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South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...
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Government and politics

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John Brademas Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 a ...
, former
House Majority Whip Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are el ...
* Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020) and
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in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. First openly gay man to win delegates in a presidential primary and the first openly gay Cabinet member in history. Current
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. *
Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Jr. (; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the Hous ...
, 17th
Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...
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Alexis Coquillard Alexis Coquillard (September 28, 1795 - January 8, 1855) was an American fur trader, explorer, and the founder of South Bend, Indiana. Early life Alexis Coquillard was born on September 28, 1795, in Detroit. He fought in the War of 1812 under ...
, founder of South Bend * Noma Gurich, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma * Timothy Howard, 43rd Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, Indiana State Senator * Larry J. McKinney, United States District Court judge * James Mueller, mayor of South Bend since 2020 *
Tim Roemer Timothy John Roemer (born October 30, 1956) is an American diplomat and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003 as a Democrat from Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Subsequently, he was the preside ...
, former U.S. Ambassador to India and U.S. congressman *
Joe Kernan Joe Kernan or Joseph Kernan may refer to: * Joe Kernan (baseball), 19th-century American baseball player * Joe Kernan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1954) * Joe Kernan (politician) (1946–2020), American politician * Joseph D. Kernan (born 1955), Uni ...
, politician and
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 ...
(2003-2005) * Clarence Long, U.S. Congressman of
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Jake Teshka Jake Teshka is an American politician serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 7th district. He assumed office on November 4, 2020. Early life and education Teshka was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. After g ...
, member of the Indiana House of Representatives


Film and television

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John Bromfield John Bromfield (born Farron Bromfield; June 11, 1922 – September 19, 2005) was an American actor and commercial fisherman. Early years Farron Bromfield was born in South Bend, Indiana. He played football and was a boxing champion at Saint Mar ...
, actor * Charles Butterworth, actor * John Clarke, actor *
Dolores Fuller Dolores Agnes Fuller ( Eble, later Chamberlin; March 10, 1923 – May 9, 2011) was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Ed Wood. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in ' ...
, actress and Ed Wood’s Muse *
Dick Durock Richard Durock (January 18, 1937 – September 17, 2009) was an American actor and stuntman who appeared in over eighty films and over seven hundred television episodes. He played Swamp Thing in both the feature films ''Swamp Thing'' and ''The Ret ...
, stuntman and actor * Chad Everett, actor *
Vivica A. Fox Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress, producer, and television host. Fox began her career on ''Soul Train'' (19821983). She eventually continued her career with roles on the daytime television soap operas ''Days of O ...
, actress * Lloyd Haynes, actor *
Catherine Hicks Catherine Mary Hicks (born August 6, 1951) is an American actress. She played the character Annie Camden on the long-running television series '' 7th Heaven''. Other roles included Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' (1976–1 ...
, actress; attended Saint Mary's College *
Larry Karaszewski Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer * Larry Boon ...
, film and TV screenwriter / producer * Katie Madonna Lee, screenwriter and filmmaker *
Jeremy Leven Jeremy Leven (born August 16, 1941) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leven lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Paris, and New York City. Early life Leven was educated at St. John's Colle ...
, writer, director * Keith Alan Morris, filmmaker *
Dean Norris Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for playing DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and its spin-off '' Better Call Saul'' (2020). He also portrayed town council ...
, actor * Sydney Pollack, film director and actor * Nancy Priddy, actress and singer *
Dan Resin Dan Resin (February 22, 1931 – July 31, 2010) was an American actor. Early life Resin was born in South Bend, Indiana. He was three years old when his parents divorced. Resin met his future wife in the seventh grade. He graduated from I ...
, actor * George Seaton, film director * Ansel Wallace, newsreel cameraman and photographer in World War I * Michael Warren, actor * Daniel Waters, film director and screenwriter *
Mark Waters Mark Stephen Waters (born June 30, 1964) is an American filmmaker who directed the comedy films '' Freaky Friday'', ''Mean Girls ''Mean Girls'' is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey. The film ...
, film director and producer * Chuck Zink TV personality


Sports


American Football

* Anthony Barr, NFL linebacker playing for the
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* Frank Bykowski, NFL player *
Bill Doba William Anthony Doba (born September 7, 1940) is a former American football coach. He is the former head coach at Washington State University, where he led the Cougars for five seasons, from 2003 through 2007, and was fired on November 26. Earl ...
, football coach * Kent Gaydos, football player * Jon Gruden, former ESPN broadcaster and NFL coach * MyCole Pruitt, NFL tight end for the Atlanta Falcons *
Ernie Zalejski Ernest Raymond Zalejski (November 23, 1925 – August 5, 2012) was an American football Back (American football), back who played one season with the Baltimore Colts (1947–50), Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafte ...
, American football player *
Anthony Johnson (running back) Anthony Scott Johnson (born October 25, 1967) is a former professional American football running back who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts, the New York Jets, the Chicago Bears, the Carolina Panther ...
, NFL running back


Baseball

* Ollie Bejma, baseball player *
Nancy DeShone Nancy DeShone ''Rockwell / Dinehart(March 22, 1932 – October 6, 2007) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., she batted and threw left handed.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player for the South Bend Blue Sox * Dorothea Downs, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox *
Mary Lou Graham Mary Lou Graham (later Hamilton; born August 15, 1936) is a former batgirl and relief pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 149 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox * Frances Janssen, AAGPBL player and Northern Indiana Historical Society researcher * Glenna Sue Kidd, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox * Marie Kruckel, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox and a 38-year teacher at Clay High School *
Betty Wagoner Betty Ann Wagoner (July 15, 1930 – May 9, 2006) was an American baseball player. She was a right fielder and pitcher who played from 1948 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 110 lb., she bat ...
, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox *
Janet Wiley Janet M. Wiley ''Sears(October 12, 1933 – July 10, 2010) was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 112 lb, she batted and threw right-handed. A member of a ...
, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox *
Craig Counsell Craig John Counsell (born August 21, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player who is the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Counsell became the Brewers' manager in May 2015; he became the longest-te ...
, baseball player *
Andy Replogle Andy Replogle (October 7, 1953 – April 10, 2012) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Replogle was drafted in the ninth round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. Previously, he was drafted by the New York Mets, bu ...
, baseball pitcher


Basketball

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Tom Abernethy Thomas Craig Abernethy (born May 6, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers and won a national championship in 1976. Abernethy was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in th ...
, basketball player *
Skylar Diggins Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNB ...
, WNBA, American Professional Basketball player *
Jaden Ivey Jaden Edward Dhananjay Ivey (born February 13, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers. Early life and high ...
, NBA player for the
Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...
*
Demetrius Jackson Demetrius Montell Jackson Jr. (born September 7, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played three seasons of college basketball for the University of Notre Dame bef ...
, professional basketball player * Jasmine Watson, women's basketball player * John Wooden, basketball coach *
John Laskowski John Laskowski (born June 7, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). College career A 6'6" guard born in South Bend, Indiana, Laskowski played basketball f ...
, basketball player *
Lee Nailon Lee Nailon (born February 22, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. In 2011, he was the top scorer in the Is ...
, NBA basketball player and 2007
Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP The Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, or Israeli Basketball Super League MVP, is an annual basketball award that is presented to the most valuable player in a given season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which is the top-tier level ...
* Blake Wesley, basketball player


Motorsports

* Luther Johnson, Indy car driver * J. C. McDonald, Indy car driver * Ryan Newman, NASCAR Cup Series driver * Mike Salay, Indy car driver *
David Stremme David Andrew Stremme (born June 19, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Early career Stremme was born in South Bend, Indiana. His racing roots can be traced back to Midwestern short track racing, where he followed in the f ...
,
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...
driver *
Mike LaRocco Michael Wayne “Mike” LaRocco (born February 12, 1971) is an American former professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1988 to 2006. During his nineteen-year professional motocross career, ...
, motocross racer


Miscellaneous

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Mark Hazinski Mark "Haz" Hazinski (born April 20, 1985, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American professional table tennis athlete. He started playing table tennis at the age of 9 and by the age of 15 had become the youngest player in the history of United Sta ...
, 2004 USA Olympian in table tennis * Steve Nemeth, player of gridiron football * Anne Doyle, sportscaster


Music

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Brendan Bayliss Brendan Bayliss (born August 11, 1976) is an American musician and the founder, a lead guitarist, and primary vocalist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. Biography Bayliss formed Umphrey's McGee in 1997 and took its moniker from the ...
and Jake Cinninger, guitarists,
Umphrey's McGee Umphrey's McGee is an American jam band originally from South Bend, Indiana. The band experiments with many musical styles, including rock, metal, funk, jazz, blues, reggae, electronic, bluegrass, country, and folk. They have toured regularl ...
(a progressive rock and jam band from South Bend) * Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue, pioneering rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter *
Marcie Free Marcie Michelle Free (born Mark Edward Free on April 12, 1954) is an American rock singer, best known as the lead singer of King Kobra, Signal and Unruly Child. History Free started singing professionally at the age of 19 while living in Flin ...
, singer,
King Kobra King Kobra is an American heavy metal band founded by drummer Carmine Appice after his tenure with Ozzy Osbourne from 1983 to 1984. History For their first two albums, the band consisted of four relatively unknown musicians: vocalist Marcie F ...
,
Unruly Child Unruly Child is an American hard rock band, founded in 1991. Band members Principal members * Marcie Free – lead vocals (1991-1992, 2010-present) * Bruce Gowdy – guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals (1991-1992, 1998-2003, 2010-present) * ...
, Signal * Josh Garrels, musician * Nathan Gunn, operatic baritone *
Sneaky Pete Kleinow Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow (August 20, 1934 – January 6, 2007) was an American country-rock musician. He is best known as a member of the band The Flying Burrito Brothers and as a session musician playing pedal steel guitar for such ar ...
, musician *
The Rivieras The Rivieras were an American rock band that formed in the early 1960s in South Bend, Indiana. They had a hit with the song " California Sun". History The Rivieras were made up of teenagers from South Bend Central High School. (This band shoul ...
, 1960s garage rock and surf rock band *
Jules C. Stein Jules C. Stein (April 26, 1896 – April 29, 1981) was an American physician and businessman who co-founded Music Corporation of America (MCA). Early life and education Stein was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, one ...
, music industry executive *
Student Rick Student Rick was an emo band from South Bend, Indiana that consisted of Adam Reiter (guitar/vocals), Brett Jones (guitar/vocals), Jason Pavilanis (bass), and Zach Davis (drums). They were most known for their song ''"Falling for You"'' from the ...
, early 2000s pop punk and emo band *
Alexander Toradze Alexander Davidovich "Lexo" Toradze ( ka, ალექსანდრე თორაძე ''Aleksandre Toradze''; May 30, 1952 – May 11, 2022) was a Georgian-born American pianist, best known for his classical Russian repertoire, with a car ...
, pianist *
Junior Walker Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. (June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995), known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist (primarily saxophonist and vocalist) who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a sess ...
, 1960s soul singer and saxophonist signed to Motown (with the All Stars) * Beatrice Carmichael, opera singer and director *
Ted Leo Theodore Francis Leo is an American singer and musician. He is the frontman and lead guitarist of the rock group Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and in 2013, he and Aimee Mann formed the indie rock duo The Both. Early life Born in South Bend, I ...
, musician * Nathan Gunn, opera singer and professor * Traci Paige Johnson, co-creator, ''Blue's Clues'' TV show * Merchant Ships, late aughts emo band * Kennedy's Kitchen, traditional Irish band


Literature

* Elijah Anderson, sociologist and author of ''Code of the Street'' *
Phillip Hoose Phillip M. Hoose (born May 31, 1947) is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. His first published works were written for adults but he turned his attention to children and young adults, in part to keep up with his dau ...
, author *
Kenn Kaufman Kenn Kaufman (born 1954) is an American author, artist, naturalist, and conservationist, known for his work on several popular field guides of birds and butterflies in North America. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Kaufman began birding at the ...
, naturalist and author *
Bernard Kilgore Bernard (Barney) Kilgore was a managing editor of ''The Wall Street Journal'' from 1941 to 1965 and head of the Dow Jones company. In 1961 Kilgore received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby Col ...
, journalist, ''
Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
'' * Dylan Krieger, poet * Kenneth Rexroth, poet, translator of the classical Chinese poets, essayist, intellectual, anarchist.


Business


Heavy Industries

* John Birdsell, inventor of the Birdsell Clover Huller and founder of Birdsell Manufacturing Company * James Oliver, inventor and industrialist best known for creating South Bend Iron Works, which was reincorporated as Oliver Farm Equipment Company after his death * Studebaker Brothers, founders of
Studebaker Corporation Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana, with a building at 1600 Broadway, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 as the Studebaker Brothers Ma ...


Miscellaneous

* Narsai David, San Francisco chef and restaurateur * Cashmere Nicole, American entrepreneur * Conrad Prebys, property developer, philanthropist, billionaire


Military

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Jeremy Michael Boorda Jeremy Michael Boorda (November 26, 1939 – May 16, 1996) was a United States Navy admiral who served as the 25th Chief of Naval Operations. Boorda is notable as the first person to have risen from the enlisted ranks to become Chief of Naval Ope ...
, Navy admiral * James H. Kasler,
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and
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a ...
fighter pilot and POW; only recipient of three Air Force Crosses * Joseph A. Nolan Medal of Honor Recipient, Philippine Insurrection * Howard G. Bunker, Air Force general *
Edward Hale Campbell Edward Hale Campbell (October 4, 1872 – December 11, 1946) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Early life and education Edward Campbell was born in South Bend, Indiana on ...
, Navy admiral


Science

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Debra Elmegreen Debra Meloy Elmegreen (born November 23, 1952 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American astronomer. She was the first woman to graduate from Princeton University with a degree in astrophysics, and she was the first female post-doctoral researcher a ...
, astronomer *
Maclyn McCarty Maclyn McCarty (June 9, 1911 – January 2, 2005) was an American geneticist, a research scientist described in 2005 as "the last surviving member of a Manhattan scientific team that overturned medical dogma in the 1940's and became the first to ...
, physician and biochemistry researcher who helped identify DNA as the genetic material, ushering in the era of
molecular biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...
* Robert Fassnacht, researcher killed in bombing * Marcus Ward Lyon Jr., mammalogist, pathologist * Eric F. Wieschaus, evolutionary developmental biologist. Nobel Prize in Medicine


Art

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George Rickey George Warren Rickey (June 6, 1907 – July 17, 2002) was an American kinetic sculptor. Early life and education Rickey was born on June 6, 1907, in South Bend, Indiana. When Rickey was still a child, his father, an executive with Singer S ...
, kinetic sculptor


Education

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Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrović (; 15 August 1883 – 16 January 1962) was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. He studied at Pavle Bilinić's ...
, sculptor, professor at the
University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...
, died in South Bend * Duncan G. Stroik, architect, sacred architecture professor, and founder of Duncan G. Stroik Architect LLC


Others

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Michael Alig Michael Alig (April 29, 1966 – December 24, 2020) was an American club promoter and convicted felon. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s a ...
, co-founder of the
Club Kids The Club Kids were a group of young New York City dance club personalities popularized by Michael Alig, James St. James, Julie Jewels, Astro Erle, Michael Tronn, DJ Keoki, and Ernie Glam in the late 1980s, and throughout the 1990s would grow to i ...
and convicted murderer * Paul Smith, first African American minister at historic First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York; multicultural consultant, civil rights activist, university administrator, teacher, author *
Emerson Spartz Emerson James Spartz (born February 17, 1987) is the founder of the viral media company Dose and the founder of MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fansite. Early life Spartz was born in La Porte, Indiana to Tom and Maggi Spartz. He is the oldest of thr ...
, media mogul *
William Albert Wack William Albert Wack, C.S.C. (born June 28, 1967) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee in Florida since August 22, 2017. Early life William Wack was born June 28, ...
, CSC, Bishop of Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee * Owen Klein


Associated with the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

* Jacqueline Batteast *
Skylar Diggins Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNB ...
*
George Gipp George Gipp (February 18, 1895 – December 14, 1920), nicknamed "The Gipper", was a college football player at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Knute Rockne. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first Walter Camp All-American, and ...
* Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh * Lou Holtz *
Paul Hornung Paul Vernon Hornung (December 23, 1935 – November 13, 2020), nicknamed "the Golden Boy", was an American professional football player who was a Hall of Fame running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 195 ...
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Moose Krause Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas; lt, Edvardas Valteris Kriaučiūnas; February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics a ...
*
Frank Leahy Francis William Leahy (August 27, 1908 – June 21, 1973) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He served as the head football coach at Boston College from 1939 to 1940 and at ...
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Johnny Lujack John Christopher Lujack (pronounced Lu' jack; born January 4, 1925) is a former American football quarterback and defensive back who won the 1947 Heisman Trophy; he is currently the oldest living recipient of the Heisman Trophy. Lujack played c ...
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Joe Montana Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. Nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "the Comeback Kid", ...
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Ara Parseghian Ara Raoul Parseghian (; hy, Արա Ռաուլ Պարսեղյան; May 21, 1923 – August 2, 2017) was an American football player and coach who guided the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973. He is noted for br ...
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Digger Phelps Richard Frederick "Digger" Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the n ...
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Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020)Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest working ma ...
* Condoleezza Rice * Knute Rockne * Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger *
Joe Theismann Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949) is an American former professional football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker and restaurateur. He rose to fame playing quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canad ...
*
Charlie Weis Charles Joseph Weis Sr. (born March 30, 1956) is a former American football coach. He was the head coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 2005 to 2009 and the Kansas Jayhawks from 2012 to 2014. He also served as an offensive coordinator ...
* Brian Kelly


References

{{South Bend, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...
South Bend South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...