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Indianapolis, IN
LOCATION
Official Website: http://www.indy.gov/
Population: 781870 (2000 census) Founding Date: 1822 County: Marion County Capital of Indiana, and county seat of Marion County.
NEWSPAPERS
SCHOOLS
MUSEUM
ORCHESTRA
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
H. Gardner Ackley |
Economist |
30-Jun-1915 |
12-Feb-1998 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69 |
Margaret Anderson |
Author |
24-Nov-1886 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Founder of the Little Review |
Philip W. Anderson |
Physicist |
13-Dec-1923 |
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Solid state physics |
Mike Aulby |
Bowling |
25-Mar-1960 |
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Professional bowler, retired |
Allan Bloom |
Philosopher |
14-Sep-1930 |
7-Oct-1992 |
The Closing of the American Mind |
Roy Blount, Jr. |
Author |
5-Oct-1941 |
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Humorist |
Monte Blue |
Actor |
11-Jan-1887 |
18-Feb-1963 |
Orphans of the Storm |
Theodore R. Boehm |
Judge |
12-Sep-1938 |
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Justice, Indiana Supreme Court |
Connie Booth |
Actor |
1944 |
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Polly Shearman on Fawlty Towers |
Dan Burton |
Politician |
21-Jun-1938 |
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Congressman, Indiana 5th |
Steve Burton |
Actor |
28-Jun-1970 |
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General Hospital |
Maria Cantwell |
Politician |
13-Oct-1958 |
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US Senator from Washington |
André Carson |
Politician |
16-Oct-1974 |
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Congressman, Indiana 7th |
Carol G. Dawson |
Government |
8-Sep-1937 |
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Conservative activist |
John Dillinger |
Criminal |
22-Jun-1903 |
22-Jul-1934 |
Public Enemy Number One |
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds |
Musician |
10-Apr-1958 |
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Put Your Heart on the Line |
Robert Emhardt |
Actor |
24-Jul-1914 |
26-Dec-1994 |
The Intruder |
Mike Epps |
Actor |
18-Nov-1970 |
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Next Friday |
Janet Flanner |
Journalist |
13-Mar-1892 |
7-Nov-1978 |
The New Yorker |
Jared Fogle |
Meme |
1-Dec-1977 |
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Chubby perv and former Subway spokesman |
Ken Foree |
Actor |
29-Feb-1948 |
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Dawn of the Dead |
Vivica Fox |
Actor |
30-Jul-1964 |
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Booty Call |
Brendan Fraser |
Actor |
3-Dec-1968 |
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The Mummy |
Stephen Goldsmith |
Politician |
12-Dec-1946 |
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Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99 |
Michael Graves |
Architect |
9-Jul-1934 |
12-Mar-2015 |
Postmodern architect, New York Five |
David A. Hager |
Business |
14-Oct-1956 |
|
COO of Kerr-McGee, 2005-06 |
Louis McHenry Howe |
Government |
14-Jan-1871 |
18-Apr-1936 |
Close advisor to FDR |
Freddie Hubbard |
Jazz Musician |
7-Apr-1938 |
29-Dec-2008 |
Hard-bop jazz trumpet soloist |
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. |
Politician |
24-Feb-1932 |
29-Dec-2013 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1965-97 |
J. J. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
22-Jan-1924 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Jazz trombonist |
Doug Jones |
Actor |
24-May-1960 |
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Pan's Labyrinth |
Jim Jontz |
Politician |
18-Dec-1951 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93 |
Ron Klain |
Attorney |
8-Aug-1961 |
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Vice President Biden's Chief of Staff, 2009-11 |
Jeff Kottkamp |
Politician |
12-Nov-1960 |
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Lt. Governor of Florida, 2007-11 |
Adam Lambert |
Singer |
29-Jan-1982 |
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American Idol |
Janet Langhart |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1941 |
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Ex-First Lady of the Pentagon |
Bud Lee |
Film Director |
Sep-1955 |
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Prodigious porn director |
Hyapatia Lee |
Pornstar |
11-Nov-1960 |
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Hy Heeled Drifter, Titty Committee |
Terry Lester |
Actor |
13-Apr-1950 |
28-Nov-2003 |
The Young and the Restless |
David Letterman |
Talk Show Host |
12-Apr-1947 |
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The Late Show |
Todd Lickliter |
Basketball |
17-Apr-1955 |
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Head Coach, University of Iowa |
Ruth Lilly |
Philanthropist |
2-Aug-1915 |
30-Dec-2009 |
Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
Dick Lugar |
Politician |
4-Apr-1932 |
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US Senator from Indiana |
Peter Lupus |
Actor |
17-Jun-1932 |
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Willy Armitage on Mission: Impossible |
Charles Major |
Novelist |
25-Jul-1856 |
13-Feb-1913 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower |
Roger A. Meece |
Diplomat |
1949 |
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US Ambassador to Congo, 2004-07 |
Anthony Montgomery |
Actor |
2-Jun-1971 |
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Ensign Mayweather on Star Trek: Enterprise |
Wes Montgomery |
Jazz Musician |
6-Mar-1925 |
15-Jun-1968 |
Superb jazz guitarist |
Ryan Murphy |
Screenwriter |
9-Nov-1965 |
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Creator, Glee |
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. |
Doctor |
14-Feb-1954 |
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EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05 |
Robert Paige |
Actor |
2-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Son of Dracula |
Jane Pauley |
Talk Show Host |
31-Oct-1950 |
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Host of Today Show, 1976-89 |
Bart Peterson |
Politician |
15-Jun-1958 |
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Mayor of Indianapolis |
Dan Quayle |
Politician |
4-Feb-1947 |
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Vice President under George H.W. Bush |
Marilyn Quayle |
First Lady |
29-Jul-1949 |
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Wife of Dan Quayle |
Mike Quigley |
Politician |
17-Oct-1958 |
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Congressman, Illinois 5th |
Trista Rehn |
Actor |
28-Oct-1972 |
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The Bachelorette |
Adam Rifkin |
Film Director |
31-Dec-1966 |
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Detroit Rock City |
Jill S. Ruckelshaus |
Business |
1937 |
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Wife of William Ruckelshaus |
William Ruckelshaus |
Government |
24-Jul-1932 |
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Twice EPA administrator |
Jake Short |
Actor |
30-May-1997 |
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Fletcher Quimby on A.N.T. Farm |
Noble Sissle |
Composer |
10-Jul-1889 |
17-Dec-1975 |
Shuffle Along |
Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
Stephen Sommers |
Screenwriter |
20-Mar-1962 |
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The Mummy |
Brad Stevens |
Basketball |
22-Oct-1976 |
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Head Coach, Boston Celtics |
Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
10-Aug-2010 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
Patty Stonesifer |
Business |
1956 |
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Co-Chair of Gates Foundation |
Marc Summers |
Talk Show Host |
11-Nov-1951 |
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Super Sloppy Double Dare |
Booth Tarkington |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1869 |
19-May-1946 |
The Magnificent Ambersons |
John D. Tinder |
Judge |
17-Feb-1950 |
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7th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Albert Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
29-Mar-1878 |
1-Oct-1956 |
Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
Kristina Wagner |
Actor |
30-Oct-1963 |
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General Hospital |
Jack Walton |
Politician |
6-Mar-1881 |
25-Nov-1949 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1923, impeached |
Mark Warner |
Politician |
15-Dec-1954 |
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US Senator from Virginia |
Clifton Webb |
Actor |
11-Nov-1889 |
13-Oct-1966 |
Laura |
Dick Weber |
Bowling |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-Feb-2005 |
Professional bowler |
Lauren Weedman |
Comic |
1969 |
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The Daily Show correspondent |
Randy Wittman |
Basketball |
28-Oct-1959 |
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Head Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves |
Mike Woodson |
Basketball |
24-Mar-1958 |
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Former Coach, New York Knicks |
Marguerite Young |
Author |
28-Aug-1908 |
17-Nov-1995 |
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling |
Harry von Zell |
Actor |
11-Jul-1906 |
21-Nov-1981 |
You're in the Navy Now |
DEATHS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Myles Brand |
Educator |
17-May-1942 |
16-Sep-2009 |
President of the NCAA, 2003-09 |
Julia Carson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1938 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Congresswoman from Indiana, 1997-2007 |
George N. Craig |
Politician |
6-Aug-1909 |
17-Dec-1992 |
Governor of Indiana, 1953-57 |
Charles W. Fairbanks |
Politician |
11-May-1852 |
4-Jun-1918 |
Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt |
Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
Benjamin Harrison |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1833 |
13-Mar-1901 |
23rd President of the US, 1889-93 |
Thomas Andrews Hendricks |
Politician |
7-Sep-1819 |
25-Nov-1885 |
Grover Cleveland's Vice President |
Kin Hubbard |
Cartoonist |
1-Sep-1868 |
26-Dec-1930 |
Abe Martin of Brown County |
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. |
Politician |
24-Feb-1932 |
29-Dec-2013 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1965-97 |
Andrew Jacobs, Sr. |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
17-Dec-1992 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1949-51 |
J. J. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
22-Jan-1924 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Jazz trombonist |
Etheridge Knight |
Poet |
19-Apr-1931 |
10-Mar-1991 |
Poems from Prison |
Eli Lilly |
Business |
8-Jul-1838 |
6-Jun-1898 |
Founder of Eli Lilly & Co. |
Ruth Lilly |
Philanthropist |
2-Aug-1915 |
30-Dec-2009 |
Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
Wes Montgomery |
Jazz Musician |
6-Mar-1925 |
15-Jun-1968 |
Superb jazz guitarist |
Oliver Perry Morton |
Politician |
4-Aug-1823 |
1-Nov-1877 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1867-77 |
Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
Ken Olsen |
Business |
20-Feb-1925 |
6-Feb-2011 |
Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation |
Robert D. Orr |
Politician |
17-Nov-1917 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Governor of Indiana, 1989-92 |
Samuel M. Ralston |
Politician |
1-Dec-1857 |
14-Oct-1925 |
Governor of Indiana, 1913-17 |
James Whitcomb Riley |
Poet |
7-Oct-1849 |
22-Jul-1916 |
The Hoosier Poet |
Arthur R. Robinson |
Politician |
12-Mar-1881 |
17-Mar-1961 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1925-35 |
J. Patrick Rooney |
Business |
13-Dec-1927 |
15-Sep-2008 |
Golden Rule Insurance |
Booth Tarkington |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1869 |
19-May-1946 |
The Magnificent Ambersons |
Bill Vukovich |
Auto Racing |
13-Dec-1918 |
30-May-1955 |
Winner, 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500 |
Matthew E. Welsh |
Politician |
15-Sep-1912 |
28-May-1995 |
Governor of Indiana, 1961-65 |
Ryan White |
Victim |
6-Dec-1971 |
8-Apr-1990 |
Suburban kid, AIDS activist |
Marguerite Young |
Author |
28-Aug-1908 |
17-Nov-1995 |
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling |
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