List of people from Indiana

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

Military

• 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)
• Anthony Wayne, known for being mad and overrunning Chief Little Turtle (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)
• 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)
• 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^[1]
• 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 (Terra 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)^[2]
• 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
• 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)^[3]
• 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)^[4]

See also

• List of Indiana University alumni

References