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Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Actors and actresses

Wally Bruner Wallace Bruner Jr. (March 4, 1931 – November 3, 1997) was an American journalist and television host. He covered Congress and the Lyndon Johnson administration for ABC News in the 1960s. He was the first host of the 1968–1975 syndicat ...

– actor, television personality *

Jose Pablo Cantillo Jose Pablo Cantillo (born March 30, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ricky Verona in '' Crank'', Miguel in ''Cleaner'' (2007), Pepe in ''Streets of Blood'' (2011), Detective Martinez in '' El Chicano'' (2018), Hector Sal ...

– movies, television * Benjamin

Scatman Crothers Benjamin Sherman Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986), known professionally as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show ''Chico and the Man'', and Dick Hallo ...

– musician, movies, television *

Dorothy Dalton Dorothy Dalton (September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972) was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago; Te ...

– theatre, movies * Johnnie "Scat" Davis – musician, bandleader, movies *

Ross Ford Ross William Ford (born 23 April 1984) is a Strength and Conditioning coach for the Scottish Rugby Academy. He was previously a Scotland international rugby union player who played as a hooker. He made 110 test appearances for Scotland, mak ...

– theater, movies *

Richard "Skeets" Gallagher Richard "Skeets" Gallagher (July 28, 1891 – May 22, 1955) was an American actor. He had blue eyes and his naturally blond hair was tinged with grey from the age of sixteen. Biography He was born on July 28, 1891 in Terre Haute, Indiana ...

– vaudeville, theatre, movies *

Jess Hahn Jesse Beryle Hahn (October 29, 1921June 29, 1998) was an American- French character actor who mostly starred in French films. Biography After serving with the Marines in the Second World War, he moved to France in 1949 and took French citi ...

– French movies *

Chubby Johnson Charles Randolph "Chubby" Johnson (August 13, 1903 – October 31, 1974) was an American film and television supporting character actor with a genial demeanor and warm, country-accented voice. Early years Johnson was the son of entertaine ...

– movies, television *

Grover Jones Grover Jones (November 15, 1893 – September 24, 1940) was an American screenwriter - often teamed with William Slavens McNutt - and film director. He wrote more than 100 films between 1920 and his death. He also was a film journal publish ...

– screenwriter, producer, director, author *

Joe Keaton Joseph Hallie Keaton (July 6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American vaudeville performer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton and appeared with his son in several films. Life and career Keaton was born a few mile ...

– vaudeville, movies; father of actor

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...

Billy Lee Billy Lee is a former Gaelic footballer and former manager of the Limerick county football team. He is from Newcastle West. Player Lee played for Limerick. He became a selector when Liam Kearns managed the team between 1999 and 2005, and t ...

– child film star *

Dave Madden David Joseph Madden (December 17, 1931 – January 16, 2014) was a Canadian-born American actor. His most famous role came on the 1970s sitcom ''The Partridge Family'', in which he played the group's manager, Reuben Kincaid, opposite Shirley Jo ...

– movies, television; ''

The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from Se ...

'' *

Rose Melville Rose Melville (January 30, 1867 – October 8, 1946) born Rosa Smock, was an American stage actress famous for playing one character her whole career, "Sis Hopkins". Rosa Smock was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the youngest of four daughter of ...

– actor, vaudeville, movies * Alvy Moore – movies, television – ''

Green Acres ''Green Acres'' is an American television sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to ''Petticoat Junction'', the series was first broadcast on ...

'' *

Maurice Ransford Maurice Ransford (August 3, 1896 – August 25, 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and died in San Diego. Selected filmogr ...

– motion pictures art director *

Ron Burgundy The ''Anchorman'' series is a media franchise initially consisting of three American comedy films – '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', '' Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie'' (both 2004), and '' Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues'' ...

– anchorman *

Edward Roseman Edward Roseman (May 14, 1875 – September 16, 1957), sometimes identified as Edward F. Roseman, was an American actor, who worked primarily during the silent film era. Biography The son of a pharmacist, Roseman was born in Terre Haute, Ind ...

– vaudeville, movies *

Valeska Suratt Valeska Suratt (June 28, 1882 – July 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent film actress. Over the course of her career, Suratt appeared in 11 silent films, all of which are now lost, mainly due to the 1937 Fox vault fire. Early life an ...

– theater, silent movies, vaudeville * Bill Thompson – voice actor, ''

Fibber McGee and Molly ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' (1935–1959) was a longtime highly popular husband-and-wife team radio comedy program. The situation comedy was a staple of the NBC Red Network from 1936 on, after originating on NBC Blue in 1935. One of the most p ...

'' *

Jerry Van Dyke Jerry McCord Van Dyke (July 27, 1931 – January 5, 2018) was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke had a long and successful career mostly as a character actor in supporting and guest roles on pop ...

– television, movies * Stuart Vaughn – actor, award-winning director,

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the A ...

Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fo ...

Hunter von Leer Hunter von Leer (born in Terre Haute, Indiana; April 3, 1944) is an American actor who has appeared in films, television series, and television movies. Biography His first film role was in the 1972 movie '' Unholy Rollers''. He also acted in t ...

– movies

Artists

Mick Mars Robert Alan Deal (born May 4, 1951), known professionally as Mick Mars, is an American musician and the retired lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He is known for his aggressive, melodic solos and bluesy riffs ...

- Motley Crew *

Amalia Küssner Coudert Amalia Küssner Coudert (March 26, 1863 – May 1932) was an American artist from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her portrait miniatures of prominent American and European figures of the late 19th and early 20th century. Subjects f ...

– miniaturist * John Rogers Cox – painter * Ray H. French – printmaker * John "Dok" Hager – cartoonist * Harriet Goodhue Hosmer – sculptor *

Bryan Hunt Bryan Hunt is an American sculptor who was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on June 7, 1947. His family moved to Tampa, Florida in 1955. He worked at the Kennedy Space Center as an engineer's aide and draftsman, 1967–1968, during the NASA Apollo P ...

– sculptor * Edith Pfau – painter, sculptor, art educator *

Janet Scudder Janet Scudder (October 27, 1869 – June 9, 1940), born Netta Deweze Frazee Scudder, was an American sculptor and painter from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her memorial sculptures, bas-relief portraiture, and portrait medallions, ...

– sculptor * D. Omer Seamon – painter *

Gilbert Brown Wilson Gilbert Brown Wilson (1907–1991), best known as "Gil Wilson," was an American painter known for his large-scale murals, including his 1935 murals in Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Much of his later life was dedicate ...

– artist, muralist, motion pictures

Athletes

Vic Aldridge Victor Aldridge (October 25, 1893 – April 17, 1973), nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants, and was known to be ...

– baseball * Ray Arcel – boxing trainer,

International Boxing Hall of Fame The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in Canastota, New York, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide. Inductees are selected by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America. The I ...

Clint Barmes Clint Harrold Barmes (, born March 6, 1979) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2003 through 2015 for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, a ...

– baseball *

Armon Bassett Armon Bassett (born December 28, 1986) is a former American professional basketball player. Bassett played collegiately at Indiana University prior to transferring to Ohio University, where he led the team to the NCAA tournament. He was drafted ...

– basketball player with

Ironi Ramat Gan Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan ( he, מכבי עירוני רמת גן, formerly Ironi Ramat Gan) is a male basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit (basketball), Liga Leumit, the second division in Israeli baske ...

of Israel *

Bruce Baumgartner Bruce Robert Baumgartner (born November 2, 1960) is a retired American freestyle wrestler. He is the current assistant vice president for university advancement and former athletic director at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania near Erie, Pe ...

– wrestling,

James E. Sullivan Award The AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), is awarded annually in April to "the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States". Representatives from the AAU created the AAU Sullivan Award with the int ...

winner, U.S. Olympic gold medalist * Greg Bell – track and field; U.S. Olympic gold medalist * Shakir Bell – college and CFL football *

Junius Bibbs Junius Alexander Bibbs (October 31, 1910 – September 11, 1980), nicknamed "Rainey", was an American infielder in baseball's Negro leagues from about to . Early life Junius Bibbs was born in Henderson, Kentucky to Lloyd Bibbs, a veteran of ...

– African-American college football and baseball player; professional baseball player in the Negro leagues *

Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded a ...

– basketball player, coach, NBA executive *

Mordecai Brown Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed Three Finger Brown or Miner, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the " dead-ball e ...

– baseball,

National Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...

* Cheryl Bridges – cross country and track; held the World Record in the marathon and US records in 3 mile and 5,000 meter * Bill Butland – baseball *

Cam Cameron Malcolm "Cam" Cameron (born February 6, 1961) is an American football coach. He is the former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the LSU Tigers football program. Cameron attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and playe ...

– football, college and NFL football coach *

Max Carey Maximillian George Carnarius (January 11, 1890 – May 30, 1976), known as Max George Carey, was an American professional baseball center fielder and manager. Carey played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 through 1 ...

– baseball,

* Barry Collier – basketball coach, athletic administrator *

Bruce Connatser Broadus Milburn "Bruce" Connatser (September 19, 1902 – January 27, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played in 35 MLB games over two seasons for the Cleveland Indians (–). A right-handed batting and throwing first ...

– professional baseball * Roger Counsil – swimmer, gymnastics coach *

Glenn M. Curtis Glenn M. Curtis (March 4, 1894 – November 24, 1958) was an American basketball coach. He was the head coach at Indiana State University from 1938 to 1946. He won 122 games and led the Sycamores to three NAIA Tournaments, reaching the national ...

– high school, college and pro basketball coach *

Josh Devore Joshua M. Devore (November 13, 1887 – October 6, 1954), was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the major leagues from –. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Boston Braves. ...

– baseball *

Terry Dischinger Terry Gilbert Dischinger (born November 21, 1940) is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dischinger was a three-time NBA All-Star and the 1963 NBA Rookie of the Year, after averaging 28 points per gam ...

– basketball, U.S. Olympic gold medalist *

Brian Dorsett Brian Richard Dorsett (born April 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player who played eight seasons for the Cleveland Indians, California Angels, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs of Major ...

– baseball * Jim Jumbo Elliott – baseball *

Danny Etling Daniel Patrick Etling (born July 22, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Purdue and LSU, and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the se ...

– football * Brian Evans – basketball *

Bud Fowler Bud Fowler (March 16, 1858 – February 26, 1913), born "John W. Jackson", was an American baseball player, manager (baseball), manager, and club organizer. He is the earliest known African-American player in organized professional baseball. He ...

– baseball *

Tiger Jack Fox John Linwood Fox (April 2, 1907 – April 6, 1954), or Tiger Jack Fox as he was better known, was a colorful, hard punching, American light heavyweight boxer. Fox fought from 1928 to 1950. Boxing career Fox claimed he got his start in boxi ...

– boxing *

Rufus Gilbert Rufus W. Gilbert (December 8, 1884 – 1962) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kalamazoo College (1905, 1907–1908), Bradley Polytechnic Institute—now known as Bradley ...

– baseball, coach *

Vencie Glenn Vencie Leonard Glenn (born October 26, 1964) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 1986 NFL Draft. He starred in college football at Indiana Sta ...

– football *

Alex Graman Alex Joseph Graman (born November 17, 1977) is former Major League Baseball pitcher. He bats and throws left-handed. He retired (as a player) in 2014. College career Graman was a three-time letterman for coach Bob Warn at Indiana State Universi ...

– baseball *

Scott Haffner Scott Richard Haffner (born February 2, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. Haffner, a 6'3" (1.90 m) and 180 lb (81½ kg) point guard, played two years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the Miami Heat ...

– basketball *

Frank Hamblen Frank Alan Hamblen II (April 16, 1947 – September 30, 2017) was an American basketball coach and scout. He played college basketball at Syracuse. He died in San Diego on September 30, 2017. Early life Born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1947, Hamble ...

– basketball, NBA coach *

Russ Hathaway Russell Grant Hathaway (January 14, 1896 – August 19, 1988) was a professional American football player who played 8 seasons in the early National Football League (NFL) for the Muncie Flyers, Dayton Triangles, Pottsville Maroons and Buffalo B ...

– football * John Hazen – basketball *

Rick Heller Rick Heller is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Heller played college baseball at Upper Iowa for head coach Bill Prochaska from 1982 to 1986. He then served as the head ...

– college baseball coach * Aubrey Herring – track, hurdles, NCAA champion *

Eddie Hickey Edgar S. Hickey (December 20, 1902 – December 5, 1980) was an American basketball and football coach. He coached basketball at his alma mater of Creighton University (1935–1943, 1946–1947), St. Louis University (1947–1958) and Marquette ...

– basketball coach,

Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pre ...

Bill Hodges William Oscar Hodges (born March 9, 1943) is an American basketball coach. He was the head basketball coach at Indiana State University from 1978 to 1982, at Georgia College and State University from 1986 to 1991 and at Mercer University from 199 ...

– basketball coach *

Paul Humphrey Paul Nelson Humphrey (October 12, 1935 – January 31, 2014) was an American jazz and R&B drummer. Biography Humphrey was born in Detroit and began playing drums at age 8, taking private lessons in Detroit. In high school he played baritone hor ...

– football *

Tunch Ilkin Tunch Ilkin (born Tunç Ali İlkin; September 23, 1957 – September 4, 2021) was a Turkish-born player of American football and sports broadcaster. A two-time Pro Bowl selection as an offensive tackle with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he was the f ...

– college and NFL football * Mark Jackson – football *

Tommy John Thomas Edward John Jr. (born May 22, 1943), nicknamed "The Bionic Man," is an American retired professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. He played for the Cleveland Indians, ...

– baseball * Neil Johnston – baseball, basketball,

Doug Kay Doug Kay is a retired American football coach who was most recently assistant head coach for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL), which league ceased operations after the 2017 season. He has more than 55 years of football expe ...

– football coach * Bob King – basketball coach, administrator *

Duane Klueh Duane M. Klueh (born January 6, 1926) is an American retired basketball player and coach. Born in Bottineau, North Dakota, he was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana and still lives there today; he was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State ...

– basketball, tennis, player, coach *

Greg Lansing Gregory A. Lansing (born December 9, 1967) is a current scout for the Philadelphia 76ers and a former American college basketball coach. An assistant and head coach at the high school and college levels since 1990, he was most recently the head ...

– basketball coach *

Don Lash Donald Ray Lash (August 15, 1912 – September 19, 1994) was an American long-distance runner who won 12 national titles from 1934 to 1940, including seven consecutive men's national cross-country championships, and who set a world's recor ...

– Olympic track, Sullivan Award winner * Danny Lazar – baseball * Bob

Slick Leonard William Robert "Slick" Leonard (July 17, 1932April 13, 2021) was an American professional basketball player, coach and color commentator. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, Indiana Hoosiers, where he was a t ...

– basketball, ABA and NBA coach,

Bryan Leturgez Bryan Robert Leturgez (born August 3, 1962) is an American football player, track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from 1988 to 1998. Biography A native of Indiana, he was born in Terre Haute. His mother and father were in the educa ...

– track and field, Olympic bobsled *

Clyde Lovellette Clyde Edward Lovellette ( ; September 7, 1929 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to ...

– basketball, U.S. Olympic gold medalist,

Curt Mallory Curtiss Sweeney Mallory (born May 9, 1969) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Indiana State Sycamores football, Indiana State. He has been a college football coach since 1995 and has held defensive ...

– football, college coach *

Johnny Mann John Russell Mann (August 30, 1928June 18, 2014) was an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, singer, and recording artist. Career Johnny Mann's began his music career in the late 1940s in his hometown of Baltimore before serving ...

– baseball * Walter E. Marks – athlete, athletic administrator

Indiana State University Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was founded in 1865 and offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 75 graduate and professional programs. Indiana State is classified among "D/PU: Doctor ...

Thad Matta Thad Michael Matta (born July 11, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team. From 2004 to 2017, Matta led the Ohio State Buckeyes to five Big Ten Conference regular seas ...

– college basketball coach * Tony McGee – football tight end *

Dave McGinnis David McGinnis (born August 7, 1951) is a former National Football League (NFL) coach and college player who is the color commentator for the Tennessee Titans Radio Network. He was assistant head coach of the St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams from 2012 ...

– football, college and NFL coach *

Kevin McKenna Kevin James McKenna (born 21 January 1980) is a Canadian former professional soccer who played as a centre back and current assistant manager of 1. FC Köln. Occasionally, he also played as a central midfielder or striker. Club career McKenn ...

– basketball, player, coach *

Trent Miles Trent may refer to: Places Italy * Trento in northern Italy, site of the Council of Trent United Kingdom * Trent, Dorset, England, United Kingdom Germany * Trent, Germany, a municipality on the island of Rügen United States * Trent, California ...

– football coach *

Rick Minter Rick Minter (born October 4, 1954) is an American football coach, most recently the defensive coordinator for the Birmingham Iron. He was the linebackers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) from February 2013 to ...

– football coach * Erica Moore – track & field *

Paul Moss Paul Raymond Moss is the general manager of Media Prima network's media portal and a judge in 8TV's '' One in a Million'' singing contest. Moss was the AS A&R director of record company Positive Tone from its inception in 1994 until last year. ...

– two-time college All-American, NFL * Albert "Cod" Myers – baseball * Nancy Hanks – harness racing *

Art Nehf Arthur Neukom Nehf (July 31, 1892 – December 18, 1960) was an American baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves (1915–1919), New York Giants (1919–1926), Cincinnati Reds (1926–1927), and the Ch ...

– baseball, pitched in four World Series *

Bill Nelson Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Flo ...

– baseball * Steve Newton – basketball, player, coach * Carl Nicks – basketball *

Greg Oden Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Oden, a 7'0" (2.13m) center (basketball), center, played college basketball at Ohio State University for 2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's bask ...

– basketball *

Jake Odum Jacob Andrew "Jake" Odum (born February 11, 1991) is an Assistant basketball coach for Indiana State. He's also a former American professional basketball player who last played for Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). H ...

– basketball * Brian Omogrosso – baseball * Jake Petricka – baseball * Jamie Petrowski – football *

Josh Phegley Joshua Aaron Phegley (born February 12, 1988) is an American former professional baseball catcher and current director of player development for Michigan. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and ...

– baseball *

Dennis Raetz Dennis Raetz (born May 20, 1946) is former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Indiana State University from 1980 to 1997 and returned as interim head coach for part of the 2007 season. Raetz was the defensive coord ...

– football, player, coach *

Kurt Rambis Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958) is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach who is a senior basketball adviser for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won fou ...

– basketball, player, coach *

Rick Ray (basketball) Rick Ray (born May 8, 1970) is an American basketball coach. He was most recently the head basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State. He was previously the head coach at Mississippi State. Ray was born in Compton, California; however, his fa ...

– coach *

Colin Rea Colin D. Rea (born July 1, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, and Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brew ...

– baseball *

A. J. Reed Andrew Joseph Reed (born May 10, 1993) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and the Chicago White Sox. He played college baseball at Kentucky. He was drafted ...

– baseball player * Cheryl Reeve – basketball coach, WNBA * Mike Sanford – college football coach *

Dave Schellhase David Gene Schellhase Jr. (born October 14, 1944) is a retired American collegiate basketball coach and former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). High school career Born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, Schellhase a ...

– basketball, player, coach *

Ed Seward Edward William Seward (June 29, 1867 – July 30, 1947), born as ''Edward William Sourhardt'', was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for six seasons from 1885 to 1891. Seward made his professional baseball debut in 1884 at age 16 with Terr ...

– "Kid" Seward, baseball * Dexter Shouse – basketball * Zane Smith – baseball * Gordon B. Stauffer – basketball coach *

Mitch Stetter Mitchel Blake Stetter (born January 16, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current Coach (baseball), coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers. College Stetter attended Indiana State Univ ...

– baseball * Ace Stewart – baseball * Ryan Strausborger – baseball * Jerry Sturm – football * Charles Bernard Bud Taylor – boxer, bantamweight champion,

* Harry Taylor – baseball *

Joe Thatcher Joseph Andrew Thatcher (born October 4, 1981) is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim an ...

– baseball *

Debi Thomas Debra Janine Thomas (born March 25, 1967) is an American former figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. Her rivalry with East Germany's Katarina Witt ...

– world champion figure skater * Kurt Thomas – gymnast,

winner * Anthony Thompson – football player * Lyle

Bud Tinning Lyle Forrest "Bud" Tinning (March 12, 1906 – January 17, 1961) was a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s. Early Minor League Career Tinning was born and raised in Pilger, Nebraska, where he ...

– baseball * Paul

Dizzy Trout Paul Howard "Dizzy" Trout (June 29, 1915 – February 28, 1972) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from to , most notably as a member of the Detroit Tigers team that finishe ...

– baseball * Robert

Bobby Turner Robert Turner Jr. (born May 6, 1949) is an American football coach who was most recently a Senior offensive assistant for the San Francisco 49ers. Since 1995, he has worked exclusively on the staffs of Mike Shanahan during his time with the Den ...

– college and NFL player and coach * Royce Waltman – college basketball coach * Bob Warn – college baseball coach * Steve Weatherford – football *

Mike Westhoff Mike Westhoff (born January 10, 1948) is a former special teams coach in the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he coached for a number of teams, most notably for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins. Westhoff is considered to be among ...

– college and NFL football coach * John Wooden – basketball,

Military

Charles G. Abrell Charles Gene Abrell (August 12, 1931 – June 10, 1951) was a United States Marine Corps Corporal#United States, corporal who was killed in action during the UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive in the Korean War. Abrell was Posthumous recognition ...

–

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

* George W. Biegler – Medal of Honor,

Philippine–American War The Philippine–American War or Filipino–American War ( es, Guerra filipina-estadounidense, tl, Digmaang Pilipino–Amerikano), previously referred to as the Philippine Insurrection or the Tagalog Insurgency by the United States, was an arm ...

* Charles Cruft – teacher, newspaper publisher, lawyer, Union Civil War general *

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

– Governor

Indiana Territory The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by a United States Congress, congressional act that President of the United States, President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an Historic regions of the U ...

, commander of Fort Harrison,

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

Nick Popaditch Nicholas Allen Popaditch (born July 2, 1967) is a medically retired United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who gained fame as the "Cigar Marine", recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart. He ran unsuccessfully as the 2010 Republican Part ...

– Gunnery Sergeant,

USMC The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through co ...

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...

* Peter J. Ryan – Medal of Honor,

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

Josiah Snelling Colonel Josiah Snelling (1782 – 20 August 1828) was the first commander of Fort Snelling, a fort located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers in Minnesota. He was responsible for the initial design and construction of the fo ...

– military leader, commander of Fort Harrison * John T. Sterling – Medal of Honor, Civil War *

William Maxwell Wood William Maxwell Wood (May 27, 1809 – March 1, 1880) was an officer and surgeon in the United States Navy in the middle 19th century. He became the First Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy in 1871, with the equivalent rank of Commodore (USN), commod ...

–

naval surgeon A naval surgeon, or less commonly ship's doctor, is the person responsible for the health of the ship's company aboard a warship. The term appears often in reference to Royal Navy's medical personnel during the Age of Sail. Ancient uses Speciali ...

, first Surgeon General

Musicians

* Leo Baxter – musician, composer, band director * Steven Caldwell – musician, folk singer * Johnnie "Scat" Davis – singer, bandleader *

Paul Dresser Paul Dresser (born Johann Paul Dreiser Jr.; April 22, 1857 – January 30, 1906) was an American singer, songwriter, and comedic actor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dresser performed in traveling minstrel and medicine-wa ...

– vaudeville actor, composer, "

On The Banks of the Wabash, Far Away "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" was among the best-selling songs of the 19th century, earning over $100,000 from sheet music, sheet-music revenues. Written and composed by American songwriter Paul Dresser, it was published by the Tin ...

," "My Gal Sal" *

Edwin Franko Goldman Edwin Franko Goldman (January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) was an American composer and conductor. One of the most significant American band composers of the early 20th century, Goldman composed over 150 works, but is best known for his marches. ...

– bandleader, composer * Indiana Gregg – singer, songwriter *

– born Robert Alan Deal;

Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...

guitarist *

Hank Roberts Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954, Terre Haute, Indiana) is an American jazz cellist and vocalist. He plays the electric cello, and his style is a mixture of rock, jazz, avant-garde, folk, and classical influences. He emerged with the downtown N ...

– jazz cellist, vocalist *

Claude Thornhill Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You". Early years Thornhill was the son of J. Chester Thornhill ...

– pianist, arranger, bandleader, composer

Politicians

Simon Bamberger Simon Bamberger (February 27, 1845October 6, 1926) was the fourth Governor of Utah (1917–1921) after it achieved statehood from territorial status in 1896. Bamberger retains the distinction of being the first non-Mormon, the first Democrat, ...

–

governor of Utah A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...

– U.S. Senator *

Evan Bayh Birch Evans Bayh III ( ; born December 26, 1955) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011 and the 46th governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997. Bayh ...

–

governor of Indiana The governor of Indiana is the head of government of the State of Indiana. The governor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state governmen ...

and U.S. Senator * Thomas H. Blake – U.S. Congressman, Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office, resident trustee of Wabash and Erie Canal *

Newton Booth Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician. Early life Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina and Beebe Booth

–

governor of California The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California. The governor is the commander-in-chief of the California National Guard and the California State Guard. Established in the Constitution of California, the g ...

, U.S. Senator *

James Bopp James Bopp Jr. (born February 8, 1948) is an American conservative lawyer. He is most known for his work associated with election laws, anti-abortion model legislation, and campaign finance. Bopp served as deputy attorney general of Indiana from ...

– conservative attorney known for ''Citizens United v. FEC''; Republican National Committeeman *

Joseph Gurney Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consid ...

–

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U. ...

* P. Pete Chalos – four-term mayor of Terre Haute *

John G. Davis John Givan Davis (October 10, 1810 – January 18, 1866) was an American farmer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the mid- 19th Century. Early life Born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, Davis moved to In ...

– U.S. Congressman *

John Wesley Davis John Wesley Davis (April 16, 1799 – August 22, 1859) was an American physician and Democratic politician, active in the mid-1800s. He is best known for serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of the Oregon ...

– physician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, governor of the

Oregon Territory The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. Ori ...

Eugene Victor Debs Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five times the candidate of the Soc ...

(1855–1926) – Socialist candidate for president *

Joseph V. Graff Joseph Verdi Graff (July 1, 1854 – November 10, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one yea ...

– U.S. Congressman * Abram A. Hammond – lieutenant governor of Indiana,

Edward A. Hannegan Edward Allen "Ned" Hannegan (June 25, 1807February 25, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician from Indiana, serving two terms as a United States representative from 1833 to 1837, and one term as a U.S. Senator from 1843 to 1849. Early life ...

– U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, diplomat *

Russell Benjamin Harrison Russell Benjamin Harrison (August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936), also known as Russell Lord Harrison, was a businessman, lawyer, diplomat, and politician. Harrison was the son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison, and the g ...

– son of President Benjamin Harrison * William H. Harrison – five-term U.S. Congressman * Nicholas Hood – Detroit City Council member and Congregationalist minister *

Elisha Mills Huntington Elisha Mills Huntington (March 29, 1806 – October 26, 1862) was Commissioner of the United States General Land Office and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana. Early life Huntington wa ...

– attorney, federal judge, Commissioner of U.S. Land Office * Virginia E. Jenckes – first U.S. Congresswoman from Indiana *

Brian Kerns Brian Douglas Kerns (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician. He served as a Republican Representative from Indiana's 7th Congressional District from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2003. Kerns was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He has bot ...

– Republican Congressman *

John Edward Lamb John Edward Lamb (December 26, 1852 – August 23, 1914) was an American lawyer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1883 to 1885. Biography Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Lamb attended the common schools and was grad ...

– Congressman, political leader * William Carr Lane – military surgeon, mayor

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

, governor

New Mexico Territory The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of ''Santa Fe de Nuevo México ...

Dick Thompson Morgan Dick Thompson Morgan (December 6, 1853 – July 4, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Early life and education Born at Prairie Creek, Indiana, a few miles southwest of Terre Haute, Indiana, Morgan attended the country schools ...

– author, U.S. Congressman * John H. O'Neall – U.S. Congressman * P.B.S. Pinchback – politician,

governor of Louisiana A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Edward James Roye Edward James Roye (February 3, 1815 – February 11, 1872) served as the fifth president of Liberia from 1870 to his overthrow in 1871 and subsequent death. He had previously served as the fourth Chief Justice of Liberia from 1865 until 1868 ...

– merchant, president of

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

* Everett Sanders – U.S. Congressman, secretary to President

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...

, chairman of the

Republican National Committee The Republican National Committee (RNC) is a U.S. political committee that assists the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican brand and political platform, as well as assisting in fu ...

John Gould Stephenson John Gould Stephenson (March 1, 1828 – November 11, 1883) was an American physician and soldier. He was the fifth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1861 to 1864. He was referred to as the "librarian of the Civil War era" because Ste ...

– fifth Librarian of Congress * Richard Wigginton Thompson – U.S. Congressman and

Secretary of the Navy The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the se ...

under President

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor ...

Ralph Tucker Ralph Tucker (September 30, 1906 – November 21, 1977) was the longest-serving mayor of Terre Haute, Indiana, serving from 1948 to 1968. Biography One of nine children, Ralph Tucker was born in Hymera, Indiana. Tucker's father died when the ...

– five-term mayor of Terre Haute *

John Palmer Usher John Palmer Usher (January 9, 1816 – April 13, 1889) was an American administrator who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Life and career Born in Brookfield, New York, Usher trekked west in ...

– Indiana Attorney General, Secretary of Interior under President

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during the ...

– U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator * Fred Wampler – U.S. Congressman *

James Whitcomb James Whitcomb (December 1, 1795 – October 4, 1852) was a Democratic United States senator and the eighth governor of Indiana. As governor during the Mexican–American War, he oversaw the formation and deployment of the state's levies. He l ...

– Commissioner of U.S. Land Office, governor of Indiana, U.S. Senator

Scientists and engineers

Willis Blatchley Willis Stanley Blatchley (October 6, 1859, North Madison, Connecticut - May 28, 1940, Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American entomologist, malacologist, geologist, and author. His studies included Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, and the fre ...

– scientist, naturalist *

H. R. Cox Herald Rea Cox (1907–1986) was an American bacteriologist. The bacterial family Coxiellaceae and the genus '' Coxiella'', which include the organism that causes Q fever, are named after him. Biography Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he graduated ...

(Herald Rea Cox) – bacteriologist * Ernest R. Davidson – chemist, educator,

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...

recipient * David Deming – scientist, author, professor at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

Lee Alvin DuBridge Lee Alvin DuBridge () was an American educator and physicist, best known as president of the California Institute of Technology from 1946–1969. Background Lee Alvin DuBridge was born on , in Terre Haute, Indiana. His father was Fred DuBridge, ...

– educator, physicist, college administrator *

Barton Warren Evermann Barton Warren Evermann (October 24, 1853 – September 27, 1932) was an American ichthyologist. Early life and education Evermann was born in Monroe County, Iowa in 1853. His family moved to Indiana while he was still a child and it was ...

– biologist *

Thomas Lomar Gray Thomas Lomar Gray (4 February 1850 – 19 December 1908) was a Scottish engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology. Early life Born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, Gray graduated in 1878 from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in en ...

– educator, engineer, college administrator * Sam Hulbert – educator, scientist, inventor * James Arthur Lovell, Jr. – astronaut * William R. McKeen, Jr. – engineer, inventor of the

McKeen railmotor The McKeen Railmotor was a 6-cylinder self-propelled railcar or railmotor. When McKeen Company of Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A., first unveiled the car in 1905, the McKeen was among the first engines with a distillate-fueled motor. Revisions to th ...

and McKeen Car; founder of the

McKeen Motor Car Company The McKeen Motor Car Company of Omaha, Nebraska, was a builder of internal combustion-engined railroad motor cars (railcars), constructing 152 between 1905 and 1917. Founded by William McKeen, the Union Pacific Railroad's Superintendent of Motiv ...

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (October 4, 1841 – March 23, 1924) was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Surve ...

– physicist *

William A. Noyes William Albert Noyes (November 6, 1857 – October 24, 1941) was an American analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights, chaired the Chemistry Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ ...

– chemist, educator, recipient of

Priestley Medal The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry. Established in 1922, the award is named after Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen ...

and Gibbs Medal *

John Adelbert Parkhurst John Adelbert Parkhurst (September 24, 1861 – March 1, 1925) was an American astronomer. He was born in Dixon, Illinois, and attended the public schools in Marengo, IL and Wheaton College. He then attended Rose Polytechnic Institute in Ter ...

– astronomer *

William Wesley Peters William Wesley Peters (June 12, 1912 – July 17, 1991) was an American architect and engineer, apprentice to and protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright. Early life Wes, as he was known to friends and associates, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on Jun ...

– architect, structural engineer *

Abe Silverstein Abraham "Abe" Silverstein
NASA.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2009. (September 15, 1908June 1, 2001) was an American engine ...

– engineer, space aerodynamicist *

Jill Bolte Taylor Jill Bolte Taylor (; born May 4, 1959) is an American neuroanatomist, author, and public speaker. Taylor began to study severe mental illnesses because of her brother's psychosis. In the early 1990s, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Me ...

– "The Singing Scientist," neuroanatomist, author *

Edward Tryon Edward P. Tryon (September 4, 1940 – December 11, 2019) was an American scientist and a professor emeritus of physics at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). He was the first physicist to propose that our universe originated ...

– astrophysicist, cosmologist *

Robert Tryon Robert Choate Tryon (September 4, 1901 – September 27, 1967) was an American behavioral psychologist, who pioneered the study of hereditary trait inheritance and learning in animals. His series of experiments with laboratory rats showed th ...

– engineering fatigue analyst

Writers

Lyman Abbott Lyman J. Abbott (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922) was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. Biography Early years Lyman J. Abbott was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts on December 18, 1835, the son of the prolific ...

– minister, magazine publisher and editor *

Claude Bowers Claude Gernade Bowers (November 20, 1878 – January 21, 1958) was a newspaper columnist and editor, author of best-selling books on American history, Democratic Party politician, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's ambassador to Spain (1933 ...

– journalist, author, diplomat *

Troy Brownfield Troy Brownfield is a comic book writer, journalist, and college professor from Indiana. He has an extensive list of credits, but became widely known to the online community as a columnist for Newsarama and the creator/editor of ShotgunReviews.co ...

– journalist, comic book writer, author, ''Prince Dracula'' *

Winnifred Harper Cooley Winnifred Harper Cooley (October 2, 1874 – October 20, 1967) was an American author and lecturer. Early life Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, she was the daughter of Ida Husted Harper. Cooley graduated in 1896 with an A.B. in Ethics from S ...

– author, journalist *

Helen Corey Helen Corey (born October 9, 1923) is a Syrian-American cookbook author, television producer, and educator. She is also the first Syrian-American woman to have held elected office in Indiana. She is known for her cookbooks ''The Art of Syrian Cook ...

– Syrian-American cookbook author, ''The Art of Syrian Cookery'' (1962) and ''Food from Biblical Lands'' (1989) * George W. Cutter – ''The Song of Steam'', ''Buena Vista'' *

Theodore Dreiser Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm mora ...

– ''

An American Tragedy ''An American Tragedy'' is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of ...

'' *

Max Ehrmann Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired"). He often wrote on spiritual themes. Educa ...

– ''A Prayer'', ''

Desiderata "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired") is an early 1920s prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann. Although he copyrighted it in 1927, he distributed copies of it without a required copyright notice during 1933 and , thereby forfeiting his ...

'' *

Philip Jose Farmer Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

– science fiction author * Robert Greenleaf – author *

Ida Husted Harper Ida Husted Harper (February 18, 1851 – March 14, 1931) was an American author, journalist, columnist, and suffragist, as well as the author of a three-volume biography of suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony at Anthony's request. Harper also c ...

– suffragist, newspaper editor, ''History of Woman Suffrage'', ''The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony'' *

John Jakes John William Jakes (born March 31, 1932) is an American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, ''North and South'', has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Fam ...

– ''Kent Family Chronicles'' *

Howard Andrew Jones Howard Andrew Jones is an American speculative fiction and fantasy author and editor, known for ''The Chronicles of Sword and Sand'' series and ''The Ring-Sworn'' trilogy. He has also written ''Pathfinder Tales'', tie-in fiction novels in the wo ...

- American

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

author and editor * William Harrison Mace – educator, historian, author, ''Lincoln, The Man of the People'' *

Edward J. Meeman Edward John Meeman (October 2, 1889 – November 15, 1966) was an American journalist and editor. Biography Meeman was born in Evansville, Indiana.Ed FrankEdward John Meeman Tennessee Encyclopedia. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, a ...

– journalist and environmentalist *

Terry Pettus Terry Pettus (August 15, 1904 – October 6, 1984) was a newspaper reporter and activist from Seattle, Washington.Eric Scigliano, "What a Hoot!", ''Seattle Metropolitan'', December 2008, p. 52-54.Ross ReiderPettus, Terry (1904-1984) HistoryLink, ...

– journalist * Susie Lankford Shorter – wrote ''Heroines of African Methodism'' (1891) *

Virginia Sorensen Virginia Louise Sorensen (née Eggertsen; February 17, 1912 – December 24, 1991), also credited as Virginia Sorenson, was an American literary regionalism, American regionalist writer. Her role in Utah and Mormon literature places her within th ...

– winner of 1957

Newbery Medal The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contr ...

* William Strunk, Jr. – educator, author, "The Elements of Style" *

Martina Swafford Martina Swafford (, Funkhouser; pen name, Belle Bremer; July 26, 1845 – June 29, 1913) was an American poet of the long nineteenth century. Widely known by her pen-name, "Belle Bremer", her vision was greatly impaired, so much so that much of ...

— poet * Agness Underwood – first female city editor of a metropolitan daily *

Will Weng William C. "Will" Weng (February 25, 1907 – May 2, 1993) was an American journalist and crossword puzzle constructor who was the crossword puzzle editor for ''The New York Times'' from 1969 to 1977. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he attended I ...

– author, crossword puzzles editor ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

Others

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

– educator, religious leader *

Eva Mozes Kor Eva Mozes Kor (January 31, 1934 – July 4, 2019) was a Romanian-born American survivor of the Holocaust. Along with her twin sister Miriam, Kor was subjected to human experimentation under the direction of SS Doctor Josef Mengele at the Ausch ...

– Holocaust survivor, founder of CANDLES Holocaust Museum * Robert Hayes Gore – newspaper executive, author, former

Governor of Puerto Rico The governor of Puerto Rico ( es, gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard. The governor has a duty ...

* Matt Branam – late college president of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology *

Ellen Church Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965) was the first female flight attendant. A trained nurse and pilot, Church wanted to pilot commercial aircraft, but those jobs were not open to women. Still wanting to fly, Church successf ...

Marshall – first airline stewardess * Horace G. Burt – president,

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

Ray S. Cline Ray Steiner Cline (June 4, 1918 – March 16, 1996) was an official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency and is best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Early life and family Ray S. Cline was born i ...

– CIA, author * Lotus Coffman – educator, college administrator * W.C. Coup – circus magnate * Hubert L. Dreyfus – philosopher, educator, author *

Stuart Dreyfus A native of Terre Haute, Indiana, Stuart E. Dreyfus is professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department. While at the Rand Corporation he was a programmer of the JOHNNIAC com ...

– educator, author *

Mari Hulman George Mary Antonia "Mari" Hulman George (December 26, 1934 – November 3, 2018) was the daughter of Tony Hulman, Anton "Tony" Hulman and Mary Fendrich Hulman, prominent Indiana philanthropists and business owners. She was the chairperson of the Indian ...

– philanthropist *

Tony George Anton Hulman "Tony" George (born December 30, 1959) is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hulman & Company, serving from 1989 to 2009. He was also formerly on the Board of Directors of both entities ...

– business executive, former president of the

Indianapolis Motor Speedway The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Verizon 200, and and formerly the home of the United State ...

* Robert K. Greenleaf – business executive, author, educator *

William King Harvey William King Harvey (September 13, 1915 – June 9, 1976) was an American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, best known for his role in the terrorism and sabotage campaign known as Operation Mongoose. He was known as "America's James ...

– CIA, "America's James Bond" * Anton

Tony Hulman Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. (February 11, 1901 – October 27, 1977) was an American businessman from Terre Haute, Indiana, who bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and brought racing back to the famous race course after a four-year hiatu ...

– industrialist, philanthropist;

Mary Fendrich Hulman Mary Fendrich Hulman (March 13, 1905 – April 10, 1998) was the wife of the late Indiana industrialist Anton "Tony" Hulman, Jr. and matriarch of the Hulman-George family that controls Hulman & Company. Early life She was born in Evansville, In ...

– business executive, philanthropist * Robert Hunter – social reformer, author, golf course architect *

Martin David Jenkins Martin David Jenkins, (September 4, 1904 — June 9, 1978) was an American educator and researcher known for his work challenging theories of race and intelligence. Early life Martin Jenkins was born to David and Josephine Jenkins in Terre Ha ...

– educator, late college president of

Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known ...

* Robert Jerry – dean,

University of Florida Levin College of Law The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (UF Law) is the law school of the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest operating public law school in Florida, and second oldest overall ...

* William G. Kerckhoff – business executive, developer of

Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. B ...

* Abraham Markle – miller, Canadian legislator, soldier, village proprietor *

Edison E. Oberholtzer Edison Ellsworth Oberholtzer (May 6, 1880 – June 18, 1954) was the first president of the University of Houston. Oberholtzer obtained his undergraduate education at Westfield College in Westfield, Illinois and Indiana State Normal School (now ...

– educator, founder of the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ...

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– business executive, current president of Dow Chemical and Chemical Financial Corp. * Wanda Ramey – pioneer broadcast journalist *

Orville Redenbacher Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995) was an American food scientist and businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name which is now owned by ConAgra. ''The New York Times'' descri ...

– popcorn entrepreneur; born in

Brazil, Indiana Brazil is a city in Clay County, Indiana, United States. The population was 7,912 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Clay County. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current chief executive of Brazil ...

; Vigo County farm agent *

Peter Riedel Peter Riedel (August 1905 – November 6, 1998) was a German gliding champion, and was Air Attaché for the Nazism, Nazi government in Washington, D.C., before and during World War II. Between 1977 and 1985 he published the definitive history ...

– pilot, gliding champion *

Chauncey Rose Chauncey Rose (December 24, 1794 – August 13, 1877) was a successful American businessman of the 19th century. Early life Chauncey Rose was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut to Scottish immigrants on December 24, 1794. Chauncey was one o ...

– railroad baron, philanthropist * Lou Anna Simon – current college president

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

* William Truesdale – railroad executive *

Clarence Abiathar Waldo Clarence Abiathar Waldo (January 21, 1852 – October 1, 1926) was an United States of America, American mathematician, author and educator, most famous, today, for the role he played in the Indiana Pi Bill affair. Life and career Born in Ha ...

– educator, author * Leroy A. Wilson – business executive, former president of AT&T * William Winter – explorer, author

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Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...