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Notable Hoosiers

Name Occupation Lived in (*birthplace) Where more information can be found
Abraham Lincoln Lawyer/President Southern Indiana Spencer County Visitors Bureau; The Lincoln Museum
Benjamin Harrison Civil War General/United States Senator from Indiana/Twenty-third U.S. President Indianapolis President Benjamin Harrison Home
Bill Gaither & Family Christian Singer/Songwriter Alexandria* Anderson/Madison County Visitors & Convention Bureau
Bill Monroe Musician Bean Blossom Bill Monroe’s Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival
Billy Sunday Evangelist Winona Lake Village at Winona
Carole Lombard Actress Fort Wayne* Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Cole Porter Musician Peru* Miami Co. Museum
J. Danforth “Dan” Quayle Former U.S. Vice-President Huntington* Huntington Convention & Visitors Bureau
Ernest Taylor “Ernie” Pyle World War II Newspaper Correspondent Dana* Ernie Pyle State Historic Site
Elwood Haynes Inventor Kokomo Kokomo/Howard County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Eugene V. Debs Socialist Leader Terre Haute* Eugene V. Debs Foundation
Gene Stratton-Porter Author/Naturalist/Photographer Geneva*/Rome City Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site; Limberlost State Historic Site
George Rogers Clark Explorer Southern Indiana Vincennes/Knox County Convention & Visitors Bureau; Clark/Floyd Counties Convention & Visitors Bureau
James Dean Actor Marion* Marion/Grant County Convention & Visitors Bureau
James Whitcomb Riley Author Greenfield*/Indianapolis Hancock County Visitors Bureau; James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
John Mellencamp Musician Seymour* Jackson County Visitors Center
John Hunt Morgan Raider South/Southeast Indiana John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail
Levi Coffin Abolitionist Fountain City Richmond/Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Major General Lew Wallace Author/Soldier Brookville* Franklin County Convention, Recreation, Visitors Commission; Montgomery County Visitors & Convention Bureau
Squire Boone Explorer Mauckport Squire Boone Caverns
Virgil "Gus" Grissom Astronaut Mitchell* Spring Mill State Park
Wilbur Wright Inventor Millville* Wilbur Wright Birthplace
William Henry Harrison First Indiana Territory Governor/congressman/senator/ninth President of the United States/ Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather Vincennes Vincennes/Knox County Convention & Visitors Bureau; Tippecanoe Battlefield

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