List of people from Hammond, Indiana explained
The following is a list of notable people who were born, grew up, and spent a portion of life and or career in Hammond, Indiana.
- Robert K. Abbett - artist, illustrator
- R.J.Q. Adams - historian
- Norman C. Anderson - Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Michael Badnarik - Libertarian Party 2004 presidential candidate
- Gerald R. Beaman - U.S. Navy admiral
- Dodie Bellamy - author
- Stephan Bonnar - UFC fighter
- Kathleen Burke - actress
- Darrel Chaney - baseball player[1]
- Bob Chapek - Former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
- Jack Chevigny - football player, coach, lawyer, and United States Marine Corps officer[2]
- Denny Clanton - soccer player[3]
- Bartlett Cormack - playwright and screenwriter
- Irv Cross, NFL player and commentator[4]
- Alberta Darling - Wisconsin politician
- Jon Deak - contrabassist
- John H. Eastwood - US Army Air Corps chaplain, World War II
- Hal Faverty - NFL player[5]
- Maxx Frank - gospel singer
- DJ Rashad - notable footwork DJ/producer
- Dory Funk - professional wrestler fighting under both his real name and as "The Outlaw"
- Dory Funk Jr. - professional wrestler and wrestling trainer
- Terry Funk - professional wrestler and actor
- Neil Goodman - sculptor and educator
- George Groves - professional football player[6]
- Bob Haak - football player
- Wally Hess - football player
- Mitchell F. Jayne, musician and author
- Khari Jones - player in Canadian Football League, television commentator[7]
- Jeremy Jordan - actor, singer
- Bruce Konopka - baseball player
- Ken Kremer - football player
- Jim Lewis - Disney and Wal-Mart executive
- Bob Livingstone - football player
- Thomas McDermott, Jr. - mayor
- Monica Maxwell - basketball player, played in Women's National Basketball Association
- Roy McPipe - basketball player, drafted by NBA in '73 and '74, played with ABA's Utah Stars in 1975[8]
- Carl Frederick Mengeling - Bishop of Lansing 1996-2008
- Joseph F. Meyer - horticulturist, herbalist, founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens
- Phil Montgomery - Wisconsin politician
- Frank J. Mrvan - local politician and 2020 congressional candidate
- Billy Muffett - baseball player
- Art Murakowski - football player
- Samuel Panayotovich - Illinois politician[9]
- Merle Pertile - model, Playboy Playmate, January 1962
- Charles B. Pierce - filmmaker
- Fritz Pollard - first black NFL head coach for now-defunct Hammond Pros, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Alvah Curtis Roebuck - founded Sears, Roebuck and Company
- Mike D. Rogers - Alabama politician
- Aaron Rosand - violin soloist
- Jordan Schafer - baseball player[10]
- Ryan Schau - football player
- Mike Sember - baseball player
- Scott Sheldon - baseball player[11]
- Jean Shepherd - born in Chicago, raised in Hammond, TV and radio personality, best known as writer and narrator of film A Christmas Story (1983)
- Bobby Skafish - Chicago radio personality
- Chips Sobek - basketball player, coach and official
- Glenn Michael Souther - US Navy defector to Soviet Union
- Miguel Torres - UFC fighter
- Jimmy Valiant - professional wrestler
- Lois V. Vierk - music composer of post-minimalist and totalist schools
- David Wilkerson - minister, evangelist and writer
- Joe Winkler - football player
- Doc Young - Hammond physician, one of the founders of the National Football League
- Harry Yourell - Illinois state representative and businessman
Notes and References
- Web site: Darrel Chaney. Baseball Almanac. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Jack Chevigny. Pro-Football-reference.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Denny Clanton. MLS soccer.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Irv Cross. pro-football-reference.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Hal Faverty. pro-football-reference.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: George Groves. pro-football-reference.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Khari Jones. totalfootballstats.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Roy McPipe. Basketball-Reference.Com . October 14, 2012.
- 'Illinois Blue Book 1987-1988,' Biographical Sketch of Sam Panayotovich, pg. 81
- Web site: Jordan Schafer. baseball-reference.com. 15 October 2012.
- Web site: Scott Sheldon. baseball-reference.com. 15 October 2012.
