Your browser is not supported for this experience. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Yes, Letterman, Lincoln and Larry all hail from the Hoosier state. For many decades the answer to this question has been up for debate. Another is maybe it was about corn β the Indian word for corn is Hoosa. Born in Massachusetts, he became a national folk hero after he traveled the countryside on foot planting orchards in Indiana and surrounding areas so that the new frontier could have apples.
A Disney cartoon immortalized his life with a depiction of him wearing a tin pot for a hat. The Fort Wayne Tin Caps baseball team is named in his honor. Anne Baxter was an actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Oscar and a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy. The granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Baxter studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and had some stage experience before making her film debut in 20 Mule Team She played a role in Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons , one of her first important films.
DeMille in The Ten Commandments This world-renowned violinist came to national attention at the young age of 14 when he made his orchestral debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
He then made his Carnegie Hall debut and recorded his first LP at age From to , Bird served as the coach of the Indiana Pacers and in assumed the role of the Pacers' President of Basketball Operations. Born in Bloomington, Carmichael attended Indiana University and maintained a lifelong affiliation with Indiana University. In he wrote the song "Chimes of Indiana," which was presented to the school as a gift by the class of It was made Indiana University's official co-alma mater in Carmichael was a star performer on records, radio and stage with a signature style, and appeared in several movies, most memorably in To Have and Have Not and The Best Years of Our Lives.
Known for his strengths as a hitter and center fielder, Charleston had a lifetime batting average of. Charleston lied about his age to enlist in the US Army at the age of just 15, serving three years in the Philippines, where he starred on his regiment's baseball and track teams. At the end of his tour of duty, he began his career, playing for the ABCs. He would play for 14 teams during his playing career. His career ended in as player-manager for the Clowns.
