Hoosiers who made their marks
Hoosiers have long history or statewide and national accomplishments in a variety of areas and disciplines. Here’s a list of the notable people with a connection to the Hoosier State. Some names include links to images and/or biographical essays. An asterisk indicates the person was not born in Indiana.
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Claude Akins
James Best*
Avery Brooks
Chad Everett
Vivica A. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Ron Glass
Florence Henderson
Greg Kinnear
Shelly Long
Steve McQueen
Betsy Palmer
Meshach Taylor*
Michael Warren
Clifton Webb
Dick York
John Hardrick
Felrath Hines
Janet Scudder
Otto Stark
Joseph P. Allen
Frank Borman
Jerry Ross
Donald Williams
Wilbur Wright
Theodore Dreiser
Shirley Graham DuBois
Mari Evans*
Jean Shepard*
James Alexander Thom
Dan Wakefield
Jessamyn West
Norman Bridwell (Clifford)
Dale Messick (Brenda Starr)
Tom Ryan (Tumbleweeds)
Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers
Emmett Kelly*
David Letterman
Bill Blass
Roy Frowick (Halston)*
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed)*
John and William Conner*
David Anspaugh
Gretchen Cryer
Madelyn Pugh Davis
Howard Hawks
Angelo Pizzo
Sydney Pollack
Steve Tesich*
Twyla Tharp
Matt Williams
James Buchanan Eads
Dr. William Scholl
Margaret C. Anderson
Brian Lamb
Jane Pauley
William Raspberry*
Tavis Smiley*
Dr. Nancy Snyderman
James Mooney (Ethnology/Anthropology)
Richard Royce Schrock
May Frances Aufderheide
Joshua Bell
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds
Gaither Family
Crystal Gayle*
Josef Gingold*
Freddie Hubbard
Janet Jackson
John Mellencamp
Bill Monroe*
Oliver Nelson
Sandi Patty*
Axl Rose (William Bailey)
David Lee Roth
Constance LeRoy Runcie
Steve Wariner
Belle Gunness*
Reno Brothers
Walter Q. Gresham
Harry S. New
Andretti family*
Mike Aulby
Bettenhausen family
Larry Bird
Anita DeFrantz*
Jeff Gordon*
Bob Griese
Don Mattingly
Tony Stewart
John Wooden
Fuzzy Zoeller