List of people from Indianapolis
List of people from Indianapolis
This is a list of famous people from
Indianapolis.
- Frank J. Anderson, former Sheriff of Marion County, Indiana
- Margaret C. Anderson, critic, editor and publisher
- Steve Bellamy, sports media entrepreneur, founder of The Ski Channel and The Tennis Channel
- Scrapper Blackwell, blues legend, writer of the earliest version of "Sweet Home Chicago"
- Allan Bloom, philosopher and essayist
- Roy Blount, Jr., journalist and author
- Monte Blue, actor
- Rupert Boneham, reality show contestant, , , ; politician
- Connie Booth, actress and scriptwriter, co-wrote and played Connie in "Fawlty Towers"
- Steve Burton, actor
- Donie Bush, MLB player and manager
- Maria Cantwell, U. S. Senator from Washington
- Rodney Carney, NBA player
- André Carson, second Muslim congressman
- Jared Carter, poet
- Vija Celmins, visual artist
- Oscar Charleston, member of Baseball Hall of Fame
- Darrell Clanton, singer
- June Cochran, model, Miss Indiana USA 1960, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Year 1963
- Mike Conley Jr., NBA player
- Hooks Dauss, MLB player
- Joyce DeWitt, actress, played Janet in TV series Three's Company
- John Dillinger, bank robber
- Euphrasia Donnelly, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
- John P. Donohue, doctor
- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, R&B music producer and performer
- Steve Ells, founder, CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
- Mike Epps, actor
- Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th Vice President of the United States
- Frances Farmer, actress
- Janet Flanner, Paris correspondent of The New Yorker
- Hildegarde Flanner, poet
- Jared Fogle, Subway restaurant endorser, motivational speaker, and convicted child pornographer
- Vivica A. Fox, actress
- William T. Francis, United States Ambassador to Liberia 1927 – 1929
- Brendan Fraser, actor
- Jan Garber, bandleader
- Ruth M. Gardiner, first nurse killed in action during World War II
- John Geisse, businessman and founder of Target Stores
- Jeff George, NFL quarterback
- Bob Glenalvin, first manager of Detroit Tigers
- Eric Gordon, NBA player
- Greg Graham, NBA player
- Sid Grauman, founder of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, former home of the Academy Awards
- Michael Graves, architect
- John Green, award-winning author of The Fault in Our Stars; vlogger
- Marcellus Greene, football player
- Gunna, rapper
- John Wesley Hardrick, artist
- Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States; lived and died in Indianapolis
- Joseph Hayes, author
- Alan Henderson, NBA player
- Billy Henderson, singer
- Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States
- John F. Hennessey, 1920s tennis star
- John Hiatt, musician
- Oral Hildebrand, MLB All-Star pitcher
- George Hill, NBA player
- Ken Hixon, screenwriter
- Lauren Holiday, US women's soccer player
- Louis McHenry Howe, advisor to FDR
- Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter
- Kenny Irwin, NASCAR driver
- J. J. Johnson, jazz trombonist
- Doug Jones, actor
- Scott A. Jones, inventor
- Peter Kassig, aid worker, taken hostage and ultimately beheaded by The Islamic State
- Josh Kaufman, singer-songwriter and contestant on season 6 of The Voice
- Brook Kerr, actress, plays Whitney Russell on NBC soap opera Passions
- Mathias Kiwanuka, NFL player
- Ken Klee, retired NHL player
- Chuck Klein, MLB player
- Justin Knapp, Wikipedia editor
- Kyle Krisiloff, NASCAR driver
- Adam Lambert, singer and runner-up of American Idol (season 8)
- Priscilla Lawson, actress, Flash Gordon
- Courtney Lee, NBA player
- Ted Leo, musician
- Charles Scott Leonard, current member of the a cappella group Rockapella
- Don Leppert, MLB player
- David Letterman, television personality
- Eli Lilly, founder of Eli Lilly and Company
- Eli Lilly, president of Eli Lilly and Company
- Josiah K. Lilly, Sr., president of Eli Lilly and Company
- Ruth Lilly, philanthropist
- Lori Lindsey, midfielder for the U.S. women's national soccer team
- Richard Lugar, U.S Senator from Indiana
- Marjorie Main, actress
- Charles Major, author
- Zack Martin, NFL Player
- George McGinnis, NBA player
- Tim McIlrath, musician
- Frank McKinney, Olympic diving champion
- Frank E. McKinney, Democratic Party chairman
- Steve McQueen, actor
- Ron McQueeney, photographer
- Julie McWhirter, actress
- Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist
- Eric Montross, NBA player
- Margo Moore, actress
- Thomas A. Morris, railroad executive, civil engineer, and Union general in the Civil War
- Ryan Murphy, film and television screenwriter, director, and producer
- Kim Ng, Major League Baseball executive
- Greg Oden, NBA player
- Jack Olsen, journalist and author
- Norris W. Overton, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- Irvine Page, physiologist, winner of the Lasker award
- Jane Pauley, television personality and journalist
- Myrta Pulliam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
- Freeman Ransom, lawyer, businessman and civic leader
- Hal Rayle, voice artist
- Larry Ridley, jazz bassist
- James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet
- Oscar Robertson, Hall of Fame basketball player
- Sally Schantz, figure skater, U.S. ice dancing champion 1963
- Judy Schwomeyer, figure skater, U.S. ice dancing champion 1968–72
- Bill Shirk, escape artist, president of Hoosier Broadcasting Corp.
- Bill Shirley, singer, actor, producer
- George Shirley, operatic tenor
- Avriel Shull, architect
- Noble Sissle, composer
- Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the US Fifth Fleet in 1944–1945
- Sandra Spuzich, LPGA pro golfer
- Ted Stevens, former U.S. Senator from Alaska
- Marc Summers, game show host, television personality
- Steve Talley, actor
- Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Marshall Walter Taylor, cyclist, commonly known as Major Taylor
- Jeff Teague, NBA player
- Tiara Thomas, singer, songwriter
- Albert Von Tilzer, composer, notably "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
- Kurt Vonnegut, author
- Dan Wakefield, screenwriter, novelist
- Madam C.J. Walker, pioneering African American businesswoman, first female self-made millionaire in America
- Marjorie Wallace, 1973 Miss World
- Mark Warner, U.S. Senator from Virginia
- Johnny Weaver, pro wrestler, first to use the sleeper hold "Weaver Lock"
- Clifton Webb, stage and film actor
- Ryan White, poster child for AIDS
- Randy Wittman, NBA head coach
- Greg Wojciechowski, former wrestler
- David A. Wolf, astronaut
- John Wooden, UCLA coach, Purdue University, College Basketball Hall of Famer
- Sean Woods, college basketball coach (currently Morehead State)
- Keke Wyatt, R&B singer