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- Actors
- Artists
- Athletes
- Business and philanthropy
- Entertainment
- Journalists and media
- Military
- Musicians
- Politicians
- Writers
- Other
- References
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}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. {{Expand list|date=August 2008}} 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]
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