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词条 List of people from Indianapolis
释义

  1. Actors

  2. Artists

  3. Athletes

  4. Business and philanthropy

  5. Entertainment

  6. Journalists and media

  7. Military

  8. Musicians

  9. Politicians

  10. Writers

  11. Other

  12. References

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The following is a list of notable people who have been born or lived in Indianapolis, Indiana. Organized alphabetically by field of study and last name.

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Actors

  • Abraham Benrubi (1969), actor, best known for ER and Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  • Monte Blue (1887–1963), silent film/character actor
  • Connie Booth (1944– ), actress, screenwriter
  • Steve Burton (1970– ), television actor
  • Joyce DeWitt (1949– ), actress, best known for Three's Company
  • Mike Epps (1970– ), stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, rapper
  • Frances Farmer (1913–1970), actress
  • Rhett Fisher (1980– ), actor, best known for Lightspeed Rescue
  • Brendan Fraser (1968– ), film actor
  • Quincy Fouse (1997 - ), actor, Logan (film)[1]
  • Vivica A. Fox (1964– ), actress
  • 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[2](1974 - ) actor, Hell on Wheels (TV series)[3]
  • 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 cast member on Saturday Night Live

Artists

  • Vija Celmins (1938– ), visual artist
  • Don Gummer, artist
  • John Wesley Hardrick (1891–1968), artist
  • Ron McQueeney, photographer

Athletes

  • Donie Bush (1887–1972), Major League Baseball (MLB) player/manager
  • 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 gold medalist (1924)
  • Stu Douglass (1990– ), basketball player for the Israeli team Ironi Nahariya
  • 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
  • Oral Hildebrand (1907–1977), MLB All-Star pitcher
  • George Hill (1986– ), NBA player
  • Alan Henderson (1972 –), NBA player
  • John F. Hennessey (1900–1981), tennis player (1920s)
  • Lauren Holiday (1987– ), US Women's National Soccer player, Olympic gold medalist, 2015 Women's World Cup champion
  • Lester Horton (1906-1953), dancer and choreographer
  • Tommy Hunter (1986– ), Major League baseball pitcher for Philadelphia Phillies
  • Kenny Irwin (1969–2000), NASCAR driver
  • 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
  • Courtney Lee (1985– ), NBA player
  • Don Leppert (1931– ), MLB player
  • Lori Lindsey (1980– ), 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
  • 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
  • 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 (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, UCLA coach, Purdue University basketball player, member of College Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Sean Woods (1970– ), college basketball coach

Business and philanthropy

  • 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 Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, former home of the Academy Awards
  • Scott A. Jones, co-founder of 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[4]
  • Madam C.J. Walker, pioneering African-American businesswoman, first female self-made millionaire in America

Entertainment

  • Rupert Boneham, reality show contestant, Pearl Islands, All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains, "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 The Late Show (1993–2015)
  • Ryan Murphy, film and television screenwriter, director, and producer, notably Nip/Tuck, 'American Horror Story and 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
  • Louis McHenry Howe, reporter for the New York Herald, political advisor to 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 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[5]
  • Dorian, hip-hop recording artist and music producer
  • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, R&B music producer/performer
  • Guitar Pete Franklin, blues musician[6]
  • Jan Garber, bandleader
  • Blind Leroy Garnett, boogie-woogie and ragtime pianist and songwriter
  • 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)
  • Adam Lambert, singer, runner-up of American Idol (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
  • 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
  • André Carson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana, second Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress (2008)
  • Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th Vice President of the United States (1905–09)
  • William T. Francis, United States Ambassador to Liberia (1927–29)[7]
  • 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
  • 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

Writers

  • Margaret C. Anderson, critic, editor and publisher
  • John David Anderson[8] (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[9]
  • Allan Bloom, philosopher and essayist
  • A'Lelia Bundles (1952– ),[10] 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, poet
  • 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[11]
  • Janet Flanner, Paris correspondent of The New Yorker
  • Hildegarde Flanner, poet
  • John Green, children's book award-winning author of The Fault in Our Stars; vlogger
  • Joseph Hayes, author
  • Phillip Hoose (1947– ),[12] award-winning children's book author of Twice Toward Justice
  • Kathryn Lasky (1944– ),[13] children's book author of [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kathryn-lasky/rise-legend/ Guardians of Ga'Hoole]
  • Charles Major, author
  • 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
  • Barbara Shoup[14] (1947– ), children's book author of [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-shoup/stranded-in-harmony/ Stranded in Harmony], 2012 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Regional Indiana Author Award Winner
  • 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)
  • Harriette Bailey Conn, state representative, lawyer, and the first woman and African American to be appointed as a public defender in Indiana in 1970[15]
  • Kent Brantly, physician, author, speaker, first American to be treated for the Ebola virus in 2014, 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
  • 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 The Islamic State[16]
  • Justin Knapp, Wikipedia editor
  • Michael Pace, Conner Prairie historian[17]
  • Irvine Page, physiologist, former president of the American Heart Association (1956–57)
  • Bill Shirk, escape artist, president of Hoosier Broadcasting Corp.
  • Avriel Shull, architect
  • Ryan White, poster child for AIDS
  • David A. Wolf, astronaut
  • Evans Woollen III, architect, founder and principal of Woollen, Molzan and Partners[18]

References

{{Commons category|People from Indianapolis, Indiana}}
1. ^{{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}}
2. ^{{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}}
3. ^{{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}}
4. ^{{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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104211223/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/black_history/black_hoosiers.html |archivedate=January 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
5. ^{{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}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/guitar-pete-franklin-mn0001535184/biography|title=Guitar Pete Franklin Biography|author=|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2014-09-17}}
7. ^{{cite web |url= https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/liberia|title= Chiefs of Mission for Liberia|author= |date= |work= |publisher= U.S. Department of State|accessdate= September 11, 2013}}
8. ^{{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}}
9. ^{{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}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aleliabundles.com/|title=A'Lelia Bundles|website=www.aleliabundles.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-02}}
11. ^{{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}}
12. ^{{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}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.kathrynlasky.com/about|title=Get to know Kathryn Lasky|last=Lasky|first=Kathryn|date=|work=Kathryn Lasky|access-date=2018-01-02|language=en-US}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianawriters.org/pages/barbara-shoup|title=Barbara Shoup – Indiana Writers Center|website=www.indianawriters.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02}}
15. ^{{cite journal| author=| title =Everyday People: Harriette Bailey Conn | journal =Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History | volume =20 | issue =3 | pages =30–31 | publisher =Indiana Historical Society | location =Indianapolis | date =Summer 2008| url =| accessdate =}}
16. ^{{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}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/events/getting-it-right-lenape-man-changing-indianas-views-on-native-history/|title=Getting it Right: Lenape Man Changing Indiana’s Views on Native History - Indian Country Media Network|website=indiancountrymedianetwork.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-02}}
18. ^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 | series = | volume = | edition = | year =1994 | location =Bloomington and Indianapolis | pages =1453–54 | url = | isbn =0-253-31222-1}}
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