List of people from Indiana

This is a list of notable people who were born or lived in the American state of Indiana. == Military == Marion T. Anderson, Medal of Honor recipient by American Civil War (Decatur County) Martha Baker, nurse in the American Civil War (Concord) Jeremy Michael Boorda, admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (South Bend) Ambrose Burnside, general in the Civil War, sideburns are named after him (Liberty) John Howard Cassady, U.S. Navy admiral, commander in chief, Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Spencer) George Rogers Clark, man who conquered Indiana for the United States (Clarksville) Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam War, U.S. Army (Freedom) Jonathan D. George, retired Air Force brigadier general, 9th District congressional candidate (Bedford) William Grose, Civil War general (New Castle) Scott S. Haraburda, colonel, U.S. Army; president of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers (Spencer) Horace Meek Hickam, lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps; aviation pioneer; Hickam AFB named in his honor (Spencer) Jonas Ingram, Medal of Honor recipient, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War II (Jeffersonville) Opha May Johnson, first woman known to have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (Kokomo) Henry Maston Mullinnix, rear admiral, U.S. Navy; USS Mullinnix was named in his honor (Spencer) John Poindexter, vice admiral, U.S. Navy, National Security Adviser to President Ronald Reagan, figure in the Iran-Contra affair (Odon) David M. Shoup, Medal of Honor recipient, 22nd commandant of the Marine Corps (Battle Ground) Walter Bedell Smith, general, U.S. Army, chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Indianapolis) Raymond Ames Spruance, admiral, U.S. Navy, Flagship Commander USS Indianapolis (Indianapolis) Lew Wallace, general in the Civil War (Crawfordsville) "Mad" Anthony Wayne, 18th-century United States general and namesake to Fort Wayne Samuel Woodfill, most decorated American soldier in World War I (Jefferson County) == Politicians and activists == Gardner Ackley, chairman of Council of Economic Advisers under Lyndon B. Johnson (Indianapolis) Frank J. Anderson, Marion County sheriff (Indianapolis) Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Supreme Court justice (South Bend) Birch Bayh, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate (Terre Haute) Evan Bayh, U.S. senator and former governor of Indiana (Shirkieville) Albert J. Beveridge, U.S. senator of Indiana (Indianapolis) Otis R. Bowen, governor of Indiana and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Roger D. Branigin, governor of Indiana and 1968 candidate for president (Franklin) Jesse D. Bright, U.S. senator and president pro tempore of the Senate (Madison) George Washington Buckner, U.S. minister to Liberia, 1913–1915 (Evansville) Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, mayor of South Bend, and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Earl Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Albion) Maria Cantwell, U.S. congresswoman and U.S. senator (Indianapolis) Homer E. Capehart, businessman and U.S. senator (Algiers) Joseph Clancy, director of the United States Secret Service under President Barack Obama (Elwood) James Clapper, director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama (Fort Wayne) Benjamin V. Cohen, a key figure in the administrations of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (Muncie) Schuyler Colfax, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Vice President (South Bend) George N. Craig, governor of Indiana, National Commander of American Legion (Brazil) Gonzalo P. Curiel, U.S. district judge (East Chicago) John Wesley Davis, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives (Carlisle) Eugene V. Debs, labor and political leader (Terre Haute) William Hayden English, U.S. congressman and vice presidential candidate (Lexington) Charles W. Fairbanks, U.S. senator and vice president of the United States (Indianapolis) John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State (Evansville) Nora Trueblood Gause (1851–1955), humanitarian (Kokomo) Walter Q. Gresham, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Postmaster General, Secretary of State (Lanesville) Marc L. Griffin, youngest judge at age 17 (Greenwood) Charles A. Halleck, U.S. congressman (Rensselaer) Lee H. Hamilton, U.S. congressman (Bloomington) Clifford Hardin, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Knightstown) Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the United States and governor of Indiana Territory Richard Hatcher, Gary mayor (Gary) John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State (Salem) Will H. Hays, U.S. Postmaster General (Sullivan) Thomas A. Hendricks, U.S. senator and vice president (Indianapolis) Agnes Hitt (1845-1919), national president of the Woman's Relief Corps (Greencastle) Louis McHenry Howe, close political advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Indianapolis) Jonathan Jennings, first congressional representative from the Indiana Territory and early abolitionist (Charlestown) Elisabeth Jensen, education advocate and former Disney Consumer Products executive Cleve Jones, gay/human rights activist, created the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (West Lafayette) Jane L. Kelly, U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Greencastle) Michael C. Kerr, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives (New Albany) Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden (Indianapolis) Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, lived in Indiana age 7–21 (Spencer County) Richard Lugar, U.S. senator and former mayor of Indianapolis (Indianapolis) Thomas R. Marshall, U.S. vice president (North Manchester) Mack F. Mattingly, U.S. senator from Georgia, asst.

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List of people from Indiana

This is a list of notable people who were born or lived in the American state of Indiana. == Military == Marion T. Anderson, Medal of Honor recipient by American Civil War (Decatur County) Martha Baker, nurse in the American Civil War (Concord) Jeremy Michael Boorda, admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (South Bend) Ambrose Burnside, general in the Civil War, sideburns are named after him (Liberty) John Howard Cassady, U.S. Navy admiral, commander in chief, Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Spencer) George Rogers Clark, man who conquered Indiana for the United States (Clarksville) Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam War, U.S. Army (Freedom) Jonathan D. George, retired Air Force brigadier general, 9th District congressional candidate (Bedford) William Grose, Civil War general (New Castle) Scott S. Haraburda, colonel, U.S. Army; president of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers (Spencer) Horace Meek Hickam, lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps; aviation pioneer; Hickam AFB named in his honor (Spencer) Jonas Ingram, Medal of Honor recipient, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War II (Jeffersonville) Opha May Johnson, first woman known to have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (Kokomo) Henry Maston Mullinnix, rear admiral, U.S. Navy; USS Mullinnix was named in his honor (Spencer) John Poindexter, vice admiral, U.S. Navy, National Security Adviser to President Ronald Reagan, figure in the Iran-Contra affair (Odon) David M. Shoup, Medal of Honor recipient, 22nd commandant of the Marine Corps (Battle Ground) Walter Bedell Smith, general, U.S. Army, chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Indianapolis) Raymond Ames Spruance, admiral, U.S. Navy, Flagship Commander USS Indianapolis (Indianapolis) Lew Wallace, general in the Civil War (Crawfordsville) "Mad" Anthony Wayne, 18th-century United States general and namesake to Fort Wayne Samuel Woodfill, most decorated American soldier in World War I (Jefferson County) == Politicians and activists == Gardner Ackley, chairman of Council of Economic Advisers under Lyndon B. Johnson (Indianapolis) Frank J. Anderson, Marion County sheriff (Indianapolis) Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Supreme Court justice (South Bend) Birch Bayh, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate (Terre Haute) Evan Bayh, U.S. senator and former governor of Indiana (Shirkieville) Albert J. Beveridge, U.S. senator of Indiana (Indianapolis) Otis R. Bowen, governor of Indiana and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Roger D. Branigin, governor of Indiana and 1968 candidate for president (Franklin) Jesse D. Bright, U.S. senator and president pro tempore of the Senate (Madison) George Washington Buckner, U.S. minister to Liberia, 1913–1915 (Evansville) Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, mayor of South Bend, and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Earl Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Albion) Maria Cantwell, U.S. congresswoman and U.S. senator (Indianapolis) Homer E. Capehart, businessman and U.S. senator (Algiers) Joseph Clancy, director of the United States Secret Service under President Barack Obama (Elwood) James Clapper, director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama (Fort Wayne) Benjamin V. Cohen, a key figure in the administrations of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (Muncie) Schuyler Colfax, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Vice President (South Bend) George N. Craig, governor of Indiana, National Commander of American Legion (Brazil) Gonzalo P. Curiel, U.S. district judge (East Chicago) John Wesley Davis, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives (Carlisle) Eugene V. Debs, labor and political leader (Terre Haute) William Hayden English, U.S. congressman and vice presidential candidate (Lexington) Charles W. Fairbanks, U.S. senator and vice president of the United States (Indianapolis) John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State (Evansville) Nora Trueblood Gause (1851–1955), humanitarian (Kokomo) Walter Q. Gresham, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Postmaster General, Secretary of State (Lanesville) Marc L. Griffin, youngest judge at age 17 (Greenwood) Charles A. Halleck, U.S. congressman (Rensselaer) Lee H. Hamilton, U.S. congressman (Bloomington) Clifford Hardin, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Knightstown) Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the United States and governor of Indiana Territory Richard Hatcher, Gary mayor (Gary) John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State (Salem) Will H. Hays, U.S. Postmaster General (Sullivan) Thomas A. Hendricks, U.S. senator and vice president (Indianapolis) Agnes Hitt (1845-1919), national president of the Woman's Relief Corps (Greencastle) Louis McHenry Howe, close political advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Indianapolis) Jonathan Jennings, first congressional representative from the Indiana Territory and early abolitionist (Charlestown) Elisabeth Jensen, education advocate and former Disney Consumer Products executive Cleve Jones, gay/human rights activist, created the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (West Lafayette) Jane L. Kelly, U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Greencastle) Michael C. Kerr, U.S. congressman and speaker of the House of Representatives (New Albany) Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden (Indianapolis) Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, lived in Indiana age 7–21 (Spencer County) Richard Lugar, U.S. senator and former mayor of Indianapolis (Indianapolis) Thomas R. Marshall, U.S. vice president (North Manchester) Mack F. Mattingly, U.S. senator from Georgia, asst.

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