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
| Newspaper |
|---|
| The Indianapolis Times |
| The Indianapolis Star |
SCHOOLS
MUSEUM
| Museum | Founded |
|---|---|
| Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art | 2003 |
| Indiana Medical History Museum | 1969 |
| Children's Museum of Indianapolis | 1925 |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art | 1883 |
| Indiana State Museum | 1862 |
ORCHESTRA
| Orchestra | Founded |
|---|---|
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | 1930 |
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 | Solid state physics | |
| Mike Aulby | Bowling | 25-Mar-1960 | 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 | Humorist | |
| Monte Blue | Actor | 11-Jan-1887 | 18-Feb-1963 | Orphans of the Storm |
| Theodore R. Boehm | Judge | 12-Sep-1938 | Justice, Indiana Supreme Court | |
| Connie Booth | Actor | 1944 | Polly Shearman on Fawlty Towers | |
| Dan Burton | Politician | 21-Jun-1938 | Congressman, Indiana 5th | |
| Steve Burton | Actor | 28-Jun-1970 | General Hospital | |
| Maria Cantwell | Politician | 13-Oct-1958 | US Senator from Washington | |
| André Carson | Politician | 16-Oct-1974 | Congressman, Indiana 7th | |
| Carol G. Dawson | Government | 8-Sep-1937 | Conservative activist | |
| John Dillinger | Criminal | 22-Jun-1903 | 22-Jul-1934 | Public Enemy Number One |
| Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds | Musician | 10-Apr-1958 | Put Your Heart on the Line | |
| Robert Emhardt | Actor | 24-Jul-1914 | 26-Dec-1994 | The Intruder |
| Mike Epps | Actor | 18-Nov-1970 | Next Friday | |
| Janet Flanner | Journalist | 13-Mar-1892 | 7-Nov-1978 | The New Yorker |
| Jared Fogle | Meme | 1-Dec-1977 | Chubby perv and former Subway spokesman | |
| Ken Foree | Actor | 29-Feb-1948 | Dawn of the Dead | |
| Vivica Fox | Actor | 30-Jul-1964 | Booty Call | |
| Brendan Fraser | Actor | 3-Dec-1968 | The Mummy | |
| Stephen Goldsmith | Politician | 12-Dec-1946 | 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 | Pan's Labyrinth | |
| Jim Jontz | Politician | 18-Dec-1951 | 14-Apr-2007 | Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93 |
| Ron Klain | Attorney | 8-Aug-1961 | Vice President Biden's Chief of Staff, 2009-11 | |
| Jeff Kottkamp | Politician | 12-Nov-1960 | Lt. Governor of Florida, 2007-11 | |
| Adam Lambert | Singer | 29-Jan-1982 | American Idol | |
| Janet Langhart | First Lady | 22-Dec-1941 | Ex-First Lady of the Pentagon | |
| Bud Lee | Film Director | Sep-1955 | Prodigious porn director | |
| Hyapatia Lee | Pornstar | 11-Nov-1960 | 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 | The Late Show | |
| Todd Lickliter | Basketball | 17-Apr-1955 | 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 | US Senator from Indiana | |
| Peter Lupus | Actor | 17-Jun-1932 | Willy Armitage on Mission: Impossible | |
| Charles Major | Novelist | 25-Jul-1856 | 13-Feb-1913 | When Knighthood Was in Flower |
| Roger A. Meece | Diplomat | 1949 | US Ambassador to Congo, 2004-07 | |
| Anthony Montgomery | Actor | 2-Jun-1971 | 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 | Creator, Glee | |
| Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. | Doctor | 14-Feb-1954 | 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 | Host of Today Show, 1976-89 | |
| Bart Peterson | Politician | 15-Jun-1958 | Mayor of Indianapolis | |
| Dan Quayle | Politician | 4-Feb-1947 | Vice President under George H.W. Bush | |
| Marilyn Quayle | First Lady | 29-Jul-1949 | Wife of Dan Quayle | |
| Mike Quigley | Politician | 17-Oct-1958 | Congressman, Illinois 5th | |
| Trista Rehn | Actor | 28-Oct-1972 | The Bachelorette | |
| Adam Rifkin | Film Director | 31-Dec-1966 | Detroit Rock City | |
| Jill S. Ruckelshaus | Business | 1937 | Wife of William Ruckelshaus | |
| William Ruckelshaus | Government | 24-Jul-1932 | Twice EPA administrator | |
| Jake Short | Actor | 30-May-1997 | 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 | The Mummy | |
| Brad Stevens | Basketball | 22-Oct-1976 | Head Coach, Boston Celtics | |
| Ted Stevens | Politician | 18-Nov-1923 | 10-Aug-2010 | US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
| Patty Stonesifer | Business | 1956 | Co-Chair of Gates Foundation | |
| Marc Summers | Talk Show Host | 11-Nov-1951 | Super Sloppy Double Dare | |
| Booth Tarkington | Novelist | 29-Jul-1869 | 19-May-1946 | The Magnificent Ambersons |
| John D. Tinder | Judge | 17-Feb-1950 | 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 | General Hospital | |
| Jack Walton | Politician | 6-Mar-1881 | 25-Nov-1949 | Governor of Oklahoma, 1923, impeached |
| Mark Warner | Politician | 15-Dec-1954 | 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 | The Daily Show correspondent | |
| Randy Wittman | Basketball | 28-Oct-1959 | Head Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Mike Woodson | Basketball | 24-Mar-1958 | 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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