People of Indiana
| George Ade |
Kentland |
1866-1944 |
Humorist, playwright |
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| Charles Austin Beard |
Near Knighstown |
1874-1948 |
Political scientist, historian |
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| Albert Jeremiah Beveridge |
Highland County |
1862-1927 |
Public official, historian |
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| Larry Joe Bird |
West Baden |
1956- |
Basketball player |
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| Ambrose Everett Burnside |
Liberty |
1824-1881 |
Soldier, public official |
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| Theodore Dreiser |
Terre Haute |
1871-1945 |
Author |
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| Edward Eggleston |
Vevay |
1837-1902 |
Religious leader, historian |
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| John Milton Hay |
Salem |
1838-1905 |
Diplomat, author |
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| James (Jimmy) Riddle Hoffa |
Brazil |
1913-1975 |
Labor leader |
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| Robert Staughton Lind |
New Albany |
1892-1970 |
Sociologist |
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| Thomas Riley Marshall |
North Manchester |
1854-1925 |
U.S. Vice President |
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| John Tinney McCutcheon |
Tippecanoe County |
1870-1949 |
Cartoonist |
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| Oliver Perry Morton |
Salisbury |
1823-1877 |
Public official |
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| Cole Porter |
Peru |
1893-1964 |
Lyricist, composer |
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| Gene Stratton Porter |
Wabash County |
1863-1924 |
Author |
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| Ernest (Ernie) Taylor Pyle |
Dana |
1900-1945 |
Journalist |
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| James Danforth (Dan) Quayle |
Indianapolis |
1947- |
U.S. Vice President |
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| James Whitcomb Riley |
Greenfield |
1849-1916 |
Poet |
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| Newton Booth Tarkington |
Indianapolis |
1869-1946 |
Author |
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| Lewis (Lew) Wallace |
Brookfille |
1827-1905 |
U.S. general, diplomat, author |
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| Wedell L. Willkie |
Elwood |
1892-1944 |
Industrialist, political leader |
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| Orville Wright |
Dayton |
1871-1948 |
Inventor, pioneer aviator |
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| Wilbur Wright |
Millville |
1867-1912 |
Inventor, pioneer aviator |
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Source:
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.
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