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Indianapolis skyline The following is a list of notable people who have been born or lived in Indianapolis, Indiana . Organized alphabetically by field of study and then by last name.
People born in or lived most of their life in Indianapolis ... This category has only the following subcategory. People from Indianapolis by occupation (13 C)
Scottie James (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League; Jared Jeffries (born 1981), basketball player (Bloomington) Elijah Johnson (born 1990), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (Gary) JaJuan Johnson, basketball player (Indianapolis)
Major Taylor was born in Indianapolis in 1878 and rode to victories in the racing world despite racism. He died in 1932. Major Taylor, the Indy-born Black cycling star, up for congressional honor
People from Indianapolis (1 C, 196 P) J. People from Johnson County, Indiana (2 C, 17 P) M. People from Madison County, Indiana (4 C, 9 P) People from Marion County ...
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Ron Gibson, 57, won the Democratic nomination for District 8 encompassing Fairgrounds and Martindale-Brightwood in May and was uncontested in the November election.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana about 1863, [9] [10] Gertrude Mahorney was the daughter of John Todd Mahorney (1829–1890) and Ann Elizabeth Gray Mahorney (c. 1834 – 1904). [11] [12] Her parents owned an ornamental hair (wig) business on Illinois Street near the prestigious Bates House and were active in the antislavery National Negro Convention movement.
Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 [3] [1] – March 10, 2017) [4] was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist [5] associated with the Black Arts Movement. [6] Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.