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'{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Dynamic list}} The following is a list of notable people who have been born or lived in [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]. Organized alphabetically by field of study and then by last name. == Actors == * [[Abraham Benrubi]] (1969– ), actor, best known for ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'' * [[Monte Blue]] (1887–1963), silent film/character actor * [[Connie Booth]] (1944– ), actress, screenwriter * [[Steve Burton (actor)|Steve Burton]] (1970– ), television actor * [[Joyce DeWitt]] (1949– ), actress, best known for ''[[Three's Company]]'' * [[Cullen Douglas]] (1967- ), actor, producer, director, best known for Grey’s Anatomy and Pure Genius * [[Mike Epps]] (1970– ), stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, rapper * [[Frances Farmer]] (1913–1970), actress * [[Rhett Fisher]] (1980– ), actor, best known for ''[[Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue]]'' * [[Brendan Fraser]] (1968– ), film actor * [[imdbname:7875835|Quincy Fouse]] (1997– ), actor, [[Logan (film)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/broad-ripple-hs-grad-brings-hollywood-star-power-back-to-class|title=Broad Ripple H.S. grad brings Hollywood star power back to class|date=2017-05-16|work=13 WTHR Indianapolis|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> * [[Vivica A. Fox]] (1964– ), actress * [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] (1960– ), actor * [[Brook Kerr]] (1973– ), actress * [[Forrest Landis]] (1994– ), actor * [[Priscilla Lawson]] (1914–1958), actress * [[Marjorie Main]] (1890–1975), actress * [[Steve McQueen]] (1930–1980), Academy Award-nominated actor * [[Julie McWhirter]] (1947– ), actress * [[Margo Moore]] (1931–2000), actress * [[Dohn Norwood]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/indyshowcaseradio/2014/04/30/talking-hell-on-wheels-dohn-norwood-returns|title=Talking Hell on wheels Dohn Norwood returns|website=BlogTalkRadio|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref>(1974– ) actor, [[Hell on Wheels (TV series)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.amc.com/shows/hell-on-wheels/talk/2013/09/qa-dohn-norwood-psalms|title=Q&A – Dohn Norwood (Psalms)|work=AMC|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Dayo Okeniyi]] (1988– ), film actor * [[Jake Short]] (1997– ), actor * [[Steve Talley]] (1981– ), television/film actor * [[Harry von Zell]] (1906–1981), television/film actor and radio announcer, best known for ''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' * [[Clifton Webb]] (1889–1966), stage/film actor * [[Sasheer Zamata]] (1986– ), comedian, actress, former [[Saturday Night Live cast members|cast member]] on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' == Artists == * [[Vija Celmins]] (1938– ), visual artist * [[Don Gummer]], artist * [[John Wesley Hardrick]] (1891–1968), artist * [[Ron McQueeney]], photographer * [[Wilhelmina Seegmiller]] (1866–1913), author, illustrator, art teacher *[[Sheida Soleimani]] (1990–), contemporary artist, born in Indianapolis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://decordova.org/sheida-soleimani|title=Sheida Soleimani bio|website=decordova.org|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> * [[Jeremy Spencer (drummer)|Jeremy Spencer]], musician (1973– ) == Athletes == *[[Donie Bush]] (1887–1972), [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player/manager *[[Bryce Campbell (rugby union)|Bryce Campbell]] (1994– ), plays for the [[United States national rugby union team]] *[[Rodney Carney]] (1984– ), [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) player *[[Oscar Charleston]] (1896–1954), baseball player, member of [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] *[[Mike Conley Jr.]] (1987– ), NBA player *[[Hooks Dauss]] (1889–1963), MLB player *[[Euphrasia Donnelly]] (1905–1963), swimmer, [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist (1924) *[[Stu Douglass]] (1990– ), [[American-Israeli]] basketball player for the Israeli team [[Maccabi Ashdod B.C.|Maccabi Ashdod]] *[[Jack Doyle (American football)|Jack Doyle]] (1990– ), [[National Football League]] (NFL) tight end *[[Jeff George]] (1967– ), NFL quarterback *[[Eric Gordon]] (1988– ), NBA player *[[Greg Graham]] (1970– ), NBA player *[[Marcellus Greene]] (1957– ), NFL player *[[Gordon Hayward]] (1990– ), NBA player *[[Alan Henderson]] (1972– ), NBA player *[[John F. Hennessey]] (1900–1981), tennis player (1920s) *[[Oral Hildebrand]] (1907–1977), MLB All-Star pitcher *[[George Hill (basketball)|George Hill]] (1986– ), NBA player *[[Lauren Holiday]] (1987– ), [[United States women's national soccer team|US Women's National Soccer]] player, Olympic gold medalist, 2015 Women's World Cup champion *[[Lester Horton]] (1906–1953), dancer and choreographer * [[Tommy Hunter (baseball)|Tommy Hunter]] (1986– ), Major League baseball pitcher for [[Philadelphia Phillies]] *[[Kenny Irwin]] (1969–2000), [[NASCAR]] driver *[[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|Jack Johnson]] (1987– ) NHL player *[[Mathias Kiwanuka]] (1983– ), NFL player *[[Ken Klee]] (1971– ), [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) player *[[Chuck Klein]] (1904–1958), MLB player *[[Kyle Krisiloff]] (1986– ), NASCAR driver *[[Shawn Langdon]] (2007– ), Current NHRA Funny Car Driver 2013 Top Fuel Champion 2 Time Super Comp Champion *[[Brad Leaf]] (1960-), [[American-Israeli]] basketball player for [[Hapoel Galil Elyon]] and [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] of the [[Israel Premier League]] *[[Courtney Lee]] (1985– ), NBA player *[[Don Leppert]] (1931– ), MLB player *[[Lori Lindsey]] (1980– ), [[United States women's national soccer team|U.S. Women's National Soccer]] player, Olympic gold medalist *[[Zack Martin]] (1990– ), NFL player *[[George McGinnis]] (1950– ), NBA player *[[Frank McKinney]] (1938–1992), diver, Olympic gold medalist (1960), banking executive *[[Terry McLaurin]] [[Ohio State Buckeyes]] and [[Washington Redskins]] wide receiver *[[Eric Montross]] (1971– ), NBA player *[[Greg Oden]] (1988– ), NBA player *[[Derrick Ransom]] (1976– ), [[National Football League]] (NFL) player defensive tackle *[[Oscar Robertson]] (1938– ), basketball player, member of [[Basketball Hall Of Fame|Basketball Hall of Fame]] *[[Sally Schantz]], figure skater, U.S. ice dancing champion (1963) *[[Judy Schwomeyer]] (1950– ), figure skater, U.S. ice dancing champion (1968–72) *[[Sandra Spuzich]] (1937–2015), [[LPGA]] pro golfer *[[Brad Stevens]] (1976– ), NBA head coach *[[Major Taylor]] (1878–1932), cyclist *[[Jeff Teague (basketball)|Jeff Teague]] (1988– ), NBA player *[[Johnny Weaver]] (1935–2008), pro wrestler, first to use the sleeper hold "Weaver Lock" *[[Randy Wittman]] (1959– ), NBA head coach *[[Greg Wojciechowski]] (1951– ), wrestler *[[John Wooden]] (1910–2010, [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] coach, [[Purdue University]] basketball player, member of [[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame|College Basketball Hall of Fame]] *[[Sean Woods]] (1970– ), college basketball coach == Business and philanthropy == [[File:Colonel Eli Lilly, Josiah Kirby Lilly Sr., Eli Lilly Jr..jpg|thumb|right|Colonel [[Eli Lilly]] (right) with son [[Josiah K. Lilly Sr.]] (left) and grandson [[Eli Lilly (industrialist)|Eli Lilly]] (center)]] * [[Steve Bellamy]], sports media entrepreneur, founder of [[The Ski Channel]] and [[The Tennis Channel]] * [[Steve Ells]], founder, CEO of [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]] * [[Scott Flanders]], businessman and former CEO of Playboy, Inc. * [[John Geisse]], businessman, founder of [[Target Stores]] * [[Bob Glenalvin]], first manager of [[Detroit Tigers]] *[[Sid Grauman]], founder of [[TCL Chinese Theatre|Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood, former home of the [[Academy Awards]] *[[Scott A. Jones]], co-founder of [[ChaCha (search engine)|ChaCha]] * [[Eli Lilly]], founder, president of pharmaceutical company [[Eli Lilly and Company]] *[[Josiah K. Lilly, Sr.]], president of pharmaceutical company [[Eli Lilly and Company]] *[[Ruth Lilly]], philanthropist *[[Kim Ng]], [[Major League Baseball]] executive *[[Freeman Ransom]], lawyer, businessman, civic leader<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/black_history/black_hoosiers.html |title=Notable names in local Black history |publisher=The Indianapolis Star |date=February 10, 2000 |accessdate=June 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104211223/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/black_history/black_hoosiers.html |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> *[[Henry J. Richardson Jr.]], lawyer and civil rights activist, member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] (1932–36), and a judge in [[Marion County, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite journal| author=Charles Latham Jr.| title =Henry J. Richardson Papers: Historical Sketch | journal =Black History News and Notes | issue =51 | page=1 | publisher =Indiana Historical Society | location =Indianapolis | date =February 1993}}</ref> *[[Madam C.J. Walker]], pioneering African-American businesswoman, first female self-made millionaire in America *[[Margaret Ray Wickens]] (1843-1918), organizer and social reformer == Entertainment == * [[Rupert Boneham]], reality show contestant, ''[[Survivor: Pearl Islands]]'', ''[[Survivor: All-Stars]]'', ''[[Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]'', "[[Survivor: Blood vs. Water]]; politician * [[June Cochran]], model, [[Miss Indiana USA]] 1960, ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playmate of the Year]] 1963 * [[Ken Hixon]], screenwriter * [[David Letterman]], television personality, former host of [[Late Show with David Letterman|The Late Show]] (1993–2015) * [[Ryan Murphy (writer)|Ryan Murphy]], film and television screenwriter, director, and producer, notably ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', '''[[American Horror Story]]'' and ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' * [[Blair St. Clair]] (Andrew Bryson), drag performer * [[Marc Summers]], game show host, television personality * [[Dan Wakefield]], screenwriter, novelist * [[Marjorie Wallace]], [[Miss World]] 1973 == Journalists and media == * [[Roy Blount, Jr.]], journalist, author *[[Scott Evans (host)|Scott Evans]], television personality * [[Louis McHenry Howe]], reporter for the [[New York Herald]], political advisor to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin D. Roosevelt]] * [[Jack Olsen]], journalist and author *[[Jane Pauley]], television personality, journalist *[[Myrta Pulliam]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist == Military == * [[Thomas A. Morris]], railroad executive, civil engineer, Union General in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] * [[Norris W. Overton]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Brigadier General * [[Raymond A. Spruance]], commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet (1944–1945) == Musicians == *[[Mark Battles]], rapper-songwriter, founder of record label Fly America *[[Scrapper Blackwell]], blues musician and songwriter, writer of the earliest version of "[[Sweet Home Chicago]]" *[[Darrell Clanton]], singer<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=94|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref> *[[Dorian (rapper)|Dorian]], hip-hop recording artist and music producer *[[Babyface (musician)|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], [[R&B]] music producer/performer *[[Guitar Pete Franklin]], blues musician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/guitar-pete-franklin-mn0001535184/biography|title=Guitar Pete Franklin Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2014-09-17}}</ref> *[[Jan Garber]], bandleader *[[Blind Leroy Garnett]], boogie-woogie and ragtime pianist and songwriter *[[Billy Henderson (American singer)|Billy Henderson]], singer *[[John Hiatt]], musician *[[Freddie Hubbard]], jazz trumpeter *[[J. J. Johnson]], jazz trombonist *[[Josh Kaufman]], singer-songwriter, contestant on [[The Voice (U.S. season 6)|''The Voice (U.S. Season 6)'']] *[[Adam Lambert]], singer, runner-up of ''[[American Idol (season 8)|American Idol]]'' [[American Idol (season 8)|(Season 8)]] *[[Ted Leo]], musician *[[Charles Scott Leonard]], member of the a cappella group [[Rockapella]] *[[Margot & the Nuclear So and So's]], indie rock band formed in Indianapolis *[[Tim McIlrath]], musician *[[Wes Montgomery]], jazz guitarist *[[Plumb (singer)|Plumb]], singer/songwriter * [[Hal Rayle]], voice artist *[[Larry Ridley]], jazz bassist *[[June Rochelle]], singer/songwriter *[[David Michael Schuster]], opera singer *[[George Shirley]], operatic tenor *[[Noble Sissle]], composer *[[Tiara Thomas]], singer-songwriter *[[Albert Von Tilzer]], composer, notably "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" *[[Keke Wyatt]], R&B singer == Politicians == * [[Maria Cantwell]], U.S. Senator from Washington * [[Paul Cantwell]], [[Indiana state representative]] * [[André Carson]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] for Indiana, second Muslim to be elected to the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] (2008) * [[Julia Carson]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] for Indiana; grandmother of [[André Carson]] * [[Harriette Bailey Conn]], state representative and the first African American to serve as Indiana's state public defender * [[Ray Crowe]], basketball coach and politician * [[Charles W. Fairbanks]], 26th Vice President of the United States (1905–09) * [[William T. Francis]], [[United States Ambassador to Liberia]] (1927–29)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/liberia|title= Chiefs of Mission for Liberia|publisher= [[U.S. Department of State]]|accessdate= September 11, 2013}}</ref> * [[Benjamin Harrison]], 23rd President of the United States (1889–93); lived and died in Indianapolis * [[Thomas A. Hendricks]], 21st Vice President of the United States (1863–69) * [[Eric Holcomb]], Governor of Indiana * [[Daisy Riley Lloyd]], first female African American to serve in the Indiana legislature * [[Richard Lugar]], U.S. Senator from Indiana * [[Frank E. McKinney]], Democratic Party chairman * [[Dan Quayle]], 44th Vice President of the United States (1989–1993) * [[Ted Stevens]], former U.S. Senator from [[Alaska]] * [[Mark Warner]], U.S. Senator from Virginia * [[Mike Pence]], 48th Vice President of the United States (2017-2021) == Writers == * [[Margaret C. Anderson]], critic, editor and publisher * [[John David Anderson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianaauthorsaward.org/the-authors/the-winners|title=The Winners - Indiana Authors Award|website=www.indianaauthorsaward.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> (1975– ), children's book author of ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/books/review/ms-bixbys-last-day-john-david-anderson.html?_r=0 Ms. Bixby's Last Day]'', 2017 Indiana Authors Award Winner<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indypl.org/about/news/2017/four-top-authors-named-2017-indiana-authors-award-winners/|title=Four Top Authors Named as 2017 Indiana Authors Award Winners {{!}} The Indianapolis Public Library|website=www.indypl.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> * [[Allan Bloom]], philosopher and essayist * [[A'Lelia Bundles]] (1952– ),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aleliabundles.com/|title=A'Lelia Bundles|website=www.aleliabundles.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> TV producer, journalist, and author of ''[https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bundles-ground.html On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker]'' * [[Jared Carter]] (1939– ), poet, author of ''Work, for the Night Is Coming'' (1981), and winner of the [[Walt Whitman Award]] and the [[Poets' Prize]]. * [[Matt Dellinger]] (1975– ), author of ''[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703995104575389331432732438 Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway]'' * [[Mari Evans]] (1923–2017), poet, author of ''I Am a Black Woman'' (1970), winner of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters poetry award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mari-evans|title=Mari Evans|date=2018-01-02|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|others=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> * [[Janet Flanner]], Paris correspondent of [[The New Yorker]] *[[Hildegarde Flanner]], poet *[[John Green (author)|John Green]], children's book award-winning author of ''[[The Fault in Our Stars]]''; [[Video blogging|vlogger]] * [[Joseph Hayes (author)|Joseph Hayes]], author * [[Phillip Hoose]] (1947– ),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philliphoose.com/books/perfect-once-removed/|title=Perfect Once Removed|work=Phillip Hoose, National Book Award Winner|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-US}}</ref> award-winning children's book author of ''[[Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice]]'' * [[Kathryn Lasky]] (1944– ),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kathrynlasky.com/about|title=Get to know Kathryn Lasky|last=Lasky|first=Kathryn|work=Kathryn Lasky|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-US}}</ref> children's book author of ''[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kathryn-lasky/rise-legend/ Guardians of Ga'Hoole]'' *[[Charles Major (writer)|Charles Major]], author *[[Elizabeth Miller (novelist)|Elizabeth Miller]] (1878-1961), novelist *[[Bill Peet]] (1915–2002), children's book author and illustrator of ''[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/bill-peet.html Pamela Camel]'', *[[Madelyn Pugh]], script-writer [[I Love Lucy]] television program *[[Booth Tarkington]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author *[[Kurt Vonnegut]], author *[[James Whitcomb Riley]], poet == Other == * [[Frank J. Anderson]], former Sheriff of [[Marion County, Indiana]] (2003–2011) * [[Herb Baumeister]], suspected serial killer * [[Kent Brantly]], physician, author, speaker, first American to be treated for the Ebola virus in 2014, [[Time Person of the Year|TIME Person of the Year]] 2014 * [[Emmett I. Brown Jr.]], professional photographer, documented [[Indiana Avenue]]'s jazz scene in the 1940s and 50s, editor ''[[Sepia (magazine)|Sepia]]'' magazine * [[John P. Donohue]], professor, doctor, pioneered treatments for testicular cancer * [[John Dillinger]], bank robber * [[Jared Fogle]], [[Subway restaurant]] endorser, motivational speaker, and convicted child pornographer * [[Ruth M. Gardiner]], first nurse killed in action during [[World War II]] * [[Michael Graves]], architect * [[Margaret Yandes Holliday]], Presbyterian missionary in [[Tabriz]] from 1883 to 1919 * [[Peter Kassig]], aid worker, taken hostage and ultimately beheaded by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|The Islamic State]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/10/03/reports-indianapolis-man-named-next-isis-target/16667489/|title=Indianapolis native Peter Kassig named next ISIS target|author=Brian Eason, Stephanie Wang and Michael Anthony Adams|date=October 3, 2014|publisher=Indystar.com|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Justin Knapp]], Wikipedia editor * [[John Morton-Finney]], Buffalo soldier, lawyer, educator and civil rights leader * [[Irvine Page]], physiologist, former president of the [[American Heart Association]] (1956–57) * [[John C. Rule]], historian at [[Ohio State University]] * [[Bill Shirk]], escape artist, president of Hoosier Broadcasting Corp. * [[Avriel Shull]], architect * [[David A. Wolf]], astronaut * [[Evans Woollen III]], architect, founder and principal of [[Woollen, Molzan and Partners]]<ref>Mary Ellen Gadski, "Woollen, Molzan and Partners" in {{cite book | author =David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows, eds.|title =The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis | publisher =Indiana University Press | year =1994 | location =Bloomington and Indianapolis | pages =1453–54 | isbn =0-253-31222-1}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category|People from Indianapolis, Indiana}} {{Reflist}} {{Indianapolis}} [[Category:Lists of people from Indiana|Indianapolis]] [[Category:People from Indianapolis| ]]'