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State flag of Indiana Location of Indiana on the U.S. map This is a list of notable people who were born or lived in the American state of Indiana . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Mary Ellen Bews, New Zealand school principal and educationalist, born in Glasgow [103] Mary Cranston Mason (1846-1932), social reformer, temperance leader, Glasgow school board member [ 104 ] Humanities
Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. (February 11, 1901 – October 27, 1977) was an American businessman from Terre Haute, Indiana, who bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and brought racing back to the famous race course after a four-year hiatus following World War II.
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Historically, Mill Race Park was an impoverished area of Columbus. During the 1930s through the early 1960s the area was plagued by rodents, disease and sub-standard housing. Located in a flood plain the homes were prone to flooding, creating an inhospitable place to live; the area became known as "Death Valley". In 1963, the park site was ...
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Dixie Lee Bryant, geologist and educator, born in Louisville in 1862; Frederick Detweiler, Sociologist, born in Louisville in 1881; George Devol, inventor of the first industrial robot; Thomas Alva Edison, inventor and businessman; before fame he lived in Butchertown during 1866–1867 around age 19; a house near where he lived is now a museum ...
Valley of the Shadow of Death: 23 April 1855 Roger Fenton Sevastopol, Crimea Wet collodion negative Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3]