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Events in Indiana History

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Famous People from Indiana

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 297

1913-09-05 Kathleen Burke, American actress (Island of Lost Souls), born in Hammond, Indiana (d. 1980)
1914-04-17 George Davis, American art director (20th Century Fox), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 1984)
1914-04-23 John Hubbard, American actor (Don't Call Me Charlie, The Tall T, One Million B.C.), born in East Chicago, Indiana (d. 1988)
1914-04-25 Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (Raintree County), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1948)
1915-01-05 Mabel Leigh, British potter (Shorter and Son), born in Coatesville, Indiana (d. 1971)
1915-10-09 Clifford M. Hardin, American politician (17th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture), born in Knightstown, Indiana (d. 2010)
1916-01-10 Bob Hamilton, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1944), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1990)
1916-02-15 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (Our Miss Brooks: The Lucy Show), born in Muncie, Indiana (d. 1999)
1916-03-08 John W. Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer, born in Newburgh, Indiana (d. 2004)
1917-11-06 Edgar Whitcomb, American politician and Governor of Indiana (1969-73), born in Hayden, Indiana (d. 2016)
1918-01-26 Philip José Farmer, American sci-fi writer (Riverworld), born in Terre Haute Indiana (d. 2009)
1918-06-06 Richard Crane, American character actor (Surfside 6, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger), born in New Castle, Indiana (d. 1969)
1918-11-24 Captain Stubby [Tom Fouts], American author and comedian (Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers), born in Carroll County, Indiana (d. 2004)
1919-02-12 Forrest Tucker, American actor (F Troop, Dusty Trail, The Crawling Eye), born in Plainfield, Indiana (d. 1986)

Strother Martin (1919-1980)

1919-03-26 American actor (Cool Hand Luke ; Slapshot), born in Kokomo, Indiana

Tom Harmon (1919-1990)

1919-09-28 American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1940, Michigan; LA Rams) and broadcaster (CBS 1950-62), born in Rennselaer, Indiana

1920-12-28 Bruce McCarty, South Bend, Indiana, architect (1982 World Fair), (d. 2013)
1921-12-05 Alvin "Alvy" Moore, American comic actor (Green Acres, Scream, Intruder), born in Vincennes, Indiana (d. 1997)
1922-03-10 Adam Kennedy, American actor (The Californians) screenwriter (The Domino Principle), novelist (Just Like Humphrey Bogart), and painter, born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1997)
1922-06-22 Bill Blass, American fashion designer (dressed Nancy Reagan), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 2002)

Eugene Stoner (1922-1997)

1922-11-22 American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, born in Gosport, Indiana

1923-05-07 Anne Baxter, American actress, (The Razor's Edge; All About Eve), and singer, born in Michigan City, Indiana (d. 1985)
1923-08-21 Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), born in Bippus, Indiana (d. 2005)
1923-10-23 Ned Rorem, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra; Evidence of Things Not Seen), and author (The Paris Diary), born in Richmond, Indiana (d. 2022) [1]
1923-12-28 Andrew Duggan, American character actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1988)
1924-03-09 George Haines, American swimming coach (7 x US Olympic teams), born in Huntington, Indiana (d. 2006)

1924-04-04 American Baseball HOF 1st baseman (8 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers; NY Mets; World Series 1955, 59, 69; Gold Glove Award 1957–59) and manager (Washington Senators, NY Mets), born in Princeton, Indiana

1924-08-19 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
1925-01-31 Charles Aidman, American actor and TV narrator (New Twilight Zone), born in Frankfort, Indiana (d. 1993)
1925-12-23 Henry Charles Gordon, American engineer and astronaut (Dynasoar), born in Valparaiso, Indiana (d. 1996)
1926-04-03 Virgil Grissom, US Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut (Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1), born in Mitchell, Indiana (d. 1967)
1926-08-22 Bob Flannigan, American barbershop-pop-jazz singer (The Four Freshmen), born in Greencastle, Indiana (d. 2011)
1926-11-01 Betsy Palmer [Patricia Betsy Hrunek], American actress (Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th), born in East Chicago, Indiana (d. 2015)
1926-12-13 Carl Erskine, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1954; World Series 1955; 2 x no-hitters; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers; Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award), born in Anderson, Indiana (d. 2024) [1]
1927-04-19 Don Barbour, American singer (The Four Freshmen), born in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana (d. 1961)
1927-11-13 John Pont, American college football coach (Miami, Yale, Northwestern, Indiana), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 2008)
1928-01-22 Birch Bayh, American politician and US Senator from Indiana (Democrat: 1963-81) who wrote two amendments to the US constitution (25th and 26th), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 2019)

Frank Borman (1928-2023)

1928-03-14 American USAF colonel, NASA astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and CEO of Eastern Air Lines (1975-86), born in Gary, Indiana [1]

1928-09-04 Dick York, American actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 1992)
1928-12-31 Ross Barbour, American singer (4 Freshmen), born in Columbus, Indiana (d. 2011)
1929-06-13 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer (Star Wars, E.T.), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012)
1929-06-27 Dick the Bruiser [William Fritz Afflis], American professional wrestler, born in Delphi, Indiana (d. 1991)
1929-08-07 Don Larsen, American MLB pitcher (only perfect game in World Series history, Game 5 1956; World Series MVP 1956; NY Yankees), born in Michigan City, Indiana (d. 2020)

Steve McQueen (1930-1980)

1930-03-24 American actor called "The King of Cool" during the 1960s (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape), born in Beech Grove, Indiana

Sean Connery (1930-2020)

1930-08-25 Scottish actor and producer (James Bond films; Indiana Jones), born in Edinburgh, Scotland

1930-11-24 Bob Friend, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; MLB wins leader 1958), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 2019)

James Dean (1931-1955)

1931-02-08 American actor and cultural icon (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause), and 1st actor to be posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, born in Marion, Indiana

1931-04-20 Lee H. Hamilton, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, born in Daytona Beach, Florida

Jim Jones (1931-1978)

1931-05-13 American pastor and leader of the Peoples Temple cult (Jonestown Massacre), born in Randolph County, Indiana

1931-05-24 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship), born in Indiana (d. 1993)
1932-04-27 Charles Adkins, American boxer (Olympic gold light welterweight 1952), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 1993)
1932-06-22 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Mola Ram, Mr. India- Mogambo), born in Lahore, Punjab (d. 2005)
1932-11-02 George Sholty, American harness driver (2,934 career wins; $20 million+ purse money), born in Logansport, Indiana (d. 2000)
1933-08-15 Bobby Helms, American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1997)
1933-10-02 Phill Niblock, American composer, born in Anderson, Indiana
1934-02-14 Florence Henderson, American actress (The Brady Bunch - "Carol"), and singer, born in Dale, Indiana (d. 2016)

Sydney Pollack (1934-2008)

1934-07-01 American Academy and Emmy Award-winning director, producer (Tootsie; Out of Africa), and occasional actor, born in Lafayette, Indiana

1934-08-20 "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, American country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2007)
1934-10-19 Lloyd Haynes, American actor (Room 222- "Pete Dixon"), and screenwriter, born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1986) [1]
1935-05-30 Bill Mallory, College Football coach (Miami, Colorado, Northern Illinois, Indiana), born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 2018)
1936-09-14 Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist (Nobel 1998), born in Whiting, Indiana
1937-06-11 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2012)
1937-06-27 Joseph P. Allen, American NASA astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A), born in Crawfordsville, Indiana
1937-09-06 Jo Anne Worley, American comedienne (Laugh-in), born in Lowell, Indiana
1938-08-25 David Canary, American actor (Bonanza, All My Children), born in Elwood, Indiana (d. 2015)
1939-01-10 Jared Carter, American poet, born in Elwood, Indiana
1939-06-12 Frank McCloskey, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana (1983-95), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
1940-08-22 David R. Vance, American horse trainer, born in Logansport, Indiana
1940-10-25 Bob Knight, American College-Basketball HOF coach (Indiana University, 1971-2000 - NCAA Division I C'ship 1976, 81, 87; Olympic gold 1984; Army; Texas Tech), born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 2023)
1941-07-01 Twyla Tharp, American dancer and Emmy and Tony Award-winning choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe), born in Portland, Indiana
1941-07-18 Lonnie Mack [McIntosh], American blues-rock guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Baby What's Wrong), born in West Harrison, Indiana (d. 2016)
1941-08-14 Connie Smith, American singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons), born in Elkhart, Indiana
1941-10-09 Brian Lamb, American broadcaster and founder of C-Span, born in Lafayette, Indiana
1942-02-13 Donald E. Williams, American US naval officer & NASA astronaut (STS 51D, STS 34), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 2016)

Harrison Ford (82 years old)

1942-07-13 American actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois

1942-07-15 Philip Sharp, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana, 1975-95), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1943-01-23 Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator, born in Anderson, Indiana

1944-06-20 Terry Funk, American HOF pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship 1998; NWA World Heavyweight C'ship 1975-76) and actor (Paradise Alley; Roadhouse), born in Hammond, Indiana (d. 2023)
1944-11-13 Timmy Thomas, American singer and songwriter ("Why Can't We Live Together"), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2022)
1945-07-10 Ron Glass, American actor (Barney Miller, Frank's Place), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2016)

Jim Davis (79 years old)

1945-07-28 American cartoonist and creator of the comic strips "Garfield" and "U.S. Acres", born in Marion, Indiana

1945-08-22 Steve Kroft, American journalist and longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes, born in Kokomo Indiana
1945-10-16 Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 2021)
1946-01-25 Ronnie Brandon, American rocker (McCoys), born in Union City, Indiana
1946-03-05 Michael Warren, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Ofc. Bobby Hill"), born in South Bend, Indiana
1946-10-08 Paul Splittorff, American MLB pitcher and broadcaster (KC Royals), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2011)
1947-06-08 Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist (Nobel 1995), born in South Bend, Indiana
1947-12-19 Janie Fricke, American country music singer ("It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"), born in South Whitley, Indiana
1948-01-03 Larry McNeeley, American bluegrass and session banjo player (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), born in Lafayette, Indiana
1948-01-20 Jerry Ross, American Air Force officer & NASA astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74, sk:88), born in Crown Point, Indiana
1948-03-22 Randy Hobbs, American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band: McCoys), born in Winchester, Indiana (d. 1993)
1948-08-29 Charles David Walker, American engineer and astronaut (STS 12 STS 16 STS 23), born in Bedford, Indiana
1948-10-02 Avery Brooks, American actor (Spenser for Hire, Deep Space 9), born in Evansville, Indiana
1948-10-08 Sarah Purcell, American actress and TV hostess (Real People), born in Richmond, Indiana
1949-04-10 Eric Troyer, American musician (ELO Part II; The Orchestra), born in Elkhart, Indiana
1949-08-13 Peter Visclosky, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana, 1985-2021), born in Gary, Indiana
1949-08-23 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana