List of famous people from Indianapolis

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This is a list of famous people from Indianapolis, Indiana.

• John Andretti, NASCAR driver
• Steve Burton, actor
• John Dillinger, bank robber
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, R&B music producer and performer
• Mike Epps, actor
• Vivica A. Fox, actress
• Jared Fogle, Subway restaurant endorser
• Brendan Fraser, actor
• Greg Graham, former NBA player
• Michael Graves, architect
• Sid Grauman, founder of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, home of the Academy Awards.
• Jeff George, former NFL Quarterback
• Benjamin Harrison, U.S. president (born in North Bend, Ohio)
• Alan Henderson, NBA player (born in West Virginia, but grew up in Indianapolis)
• Billy Henderson, singer
• John F. Hennessey, 1920s tennis star
• Ken Hixon, screenwriter
• Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter
• Kenny Irwin, former NASCAR driver, killed in practice crash
• J.J. Johnson, jazz trombonist
• Doug Jones, actor
• Kyle Krisiloff, an ARCA driver
• David Letterman, talk show host
• Richard Lugar, politician

• Charles Major, author
• Julie McWhirter, actress
• Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist
• Eric Montross, former NBA player
• Jane Pauley, news anchor and journalist
• Oscar Robertson, hall of fame basketball player
• Marc Summers, game show host, television personality
• Kurt Vonnegut, author
• Dan Wakefield, author
• Steven Hamilton, military journalist (USAF Retired)
• Johnny Weaver, pro-wrestler, first to use the sleeper hold, "Weaver Lock"
• Allan Bloom, philosopher and essayist
• Tim Swiss, credit analyst

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