Indianapolis

Famous Citizens

Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901), twenty-third president of the United States.

David Letterman (b. 1947), television personality.

Eli Lilly (1885–1977), businessman and philanthropist.

Steve McQueen (1930–80), actor.

Jane Pauley (b. 1950), television news anchor.

James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), writer known as "the poet of the common people".

Wilma Rudolph (b. 1940), track star.

Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), novelist and dramatist.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922), satirical novelist.