List of people from South Bend, Indiana
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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of South Bend, Indiana.
Government and politics
- John Brademas, former House Majority Whip
- Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020) and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
- Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States
- Alexis Coquillard, founder of South Bend
- Noma Gurich, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- Timothy Howard, 43rd Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, Indiana State Senator
- Larry J. McKinney, United States District Court judge
- James Mueller, mayor of South Bend since 2020
- Tim Roemer, former U.S. Ambassador to India and U.S. congressman
- Joe Kernan, politician and Governor of Indiana (2003-2005)
- Clarence Long, U.S. Congressman of Maryland
- Jake Teshka, member of the Indiana House of Representatives
Film and television
- John Bromfield, actor
- Charles Butterworth, actor
- John Clarke, actor
- Dolores Fuller, actress and Ed Wood's muse
- Dick Durock, stuntman and actor
- Chad Everett, actor
- Vivica A. Fox, actress
- Lloyd Haynes, actor
- Catherine Hicks, actress; attended Saint Mary's College
- Larry Karaszewski, film and TV screenwriter / producer
- Katie Madonna Lee, screenwriter and filmmaker
- Jeremy Leven, writer, director
- Keith Alan Morris, filmmaker
- Dean Norris, actor
- Sydney Pollack, film director and actor
- Nancy Priddy, actress and singer
- Dan Resin, actor
- George Seaton, film director
- Ansel Wallace, newsreel cameraman and photographer in World War I
- Michael Warren, actor
- Daniel Waters, film director and screenwriter
- Mark Waters, film director and producer
- Chuck Zink, television personality
Sports
American Football
- Anthony Barr, NFL linebacker playing for the Dallas Cowboys
- Frank Bykowski, NFL player
- Bill Doba, football coach
- Kent Gaydos, football player
- Jon Gruden, former ESPN broadcaster and NFL coach
- MyCole Pruitt, NFL tight end for the Atlanta Falcons
- Ernie Zalejski, American football player
- Anthony Johnson (running back), NFL running back
Baseball
- Ollie Bejma, baseball player
- Nancy DeShone, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player for the South Bend Blue Sox
- Dorothea Downs, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Mary Lou Graham, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Frances Janssen, AAGPBL player and Northern Indiana Historical Society researcher
- Glenna Sue Kidd, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Marie Kruckel, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox and a 38-year teacher at Clay High School
- Betty Wagoner, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Janet Wiley, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox
- Craig Counsell, baseball player
- Andy Replogle, baseball pitcher
Basketball
- Tom Abernethy, basketball player
- Skylar Diggins, WNBA, American Professional Basketball player
- Jaden Ivey, NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
- Demetrius Jackson, professional basketball player
- Jasmine Watson, women's basketball player
- John Wooden, basketball coach
- John Laskowski, basketball player
- Lee Nailon, NBA basketball player and 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
- Blake Wesley, basketball player
Motorsports
- Luther Johnson, Indy car driver
- J. C. McDonald, Indy car driver
- Ryan Newman, NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Mike Salay, Indy car driver
- David Stremme, NASCAR driver
- Mike LaRocco, motocross racer
Miscellaneous
- Mark Hazinski, 2004 USA Olympian in table tennis
- Steve Nemeth, player of gridiron football
- Anne Doyle, sportscaster
Music
- Brendan Bayliss and Jake Cinninger, guitarists, Umphrey's McGee (a progressive rock and jam band from South Bend)
- Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue, pioneering rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter[1]
- Marcie Free, singer, King Kobra, Unruly Child, Signal
- Josh Garrels, musician
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow, musician
- The Rivieras, 1960s garage rock and surf rock band
- Jules C. Stein, music industry executive
- Student Rick, early 2000s pop punk and emo band
- Alexander Toradze, pianist
- Junior Walker, 1960s soul singer and saxophonist signed to Motown (with the All Stars)
- Beatrice Carmichael, opera singer and director
- Ted Leo, musician
- Nathan Gunn, opera singer and professor
- Traci Paige Johnson, co-creator, Blue's Clues TV show
- Merchant Ships, late aughts emo band
- Kennedy's Kitchen, traditional Irish band
Literature
- Elijah Anderson, sociologist and author of Code of the Street[2]
- Tess Gunty, author, winner of the National Book Award
- Phillip Hoose, author
- Kenn Kaufman, naturalist and author
- Bernard Kilgore, journalist, Wall Street Journal
- Dylan Krieger, poet
- Kenneth Rexroth, poet, translator of the classical Chinese poets, essayist, intellectual, anarchist.
Business
Heavy Industries
- John Birdsell, inventor of the Birdsell Clover Huller and founder of Birdsell Manufacturing Company
- James Oliver, inventor and industrialist best known for creating South Bend Iron Works, which was reincorporated as Oliver Farm Equipment Company after his death
- Studebaker Brothers, founders of Studebaker Corporation
Miscellaneous
- Narsai David, San Francisco chef and restaurateur
- Cashmere Nicole, American entrepreneur
- Conrad Prebys, property developer, philanthropist, billionaire
Military
- Jeremy Michael Boorda, Navy admiral
- James H. Kasler, Korean War and Vietnam War fighter pilot and POW; only recipient of three Air Force Crosses[3]
- Joseph A. Nolan Medal of Honor Recipient, Philippine Insurrection
- Howard G. Bunker, Air Force general
- Edward Hale Campbell, Navy admiral
Science
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- Debra Elmegreen, astronomer
- Maclyn McCarty, physician and biochemistry researcher who helped identify DNA as the genetic material, ushering in the era of molecular biology
- Robert Fassnacht, researcher killed in bombing
- Marcus Ward Lyon Jr., mammalogist, pathologist
- Eric F. Wieschaus, evolutionary developmental biologist. Nobel Prize in Medicine
Art
- George Rickey, kinetic sculptor
Education
- Ivan Meštrović, sculptor, professor at the University of Notre Dame, died in South Bend
- Duncan G. Stroik, architect, sacred architecture professor, and founder of Duncan G. Stroik Architect LLC
Others
- Michael Alig, co-founder of the Club Kids and convicted murderer
- Paul Smith, first African American minister at historic First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York; multicultural consultant, civil rights activist, university administrator, teacher, author
- Emerson Spartz, media mogul
- William Albert Wack, CSC, Bishop of Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee
- Owen Klein
Associated with the University of Notre Dame
- Jacqueline Batteast
- Skylar Diggins
- George Gipp
- Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh
- Lou Holtz
- Paul Hornung
- Moose Krause
- Frank Leahy
- Johnny Lujack
- Joe Montana
- Ara Parseghian
- Digger Phelps
- Regis Philbin
- Condoleezza Rice
- Knute Rockne
- Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger
- Joe Theismann
- Charlie Weis
- Brian Kelly
- Fraizer Thompson
References
- ^ "Rock Radio Heaven: D". rockradioscrapbook.ca.
- ^ "Setting the Record Straight: An Interview with Elijah Anderson". Pennsylvania Gazette. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Col. James Kasler, 'Indiana's Sgt. York,' was fighter, survivor".
