List of people from Indiana

Politicians and activists

• Gardner Ackley, chairman of Council of Economic Advisers under Lyndon B. Johnson
• Frank J. Anderson, Marion County sheriff
• Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Birch Bayh, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate
• Evan Bayh, U.S. senator and former governor of Indiana
• Albert J. Beveridge, U.S. senator of Indiana
• Otis R. Bowen, governor of Indiana and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Roger D. Branigin, governor of Indiana and 1968 candidate for president
• Jesse D. Bright, U.S. senator and president pro tempore of the Senate
• George Washington Buckner, U.S. minister to Liberia, 1913–1915
• Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, mayor of South Bend, and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• Earl Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Maria Cantwell, U.S. congresswoman and U.S. senator
• Homer E. Capehart, businessman and U.S. senator
• Joseph Clancy, director of the United States Secret Service under President Barack Obama
• James Clapper, director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama
• Benjamin V. Cohen, a key figure in the administrations of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
• Schuyler Colfax, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Vice President
• George N. Craig, governor of Indiana, National Commander of American Legion
• Gonzalo P. Curiel, U.S. district judge
• John Wesley Davis, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives
• Eugene V. Debs, labor and political leader
• William Hayden English, U.S. congressman and vice presidential candidate
• Charles W. Fairbanks, U.S. senator and vice president of the United States
• John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State
• Nora Trueblood Gause, humanitarian
• Walter Q. Gresham, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Postmaster General, Secretary of State
• Marc L. Griffin, youngest judge at age 17
• Charles A. Halleck, U.S. congressman
• Lee H. Hamilton, U.S. congressman
• Clifford Hardin, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States
• William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the United States and governor of Indiana Territory
• Richard Hatcher, Gary mayor
• John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State
• Will H. Hays, U.S. Postmaster General
• Thomas A. Hendricks, U.S. senator and vice president
• Louis McHenry Howe, close political advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Jonathan Jennings, first congressional representative from the Indiana Territory and early abolitionist
• Elisabeth Jensen, education advocate and former Disney Consumer Products executive
• Cleve Jones, gay/human rights activist, created the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
• Jane L. Kelly, U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Michael C. Kerr, U.S. congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden
• Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, lived in Indiana from ages 7–21
• Richard Lugar, U.S. senator and former mayor of Indianapolis
• Thomas R. Marshall, U.S. vice president
• Mack F. Mattingly, U.S. senator from Georgia, asst. sec genl. NATO, US ambassador
• Edward Ralph May, only delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1850 to support African American suffrage
• Hugh McCulloch, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Bob McDonald, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• William H.H. Miller, U.S. attorney general
• Sherman Minton, U.S. senator and Supreme Court justice
• Joy Morrissey, British MP for Beaconsfield
• Oliver P. Morton, governor of Indiana
• Harry S. New, U.S. Postmaster General
• Mike Pence, former congressman, former governor of Indiana, 2013–2017, and 48th vice president of the United States under Donald Trump
• Dennis Pennington, state senator and early abolitionist
• Bart Peterson, former [List of mayors of Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis, Indiana|mayor of Indianapolis]
• John Poindexter, national security advisor under President Ronald Reagan
• John Wesley Posey, abolitionist
• George H. Proffit, member of the U.S. House of Representatives Indiana's 1st district, United States Ambassador to Brazil
• Dan Quayle, former U.S. senator from Indiana and 44th vice president of the United States under George HW Bush
• John Rarick, former U.S. representative from Louisiana
• Alice Rivlin, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve
• John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court chief justice
• William Ruckelshaus, former U.S. director of the F.B.I. and Deputy Attorney General
• Caleb Blood Smith, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Louis E. Sola, commissioner of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission
• William L. Springer, U.S. congressman
• Ted Stevens, U.S. senator from Alaska
• Richard Fred Suhrheinrich, senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Benjamin Franklin Trueblood, pacifist who served the American Peace Society for 23 years
• John Palmer Usher, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Willis Van Devanter, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, January 3, 1911, to June 2, 1937
• Mark Warner, current U.S. senator for Virginia, former governor of Virginia
• Gary Webb, journalist
• Ryan White, AIDS activist
• Claude R. Wickard, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential nominee

Native American leaders

• Little Turtle, Miami chief, leader of Native American forces in the Battle of the Wabash, the most decisive American Indian victory of the Indian Wars
• Pacanne, influential Miami chief and businessman
• Leopold Pokagon, Potawatomi chief for whom Pokagon State Park is named
• Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi chief, author, son of Leopold
• Metea, Potawatomi chief from northeast Indiana
• Young Tobacco, Piankeshaw chief who supported the United States in the American Revolution

Entertainment

Film and theatre

• Lillian Albertson, actress, producer
• Leon Ames, actor
• David Anspaugh, director
• Arija Bareikis, actress
• Rhonda Bates, actress
• Anne Baxter, actress
• Billie Bennett, actress
• Abraham Benrubi, actor
• James Best, actor
• Monte Blue, actor
• Beulah Bondi, actress
• John Bowers, actor
• Avery Brooks, actor
• Ezra Buzzington, actor
• David Canary, actor
• James Carew, actor
• Ann Christy, actress
• Embeth Davidtz, actress
• Johnny "Scat" Davis, actor, band leader
• James Dean, actor
• Louise Dresser, actress
• Adam Driver, actor
• Ger Duany, actor
• Irene Dunne, actress
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, singer, songwriter, actor, film producer
• Chad Everett, actor
• Louise Fazenda, actress
• Jenna Fischer, actress
• Rhett Fisher, actor and musician
• Ken Foree, actor
• Vivica A. Fox, actress
• Brendan Fraser, actor
• Dolores Fuller, actress
• Ron Glass, actor
• Maude Turner Gordon, actress
• Sid Grauman, impresario
• Phil Harris, actor
• Heather Headley, actress, singer
• Ann Hovey, actress
• Chase Infiniti, actress
• Doug Jones, actor
• Ken Kercheval, actor
• Greg Kinnear, actor
• Anita King, actress
• Elmo Lincoln, actor
• Sarah Litzsinger, actress
• Jake Lloyd, actor
• Carole Lombard, actress
• Shelley Long, actress
• Marjorie Main, actress
• Karl Malden, actor
• Strother Martin, actor
• Jack Mercer, voice actor
• John McMartin, actor
• Steve McQueen, actor
• Michael Michele, actress
• Marilyn Miller, actress, dancer
• Keith Alan Morris, director, screenwriter
• Ryan Murphy, writer, director
• Dean Norris, actor
• Katy O'Brian, actress
• Tommy O'Haver, director, screenwriter
• Betsy Palmer, actress
• James Pierce, actor
• Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter
• Sydney Pollack, actor, producer, director
• Victor Potel, actor
• James Rebhorn, actor
• Michael Rosenbaum, actor
• Robert Rusler, actor
• George Seaton, film director
• Jake Short, actor
• Valeska Suratt, actress
• Max Terhune, actor
• Alice Terry, actress
• Twyla Tharp, dancer
• Forrest Tucker, actor
• William Walker, actor
• Clifton Webb, actor
• Dreya Weber, actress
• Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor
• Fred Williamson, actor
• Robert Wise, director
• Jo Anne Worley, actress
• Keke Wyatt, singer, actress
• Sasheer Zamata, comedian, actress

Comedians and humorists

• Mike Epps, comedian
• Michael Essany, comedian
• Jim Gaffigan, comedian
• David Letterman, comedian, television personality, and former longtime host of The Late Show
• Buddy Lewis, comedian
• Herb Shriner, comedian
• Red Skelton, comedian
• Brad Stine, comedian

Musicians

• Steve Allee, jazz musician and composer
• Omar Apollo, singer
• DJ Ashba, lead guitarist of Sixx:A.M.
• David Baker, jazz trombonist, author, educator
• Mark Battles, rapper, songwriter, producer
• Joshua Bell, violinist
• Scrapper Blackwell, blues legend, writer of the earliest version of "Sweet Home Chicago"
• Angela Brown, opera singer, dramatic soprano
• Gary Burton, jazz vibraphone, composer, educator
• Jeremy Camp, singer
• Royce Campbell, jazz guitarist, composer, producer
• Pete Candoli, trumpeter
• Hoagy Carmichael, songwriter
• Leroy Carr, blues pianist, songwriter
• Randy Carr, singer-songwriter, producer
• Cal Collins, jazz guitarist
• Eddie Condon, jazz banjoist, guitarist, bandleader
• Kyle Cook, Matchbox Twenty guitarist
• Scatman Crothers, musician
• Eric Dill, singer-songwriter, musician, producer
• Paul Dresser, songwriter
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, singer, producer
• Joey Feek, country singer
• Janie Fricke, singer
• Bill Gaither, singer
• Danny Gaither, gospel singer
• Gloria Gaither, songwriter
• Crystal Gayle, singer
• Lisa Germano, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• Freddie Gibbs, rapper
• Nathan Gunn, opera singer, baritone
• Jeff Hamilton, jazz drummer
• Slide Hampton, jazz trombonist, composer, arranger
• Krystal Harris, pianist, singer-songwriter
• Bobby Helms, singer
• John Hiatt, singer-songwriter
• Shannon Hoon, founding member and original lead vocalist of the band Blind Melon
• Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter, composer
• Janet Jackson, singer, dancer, songwriter
• Jermaine Jackson, singer
• La Toya Jackson, singer-songwriter, musician
• Michael Jackson, singer-songwriter
• Randy Jackson, singer
• Tito Jackson, singer
• Jane Jarvis, jazz pianist
• Fred Jewell, composer
• JJ Johnson, jazz trombonist, composer
• Josh Kaufman, singer, contestant on Season 6 of NBC's The Voice
• Sylvia Jane Kirby, singer
• Adam Lambert, singer-songwriter, American Idol runner-up
• Mick Mars, Mötley Crüe lead guitarist
• Kym Mazelle, singer
• Ryan McCombs, singer
• Jon McLaughlin, singer-songwriter
• John Mellencamp, singer-songwriter, musician
• Marilyn Miller, singer and dancer
• Buddy Montgomery, jazz pianist
• Monk Montgomery, jazz bassist
• Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist
• Rich Mullins, Christian contemporary artist
• Ken Navarro, jazz guitarist
• Amanda Overmyer, singer, American Idol Season 7 finalist
• The Panderers, rock band
• Amanda Perez, R&B artist, singer, songwriter, producer
• Cole Porter, songwriter
• Melvin Rhyne, jazz organist
• Larry Ridley, jazz bassist and educator
• Dax Riggs, singer-songwriter, Acid Bath
• Dexter Romweber, rockabilly/roots rock musician
• Ned Rorem, composer
• Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses singer
• David Lee Roth, Van Halen singer
• Jon Schaffer, Iced Earth guitarist
• Noble Sissle, jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer
• Connie Smith, singer
• Jeremy Spencer, drummer, Five Finger Death Punch
• Izzy Stradlin, Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist
• Henry Lee Summer, singer
• Claude Thornhill, pianist, arranger, composer, bandleader
• Andy Timmons, guitarist, Danger Danger, Andy Timmons Band
• Leroy Vinnegar, jazz bassist
• John Von Ohlen, jazz drummer
• Steve Wariner, singer
• Deniece Williams, singer
• Keke Wyatt, singer, actress

Television

• Nicole Gale Anderson, actress
• Dee Bradley Baker, voice actor
• Julia Barr, actor
• James Best, actor
• Kate Bolduan, CNN anchor
• Kyle Bornheimer, actor
• John Bromfield, actor
• Avery Brooks, actor
• Dan Butler, actor
• Jose Pablo Cantillo, actor
• Terri Conn, actress
• Nancy Criss, producer, director
• Mary Jane Croft, actress
• Scatman Crothers, actor
• Joyce DeWitt, actress
• Polly Draper, actress
• Mike "Doc" Emrick, sportscaster
• Chad Everett, actor
• Bianca Ferguson, actress
• Jenna Fischer, actress
• Rick Fox, actor
• Bill Frink, sportscaster
• Dolores Fuller, actress
• Will Geer, actor
• Ron Glass, actor
• Lloyd Haynes, actor
• Florence Henderson, actress
• Drake Hogestyn, actor
• Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters host
• Bob Jenkins, sports commentator
• Chubby Johnson, actor
• Anissa Jones, actress
• Kennedy, 1990s MTV VJ
• Adam Kennedy, actor, author, painter
• Ken Kercheval, actor
• Brook Kerr, actress
• Michael King, Emmy Award-winning TV producer, political commentator
• Durward Kirby, television personality, co-host of Candid Camera
• Steve Kroft, journalist and correspondent for 60 Minutes
• Allan Lane, actor, voice of Mr. Ed
• David Letterman, television personality
• Shelley Long, actress
• Karl Malden, actor
• Claire Malis, actress
• Patrick McVey, actor
• Julie McWhirter, voice actress
• Tammy Lynn Michaels, actress
• Dylan Minnette, teen actor
• Roger Mobley, child actor
• Anthony Montgomery, actor
• Alvy Moore, actor
• Jane Pauley, television journalist
• Drew Powell, actor
• Nancy Priddy, actress
• Madelyn Pugh, comedy writer
• Sarah Purcell, television personality
• Michael Rosenbaum, actor
• Catt Sadler, entertainment host and correspondent
• Chris Schenkel, sportscaster
• Carly Schroeder, actress
• Jake Short, actor
• David Shuster, reporter
• Tavis Smiley, talk show host on PBS and NPR
• Casey Stegall, correspondent
• Marc Summers, Double Dare host
• Trista Sutter, reality TV personality
• Zuzanna Szadkowski, actress
• Frazier Thomas, television personality
• Vincent Ventresca, actor
• Chuck Vinson, TV director and producer
• Kristina Wagner, actress
• Michael Warren, actor
• Fred Williamson, actor
• Jama Williamson, actress
• Jo Anne Worley, actress
• Dick York, actor

Modeling

• AJ Alexander, model, Playboy Playmate
• Bridget Bobel, beauty queen, Miss Indiana 2006
• Pamela Bryant, model, Playboy Playmate
• Kaitlyn Christopher, beauty queen, Miss Indiana 2005
• June Cochran, model, Playboy Playmate
• Jami Ferrell, model, Playboy Playmate
• Danelle Folta, model, Playboy Playmate
• Heather Kuzmich, America's Next Top Model finalist
• Stephanie Larimore, model, Playboy Playmate
• Brittany Mason, model, Miss Indiana 2008
• Karen McDougal, fitness model, Playboy Playmate
• Roman and Gabriel Slaybaugh, twin models
• Jami Stallings, beauty queen
• Katie Stam, Miss America 2009
• Heather Stohler, Calvin Klein model
• Marjorie Wallace, model and 1973 Miss World

Sportspeople

Baseball

• Clint Barmes, baseball player
• Tucker Barnhart, baseball player
• Aaron Barrett, baseball player
• Alan Benes, baseball player
• Andy Benes, baseball player
• Larry Bigbie, baseball player
• Tim Bogar, baseball player
• Chris Bootcheck, baseball player
• Phil Bradley, baseball player
• Mike Brosseau, baseball player
• Mordecai Brown, baseball player
• Eric Bruntlett, baseball player
• Bryan Bullington, baseball player
• Donie Bush, baseball player
• Drew Butera, baseball player
• Max Carey, baseball player
• Jamey Carroll, baseball player
• Oscar Charleston, baseball player
• J.D. Closser, baseball player
• Craig Counsell, baseball player
• Lou Criger, baseball player
• George Crowe, baseball player
• George Cuppy, baseball player
• Chad Curtis, baseball player
• Carl Erskine, baseball player
• Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player
• Jake Fox, baseball player
• Bob Friend, baseball player
• Kyle Gibson, baseball player
• Jot Goar, baseball player
• Steve Hamilton, baseball, basketball player
• LaTroy Hawkins, baseball player
• Aaron Heilman, baseball player
• Billy Herman, baseball player
• Oral Hildebrand, baseball player
• Gil Hodges, baseball player and manager
• Tommy Hunter, baseball player
• Tommy John, baseball player
• Barry Jones, baseball player
• Jeff King, baseball player
• Ron Kittle, baseball player
• Kevin Kiermaier, baseball player
• Chuck Klein, baseball player
• Don Larsen, baseball player
• Nemo Leibold, baseball player
• Adam Lind, baseball player
• Kenny Lofton, baseball player
• Lance Lynn, baseball player
• Sean Manaea, baseball player
• Justin Masterson, baseball player
• Don Mattingly, baseball player and manager
• Lloyd McClendon, baseball player and manager
• Billy McCool, baseball player
• Anna Meyer, baseball player
• Art Nehf, baseball player
• Jarrod Parker, baseball player
• Brad Pennington, baseball player
• Josh Phegley, baseball player
• Dan Plesac, baseball player
• Zach Plesac, baseball player
• Ron Reed, baseball and basketball player
• Jason Repko, baseball player
• Sam Rice, baseball player
• Clayton Richard, baseball player
• Scott Rolen, baseball player
• Edd Roush, baseball player
• Janet Rumsey, baseball player
• Amos Rusie, baseball player
• Jeff Samardzija, baseball player
• Everett Scott, baseball player
• Tim Stoddard, baseball and basketball player
• Drew Storen, baseball player
• Ryan Strausborger, baseball player
• Eric Stults, baseball player
• Walt Terrell, baseball player
• Joe Thatcher, baseball player
• Tommy Thevenow, baseball player
• Sam Thompson, baseball player
• Dickie Thon, baseball player
• Dizzy Trout, baseball player
• Pat Underwood, baseball player
• Tom Underwood, baseball player
• Ben Van Ryn, baseball player
• Cory Wade, baseball player
• Eric Wedge, baseball player and manager
• Cy Williams, baseball player
• Rollie Zeider, baseball player

Basketball

• Tom Abernethy, basketball player
• Steve Alford, basketball player and coach
• Damon Bailey, basketball player
• Alison Bales, basketball player
• Cliff Barker, basketball player
• Dick Barnett, basketball player
• Jacqueline Batteast, basketball player
• Kent Benson, basketball player
• Larry Bird, basketball player, coach and executive
• Ron Bonham, basketball player
• Vince Boryla, basketball player
• Jim Bradley, basketball player
• Junior Bridgeman, basketball player
• Don Buse, basketball player
• Rodney Carney, basketball player
• Calbert Cheaney, basketball player
• Mike Conley Jr., basketball player
• Louie Dampier, basketball player
• Jim Davis, basketball player
• Branden Dawson, basketball player
• Skylar Diggins, basketball player
• Terry Dischinger, basketball player
• Katie Douglas, basketball player
• Stu Douglass, American-Israeli basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod
• Steve Downing, basketball player
• Jay Edwards, basketball player
• Darrell Elston, basketball player
• Brian Evans, basketball player
• Yogi Ferrell, basketball player
• Daeshon Francis, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Tellis Frank, basketball player
• Winston Garland, basketball player
• Bill Garrett, basketball player
• Katie Gearlds, basketball player
• Eric Gordon, basketball player
• Greg Graham, basketball player
• Scott Haffner, basketball player
• A.J. Hammons, basketball player
• Luke Harangody, basketball player
• Jerome Harmon, basketball player
• Gary Harris, basketball player
• Amber Harris, basketball player
• Gordon Hayward, basketball player
• Alan Henderson, basketball player
• George Hill, basketball player
• Paul Hoffman, basketball player
• Robbie Hummel, basketball player
• Chris Hunter, basketball player
• R.J. Hunter, basketball player
• Demetrius Jackson, basketball player
• Scottie James, basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jared Jeffries, basketball player
• Elijah Johnson, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• JaJuan Johnson, basketball player
• Jarrod Jones, American-Hungarian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Bill Keller, basketball player
• Shawn Kemp, basketball player
• Frank Kendrick, basketball player
• Chris Kramer, basketball player
• Khristian Lander, basketball player
• Romeo Langford, basketball player
• John Laskowski, basketball player
• Brad Leaf, American-Israeli basketball player and coach
• Courtney Lee, basketball player
• Bobby Leonard, basketball player and coach
• Jim Ligon, basketball player
• Willie Long, basketball player
• Clyde Lovellette, basketball player
• Trey Lyles, basketball player
• Kyle Macy, basketball player
• Kevin Magee, basketball player
• Dave Magley, basketball player
• Sean May, basketball player
• Ray McCallum Jr., basketball player
• Walter McCarty, basketball player
• Mitch McGary, basketball player
• George McGinnis, basketball player
• Jon McGlocklin, basketball player
• Josh McRoberts, basketball player
• John Mengelt, basketball player
• Brad Miller, basketball player
• Eric Montross, basketball player
• E'Twaun Moore, basketball player
• Rick Mount, basketball player
• Stretch Murphy, basketball player
• Lee Nailon, basketball player
• Craig Neal, basketball player, coach
• Jerry Nemer, basketball player and attorney
• Greg Oden, basketball player
• Andre Owens, basketball player
• Ta'Shia Phillips, basketball player
• Marshall Plumlee, basketball player
• Mason Plumlee, basketball player
• Miles Plumlee, basketball player
• Bobby Plump, basketball player
• Austin Price, basketball player
• Zach Randolph, basketball player
• Jimmy Rayl, basketball player
• Ron Reed, baseball and basketball player
• Ruth Riley, basketball player
• Oscar Robertson, basketball player
• Glenn Robinson, basketball player
• Glenn Robinson III, basketball player
• Dave Schellhase, basketball player
• Billy Shepherd, basketball player
• Jerry Sichting, basketball player
• Scott Skiles, basketball player and coach
• Larry Steele, basketball player
• Caleb Swanigan, basketball player
• Tim Stoddard, baseball and basketball player
• Charles "Chuck" Taylor, basketball player, sports shoe pioneer
• Jeff Teague, basketball player
• Ray Tolbert, basketball player
• Gene Tormohlen, basketball player
• Pete Trgovich, basketball player
• Dick Van Arsdale, basketball player
• Tom Van Arsdale, basketball player
• Sharon Versyp, basketball player and coach
• Bonzi Wells, basketball player
• Stephanie White, basketball player
• Randy Wittman, basketball player and coach
• Bob Wilkerson, basketball player
• Scott Wood, basketball player
• John Wooden, basketball player and coach
• Mike Woodson, basketball player and coach
• Cody Zeller, basketball player
• Luke Zeller, basketball player
• Tyler Zeller, basketball player
• Shanna Zolman, basketball player
• Desmond Bane, basketball player

Basketball coaches

• Steve Alford, basketball coach
• Vic Bubas, basketball coach
• Everett Case, basketball coach
• Dwane Casey, basketball coach
• Zora Clevenger, basketball coach
• Everett Dean, basketball coach
• John Groce, basketball coach
• Frank Hamblen, basketball coach
• Del Harris, basketball coach
• Tony Hinkle, basketball coach
• Ralph Jones, basketball coach
• Ward Lambert, basketball coach
• Bobby Leonard, basketball coach
• John MacLeod, basketball coach
• Branch McCracken, basketball coach
• Arad McCutchan, basketball coach
• Murray Mendenhall, basketball coach
• Gregg Popovich, basketball coach
• Scott Skiles, basketball coach
• Norm Sloan, basketball coach
• Brad Stevens, basketball coach
• Terry Stotts, basketball coach
• Sharon Versyp, basketball coach
• Randy Wittman, basketball coach
• John Wooden, basketball coach
• Mike Woodson, basketball coach

Football

• William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis, football player and professional wrestler
• Morten Andersen, football player
• Jason Baker, football player
• Roosevelt Barnes, football player
• Anthony Barr, football player
• Blaine Bishop, football player
• James Brewer, football player
• Stevie Brown, football player
• Mark Clayton, football player
• Terry Cole, football player
• Roosevelt Colvin, football player
• Irv Cross, football player
• Jay Cutler, football player
• Len Dawson, football player
• Kris Dielman, football player
• Ken Dilger, football player
• Chris Doleman, football player
• Tandon Doss, football player
• Jack Doyle, football player
• Dave Duerson, football player
• Vaughn Dunbar, football player
• Tyler Eifert, football player
• Trai Essex, football player
• Jason Fabini, football player
• Tom Ferguson, football player
• Justin Gage, football player
• Jeff George, football player
• Brandon Gorin, football player
• MarQueis Gray, football player
• Randy Gregory, football player
• Bob Griese, football player
• Rex Grossman, football player
• Nick Hardwick, football player
• Kevin Hardy, football player
• Tom Harmon, football player
• Corey Harris, football player
• Nick Hayden, football player
• Mark Herrmann, football player
• Jon Hilbert, football player
• James Hurst, football player
• Anthony Johnson, football player
• Alex Karras, football player and pro wrestler
• Ted Karras, football player
• Dustin Keller, football player
• Ryan Kerrigan, football player
• Blair Kiel, football player
• Mathias Kiwanuka, football player
• Bob Kuechenberg, football player
• Nate Lawrie, football player
• Lamar Lundy, football player
• Zack Martin, football player
• Matt Mauck, football player
• Derrick Mayes, football player
• Brad Maynard, football player
• Le'Ron McClain, football player
• Tony McGee, football player
• Rick Mirer, football player
• Brandon Moore, football player
• Devin Moore, football player
• Mike Neal, football player
• Elmer Oliphant, football player
• Mike Otto, football player
• Mike Phipps, football player
• Jason Pociask, football player
• Bernard Pollard, football player
• Joe Reitz, football player
• Adrien Robinson, football player
• Courtney Roby, football player
• Terry Schmidt, football player
• Kawann Short, football player
• Alex Smith, football player, Indiana's first Mr. Football )
• Jaylon Smith, football player
• Lamar Smith, football player
• Anthony Spencer, football player
• Paul Spicer, football player
• Jason Spriggs, football player
• John Standeford, football player
• Glen Steele, football player
• Dan Stryzinski, football player
• Scott Studwell, football player
• Lars Tate, football player
• Anthony Thompson, football player
• Jared Tomich, football player
• Stacey Toran, football player
• Jeremy Trueblood, football player
• Steve Weatherford, football player
• Eugene Wilson, football player
• Rod Woodson, football player
• Todd Yoder, football player
• Joe Zeller, football player

Football coaches

• Cam Cameron, football coach
• Jack Chevigny, football coach
• Zora Clevenger, football coach
• Clem Crowe, football coach
• Mike DeBord, football coach
• Weeb Ewbank, football coach
• Abe Gibron, football coach
• Bill Lynch, football coach
• Hank Stram, football coach

Golf

• Jeff Gallagher, pro golfer
• Jim Gallagher Jr., golfer, PGA Tour
• Jeff Overton, golfer, PGA Tour
• Jackie Gallagher-Smith, golfer, LPGA
• Sandra Spuzich, golfer, 1966 U.S. Women's Open champion
• Bo Van Pelt, golfer, PGA Tour
• Fuzzy Zoeller, golfer, Masters and U.S. Open champion

Race car drivers

• John Andretti, racer
• Cannonball Baker, motorcycle and auto racer
• Chase Briscoe, racer
• Ed Carpenter, IndyCar racer
• Conor Daly, IndyCar and GP2 racer
• Derek Daly, Formula One racer
• Bob Glidden, NHRA drag racer
• Jeff Gordon, racer
• Justin Haley, racer
• Tracy Hines, racer
• Kenny Irwin Jr., racer
• Mel Kenyon, midget car racer, five Indy 500 top-five finishes
• Steve Kinser, 20-time World of Outlaws sprint car champion
• Ryan Newman, racer
• Tony Raines, racer
• Tony Stewart, racer
• David Stremme, racer
• Howdy Wilcox, 1919 Indy 500 winner

Soccer

• Rich Balchan, soccer player
• Damarcus Beasley, soccer player
• Ray Gaddis, soccer player
• Lauren Holiday, soccer player
• Matt Reiswerg, soccer player, coach, and administrator
• Todd Yeagley, Major League Soccer player

Wrestlers, fighters, boxers

• William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis, football player and professional wrestler
• Danny "the Damaja" Basham, professional wrestler
• B. Brian Blair, professional wrestler
• Stephan Bonnar, UFC fighter
• Robert Bowles, karate teacher
• Harold Brazier, boxer
• Darren Elkins, UFC fighter
• Jon Fitch, UFC fighter
• Mick Foley, professional wrestler
• Terry Funk, professional wrestler
• Sarah Hildebrandt, Olympic freestyle wrestler
• Marvin Johnson, boxer
• Julie Kedzie, mixed martial artist
• Glenn Keeney, martial arts pioneer
• Chris Lytle, UFC fighter
• Stevan Mićić, Olympic freestyle wrestler
• Craig Pumphrey, martial artist
• Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, wrestling valet
• Andrew Tate, kick-boxer
• Miguel Torres, bantamweight boxer and UFC fighter
• The Ultimate Warrior, professional wrestler
• Bill Wallace, world karate champion
• Eddie Wineland, UFC fighter
• Drake Younger, professional wrestler
• Tony Zale, boxer

Other sports figures

• Mike Aulby, professional bowler
• Lloy Ball, Olympic volleyball player
• Amy Yoder Begley, Olympic long-distance runner
• Greg Bell, athlete, gold medalist in long jump at 1956 Summer Olympics
• Lindsay Benko, 2000 Olympics swimmer
• David Boudia, Olympic diver
• Donald Brashear, hockey player
• Euphrasia Donnelly, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
• Noah Droddy, distance runner
• Mary Beth Dunnichay, Olympic diver
• Ray Ewry, athlete, winner of eight Olympic gold medals
• Charlie Finley, MLB owner of Kansas City/Oakland A's; NHL owner of Oakland/California Seals; ABA owner of Memphis Pros/Tams
• Ford Frick, writer and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
• Nick Goepper, freeskier, Winter Olympics, Winter X Games
• Dan Harrigan, swimmer, 1976 Olympic bronze medalist
• Tony Hulman, owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Lauren Johnson, runner
• Lilly King, swimmer, two-time Olympian
• Mike LaRocco, motocross racer
• Don Lash, long-distance runner
• Dan Patch, pacer
• Aron Ralston, mountain climber
• Bridget Sloan, Olympic gymnast, silver medalist
• Major Taylor, cyclist
• Mike Troy, swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist
• Sharon Wichman, swimmer, gold medalist at 1968 Summer Olympics

Business

• Steve Bellamy, sports and media businessman
• Bill Blass, fashion designer
• Junior Bridgeman, former NBA player; CEO of Bridgeman Foods, world's second-largest Wendy's franchisee
• Niki Christoff, political operative and business executive
• Charles G. Conn, manufacturer of band instruments
• Sarah Iliff Davis, milliner, business woman, philanthropist
• Steve Ells, founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Michael L. Eskew, former CEO of UPS
• Carl G. Fisher, founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Prest-O-Lite
• Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor of gatling gun
• Halston, fashion designer
• Mark C. Honeywell, founder of Honeywell International, Inc.
• Gary Hoover, founder of Bookstop and Hoover's
• Edward Mead Johnson, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson; founder of Mead Johnson & Co.
• E.W. Kelley, founder of Steak 'n Shake restaurant chain and benefactor of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business
• Robert A. McDonald, chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble
• Norman Norell, fashion designer
• Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com
• Orville Redenbacher, businessman, popcorn mogul
• Francis Joseph Reitz, banker and philanthropist
• Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company
• Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC
• John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John's Pizza
• Eugene Stoner, firearms designer
• Fred Zollner, industrialist and founder of the Fort Wayne Pistons NBA franchise

Education

• Enoch Albert Bryan, president, Vincennes University and Washington State University
• Robert H. Ferrell, historian
• Agnes Moore Fryberger, music educator, University of Louisville
• Albert Fredrick Ottomar Germann, physical chemist, university professor, and chemical entrepreneur
• Frank Erhart Emmanuel Germann, physical chemist and university professor
• Ray Ginger, Harvard professor in labor history and economic history; target of House Committee on Unamerican Activities, ending his academic career
• Charles Royal Johnson, mathematician, College of William & Mary professor
• Frank Curry Mathers, physical chemist, professor, president of Electrochemical Society
• George P. Smith II, Catholic University of America professor of Law
• William B. Pickett, historian
• Herman B Wells, president, Indiana University

Art, literature and media

• J. Ottis Adams, artist
• George Ade, author and journalist
• Marie Louise Andrews, writer, journalist
• Radley Balko, journalist, blogger
• Charles A. Beard, historian
• Albert J. Beveridge, historian
• Emily Lucas Blackall, writer, philanthropist
• Allan Bloom, philosopher, classicist, academic
• Mae St. John Bramhall, actress, writer, poet
• Adelia Pope Branham, poet, writer
• Norman Bridwell, author
• Mary Blatchley Briggs, writer, social organizer
• Alice Williams Brotherton, poet, writer
• Bubba the Love Sponge, radio personality
• Clarence Joseph Bulliet, art critic, journalist, author
• Meg Cabot, author
• Jared Carter, poet
• Emily Thornton Charles, poet, journalist, newspaper founder, suffragist
• William Merritt Chase, painter
• Will Cuppy, humorist
• Jim Davis, cartoonist
• Lloyd C. Douglas, author
• Theodore Dreiser, author
• Amanda Ruter Dufour, poet
• Marilyn Durham, author
• Mike "Doc" Emrick, sportscaster
• Clayton Eshleman, poet
• Anna Farquhar, writer, editor
• William Forsyth (artist), artist
• Ford Frick, sportswriter, Commissioner of Baseball
• Bill Frink, sportscaster
• David Goodnow, television journalist
• Michael Graves, architect, designer
• Avani Gregg, social media personality
• Art Green, painter
• John Green, author
• Johnny Gruelle, illustrator of Raggedy Ann books
• Richard Gruelle, artist
• Alex Hall, author
• Mark Hampton, interior designer
• Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, writer, lecturer, philanthropist
• David Haugh, sportswriter
• Kin Hubbard, humorist, writer, cartoonist
• Robert Indiana, artist
• Steve Inskeep, journalist, radio host
• Ross Lockridge Jr., author
• John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist
• Jason Matheson, radio personality on KTMY
• Edward J. Meeman, journalist
• Dale Messick, comic strip artist
• Midwxst, rapper and singer
• Minnie Myrtle Miller, writer, poet
• Bruce Nauman, artist
• Meredith Nicholson, author
• Dave Niehaus, sportscaster
• Jack Olsen, journalist and author
• Bill Peet, author, Disney artist, Caldecott Honor recipient
• Jon Petrovich, television executive
• Edith Pfau, painter, sculptor, art educator
• David Graham Phillips, journalist, novelist
• Gene Stratton Porter, author
• Nelson Poynter, publisher
• Ernie Pyle, newsman, legendary war correspondent during World War II
• Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan, writer, journalist
• Frank Reynolds, television journalist
• E. A. Richardson, poet, first Poet Laureate of Indiana
• James Whitcomb Riley, poet
• William Edouard Scott, artist
• Zerna Sharp, author and educator
• Michael Shelden, author of George Orwell: Ten Animal Farm Letters to His Agent, Leonard Moore
• Carrie M. Shoaff, artist, potter, writer, correspondent
• Will Shortz, editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle and host of the puzzle segment on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday
• David Smith, Abstract Expressionist sculptor
• Amy Spindler, journalist
• Otto Stark, artist
• T. C. Steele, artist
• Evaleen Stein, poet, writer, limner
• Rex Stout, author, creator of Nero Wolfe
• Maria Straub, writer, hymnwriter
• Martina Swafford, poet
• Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alice Adams, Seventeen, and The Magnificent Ambersons
• Angeline Teal, poet, novelist, short story writer
• James Alexander Thom, author
• E. S. L. Thompson, poet, writer
• Kurt Vonnegut, author
• Lew Wallace, author
• Jason Whitlock, sportswriter
• Mary Holloway Wilhite, physician, philanthropist, suffragist, women's rights activist, writer
• J. N. Williamson, author
• Marguerite Young, poet, author, critic
• Gary Gee, fine artist, muralist
• Kyng Rhodes, artist
• Lois Main Templeton, artist
• Mae Alice Engron, artist

Science and medicine

• Gordon Allport, psychologist, one of the founding figures of personality psychology
• Philip Warren Anderson, Nobel Prize in Physics
• Herbert C. Brown, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Roy Cizek, inventor and pioneer in sound reproduction engineering
• Larry M. Davis, forensic psychiatrist, pioneer of the criminal insanity defense
• David Deming, geologist and geophysicist
• Katharine Jane Densford, Director of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, provided important nursing leadership during World War II
• James Bert Garner, chemist, inventor of the gas mask
• Alice Hamilton, physician, pioneer in industrial medicine, environmental toxicology]
• Elwood Haynes, inventor of stainless steel
• Jane E. Henney, first female commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
• C. Francis Jenkins, inventor of the motion picture projector and television
• Gene Likens, discovered acid rain in North America
• Colonel Eli Lilly, founder of Eli Lilly
• Salvador E. Luria, Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Robert Staughton Lynd, sociology, directed first Middletown studies
• Ben Roy Mottelson, Nobel Prize in Physics
• Hermann Joseph Muller, Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Elinor Ostrom, first woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics
• E. J. Pennington, inventor and promoter of many mechanical devices
• Edward Mills Purcell, Nobel Prize in Physics
• George Andrew Reisner, archaeologist of ancient Egypt and Palestine
• Paul A. Samuelson, first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics
• Ada Estelle Schweitzer, physician and public health advocate
• Julian Schwinger, Nobel Prize in Physics
• Bob Sheets, meteorologist; director of the National Hurricane Center 1987–1995
• Vernon Smith, Nobel Prize in Economics
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize in Economics
• Lewis Terman, psychologist, inventor of the Stanford-Binet I.Q. test and pioneer in educational psychology
• Harold Urey, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• James D. Watson, Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Eric F. Wieschaus, evolutionary developmental biologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Harvey Washington Wiley, first Indiana State Chemist, USDA chemist, and "father of Pure Food and Drug Act"
• R. M. Wilson, mathematician

Aviation and space

• Joseph P. Allen, astronaut
• Lawrence Bell, aviator
• Frank Borman, astronaut
• Kenneth Bowersox, astronaut
• Mark N. Brown, astronaut
• Anthony W. England, astronaut
• Kevin A. Ford, astronaut
• Gus Grissom, astronaut
• Margaret Ringenberg, aviator
• Jerry Ross, astronaut
• Janice E. Voss, astronaut
• Charles D. Walker, astronaut
• David Wolf, astronaut
• Wilbur Wright, inventor

Religious and spiritual figures

• Irvin Baxter Jr., Pentecostal pastor
• Simon Bruté, Catholic missionary and bishop
• Anthony Deydier, Catholic missionary
• David C. Fisher, Conservative Congregational pastor
• Esther G. Frame, Quaker minister and evangelist
• Benjamin Franklin, figure in the Restoration Movement
• Hobart Freeman, charismatic preacher
• Jim Gilles, campus preacher
• Jeff Godwin, preacher and author
• Ted Haggard, evangelical pastor
• Garfield Thomas Haywood, pastor and songwriter
• Jack Hyles, Baptist preacher
• Gerald Archie Mangun, Pentecostal pastor
• Isaac McCoy, Baptist missionary
• Lee Roberson, Baptist preacher
• Mary Simpson, Episcopalian priest
• Jed Smock, campus preacher
• Edward Sorin, Catholic priest
• Lester Sumrall, Pentecostal pastor
• Robert Thieme, non-denominational Christian pastor
• Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson, Pentecostal pastor
• Wilbur Glenn Voliva, evangelist
• Mike Warnke, evangelist and comedian
• Warren W. Wiersbe, pastor and writer
• David Wilkerson, evangelical pastor
• Milton Wright, United Brethren bishop

Notorious and infamous Hoosiers

• Michael Alig, founding member of Club Kids, murderer
• Lowell Amos, murderer
• Gertrude Baniszewski, murderer
• Sam Bass, train robber
• Herb Baumeister, serial killer
• Curly Bill Brocius, outlaw, nemesis of Wyatt Earp
• John Dillinger, bank robber
• Jared Fogle, former spokesman for Subway restaurants and convicted sex offender
• Belle Gunness, serial killer
• Jimmy Hoffa, labor-union leader
• Jim Jones, cult founder/leader
• Steven Judy, murderer
• Tony Kiritsis, hostage-taker
• Harry Pierpont, Prohibition era gangster
• Reno Brothers, murderers, committed the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history
• Johnny Ringo, gunfighter
• D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, convicted murderer and rapist
• Eric Justin Toth, formerly wanted by the FBI under accusations of possessing and producing child pornography; replaced Osama Bin Laden on FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
• Homer Van Meter, criminal and bank robber

Other

• David Camm, man who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of his family
• Peter Kassig, aid worker, taken hostage and ultimately beheaded by the Islamic State
• David E. Kendall, attorney
• Sylvia Likens, murder victim
• Madge Oberholtzer, murder victim
• Shanda Sharer, murder victim
• Robert Shields, minister and teacher who wrote a 37.5-million-word diary, possibly the longest ever written
• Benjaman Kyle, man famous for having severe Amnesia
• Dilley sextuplets, the first surviving set of sextuplets in North America