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What famous people were born in Indiana?
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05/26/2011
Born in the Hoosier State
Many famous people were born in Indiana. Some of them are:George Rogers Clark (Clarksville) - conquered Indiana for the United States
John Poindexter (Odon) - National Security Adviser to President Ronald Reagan
Samuel Woodfill - (Jefferson County) - Most decorated World War 1 soldier
Lee H. Hamilton - (Bloomington) - U.S. Congressman
Benjamin Harrison - U.S. president
Richard Lugar (Indianapolis) - Indianapolis mayor and U.S. Senator
Dan Quayle (Indianapolis) - former U.S. Senator and U.S. Vice-President
Ryan White (Kokomo) - Aids activist
Young Tobacco - Piankeshaw Chief who supported the U.S. in the American Revoltion
Anne Baxter (Michigan City) - actress
James Dean (Marion) - actor
Steve McQueen (Beech Grove) - actor
Red Skelton (Vincennes) - comedian
David Letterman (Indianapolis) - comedian
Hoagy Carmichael (Bloomington) - songwriter
Crystal Gayle (Wabash) - singer
Bill Gaither (Alexandria) - singer
Gloria Gaither (Alexandria) - songwriter
John Mellencamp (Seymour) - singer
Michael Jackson and his brothers and sisters (Gary)
Cole Porter (Peru) - songwriter
Axl Rose (Lafayette) - Guns N' Roses singer
David Lee Roth (Bloomington) - Van Halen singer
William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis (Indianapolis) - football player and professional wrestler
John Andretti (Indianapolis) - racer
Larry Baird (French Lick) - basketball player
Donald Brashear (Bedford) - hockey player
Colonel Sanders (Henryville) - founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC)
Orville Redenbacher (Brazil) - businessman
Bill Blass (Fort Wayne) - fashion designer
John Schnatter (Jeffersonville) - founder and CEO of Papa John's Pizza
James Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield) - poet
Booth Tarkington (Indianapolis) - Pulitzer Prize winner for literature
Colonel Eli Lilly (Indianapolis) - founder of Eli Lilly
Gus Grissom (Mitchell) - astronaut
Wilbur Wright (Millville) - inventor
Amelia Earhart (West Lafayette) - pioneer woman aviator
The Infamous and Notorious:
John Dillinger (Indianapolis) - bank robber
Reno Brothers (Rockford) - committed the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history
Jimmy Hoffa (Brazil) - labor-union leader
Jim Jones (Richmond) - cult founder and leader