List of Famous people born in Indiana, United States of America
Roosevelt Barnes
Roosevelt Barnes, Jr. is a retired football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League and a current sports agent. He played three sports at Purdue University—football, basketball, and baseball. While he was most noted as a football player, he also enjoyed significant success in basketball, playing on Purdue's 1980 Final Four team. After retiring from professional football, in 1987 Barnes became a partner and contract advisor with Maximum Sports Management. He has negotiated contracts for Laveranues Coles, Walter Jones, Ray Lewis, Ndamukong Suh, and Andre Wadsworth, among others.
Nick Martin
Nicholas Jacob Martin is an American football center for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted 50th overall by the Texans in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Izzy Stradlin
Jeffrey Dean Isbell, best known as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of their fame in 1991, and with whom he recorded four studio albums.
Jeri Taylor
Jeri Taylor is a television scriptwriter and producer, who wrote many episodes of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager series.
Patrick Rodgers
Patrick Rodgers is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Jim Banks
James Edward Banks is an American military veteran and politician who is the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 3rd congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the Indiana Senate. Banks was first elected to serve in the state senate for the 17th district in 2010, and upon military deployment to Afghanistan, he took a leave of absence from the state senate in September, 2014. Invoking an Indiana state law which allows state and local officeholders to take leaves of absence during active duty military service, Banks was temporarily replaced by his wife, Amanda Banks, who held the office for the senate's 2015 legislative session. He returned to Indiana from overseas duty on April 14, 2015 and resumed his duties as state senator on May 8, 2015. On May 3, 2016 he won the primary election for the Republican nomination for Indiana's 3rd congressional district.
Steve Talley
Steven Douglas Talley is an American actor who grew up in Avon, Indiana. He is best known for his portrayal of Dwight Stifler in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and American Pie Presents: Beta House.
Jeremy Spencer
Jeremy Spencer Heyde, known as Jeremy Spencer, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, author, director, and actor. He is the former drummer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2012, Spencer was named Golden God's "Best Drummer" by Revolver Magazine, and was voted "Best Drummer of 2015" by Loudwire. He was also voted "Best Drummer" at the 5th Annual Loudwire Music Awards. Spencer's autobiography, Death Punch'd – Surviving Five Finger Death Punch's Metal Mayhem, was published on September 2, 2014 by HarperCollins imprint Dey St, and named a New York Times Celebrity Bestseller.
Mel Rojas Jr.
Mel Rojas is a Dominican-American professional baseball outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has previously played in the KBO League for the KT Wiz.
Drake Younger
Drake Wuertz is an American professional wrestling referee and professional wrestler.