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Who are some famous people from Indiana?
Posted: May 08, 2008 in Music, Movies, TV and Celebrities
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i haven't done much research on this but i know the 2 coolest actors of all-time are from this state. besides RandyDaytona who are some of the other celebs from the state?
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dude? you're a music fan aren't you? Axl W. Rose! Shannon Hoon! Michael F'ing Jackson!
David Letterman, Jimmy Hoffa, John Mellencamp, Johnny Appleseed (if that's his real name), Kurt Vonnegut, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Robert Indiana, Orville Redenbacher, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Shawn Kemp, John Wooden, Don Mattingly.
MATTINGLY! totally forgot about that. he's my boy!
Ummm. Lauren Bacall, Stephen Sprouse, Halston, Norman Norell, Bill Blass, Wes Montgomery, J.J. Johnson, the Olympic diver guy, David Lee Roth, Ernie Pyle...
wait, David Lee Roth? really? SWEET!
Red Skeleton, Sydney Pollack, Babyface, Burl Ives, Vivica A. Fox, Greg Kinnear, Jim Gaffigan, Brendan Fraser, Mike Epps, Greg Oden, Cole Porter...many more.
John Dillinger, Vivica A. Fox, Babyface, Scott Rolen, Henry Lee Summer, Greg Kinnear, Jim Gaffigan, Chuck Taylor, Jared the Subway Guy, Jim Jones, Brendan Fraser.
Carole Lombard was born in Fort Wayne. Her former house is a bed and breakfast now and it is for sale.
Shelly Long of Cheers,Ft.Wayne.
Here are some others: Architect Michael Graves, composer David Baker, Eli Lilly, actor Doug Jones, martial artist Chris Scott "Lights Out" Lytle, baseball player Oscar Charleston, jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar, astronaut David Wolf, inventor Wilbur Wright of the Wright Brothers, second black world champion in any sport - cyclist Marshall Taylor...
Jenna Fischer (Pam on the US version of The Office) is from Ft. Wayne. Journalist Jane Pauley is from Indy. I can't think of anyone else who hasn't already been named.
What about old Ben Harrison? Also Playmates Jami Ferrell and Karen McDougal (one of the best of all time!), Fuzzy Zoeller, Colonel Sanders, and Bubba The Love Sponge.
I'd recommend my old prof Nelson Price's book Indiana Legends: Famous Hoosiers from Johnny Appleseed to David Letterman.