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General Research Websites for Famous Hoosiers
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Famous Hoosiers Authored by the Indiana Office of Tourism Development, this site provides links to 16 famous people who were born or lived in Indiana. By clicking on each picture, you will see a picture of the selected person, a paragraph biography, and a locator dot on the Indiana state map to show where the person lived.

The Indiana Traveler Written as a part of a travel guide for tourists to Indiana, this page will give you an overview of people who were/are famous Hoosiers. The top section of names has links to related websites while the second section has no links. Be aware that there are some broken links.

Indianapolis People -- Celebrity, Famous, Political, Sports, Business & More This site groups people according to their "claim to fame" whether it is literature, sports, etc. Each person has a nice picture and links to a separate biography blurb. There are even related embedded videos with the biography pages.

The People of Indiana -- The United States of America About 23 famous Hoosiers are listed here with hometown, when they were alive, and "claim to fame."

Indiana Historical Society The IHS provides an extensive list of famous Hoosiers, grouped according to "claim to fame." Some of the listed names have linked pictures with biographical information.

Blog Entry from Mario Bros Memorial Public Library Under the section labeled "Indiana," this blogger lists an extensive collection of bookmarked sites dealing with famous hoosiers and Indiana history. You're sure to get some ideas here.