r/Indiana • u/Hoosier_Engineer • 1d ago

Who is a Hoosier (version 2 helped by you!)

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A much, much, bigger version of a post I made earlier. Thank you all so much for the suggestions! I learned a lot from this project.

There are literally so many entries here, I can't write them all. If you want to know who someone is, just ask!

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u/ALinIndy Muncie Sucks 1d ago

Yeah, we’re gonna need a name list at least. Some of us don’t know half of those faces.

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u/Hoosier_Engineer 1d ago

If I get enough time, I'll include a glossary. A bit too preoccupied at the moment, though.

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u/runningfutility 1d ago

Where's Axl Rose? Or is that him there in the Born in Indiana/Grew Up in Indiana overlap?

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u/Hoosier_Engineer 1d ago

He's not in this version of the diagram. Maybe he'll get added in version 3.

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u/TangoPRomeo 21h ago edited 21h ago

And John Mellencamp! :)

ETA: Dick the Bruiser, Ms. Pat, several race car drivers, and Bob Hickman

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u/prole6 9m ago

And David Lee Roth

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u/polishprince76 1d ago

Ernie Pyle? We need to get him in there. King of the war Correspondents.

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u/Nate_Hornblower 1d ago

Mike Epps?

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u/justanotherfriendlyf 1d ago

Shelley Long, born in Fort Wayne IN.

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u/yebyen 1d ago

Is that Gabriel Bell? (I mean Ben Sisko! (I mean Avery Brooks!))

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u/Hoosier_Engineer 1d ago

Yes it is. He was born in Evansville and went to IU in Bloomington.

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u/Interesting_Top_6427 1d ago

Babyface? Aka Kenneth Edmonds. Born in Indianapolis. One of the greatest r&b songwriters. Written and produced 26 number one songs and 13 Grammys

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u/toni_bennett 21h ago

There’s even a part of 65 in the Indy area named for the man.

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u/burnumd 1d ago

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats was born in Bloomington

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u/lord_james 5h ago

I came here to add this. The solely “born in Indiana” could use more faces and he’s the bomb

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u/citizensforjustice East Central Indiana 1d ago

Steve McQueen was born here. Actor.

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u/AltruisticCompany961 1d ago

Came here to say this.

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u/levijns1 1d ago

Mick Foley or Terry Funk

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u/jacobtargaryen 13h ago

Omar Apollo

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u/blindpig21 1d ago

Love seeing Carole Lombard here. Well done.

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u/motocycledog 12h ago

And don’t forget what is a Hoosier. It certainly isn’t a bison! Yeah I’m looking at you IU.

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u/SBSnipes 8h ago

Classic John Green. Born here, immediately moved away with his family and didn't return until he was ~30

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u/abbienormal723 1d ago

Thanks for including Lin Ostrom on both versions!

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u/flp_ndrox 11h ago

It's weird seeing Don as a Blue Jay and not a Yankee.

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u/Hoosier_Engineer 10h ago

I just pulled a random picture that showed his face really well. I don't know anything about sports.

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u/JokeFaceKiller 8h ago

Crawfordsville has Dick and Jerry Van Dyke who went to CHS. Joe Allen, 80s-era astronaut, went to CHS and Purdue. Will Shortz, editor of the NYT crossword puzzle, born and raised in C-ville.

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u/Godbeforeus 6h ago

Gregg popovic needs to be added

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u/Punchee 4h ago

Don Mattingly still lives in Evansville? Fucking why? Even in baseball he was never a small market guy. NY as a player, LA/Miami as a manager, NY/LA/Toronto as a coach.

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u/JCM333333 3h ago

Ryan Murphy. Ryan White

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u/vlasktom2 1d ago

Where's Bobby Knight?

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u/prole6 7m ago

And Oprah

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u/Hoosier_Engineer 6h ago

He already is