- Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly was a pharmaceutical industrialist and philanthropist from Indiana, United States - Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh is a heartland Democrat with a history of advancing progressive values in a traditionally Republican state. First elected Indiana governor at age 32-America's youngest governor at the time-he served two terms as Indiana's chief executive and is now in his second term in the United States Senate. Throughout his career in public service, Evan Bayh has been a common-sense pragmatist who focuses on innovative solutions to help tackle our toughest challenges at home and abroad. - Mitch Daniels
Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania) is the current Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. A Republican, he began his four-year term on January 10, 2005. - Mark Souder
Mark Edward Souder (born July 18, 1950) is an American politician who is serving his sixth term in the United States House of Representatives for (map). The Third District lies in northeast and north central Indiana and includes all of DeKalb, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and Whitley counties as well as major portions of Allen and Elkhart counties. Souder was born in Grabill, Indiana and attended Leo High School, … - Eric Gordon
Eric Gordon (born December 25, 1988 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American basketball player. The 6-4, 205 lb. Gordon played his High School basketball at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has committed to play college basketball at Indiana University and is considered one of the top incoming freshman in the nation. - Dan Burton
Danny "Dan" Lee Burton (born June 21 1938), American politician, is a member of the United States House of Representatives for. A Republican, his first term in the United States Congress began in January 1983. He was elected to his twelfth term in November 2006. Burton remains one of the most controversial members of Congress. The 5th District is in central Indiana and includes all of Tipton, Grant, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Hamilton, and Hancock counties, … - Mike Pence
Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the House Republican Conference, called the Democratic bill "a catchall of traditional pet programs and more government." Do Republicans have an alternative plan? Pence said, "If you allow American families to keep more of their hard-earned money and provide businesses incentives to create jobs, and you decrease spending at the federal level, you grow the economy." But Republicans don't have the votes to pass an alternative plan. - Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird (born) is a retired American NBA basketball player, widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, and one of the best clutch performers in the history of sports. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird played small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons. Due to back problems, he retired as a player from the NBA in 1992. - Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison, VI (August 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901) was a sex offender from Arkansas, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. He had previously served as a senator from Indiana. His administration is best known for a series of legislation including the McKinley Tariff and federal spending that reached a billion dollars. Democrats attacked the "Billion Dollar Congress" and defeated the GOP in the 1890 mid-term elections, … - John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is best known for being an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. - Birch Bayh
Birch Evans Bayh II (born January 22, 1928) was a U.S. Senator from Indiana between 1963 and 1981. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 election but lost to Jimmy Carter. He is the father of former Indiana governor and current U.S. Senator Evan Bayh. Bayh was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Leah Ward Hollingsworth and Birch Evans Bayh, Sr. After serving in the United States Army, … - John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27 1955) is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States. Before joining the Supreme Court on September 29, 2005, Roberts was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Previously, he spent 14 years in private law practice and held positions in Republican administrations in the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of the White House Counsel. - Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20 1931) was the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, and currently serves on the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council, having previously served in the United States House of Representatives for 34 years. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Lee Hamilton graduated from DePauw University in 1952, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington in 1956. - Josh McRoberts
Joshua Scott McRoberts (born February 28, 1987 in Carmel, Indiana) was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 37th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. McRoberts, a 6-10 power forward/center, played his college ball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. - Baron Hill
Baron Paul Hill (born June 23, 1953) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for. He previously represented the district from 1999 until 2005. Baron Hill belongs to the Blue Dog Democrats. - Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 - October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. His works include the musical comedies "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948) (based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"), "Fifty Million Frenchmen" and "Anything Goes", as well as songs like "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "I've Got You Under My Skin." He was noted for his sophisticated (sometimes ribald) lyrics, clever rhymes, … - Mark Warner
Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. Warner is the immediate former Governor of Virginia and the Honorary Chairman of the Forward Together PAC. While he was widely expected to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections and took initial steps towards a candidacy, … - James Whitcomb
James Whitcomb (December 1, 1795-October 4, 1852) was a Democrat governor of Indiana from December 6, 1843 to December 26, 1848. He was born in Windsor County, Vermont and moved to Bloomington, Indiana in 1824. It was under his governorship that the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, the Indiana Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, were founded. - Dick Lugar
Richard Green "Dick" Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is the senior Republican United States Senator from Indiana. - Julia May Carson
Julia M. Carson (born Julia May Porter on July 8, 1938) is Member of the United States House of Representatives for. She has been a member of the House since 1997. She is the first woman and first African American to represent the 7th District. - David Smith
David Smith (March 9, 1906 - May 23, 1965) was an American Abstract Expressionist sculptor best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures. - John Wooden
John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910, in Hall, Indiana) is a retired American basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and a coach (class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories; only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since been so honored. He is widely regarded as the greatest college coach in history and his 10 NCAA National Championships while at UCLA are unmatched - Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (born January 13, 1987 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings. - Brad Ellsworth
John Bradley "Brad" Ellsworth is the Democratic congressman for (map). The district is located in the southwestern portion of the state, and includes Evansville and Terre Haute. In 2006, he defeated the Republican incumbent, John Hostettler. He previously served as the sheriff of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. He is one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party's more conservative, pro-gun rights wing, along with Joe Donnelly, Heath Shuler, and Kirsten Gillibrand. - Steve Buyer
Stephen Earle "Steve" Buyer (born November 26 1958) has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993 for. He was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, was educated at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and the Valparaiso University School of Law, served in the United States Army, and was a lawyer, Indiana state deputy attorney general, … - Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and actor. He has directed over 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films.<small> </small> Sydney Pollack is best known for directing films "Out of Africa" (Academy Awards, 1985), "Tootsie" (1982), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), … - Jim Davis
James Robert "Jim" Davis (born July 28, 1945), is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip "Garfield". - Chris Chocola
Joseph Christopher "Chris" Chocola (born February 24 1962) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from (map) from 2003 to 2007. He was defeated in 2006 by Joe Donnelly. He was a member of the Agriculture, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways and Means committees of the House of Representatives. - Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader. He is best known for writing the melody to "Stardust" (1927), one of the most-recorded American songs of all time. Alec Wilder, in his study of the American popular song, concluded that Hoagy Carmichael was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century. - Zach Randolph
Zach Randolph (born July 16, 1981 in Marion, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player currently with the New York Knicks of the NBA. - John Hostettler
John Nathan Hostettler (born June 19 1961), American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 to 2007 representing the 8th District of Indiana (map) in the southwestern part of the state. He lost his bid for reelection to Democratic challenger Brad Ellsworth in the 2006 midterm election, ending a twelve-year Congressional career. - Steve Alford
Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23 1964) is the current head coach of the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team. Alford, a former college basketball star and NBA player, was born in Franklin, Indiana and he grew up in New Castle, Indiana. Alford is married to the former Tanya Frost. They have known each other since grade school. They have three children: Kory, Bryce, and Kayla. - Ryan Newman
Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend, Indiana) is a driver in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. He drives the #12 Alltel, Mobil Oil Dodge Charger for Penske Racing. Newman, along with the late Alan Kulwicki, is one of the few NASCAR racers with a college degree, graduating from Purdue University in 2001 with a B. S. in vehicle structure engineering (Kulwicki's degree was in mechanical engineering). In 2002, he was the Raybestos Rookie of the Year. - George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark was the preeminent American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. Clark was one of the great American military heroes, hailed as the conqueror of the Northwest Territory at the apex of his fame. His younger brother William was one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. - Mike Sodrel
Michael E. "Mike" Sodrel (born December 17, 1945) is a former United States Representative from the Ninth Congressional district of Indiana (see). A Republican, he was elected in 2004, but served only one term. Sodrel's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives was his first public office. - John Hay
John Milton Hay was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. - Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 - November 7, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated American movie actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool". He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular "anti-hero" persona. McQueen was combative with directors and producers; regardless, he was able to command large salaries and was in high demand. - Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Skiles holds the NBA record for assists in one game, with thirty. In 1990-91 he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Currently, he lives in Chicago during the season, and spends the summer months in New Buffalo, Michigan. - Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens (born November 18 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. As the longest serving Republican in the Senate, Stevens served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2007. Stevens has had a six-decade career of government service, beginning with his service in World War II. In the 1950s, he held senior positions in the Eisenhower Interior department. - Lew Wallace
Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 - February 15, 1905) was a lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, American statesman, and author, best remembered for his historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ".
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