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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.
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Robert K. Abbett - artist, illustrator
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R.J.Q. Adams - historian
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Norman C. Anderson - Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Michael Badnarik - Libertarian Party 2004 presidential candidate
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Gerald R. Beaman - U.S. Navy admiral
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Dodie Bellamy - author
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Stephan Bonnar - UFC fighter
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Kathleen Burke - actress
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Darrel Chaney - baseball player
[1]
- Rudy Chapa - Former American record holder in the 3000 meter run.
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Jack Chevigny - football player, coach, lawyer, and
United States Marine Corps officer
[2]
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Denny Clanton - soccer player
[3]
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Bartlett Cormack - playwright and screenwriter
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Irv Cross, NFL player and commentator
[4]
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Alberta Darling - Wisconsin politician
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Jon Deak - contrabassist
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John H. Eastwood - US Army Air Corps chaplain, World War II
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Hal Faverty - NFL player
[5]
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Maxx Frank - gospel singer
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Dory Funk - professional wrestler fighting under both his real name and as "The Outlaw"
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Dory Funk Jr.
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Terry Funk - professional wrestler and actor
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Neil Goodman - sculptor and educator
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George Groves - professional football player
[6]
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Bob Haak - football player
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Wally Hess - football player
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Mitchell F. Jayne, musician and author
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Khari Jones - player in Canadian Football League, television commentator
[7]
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Jeremy Jordan - actor, singer
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Bruce Konopka - baseball player
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Ken Kremer - football player
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Jim Lewis - Disney and Wal-Mart executive
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Bob Livingstone - football player
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Thomas McDermott, Jr. - mayor
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Monica Maxwell - basketball player, played in
Women's National Basketball Association
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Roy McPipe - basketball player, drafted by
NBA in '73 and '74, played with
ABA's
Utah Stars in 1975
[8]
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Carl Frederick Mengeling - Bishop of Lansing 1996-2008
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Joseph F. Meyer - horticulturist, herbalist, founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens
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Phil Montgomery - Wisconsin politician
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Frank J. Mrvan - local politician and 2020 congressional candidate
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Billy Muffett - baseball player
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Art Murakowski - football player
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Samuel Panayotovich - Illinois politician
[9]
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Merle Pertile - model, Playboy Playmate, January 1962
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Charles B. Pierce - filmmaker
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Fritz Pollard - first black NFL head coach for now-defunct Hammond Pros, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Alvah Curtis Roebuck - founded Sears, Roebuck and Company
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Mike D. Rogers - Alabama politician
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Aaron Rosand - violin soloist
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Jordan Schafer - baseball player
[10]
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Ryan Schau - football player
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Mike Sember - baseball player
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Scott Sheldon - baseball player
[11]
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Jean Shepherd - born in Chicago, raised in Hammond, TV and radio personality, best known as writer and narrator of film
A Christmas Story (1983)
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Bobby Skafish - Chicago radio personality
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Chips Sobek - basketball player, coach and official
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Glenn Michael Souther - US Navy defector to Soviet Union
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Miguel Torres - UFC fighter
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Jimmy Valiant - professional wrestler
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Lois V Vierk - music composer of post-minimalist and totalist schools
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David Wilkerson - minister, evangelist and writer
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Joe Winkler - football player
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Doc Young - Hammond physician, one of the founders of the
National Football League
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Harry Yourell - Illinois state representative and businessman
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Rashad - notable footwork DJ/producer
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Bob Chapek - Former CEO of
The Walt Disney Company
References
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"Darrel Chaney". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Jack Chevigny". Pro-Football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Denny Clanton". MLS soccer.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Irv Cross". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Hal Faverty". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"George Groves". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Khari Jones". totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Roy McPipe". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
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^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1987-1988,' Biographical Sketch of Sam Panayotovich, pg. 81
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"Jordan Schafer". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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"Scott Sheldon". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.