A Sampling of Famous and Notable Hoosiers Entertainment Leon Ames – actor (Portland) Anne Baxter – actress (Michigan City) Avery Brooks – actor (Evansville) David Canary – actor (Elwood) Anthony Caruso – actor (Frankfort) James Dean – actor- (Fairmont) Joyce Dewitt – actress (Speedway) Irene Dunne – actress (Madison) Vivica A. Fox – actress (Indianapolis) Brendan Fraser – actor (Indianapolis) Sharon Gabet – actress (Fort Wayne) Will Geer – actor (New Hope) Ron Glass – actor (Evansville) Phil Harris – actor (Linton) Florence Henderson – actress (Dale) Janet Jackson – actress/singer (Gary) Dean Jagger – actor (attended Wabash College) Ken Kercheval – actor (Wolcottville) Greg Kinnear – actor (Logansport) Brian Lamb – founder and CEO of C-Span (Lafayette) Priscilla Lane – actress (Macy) David Letterman – comedian and talk show host (Indianapolis) Elmo Lincoln – actor (Rochester) Carole Lombard – actress (Fort Wayne) Shelley Long – actress (Fort Wayne) Peter Lupus – actor (Indianapolis) Marjorie Main – actress (Acton) Karl Malden – actor (Gary) Ken Maynard – actor (Vevay) Steve McQueen – actor, (Beech Grove) Michael Michelle – actress (Evansville) Betsy Palmer – actress (East Chicago) Sydney Pollack – director Lafayette) Herb Shriner – television host and humorist (Fort Wayne) Red Skelton – radio, film and television comedian (Vincennes) Forrest Tucker – actor (Plainfield) Irene Vernon – actress (Mishawaka) Michael Warren – actor (South Bend)) Clifton Webb – actor (Indianapolis) Jo Anne Worley – actress and comedian (Lowell) Dick York – actor (Fort Wayne) Music Joshua Bell – violinist (Bloomington) Jeremy Camp – contemporary Christian musician ( Lafayette) Hoagy Carmichael – composer. Pianist (Bloomington) Paul Dresser – songwriter (Terre Haute) Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds – R&B singer/songwriter (Indianapolis) Jane Fricke – country music singer (South Whitley) Bill Gaither – Christian musician/ songwriter (Alexandria) Crystal Gayle – country music singer (Wabash)
John Hiatt – rock guitarist (Indianapolis) Michael Jackson – pop singer/songwriter (Gary) John Mellencamp – rock singer/ songwriter (Seymour) Wes Montgomery – jazz guitarist (Indianapolis) Rich Mullin – Christian singer/songwriter (Richmond) Cole Porter – composer/songwriter (Peru) Axl Rose – rock singer (Lafayette) David Lee Roth – rock singer (Bloomington) Henry Lee Summer – rock singer/songwriter (Brazil) Deniece Williams – singer/songwriter (Gary) The Jackson Five – pop music group (Gary) The Four Freshman – vocal quartet (Indianapolis) Sports William “Dick the Bruiser” Afflis – wrestler (Indianapolis) Steve Alford – basketball player/coach (NewCastle) John Andretti – racecar driver (Indianapolis) Damon Bailey – basketball player (Heltonville) Larry Bird – basketball player, coach, general manager (French Lick) Calbert Chaney – basketball player (Evansville) Len Dawson – football player (West Lafayette Katie Douglas – basketball player (Indianapolis) Charles Finley- baseball team owner (LaPorte) Carl Fisher – built Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis) Ford Frick – sportswriter and baseball commentator (Wawaka) Katie Gearlds – basketball player (Beech Grove) Jeff Gordon – racecar driver (Pittsboro) Mark Herrman – football player (Carmel) Tony Hinkle – basketball player/coach/ athletic administrator (Logansport) Tony Hulman – owner Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Terre Haute) Shawn Kemp – basketball player (Elkhart) Don Lash – track and field athlete (Bluffton/Auburn) Rick Mount – basketball player (Lebanon) Ryan Newman – racecar driver (South Bend) Oscar Robertson – basketball player (Indianapolis) Scott Skiles – basketball player (Plymouth) Tony Stewart – racecar driver (Columbus) Brad Stephens – basketball coach (Zionsville) Hank Stram – football player (Gary) Major Taylor – cyclist (Indianapolis) Bonzi Wells – basketball player (Muncie) John Wooden – basketball player/ coach (Martinsville) Mike Woodson – basketball player (Indianapolis) Rod Woodson – football player (Fort Wayne) Fuzzy Zoeller – golfer (New Albany) Miscellaneous Johnny Appleseed – folk legend (buried in Fort Wayne) Bill Blass – fashion designer (Fort Wayne) Frank Borman – astronaut (Gary) Ambrose Burnside – Civil War general (Liberty) Charles Conn – musical instrument maker (Elkhart) George Rogers Clark – Revolutionary War hero (Clarksville)
Rex Stout – (Noblesville) Booth Tarkington- author (Indianapolis) James Alexander Thom – (Indianapolis) Kurt Vonnegut – (Indianapolis) Lew Wallace – (Crawfordsville) Art and Architecture William Merritt Chase- painter (Nineveh) Jim Davis – cartoonist (Fairmont) William Forsyth – painter (Indianapolis) Marie Goth – painter (Indianapolis) Michael Graves – architect (Indianapolis) Robert Indiana – sculptor (New Castle) John McCutcheon – cartoonist (Lafayette) Overbeck sisters – potters (Centerville) Bill Peet – Disney artist/illustrator and author (Grandview) Janet Scudder – sculptor (Terre Haute) Otto Stark – painter (Indianapolis) T.C. Steele – painter (Indianapolis) Politics Birch Bayh – U.S. Senator (Terre Haute) Evan Bayh – governor and U.S. Senator (Indianapolis) Otis Bowen – governor, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Bremen) Schuyler Colfax – Vice President (South Bend) Eugene V. Debs – union leader and Presidential candidate (Terre Haute) Charles W. Fairbanks –U.S. senator, Vice President (Indianapolis) Benjamin Harrison – President of the United States John Hay – diplomat, secretary to Abraham Lincoln (Salem) Thomas Hendricks – senator, governor, Vice President (Indianapolis) Abraham Lincoln – President of the United States (New Salem) Richard Lugar – U.S. senator (Indianapolis) Thomas Marshall – governor, Vice President (Columbia City) Sherman Minton – Supreme Court justice ((New Albany, Georgetown) John Poindexter – National Security Advisor ((Washington) Dan Quayle – U.S. Senator, Vice President (Huntington) John Roberts – Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Long Beach) William Ruckelshaus – Head of the EPA, U.S. Attorney General (Indianapolis) Wendell Willkie – presidential candidate (Elwood)