page_title: Indiana University
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Indiana University / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Vice President Michael Pence poses for his official portrait at The White House, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
context_page_description: Indiana University is a system of public universities in the state of Indiana. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 110,000 students, which includes approximately 46,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus.
context_section_description: Laura Aikin – operatic coloratura soprano
  Howard Ashman – Oscar-winning playwright and lyricist, known for The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
  Trigger Alpert – Jazz bassist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra
  OG Anunoby – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Toronto Raptors
  Emilie Autumn – Violinist and singer
  Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos – Liberian ethnomusicologist, choral conductor, composer
  Jonathan Banks — actor
  Joshua Bell – Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor
  Howard Biddulph - political scientist specializing in the Soviet Union
  Thomas Bryant – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Washington Wizards
  Meg Cabot – Author of The Princess Diaries series, The Mediator series, and stand-alone novels.
  Ranveer Singh – Bollywood actor
  Hoagy Carmichael – Composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader
  John T. Chambers – Chairman and former CEO of Cisco Systems
  Nicole Chevalier – Operatic soprano
  Sougwen Chung – Multidisciplinary visual and performance artist
  Alton Dorian Clark (known by stage name Dorian) – Hip-hop recording artist and record producer
  Pamela Coburn (born 1959), soprano
  Suzanne Collins – Author of The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy
  Mark Cuban – Owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks
  J. Lee – Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr. The Orville and The Lion King (2019 film)
  John Cynn – Professional poker player. 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion.
  Mary Czerwinski – Computer scientist at Microsoft Research and Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
  Alex Dickerson (born 1990) – baseball player
  Thomas P. Dooley – author, minister and research scientist
  Judith Lynn Ferguson, author of 65 cookery related books, cookery editor of Woman's Realm women's magazine, and Head of Diploma Course at Le Cordon Bleu- London
  Matt Fields – Fashion designer – Founder of street wear brand Dope Couture
  George Goehl – Community organizer, activist and executive director of People's Action
  Neil Goodman – Sculptor and educator
  Eric Gordon – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Houston Rockets
  Hardy - Country music singer and songwriter
  Michael D. Higgins – 9th President of Ireland
  Jordan Howard – Professional Football Player
  Lissa Hunter – Artist
  Jamie Hyneman – Host of the television series MythBusters
  Narendra Jadhav – Economist, educationist, and writer
  Richard G. Johnson – Acting Science Adviser to Ronald Reagan (1986), physics professor at University of Bern, and manager of the Space Sciences Laboratory of University of California – Berkeley.
  William E. Jenner – Indiana state senator and U.S. Senator
  Jason Jordan – Professional wrestler
  Nina Kasniunas – Political scientist, author, and professor
  E.W. Kelley – Businessman; former chairman of Steak 'n Shake restaurants
  Kevin Kline — actor
  Sylvia McNair – singer
  Kristin Merscher – pianist; professor at the Hochschule für Musik Saar
  Christopher Mattheisen – American-Hungarian businessman, historian, economist, CEO of Magyar Telekom
  Ryan Murphy – Film and TV screenwriter, director, and producer
  Gregory Nagy – Classical scholar at Harvard University
  Victor Oladipo – Professional basketball player, currently playing for the Indiana Pacers
  Jane Pauley – Journalist, TV anchor on CBS This Morning
  Straight No Chaser – A cappella group
  Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana
  Catt Sadler – TV personality for E! News
  Jay Schottenstein – CEO of Schottenstein Stores
  Kyle Schwarber – Professional baseball player, currently with the Chicago Cubs
  Will Shortz - N. Y. Times crossword puzzle editor
  Tavis Smiley – Host of The Tavis Smiley Show; author
  James B. Smith – Dean of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at Southern New Hampshire University; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
  Brad Stephens – former Australian rules football player
  Jeri Taylor – Television screenwriter and producer
  Miles Taylor, GOP staffer who made an anti-Trump ad for Republican Voters Against Trump
  Randy Tobias – Former Administrator of USAID; former CEO of Eli Lilly & Company
  Isiah Thomas – 
caption: Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States.
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