List of Famous people born in Indiana, United States of America
Lauren Weedman
Lauren Weedman is an American actress and comedian, known for her regular role on the HBO television series Looking (2014–2015), and its subsequent series finale television film, Looking: The Movie. She is also known for her roles in films such as Date Night (2010) and The Five-Year Engagement (2012) and for appearing as a guest star on various series such as Hung, New Girl, and 2 Broke Girls. She was also a correspondent on The Daily Show from 2001 to 2002. Weedman has also written and performed several one-woman/spoken word shows, including Homecoming, BUST, and The People's Republic of Portland.
Brandon Peters
Michael Brandon Peters is an American football quarterback who plays for the University of Illinois. Before transferring to Illinois, Peters played for the University of Michigan.
Rex Grossman
Rex Daniel Grossman III is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eleven seasons. Grossman played college football for the University of Florida and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He also played professionally for the Houston Texans and Washington Redskins.
Kim Sanders
Kim Sanders is an American singer and songwriter based in Germany. Sanders began to release singles as a solo artist in 1994 and wrote songs for other musicians. In 1993 and 1994, she released three of her singles, "Show Me", "Tell Me That You Want Me" and "Ride". In 1998, Sanders became the front-woman of the German dance project Culture Beat, on the album Metamorphosis. In 2003, she released her debut album Pretty on Edge, which failed to enter the charts due to the record company placing the incorrect bar code on the album. Although this was a huge setback for Sanders' solo career, she has since collaborated with artists such as Schiller, Aural Float, Stefanie Heinzmann, Till Brönner, Nicola Conte and Wolfgang Haffner. Her solo album A Closer Look was released in 2009 with C.A.R.E. Music Group and won the Preis Der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik in the category of Black Music, in February 2010.
Thomas Hampson
Thomas Walter Hampson is an American lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in major opera houses and concert halls and made over 170 musical recordings.
Ashley Hinshaw
Ashley Hinshaw is an American actress and model. She is known for her leading role in the 2012 film About Cherry, and for her role in the 2016 Crackle television series StartUp. Since 2017 she has been credited using her married name Ashley Grace.
Lamon Brewster
Lamon Tajuan Brewster is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2010. He held the WBO heavyweight title from 2004 to 2006, and is best known for scoring an upset knockout victory over Wladimir Klitschko to win the vacant title. He was ranked as the world's No.8 heavyweight by BoxRec at the conclusion of 2004. As an amateur, Brewster won the U.S. national championships in 1995, and a silver medal at that year's Pan American Games, both in the heavyweight division. Following his retirement from the sport in 2011, he became an entrepreneur and founded a consulting business.
Grey Damon
Grey Damon is an American actor, known for his roles in Friday Night Lights, The Nine Lives of Chloe King and Station 19. He resides in Los Angeles. Beginning with its premiere on May 28, 2015, Damon co-starred with David Duchovny on the NBC series Aquarius.
Jim Davis
James Robert Davis is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat and Mr. Potato Head.
Bryan Bullington
Bryan Paul Bullington is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Bullington was the first overall selection in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he has played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals. He has also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Carp and the Orix Buffaloes.