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.
- Tom Abernethy, basketball player
- Michael Alig, co-founder of the Club Kids and convicted murderer
- Elijah Anderson, sociologist and author of Code of the Street[1]
- Anthony Barr, NFL linebacker playing for the Minnesota Vikings
- Amy Coney Barrett, Notre Dame Law School Professor, Supreme Court Justice (2020-Present)
- Brendan Bayliss and Jake Cinninger, guitarists, Umphrey's McGee (a progressive rock and jam band from South Bend)
- Ollie Bejma, baseball player
- Jeremy Michael Boorda, Navy admiral
- John Bromfield, actor
- Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020) and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. First openly gay man to win delegates in a presidential primary. Nominee for Secretary of Transportation in the Biden administration.
- Frank Bykowski, NFL player
- Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States
- Narsai David, San Francisco chef and restaurateur
- Nancy DeShone, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player for the South Bend Blue Sox
- Skylar Diggins, basketball player
- October London, singer,[2] Signed with Snoop Dogg’s Label[3]
- Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue, pioneering rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter[4]
- Dorothea Downs, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Dick Durock, stuntman and actor
- Debra Elmegreen, astronomer
- Chad Everett, actor
- Vivica Fox, actress
- Marcie Free, singer, King Kobra, Unruly Child, Signal
- Josh Garrels, musician
- Mary Lou Graham, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Jon Gruden, ESPN broadcaster and current NFL coach
- Nathan Gunn, operatic baritone
- Noma Gurich, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- Mark Hazinski, 2004 USA Olympian in table tennis
- Phillip Hoose, author
- Timothy Howard, 43rd Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, Indiana State Senator
- Demetrius Jackson, professional basketball player
- Frances Janssen, AAGPBL player and Northern Indiana Historical Society researcher
- Luther Johnson, Indy car driver
- Larry Karaszewski, screenwriter
- James H. Kasler, Korean War and Vietnam War fighter pilot and POW; only recipient of three Air Force Crosses[5]
- Kenn Kaufman, naturalist and author
- Glenna Sue Kidd, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Bernard Kilgore, journalist, Wall Street Journal
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow, musician
- Dylan Krieger, poet
- Marie Kruckel, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox and a 38-year teacher at Clay High School
- Maclyn McCarty, physician and biochemistry researcher who helped identify DNA as the genetic material, ushering in the era of molecular biology
- J. C. McDonald, Indy car driver
- Larry J. McKinney, United States District Court judge
- Ivan Meštrović, sculptor, professor at the University of Notre Dame, died in South Bend
- James Mueller, mayor of South Bend since 2020
- Lee Nailon, NBA basketball player and 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
- Steve Nemeth, player of gridiron football
- Ryan Newman, NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Joseph A. Nolan Medal of Honor Recipient, Philippine Insurrection
- Dean Norris, actor
- James Oliver, inventor and industrialist best known for creating South Bend Iron Works, which was reincorporated as Oliver Farm Equipment Company after his death
- Conrad Prebys, property developer, philanthropist, billionaire
- Kenneth Rexroth, poet, translator of the classical Chinese poets, essayist, intellectual, anarchist.
- George Rickey, kinetic sculptor
- The Rivieras, 1960s garage rock and surf rock band
- Tim Roemer, former U.S. Ambassador to India and U.S. congressman
- Mike Salay, Indy car driver
- 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
- Jules C. Stein, music industry executive
- David Stremme, NASCAR driver
- Duncan G. Stroik, architect, sacred architecture professor, and founder of Duncan G. Stroik Architect LLC
- Studebaker Brothers, founders of Studebaker Corporation
- Student Rick, early 2000s pop punk and emo band
- Alexander Toradze, pianist
- Betty Wagoner, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
- Junior Walker, 1960s soul singer and saxophonist signed to Motown (with the All Stars)
- Michael Warren, actor
- William Albert Wack, CSC, Bishop of Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee
- Daniel Waters, screenwriter
- Janet Wiley, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox
- John Wooden, basketball coach
- Ernie Zalejski, American football player
- John Bromfield, actor
- Howard G. Bunker, Air Force general
- Charles Butterworth, actor
- Edward Hale Campbell, Navy admiral
- Beatrice Carmichael, opera singer and director
- John Clarke, actor
- Craig Counsell, baseball player
- Bill Doba, football coach
- Anne Doyle, sportscaster
- Chad Everett, actor
- Robert Fassnacht, researcher killed in bombing
- Vivica A. Fox, actress
- Kent Gaydos, football player
- Jon Gruden, football coach
- Nathan Gunn, opera singer and professor
- Lloyd Haynes, actor
- Catherine Hicks, actress; attended Saint Mary's College
- Larry Karaszewski, film and TV screenwriter / producer
- Joe Kernan, politician
- Mike LaRocco, motocross racer
- John Laskowski, basketball player
- Ted Leo, musician
- Jeremy Leven, writer, director
- Clarence Long, U.S. Congressman of Maryland
- Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr., mammalogist, pathologist
- Keith Alan Morris, filmmaker
- Lee Nailon, basketball player
- Ryan Newman, auto racer
- Dean Norris, actor
- Sydney Pollack, film director and actor
- Andy Replogle, baseball pitcher
- Dan Resin, actor
- Kenneth Rexroth, writer
- George Seaton, film director
- David Stremme, NASCAR driver
- Steve True, sportscaster
- Michael Warren, actor
- Daniel Waters, film director and screenwriter
- Mark Waters, film director and producer
- John Wooden, basketball coach
- Chuck Zink, TV personality
- Traci Paige Johnson, co-creator, Blues Clues TV show
- Junior Walker, Motown saxophonist and vocalist
Associated with 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
References
- ^ "Setting the Record Straight: An Interview with Elijah Anderson". Pennsylvania Gazette. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ WSBT 22 (2016-09-13). "South Bend honors local singer October London". WSBT. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Snoop Dogg & Jazze Pha Signee October London Releases 'Color Blind: Hate & Happiness' EP: Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "Rock Radio Heaven: D". rockradioscrapbook.ca.
- ^ "Col. James Kasler, 'Indiana's Sgt. York,' was fighter, survivor".
