musician and composer (Indianapolis)
* Omar Apollo, singer (Hobart)
* DJ Ashba, lead guitarist of Sixx:A.M. (Monticello)
* David Baker, jazz trombonist, author, educator (Indianapolis)
* Mark Battles, rapper, songwriter, producer (Indianapolis)
* Joshua Bell, violinist (Bloomington)
* Scrapper Blackwell, blues legend, writer of the earliest version of "Sweet Home Chicago" (Indianapolis)
* Angela Brown, opera singer, dramatic soprano (Indianapolis)
* Gary Burton, jazz vibraphone, composer, educator (Anderson)
* Jeremy Camp, singer (Lafayette)
* Royce Campbell, jazz guitarist, composer, producer (Seymour)
* Pete Candoli, trumpeter (Mishawaka)
* Hoagy Carmichael, songwriter (Bloomington)
* Leroy Carr, blues pianist, songwriter (Indianapolis)
* Randy Carr, singer-songwriter, producer (Columbus)
* Cal Collins, jazz guitarist (Medora)
* Eddie Condon, jazz banjoist, guitarist, bandleader (Goodland)
* Kyle Cook, Matchbox Twenty guitarist (Frankfort)
* Scatman Crothers, musician (Terre Haute)
* Eric Dill, singer-songwriter, musician, producer (Indianapolis)
* Paul Dresser, songwriter (Terre Haute)
* Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, singer, producer (Indianapolis)
* Joey Feek, country singer (Alexandria)
* Janie Fricke, singer (South Whitley)
* Bill Gaither, singer (Alexandria)
* Danny Gaither, gospel singer (Alexandria)
* Gloria Gaither, songwriter (Alexandria)
* Crystal Gayle, singer (Wabash)
* Lisa Germano, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Mishawaka)
* Freddie Gibbs, rapper (Gary)
* Nathan Gunn, opera singer, baritone (South Bend)
* Jeff Hamilton, jazz drummer (Richmond)
* Slide Hampton, jazz trombonist, composer, arranger (Indianapolis)
* Krystal Harris, pianist, singer-songwriter (Anderson)
* Bobby Helms, singer (Bloomington)
* John Hiatt, singer-songwriter (Indianapolis)
* Shannon Hoon, founding member & original lead vocalist of the band Blind Melon (Lafayette)
* Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter, composer (Indianapolis)
* Janet Jackson, singer, dancer, songwriter (Gary)
* Jermaine Jackson, singer (Gary)
* La Toya Jackson, singer-songwriter, musician (Gary)
* Michael Jackson, singer-songwriter (Gary)
* Randy Jackson, singer (Gary)
* Tito Jackson, singer (Gary)
* Jane Jarvis, jazz pianist (Vincennes)
* Fred Jewell, composer (Worthington)
* JJ Johnson, jazz trombonist, composer (Indianapolis)
* Josh Kaufman, singer, contestant on Season 6 of NBC's The Voice (Indianapolis)
* Sylvia Jane Kirby, singer (Kokomo)
* Adam Lambert, singer-songwriter, American Idol runner-up (Indianapolis)
* Mick Mars (real name Robert Deal), Mötley Crüe lead guitarist (Terre Haute)
* Kym Mazelle, singer (Gary)
* Ryan McCombs, singer (Dunkirk)
* Jon McLaughlin, singer-songwriter (Anderson)
* John Mellencamp, singer-songwriter, musician (Seymour)
* Marilyn Miller, singer and dancer (Evansville)
* Buddy Montgomery, jazz pianist (Indianapolis)
* Monk Montgomery, jazz bassist (Indianapolis)
* Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist (Indianapolis)
* Rich Mullins, Christian contemporary artist (Richmond)
* Ken Navarro, jazz guitarist (Lafayette)
* Amanda Overmyer, singer, American Idol Season 7 finalist (Camden)
* The Panderers, rock band
* Amanda Perez, R&B artist, singer, songwriter, producer (Fort Wayne)
* Cole Porter, songwriter (Peru)
* Melvin Rhyne, jazz organist (Indianapolis)
* Larry Ridley, jazz bassist and educator (Indianapolis)
* Dax Riggs, singer-songwriter, Acid Bath (Evansville)
* Dexter Romweber, rockabilly/roots rock musician (Batesville)
* Ned Rorem, composer (Richmond)
* Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses singer (Lafayette)
* David Lee Roth, Van Halen singer (Bloomington)
* Jon Schaffer, Iced Earth guitarist (Franklin)
* Noble Sissle, jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer (Indianapolis)
* Connie Smith, singer (Elkhart)
* Jeremy Spencer, drummer, Five Finger Death Punch (Oakland City)
* Izzy Stradlin, Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist (Lafayette)
* Henry Lee Summer, singer (Brazil)
* Claude Thornhill, pianist, arranger, composer, bandleader (Terre Haute)
* Andy Timmons, guitarist, Danger Danger, Andy Timmons Band (Evansville)
* Leroy Vinnegar, jazz bassist (Indianapolis)
* John Von Ohlen, jazz drummer (Indianapolis)
* Steve Wariner, singer (Noblesville)
* Deniece Williams, singer (Gary)
* Keke Wyatt, singer, actress (Indianapolis)

### Television

* Nicole Gale Anderson, actress (Rochester)
* Dee Bradley Baker, voice actor (Bloomington)
* Julia Barr, actor (Fort Wayne)
* James Best, actor (Corydon)
* Kate Bolduan, CNN anchor (Goshen)
* Kyle Bornheimer, actor (Mishawaka)
* John Bromfield, actor (South Bend)
* Avery Brooks, actor (Evansville)
* Dan Butler, actor (Fort Wayne)
* Jose Pablo Cantillo, actor (Terre Haute)
* Terri Conn, actress (Bloomington)
* Nancy Criss, producer, director (Elkhart)
* Mary Jane Croft, actress (Muncie)
* Scatman Crothers, actor (Terre Haute)
* Joyce DeWitt, actress (Speedway)
* Polly Draper, actress (Gary)
* Mike "Doc" Emrick, sportscaster (La Fontaine)
* Chad Everett, actor (South Bend)
* Bianca Ferguson, actress (Gary)
* Jenna Fischer, actress (Fort Wayne)
* Rick Fox, actor (Warsaw)
* Bill Frink, sportscaster (Elkhart)
* Dolores Fuller, actress (South Bend)
* Will Geer, actor (Frankfort)
* Ron Glass, actor (Evansville)
* Lloyd Haynes, actor (South Bend)
* Florence Henderson, actress (Dale)
* Drake Hogestyn, actor (Fort Wayne)
* Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters host (Columbus)
* Bob Jenkins, sports commentator (Liberty)
* Chubby Johnson, actor (Terre Haute)
* Anissa Jones, actress (West Lafayette)
* Kennedy, 1990s MTV VJ (Indianapolis)
* Adam Kennedy, actor, author, painter (Otterbein)
* Ken Kercheval, actor (Clinton)
* Brook Kerr, actress (Indianapolis)
* Michael King, Emmy Award-winning TV producer, political commentator (Gary)
* Durward Kirby, television personality, co-host of Candid Camera (Indianapolis)
* Steve Kroft, journalist and correspondent for 60 Minutes (Kokomo)
* Allan Lane, actor, voice of Mr. Ed (Mishawaka)
* David Letterman, television personality (Indianapolis)
* Shelley Long, actress (Fort Wayne)
* Karl Malden, actor (Gary)
* Claire Malis, actress (Gary)
* Patrick McVey, actor (Fort Wayne)
* Julie McWhirter, voice actress (Indianapolis)
* Tammy Lynn Michaels, actress (Lafayette)
* Dylan Minnette, teen actor (Evansville)
* Roger Mobley, child actor (Evansville)
* Anthony Montgomery, actor (Indianapolis)
* Alvy Moore, actor (Vincennes and Terre Haute)
* Jane Pauley, television journalist (Indianapolis)
* Drew Powell, actor (Noblesville)
* Nancy Priddy, actress (South Bend)
* Madelyn Pugh, comedy writer (Indianapolis)
* Sarah Purcell, television personality (Richmond)
* Michael Rosenbaum, actor (Newburgh)
* Catt Sadler, entertainment host and correspondent (Martinsville)
* Chris Schenkel, sportscaster (Bippus)
* Carly Schroeder, actress (Valparaiso)
* Jake Short, actor (Indianapolis)
* David Shuster, reporter (Bloomington)
* Tavis Smiley, talk show host on PBS and NPR (Kokomo)
* Casey Stegall, correspondent (Evansville)
* Marc Summers, Double Dare host (Indianapolis)
* Trista Sutter, reality TV personality (Indianapolis)
* Zuzanna Szadkowski, actress (Fort Wayne)
* Frazier Thomas, television personality (Rushville)
* Vincent Ventresca, actor (Indianapolis)
* Chuck Vinson, TV director and producer (Elkhart)
* Kristina Wagner, actress (Indianapolis)
* Michael Warren, actor (South Bend)
* Fred Williamson, actor (Gary)
* Jama Williamson, actress (Evansville)
* Jo Anne Worley, actress (Lowell)
* Dick York, actor (Fort Wayne)

### Modeling

* AJ Alexander, model, Playboy Playmate (Evansville)
* Bridget Bobel, beauty queen, Miss Indiana 2006 (Peru)
* Pamela Bryant, model, Playboy Playmate (Indianapolis)
* Kaitlyn Christopher, beauty queen, Miss Indiana 2005 (Kokomo)
* June Cochran, model, Playboy Playmate (Indianapolis)
* Jami Ferrell, model, Playboy Playmate (Muncie)
* Danelle Folta, model, Playboy Playmate (Hammond)
* Heather Kuzmich, America's Next Top Model finalist (Valparaiso)
* Stephanie Larimore, model, Playboy Playmate (Fort Wayne)
* Brittany Mason, model, Miss Indiana 2008 (Anderson)
* Karen McDougal, fitness model, Playboy Playmate (Merrillville)
* Roman and Gabriel Slaybaugh, twin models (LaPorte)
* Jami Stallings, beauty queen (Evansville)
* Katie Stam, Miss America 2009 (Seymour)
* Heather Stohler, Calvin Klein model (Zelenéfield)
* Marjorie Wallace, model and 1973 Miss World (Indianapolis)

## Sportspeople
### Baseball

* Clint Barmes, baseball player (Vincennes)
* Tucker Barnhart, baseball player (Brownsburg)
* Aaron Barrett, baseball player (Evansville)
* Alan Benes, baseball player (Evansville)
* Andy Benes, baseball player (Evansville)
* Larry Bigbie, baseball player (Hobart)
* Tim Bogar, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* Chris Bootcheck, baseball player (La Porte)
* Phil Bradley, baseball player (Bloomington)
* Mike Brosseau, baseball player (Munster)
* Mordecai Brown, baseball player (Nyesville)
* Eric Bruntlett, baseball player (Lafayette)
* Bryan Bullington, baseball player (Madison)
* Donie Bush, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* Drew Butera, baseball player (Evansville)
* Max Carey, baseball player (Terre Haute)
* Jamey Carroll, baseball player (Evansville)
* Oscar Charleston, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* J.D. Closser, baseball player (Beech Grove)
* Craig Counsell, baseball player (South Bend)
* Lou Criger, baseball player (Elkhart)
* George Crowe, baseball player (Whiteland)
* George Cuppy, baseball player (Logansport)
* Chad Curtis, baseball player (Marion)
* Carl Erskine, baseball player (Anderson)
* Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (Mishawaka)
* Jake Fox, baseball player (Beech Grove)
* Bob Friend, baseball player (West Lafayette)
* Kyle Gibson, baseball player (Greenfield)
* Jot Goar, baseball player (New Lisbon)
* Steve Hamilton, baseball, basketball player (Charlestown)
* LaTroy Hawkins, baseball player (Gary)
* Aaron Heilman, baseball player (Logansport)
* Billy Herman, baseball player (New Albany)
* Oral Hildebrand, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* Gil Hodges, baseball player and manager (Princeton)
* Tommy Hunter, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* Tommy John, baseball player (Terre Haute)
* Barry Jones, baseball player (Richmond)
* Jeff King, baseball player (Marion)
* Ron Kittle, baseball player (Gary)
* Kevin Kiermaier, baseball player (Fort Wayne)
* Chuck Klein, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* Don Larsen, baseball player (Michigan City)
* Nemo Leibold, baseball player (Butler)
* Adam Lind, baseball player (Muncie)
* Kenny Lofton, baseball player (East Chicago)
* Lance Lynn, baseball player (Brownsburg)
* Sean Manaea, baseball player (Wanatah)
* Justin Masterson, baseball player (Fort Wayne)
* Don Mattingly, baseball player and manager (Evansville)
* Lloyd McClendon, baseball player and manager (Gary)
* Billy McCool, baseball player (Lawrenceburg)
* Anna Meyer, baseball player (Aurora)
* Art Nehf, baseball player (Terre Haute)
* Jarrod Parker, baseball player (Fort Wayne)
* Brad Pennington, baseball player (Salem)
* Josh Phegley, baseball player (Terre Haute)
* Dan Plesac, baseball player (Gary)
* Zach Plesac, baseball player (Crown Point)
* Ron Reed, baseball and basketball player (LaPorte)
* Jason Repko, baseball player (East Chicago)
* Sam Rice, baseball player (Morocco)
* Clayton Richard, baseball player (Lafayette)
* Scott Rolen, baseball player (Jasper)
* Edd Roush, baseball player (Oakland City)
* Janet Rumsey, baseball player (Moores Hill)
* Amos Rusie, baseball player (Mooresville)
* Jeff Samardzija, baseball player (Valparaiso)
* Everett Scott, baseball player (Bluffton)
* Tim Stoddard, baseball and basketball player (East Chicago)
* Drew Storen, baseball player (Brownsburg)
* Ryan Strausborger, baseball player (Elkhart)
* Eric Stults, baseball player (Argos)
* Walt Terrell, baseball player (Jeffersonville)
* Joe Thatcher, baseball player (Kokomo)
* Tommy Thevenow, baseball player (Madison)
* Sam Thompson, baseball player (Danville)
* Dickie Thon, baseball player (South Bend)
* Dizzy Trout, baseball player (Sandcut)
* Pat Underwood, baseball player (Kokomo)
* Tom Underwood, baseball player (Kokomo)
* Ben Van Ryn, baseball player (Kendallville)
* Cory Wade, baseball player (Indianapolis)
* Eric Wedge, baseball player and manager (Fort Wayne)
* Cy Williams, baseball player (Wadena)
* Rollie Zeider, baseball player (Hoover and Garrett)

### Basketball

* Tom Abernethy, basketball player (South Bend)
* Steve Alford, basketball player and coach (New Castle)
* Damon Bailey, basketball player (Heltonville)
* Alison Bales, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Cliff Barker, basketball player (Yorktown)
* Dick Barnett, basketball player (Gary)
* Jacqueline Batteast, basketball player (South Bend)
* Kent Benson, basketball player (New Castle)
* Larry Bird, basketball player, coach and executive (French Lick)
* Ron Bonham, basketball player (Muncie)
* Vince Boryla, basketball player (East Chicago)
* Jim Bradley, basketball player (East Chicago)
* Junior Bridgeman, basketball player (East Chicago)
* Don Buse, basketball player (Huntingburg)
* Rodney Carney, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Calbert Cheaney, basketball player (Evansville)
* Mike Conley Jr., basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Louie Dampier, basketball player (Southport)
* Jim Davis, basketball player (Muncie)
* Branden Dawson, basketball player (Gary)
* Skylar Diggins, basketball player (South Bend)
* Terry Dischinger, basketball player (Terre Haute)
* Katie Douglas, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Stu Douglass (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod
* Steve Downing, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Jay Edwards, basketball player (Marion)
* Darrell Elston, basketball player (Tipton)
* Brian Evans, basketball player (Terre Haute)
* Yogi Ferrell, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Daeshon Francis (born 1996), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (Indianapolis)
* Tellis Frank, basketball player (Gary)
* Winston Garland, basketball player (Gary)
* Bill Garrett (William Leon Garrett), basketball player (Shelbyville)
* Katie Gearlds, basketball player (Beech Grove)
* Eric Gordon, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Greg Graham, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Scott Haffner, basketball player (Terre Haute)
* A.J. Hammons, basketball player (Gary)
* Luke Harangody, basketball player (Schererville)
* Jerome Harmon, basketball player (Gary)
* Gary Harris, basketball player (Fishers)
* Amber Harris, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Gordon Hayward, basketball player (Brownsburg)
* Alan Henderson, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* George Hill, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Paul Hoffman, basketball player (Jasper)
* Robbie Hummel, basketball player (Valparaiso)
* Chris Hunter, basketball player (Gary)
* R.J. Hunter, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Demetrius Jackson, basketball player (South Bend)
* Scottie James (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Jared Jeffries (born 1981), basketball player (Bloomington)
* Elijah Johnson (born 1990), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (Gary)
* JaJuan Johnson, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Jarrod Jones (born 1990), American-Hungarian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Bill Keller, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Shawn Kemp, basketball player (Elkhart)
* Frank Kendrick, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Chris Kramer (born 1988), basketball player
* Khristian Lander, basketball player (Evansville)
* Romeo Langford, basketball player (New Albany)
* John Laskowski, basketball player (South Bend)
* Brad Leaf (b. 1960), American-Israeli basketball player and coach (Indianapolis)
* Courtney Lee, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Bobby Leonard, basketball player and coach (Terre Haute)
* Jim Ligon, basketball player (Kokomo)
* Willie Long, basketball player (Fort Wayne)
* Clyde Lovellette, basketball player (Terre Haute)
* Trey Lyles, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Kyle Macy, basketball player (Peru)
* Kevin Magee (1959–2003), basketball player (Gary)
* Dave Magley, basketball player (South Bend)
* Sean May, basketball player (Bloomington)
* Ray McCallum Jr., basketball player (Bloomington)
* Walter McCarty, basketball player (Evansville)
* Mitch McGary, basketball player (Chesterton)
* George McGinnis, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Jon McGlocklin, basketball player (Franklin)
* Josh McRoberts, basketball player (Carmel)
* John Mengelt, basketball player (Elwood)
* Brad Miller, basketball player (Kendallville)
* Eric Montross, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* E'Twaun Moore, basketball player (East Chicago)
* Rick Mount, basketball player (Lebanon)
* Stretch Murphy, basketball player (Marion)
* Lee Nailon, basketball player (South Bend)
* Craig Neal, basketball player, coach (Washington)
* Jerry Nemer (1912–1980), basketball player and attorney
* Greg Oden, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Andre Owens, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Ta'Shia Phillips, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Marshall Plumlee, basketball player (Warsaw)
* Mason Plumlee, basketball player (Warsaw)
* Miles Plumlee, basketball player (Warsaw)
* Bobby Plump, basketball player (Pierceville)
* Austin Price (born 1995), basketball player
* Zach Randolph, basketball player (Marion)
* Jimmy Rayl, basketball player (Kokomo)
* Ron Reed, baseball and basketball player (LaPorte)
* Ruth Riley, basketball player (Macy)
* Oscar Robertson, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Glenn Robinson, basketball player (Gary)
* Glenn Robinson III, basketball player (Gary)
* Dave Schellhase, basketball player (Evansville)
* Billy Shepherd, basketball player (Carmel)
* Jerry Sichting, basketball player (Martinsville)
* Scott Skiles, basketball player and coach (Plymouth)
* Larry Steele, basketball player (Greencastle)
* Caleb Swanigan, basketball player (Fort Wayne, Indiana | Homestead)
* Tim Stoddard, baseball and basketball player (East Chicago)
* Charles "Chuck" Taylor (1901–1969), basketball player, sports shoe pioneer (Brown County)
* Jeff Teague, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Ray Tolbert, basketball player (Anderson)
* Gene Tormohlen, basketball player (Holland)
* Pete Trgovich, basketball player (East Chicago)
* Dick Van Arsdale, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Tom Van Arsdale, basketball player (Indianapolis)
* Sharon Versyp, basketball player and coach (Mishawaka)
* Bonzi Wells, basketball player (Muncie)
* Stephanie White, basketball player (Williamsport)
* Randy Wittman, basketball player and coach (Indianapolis)
* Bob Wilkerson, basketball player (Anderson)
* Scott Wood, basketball player (Marion)
* John Wooden, basketball player and coach (Martinsville)
* Mike Woodson, basketball player and coach (Indianapolis)
* Cody Zeller, basketball player (Washington)
* Luke Zeller, basketball player (Washington)
* Tyler Zeller, basketball player (Washington)
* Shanna Zolman, basketball player (Syracuse)

### Basketball coaches

* Steve Alford, basketball coach (New Castle)
* Vic Bubas, basketball coach (Gary)
* Everett Case, basketball coach (Anderson)
* Dwane Casey, basketball coach (Indianapolis)
* Zora G. Clevenger, basketball coach (Muncie)
* Everett Dean, basketball coach (Salem)
* John Groce, basketball coach (Muncie)
* Frank Hamblen, basketball coach (Terre Haute)
* Del Harris, basketball coach (Plainfield)
* Tony Hinkle, basketball coach (Logansport)
* Ralph Jones, basketball coach (Marion County)
* Ward Lambert, basketball coach (West Lafayette)
* Bobby Leonard, basketball coach (Terre Haute)
* John MacLeod, basketball coach (New Albany)
* Branch McCracken, basketball coach (Monrovia)
* Arad McCutchan, basketball coach (Evansville)
* Murray Mendenhall, basketball coach (Fort Wayne)
* Gregg Popovich, basketball coach (East Chicago)
* Scott Skiles, basketball coach (Plymouth)
* Norm Sloan, basketball coach (Indianapolis)
* Brad Stevens, basketball coach (Zionsville)
* Terry Stotts, basketball coach (Bloomington)
* Sharon Versyp, basketball coach (Mishawaka)
* Randy Wittman, basketball coach (Indianapolis)
* John Wooden, basketball coach (Martinsville)
* Mike Woodson, basketball coach (Indianapolis)

### Football

* William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis, football player and professional wrestler (Delphi)
* Morten Andersen, football player (Indianapolis)
* Jason Baker, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Roosevelt Barnes, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Anthony Barr, football player (South Bend)
* Blaine Bishop, football player (Indianapolis)
* James Brewer, football player (Indianapolis)
* Stevie Brown, football player (Columbus)
* Mark Clayton, football player (Indianapolis)
* Terry Cole, football player (Mitchell)
* Roosevelt Colvin, football player (Indianapolis)
* Irv Cross, football player (Hammond)
* Jay Cutler, football player (Santa Claus)
* Len Dawson, football player (West Lafayette)
* Kris Dielman, football player (Goshen)
* Ken Dilger, football player (Lincoln City)
* Chris Doleman, football player (Indianapolis)
* Tandon Doss, football player (Indianapolis)
* Jack Doyle, football player (Indianapolis)
* Dave Duerson, football player (Muncie)
* Vaughn Dunbar, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Tyler Eifert, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Trai Essex, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Jason Fabini, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Tom Ferguson, football player (Henryville)
* Justin Gage, football player (Indianapolis)
* Jeff George, football player (Indianapolis)
* Brandon Gorin, football player (Muncie)
* MarQueis Gray, football player (Indianapolis)
* Randy Gregory, football player (Fishers)
* Bob Griese, football player (Evansville)
* Rex Grossman, football player (Bloomington)
* Nick Hardwick, football player (Indianapolis)
* Kevin Hardy, football player (Evansville)
* Tom Harmon, football player (Gary)
* Corey Harris, football player (Indianapolis)
* Nick Hayden, football player (Hartland)
* Mark Herrmann, football player (Carmel)
* Jon Hilbert, football player (Boonville)
* James Hurst, football player (Plainfield)
* Anthony Johnson, football player (South Bend)
* Alex Karras, football player and pro wrestler (Gary)
* Ted Karras, football player (Indianapolis)
* Dustin Keller, football player (Lafayette)
* Ryan Kerrigan, football player (Muncie)
* Blair Kiel, football player (Columbus)
* Mathias Kiwanuka, football player (Indianapolis)
* Bob Kuechenberg, football player (Gary)
* Nate Lawrie, football player (Indianapolis)
* Lamar Lundy, football player (Richmond)
* Zack Martin, football player (Indianapolis)
* Matt Mauck, football player (Jasper)
* Derrick Mayes, football player (Indianapolis)
* Brad Maynard, football player (Tipton)
* Le'Ron McClain, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Tony McGee, football player (Terre Haute)
* Rick Mirer, football player (Goshen)
* Brandon Moore, football player (Gary)
* Devin Moore, football player (Indianapolis)
* Mike Neal, football player (Merrillville)
* Elmer Oliphant, football player (Washington)
* Mike Otto, football player (Bunker Hill)
* Mike Phipps, football player (Columbus)
* Jason Pociask, football player (Indianapolis)
* Bernard Pollard, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Joe Reitz, football player (Indianapolis)
* Adrien Robinson, football player (Indianapolis)
* Courtney Roby, football player (Indianapolis)
* Terry Schmidt, football player (Columbus)
* Kawann Short, football player (East Chicago)
* Alex Smith, football player Indiana's first Mr. Football (Franklin))
* Jaylon Smith, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Lamar Smith, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Anthony Spencer, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Paul Spicer, football player (Indianapolis)
* Jason Spriggs, football player (Elkhart)
* John Standeford, football player (Monrovia)
* Glen Steele, football player (Ligonier)
* Dan Stryzinski, football player (Vincennes)
* Scott Studwell, football player (linebacker) (Evansville)
* Lars Tate, football player (Indianapolis)
* Anthony Thompson, football player (Terre Haute)
* Jared Tomich, football player (St. John)
* Stacey Toran, football player (Indianapolis)
* Jeremy Trueblood, football player (Indianapolis)
* Steve Weatherford, football player (Crown Point)
* Eugene Wilson, football player (Merrillville)
* Rod Woodson, football player (Fort Wayne)
* Todd Yoder, football player (New Palestine)
* Joe Zeller, football player (East Chicago)

### Football coaches

* Cam Cameron, football coach (Terre Haute)
* Jack Chevigny, football coach (Hammond)
* Zora G. Clevenger, football coach (Muncie)
* Clem Crowe, football coach (Lafayette)
* Mike DeBord, football coach (Muncie)
* Weeb Ewbank, football coach (Richmond)
* Abe Gibron, football coach (Michigan City)
* Bill Lynch, football coach (Indianapolis)
* Hank Stram, football coach (Gary)

### Golf

* Jeff Gallagher, pro golfer (Marion)
* Jim Gallagher Jr., golfer, PGA Tour (Marion)
* Jeff Overton, golfer, PGA Tour (Evansville)
* Jackie Gallagher-Smith, golfer, LPGA (Marion)
* Sandra Spuzich, golfer, 1966 U.S. Women's Open champion (Indianapolis)
* Bo Van Pelt, golfer, PGA Tour (Richmond)
* Fuzzy Zoeller, golfer, Masters and U.S. Open champion (New Albany)

### Race car drivers

* John Andretti, racer (Indianapolis)
* Cannonball Baker, motorcycle and auto racer (Dearborn County)
* Chase Briscoe, racer (Mitchell)
* Ed Carpenter, IndyCar racer (Indianapolis)
* Conor Daly, IndyCar and GP2 racer (Noblesville)
* Derek Daly, Formula One racer (Noblesville; originally Irish)
* Bob Glidden, NHRA drag racer (Whiteland)
* Jeff Gordon, racer (Pittsboro)
* Justin Haley, racer (Winamac)
* Tracy Hines, racer (New Castle)
* Kenny Irwin Jr., racer (Indianapolis)
* Mel Kenyon, midget car racer, five Indy 500 top-five finishes (Lebanon)
* Steve Kinser, 20-time World of Outlaws sprint car champion (Bloomington)
* Ryan Newman, racer (South Bend)
* Tony Raines, racer (LaPorte)
* Tony Stewart, racer (Columbus)
* David Stremme, racer (South Bend)
* Howdy Wilcox, 1919 Indy 500 winner (Crawfordsville)

### Soccer

* Rich Balchan, soccer player (Carmel)
* Damarcus Beasley, soccer player (Fort Wayne)
* Ray Gaddis, soccer player (Indianapolis)
* Lauren Holiday, soccer player (Indianapolis)
* Matt Reiswerg (born 1980), soccer player, coach, and administrator
* Todd Yeagley, Major League Soccer player (Bloomington)

### Wrestlers, fighters, boxers

* William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis, football player and professional wrestler (Delphi)
* Danny "the Damaja" Basham, professional wrestler (Seymour)
* B. Brian Blair, professional wrestler (Gary)
* Stephan Bonnar, UFC fighter (Munster)
* Robert Bowles, karate teacher (Fort Wayne)
* Harold Brazier, boxer (South Bend)
* Darren Elkins, UFC fighter (Portage)
* Jon Fitch, UFC fighter (Fort Wayne)
* Mick Foley, professional wrestler (born in Bloomington, but raised on Long Island)
* Terry Funk, professional wrestler (Hammond)
* Sarah Hildebrandt, Olympic freestyle wrestler (Granger)
* Marvin Johnson, boxer (Indianapolis)
* Julie Kedzie, mixed martial artist (Bloomington)
* Glenn Keeney, martial arts pioneer (Anderson)
* Chris Lytle, UFC fighter (Indianapolis)
* Stevan Mićić, Olympic freestyle wrestler (Cedar Lake)
* Craig Pumphrey, martial artist (New Albany)
* Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, wrestling valet (Gary)
* Andrew Tate, kick-boxer (Goshen)
* Miguel Torres, bantamweight boxer and UFC fighter (East Chicago)
* The Ultimate Warrior, professional wrestler (Crawfordsville)
* Bill Wallace, world karate champion (Muncie)
* Eddie Wineland, UFC fighter (Chesterton)
* Drake Younger, professional wrestler (Indianapolis)
* Tony Zale, boxer (Gary)

### Other sports figures

* Mike Aulby, professional bowler (Indianapolis)
* Lloy Ball, Olympic volleyball player (born in Fort Wayne, raised in Woodburn)
* Amy Yoder Begley, Olympic long-distance runner (Kendallville)
* Greg Bell, athlete, gold medalist in long jump at 1956 Summer Olympics (Terre Haute)
* Lindsay Benko, 2000 Olympics swimmer (Elkhart)
* David Boudia, Olympic diver (Noblesville)
* Donald Brashear, hockey player (Bedford)
* Euphrasia Donnelly, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (Indianapolis)
* Mary Beth Dunnichay, Olympic diver (Elwood)
* Ray Ewry, athlete, winner of eight Olympic gold medals (Lafayette)
* Charlie Finley, MLB owner of Kansas City/Oakland A's; NHL owner of Oakland/California Seals; ABA owner of Memphis Pros/Tams (LaPorte)
* Ford Frick, writer and Commissioner of Major League Baseball (Wawaka)
* Nick Goepper, freeskier, Winter Olympics, Winter X Games (Lawrenceburg)
* Dan Harrigan, swimmer, 1976 Olympic bronze medalist (South Bend)
* Tony Hulman, owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Terre Haute)
* Lauren Johnson, runner (Huntington)
* Lilly King, swimmer, two-time Olympian (Evansville)
* Mike LaRocco, motocross racer (Michigan City)
* Don Lash, long-distance runner (Bluffton and Auburn)
* Dan Patch, pacer (Oxford)
* Aron Ralston, mountain climber (Indianapolis)
* Bridget Sloan, Olympic gymnast, silver medalist (Pittsboro)
* Major Taylor, cyclist (Indianapolis)
* Mike Troy, swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist (Indianapolis)
* Sharon Wichman, swimmer, gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics (Fort Wayne)

## Business

* Steve Bellamy, sports and media businessman
* Bill Blass, fashion designer (Fort Wayne)
* Junior Bridgeman, former NBA player; CEO of Bridgeman Foods, world's second-largest Wendy's franchisee (East Chicago)
* Niki Christoff, political operative and business executive (Pittsboro)
* Charles G. Conn, manufacturer of band instruments (Elkhart)
* Steve Ells, founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill (Indianapolis)
* Michael L. Eskew, former CEO of UPS (Vincennes)
* Carl G. Fisher, founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Prest-O-Lite (Greensburg)
* Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of gatling gun (Indianapolis)
* Halston, fashion designer (Evansville)
* Mark C. Honeywell, founder of Honeywell International, Inc. (Wabash)
* Gary Hoover, founder of Bookstop and Hoover's (Anderson)
* Edward Mead Johnson, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson; founder of Mead Johnson & Co. (Evansville)
* E.W. Kelley, founder of Steak 'n Shake restaurant chain and benefactor of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business (Sharpsville)
* Robert A. McDonald, Chairman, President and CEO of Procter & Gamble (Gary)
* Norman Norell, fashion designer (Noblesville)
* Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com (Evansville)
* Orville Redenbacher, businessman, popcorn mogul (Brazil)
* Francis Joseph Reitz, banker and philanthropist (Evansville)
* Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company (Lafayette)
* Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC (Henryville)
* John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John's Pizza (Jeffersonville)
* Eugene Stoner, firearms designer (Gosport)
* Fred Zollner, industrialist and founder of the Fort Wayne Pistons NBA franchise

## Education

* Enoch Albert Bryan, president, Vincennes University and Washington State University (Bloomington)
* Robert H. Ferrell, historian (Indiana University)
* Agnes Moore Fryberger, music educator, University of Louisville
* Albert Fredrick Ottomar Germann, physical chemist, university professor, and chemical entrepreneur (Peru)
* Frank Erhart Emmanuel Germann, physical chemist and university professor (Peru)
* Ray Ginger, Harvard professor in labor history and economic history; target of House Committee on Unamerican Activities, ending his academic career (Greencastle and Indianapolis)
* Charles Royal Johnson, mathematician, College of William & Mary professor (Elkhart)
* Frank Curry Mathers, physical chemist, professor, president of Electrochemical Society (Monroe County)
* George P. Smith II, Catholic University of America professor of Law (Wabash)
* William B. Pickett, historian (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute)
* Herman B Wells, president, Indiana University (Jamestown)

## Art, literature and media

* George Ade, author and journalist (Kentland)
* J. Ottis Adams, artist (Indianapolis)
* Marie Louise Andrews, writer, journalist (Bedford)
* Radley Balko, journalist, blogger (Greenfield)
* Charles A. Beard, historian (Knightstown)
* Albert J. Beveridge, historian (Indianapolis)
* Emily Lucas Blackall, writer, philanthropist (Salem)
* Allan Bloom, philosopher, classicist, academic (Indianapolis)
* Mae St. John Bramhall, actress, writer, poet (Richmond)
* Adelia Pope Branham, poet, writer (Greenfield)
* Norman Bridwell, author (Kokomo)
* Mary Blatchley Briggs, writer, social organizer (Valparaiso)
* Alice Williams Brotherton, poet, writer (Cambridge City)
* Bubba the Love Sponge, radio personality (Warsaw)
* Clarence Joseph Bulliet, art critic, journalist, author
* Meg Cabot, author (Bloomington)
* Jared Carter, poet (Elwood)
* Emily Thornton Charles, poet, journalist, newspaper founder, suffragist (Lafayette)
* William Merritt Chase, painter (Nineveh, Johnson County)
* Will Cuppy, humorist (Auburn)
* Jim Davis, cartoonist (Fairmount)
* Lloyd C. Douglas, author (Columbia City)
* Theodore Dreiser, author (Terre Haute)
* Amanda Ruter Dufour, poet (Jeffersonville)
* Marilyn Durham, author (Evansville)
* Mike "Doc" Emrick, sportscaster (La Fontaine)
* Clayton Eshleman, poet (Indianapolis)
* Anna Farquhar, writer, editor (Brookville)
* William Forsyth (artist), artist (Indianapolis)
* Ford Frick, sportswriter, Commissioner of Baseball (Wawaka)
* Bill Frink, sportscaster (Elkhar])
* David Goodnow, television journalist (Vincennes)
* Michael Graves, architect, designer (Indianapolis)
* Avani Gregg, social media personality (Brownsburg)
* Art Green, painter (member of The Hairy Who)
* John Green, author (Indianapolis)
* Johnny Gruelle, illustrator of Raggedy Ann books (Indianapolis)
* Richard Gruelle, artist (Indianapolis)
* Alex Hall, author
* Mark Hampton, interior designer (Plainfield)
* Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, writer, lecturer, philanthropist (Crawfordsville)
* David Haugh, sportswriter (North Judson)
* Christine Howser, author
* Kin Hubbard, humorist, writer, cartoonist (Indianapolis)
* Robert Indiana, artist (New Castle)
* Steve Inskeep, journalist, radio host (Carmel)
* Ross Lockridge Jr., author (Bloomington)
* John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist (Lafayette)
* Jason Matheson, radio personality on KTMY
* Edward J. Meeman, journalist (Evansville)
* Dale Messick, comic strip artist (South Bend)
* Midwxst, rapper and singer (Carmel)
* Minnie Myrtle Miller, writer, poet (Brookville)
* Bruce Nauman, artist (Fort Wayne)
* Meredith Nicholson, author (Crawfordsville)
* Dave Niehaus, sportscaster (Princeton)
* Jack Olsen, journalist and author (Indianapolis)
* Bill Peet, author, Disney artist, Caldecott Honor recipient (Grandview)
* Jon Petrovich, television executive (Gary)
* Edith Pfau, painter, sculptor, art educator (Jasper)
* David Graham Phillips, journalist, novelist (Madison)
* Gene Stratton Porter, author (Wabash County)
* Nelson Poynter, publisher (Sullivan)
* Ernie Pyle, newsman, legendary war correspondent during World War II (Dana)
* Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan, writer, journalist (Madison)
* Frank Reynolds, television journalist (East Chicago)
* E. A. Richardson, poet, first Poet Laureate of Indiana (Pike County)
* James Whitcomb Riley, poet (Greenfield)
* William Edouard Scott, artist (Indianapolis)
* Zerna Sharp, author and educator (Frankfort)
* Michael Shelden, author of George Orwell: Ten Animal Farm Letters to His Agent, Leonard Moore (Terre Haute)
* Carrie M. Shoaff, artist, potter, writer, correspondent (Huntington)
* Will Shortz, editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle and host of the puzzle segment on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday (Crawfordsville)
* David Smith, Abstract Expressionist sculptor (Decatur)
* Amy Spindler, journalist (Michigan City)
* Otto Stark, artist (Indianapolis)
* T. C. Steele, artist (Indianapolis)
* Evaleen Stein, poet, writer, limner (Lafayette)
* Rex Stout, author, creator of Nero Wolfe (Noblesville)
* Maria Straub, writer, hymnwriter (DeKalb County)
* Martina Swafford, poet (Terre Haute)
* Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alice Adams, Seventeen, and The Magnificent Ambersons (Indianapolis)
* James Alexander Thom, author (Indianapolis, Brown County)
* E. S. L. Thompson, poet, writer (Vevay)
* Kurt Vonnegut, author (Indianapolis)
* Lew Wallace, author (Crawfordsville)
* Jason Whitlock, sportswriter (Indianapolis)
* Mary Holloway Wilhite, physician, philanthropist, suffragist, women's rights activist, writer (near Crawfordsville)
* J. N. Williamson, author (Noblesville)
* Marguerite Young, poet, author, critic (Indianapolis)

## Science and medicine

* Gordon Allport, psychologist, one of the founding figures of personality psychology (Montezuma)
* Philip Warren Anderson, Nobel Prize in Physics (Indianapolis)
* Herbert C. Brown, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (West Lafayette)
* Roy Cizek, inventor and pioneer in sound reproduction engineering (Terre Haute)
* Larry M. Davis, forensic psychiatrist, pioneer of the criminal insanity defense (Indianapolis)
* David Deming, geologist and geophysicist (Terre Haute)
* Katharine Jane Densford, Director of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, provided important nursing leadership during World War II
* James Bert Garner, chemist, inventor of the gas mask (Lebanon)
* Alice Hamilton, physician, pioneer in industrial medicine, environmental toxicology] (Fort Wayne)
* Elwood Haynes, inventor of stainless steel (Kokomo)
* Jane E. Henney, first female commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (Woodburn)
* C. Francis Jenkins, inventor of the motion picture projector and television (Richmond)
* Gene Likens, discovered acid rain in North America (Pierceton)
* Colonel Eli Lilly, founder of Eli Lilly (Indianapolis)
* Salvador E. Luria, Nobel Prize in Medicine (Bloomington)
* Robert Staughton Lynd, sociology, directed first Middletown studies (New Albany)
* Ben Roy Mottelson, Nobel Prize in Physics (West Lafayette)
* Hermann Joseph Muller, Nobel Prize in Medicine (Bloomington)
* Elinor Ostrom, first woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics (Bloomington)
* E. J. Pennington, inventor and promoter of many mechanical devices (Moores Hill)
* Edward Mills Purcell, Nobel Prize in Physics (West Lafayette)
* George Andrew Reisner, archaeologist of ancient Egypt and Palestine (Indianapolis)
* Paul A. Samuelson, first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics (Gary)
* Ada Estelle Schweitzer, physician and public health advocate (La Grange County)
* Julian Schwinger, Nobel Prize in Physics (West Lafayette)
* Bob Sheets, meteorologist; director of the National Hurricane Center 1987–1995 (Fairmount)
* Vernon Smith, Nobel Prize in Economics (West Lafayette)
* Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize in Economics (Gary)
* Lewis Terman, psychologist, inventor of the Stanford-Binet I.Q. test and pioneer in educational psychology (Johnson County)
* Harold Urey, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Walkerton)
* James D. Watson, Nobel Prize in Medicine (Bloomington)
* Eric F. Wieschaus, evolutionary developmental biologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (South Bend)
* R. M. Wilson, mathematician (Gary)

## Aviation and space

* Joseph P. Allen, astronaut (Crawfordsville)
* Lawrence Bell, aviator (Mentone)
* Frank Borman, astronaut (Gary)
* Kenneth Bowersox, astronaut (Bedford)
* Mark N. Brown, astronaut (Valparaiso)
* Anthony W. England, astronaut (Indianapolis)
* Kevin A. Ford, astronaut (Montpelier)
* Gus Grissom, astronaut (Mitchell)
* Margaret Ringenberg, aviator (Fort Wayne)
* Jerry Ross, astronaut (Crown Point)
* Janice E. Voss, astronaut (South Bend)
* Charles D. Walker, astronaut (Bedford)
* David Wolf, astronaut (Indianapolis)
* Wilbur Wright, inventor (Millville)

## Religious and spiritual figures

* Irvin Baxter Jr., Pentecostal pastor (Richmond)
* Simon Bruté, Catholic missionary and bishop (Vincennes)
* Anthony Deydier, Catholic missionary (Evansville)
* David C. Fisher, Conservative Congregational pastor (Warsaw)
* Esther G. Frame, Quaker minister and evangelist (Washington)
* Benjamin Franklin, figure in the Restoration Movement (Anderson)
* Hobart Freeman, charismatic preacher (Kosciusko County)
* Jim Gilles, campus preacher (Evansville)
* Jeff Godwin, preacher and author (Bloomington)
* Ted Haggard, evangelical pastor (Yorktown)
* Garfield Thomas Haywood, pastor and songwriter (Greencastle)
* Jack Hyles, Baptist preacher (Hammond)
* Gerald Archie Mangun, Pentecostal pastor (La Paz)
* Isaac McCoy, Baptist missionary (Vincennes)
* Lee Roberson, Baptist preacher (English)
* Mary Simpson, Episcopalian priest (Evansville)
* Jed Smock, campus preacher (Terre Haute)
* Edward Sorin, Catholic priest (Notre Dame)
* Lester Sumrall, Pentecostal pastor (South Bend)
* Robert Thieme, non-denominational Christian pastor (Fort Wayne)
* Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson, Pentecostal pastor (Westfield)
* Wilbur Glenn Voliva, evangelist (Merom)
* Mike Warnke, evangelist and comedian (Evansville)
* Warren W. Wiersbe, pastor and writer (East Chicago)
* David Wilkerson, evangelical pastor (Hammond)
* Milton Wright, United Brethren bishop (Rushville Township)

## Notorious and infamous Hoosiers

* Michael Alig, founding member of Club Kids, murderer (South Bend)
* Lowell Amos, murderer (Anderson)
* Gertrude Baniszewski, murderer (Indianapolis)
* Sam Bass, train robber (Mitchell)
* Herb Baumeister, serial killer (Westfield)
* Curly Bill Brocius, outlaw, nemesis of Wyatt Earp (Crawfordsville)
* John Dillinger, bank robber (Mooresville)
* Jared Fogle, former spokesman for Subway restaurants and convicted sex offender (Indianapolis)
* Belle Gunness, serial killer (La Porte)
* Jimmy Hoffa, labor-union leader (Brazil)
* Jim Jones, cult founder/leader (Richmond)
* Steven Timothy Judy, murderer (Indianapolis)
* Tony Kiritsis, hostage-taker (Indianapolis)
* Harry Pierpont, Prohibition era gangster (Muncie)
* Reno Brothers, murderers, committed the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history (Rockford)
* Johnny Ringo, gunfighter (Greens Fork)
* D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, convicted murderer and rapist (Evansville)
* Eric Justin Toth, formerly wanted by the FBI under accusations of possessing and producing child pornography; replaced Osama Bin Laden on FBI's Ten Most Wanted list (Highland)
* Homer Van Meter, criminal and bank robber (Fort Wayne)

## Other

* David Camm, man who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of his family (Georgetown)
* Peter Kassig, aid worker, taken hostage and ultimately beheaded by the Islamic State (Indianapolis)
* David E. Kendall, attorney (Sheridan)
* Sylvia Likens, murder victim (Indianapolis)
* Madge Oberholtzer, murder victim (Clay City)
* Shanda Sharer, murder victim (New Albany)
* Robert Shields, minister and teacher who wrote a 37.5-million-word diary, possibly the longest ever written (Seymour)