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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of
South Bend, Indiana .
Government and politics
Pete Buttigieg
John Brademas , former
House Majority Whip
Pete Buttigieg , Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020) and
candidate in the
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries .
Schuyler Colfax , 17th
Vice President of the United States
Alexis Coquillard , founder of South Bend
Noma Gurich , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Timothy Howard , 43rd Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, Indiana State Senator
Larry J. McKinney , United States District Court judge
James Mueller , mayor of South Bend since 2020
Tim Roemer , former U.S. Ambassador to India and U.S. congressman
Joe Kernan , politician and
Governor of Indiana (2003-2005)
Clarence Long , U.S. Congressman of
Maryland
Jake Teshka , member of the
Indiana House of Representatives
Film and television
Dean Norris
John Bromfield , actor
Charles Butterworth , actor
John Clarke , actor
Dolores Fuller , actress and Ed Wood's
muse
Dick Durock , stuntman and actor
Chad Everett , actor
Vivica A. Fox , actress
Lloyd Haynes , actor
Catherine Hicks , actress; attended Saint Mary's College
Larry Karaszewski , film and TV screenwriter / producer
Katie Madonna Lee , screenwriter and filmmaker
Jeremy Leven , writer, director
Keith Alan Morris , filmmaker
Dean Norris , actor
Sydney Pollack , film director and actor
Nancy Priddy , actress and singer
Dan Resin , actor
George Seaton , film director
Ansel Wallace , newsreel cameraman and photographer in World War I
Michael Warren , actor
Daniel Waters , film director and screenwriter
Mark Waters , film director and producer
Chuck Zink , television personality
Sports
Baseball
Ollie Bejma , baseball player
Nancy DeShone ,
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player for the
South Bend Blue Sox
Dorothea Downs , AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
Mary Lou Graham , AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
Frances Janssen , AAGPBL player and Northern Indiana Historical Society researcher
Glenna Sue Kidd , AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
Marie Kruckel , AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox and a 38-year teacher at
Clay High School
Betty Wagoner , AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox
Janet Wiley , AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox
Craig Counsell , baseball player
Andy Replogle , baseball pitcher
Basketball
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Tom Abernethy , basketball player
Skylar Diggins , WNBA, American Professional Basketball player
Jaden Ivey , NBA player for the
Detroit Pistons
Demetrius Jackson , professional basketball player
Jasmine Watson , basketball player
John Wooden , basketball coach
John Laskowski , basketball player
Lee Nailon , NBA basketball player and 2007
Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
Blake Wesley , basketball player
Motorsports
Miscellaneous
Music
Junior Walker
Brendan Bayliss and
Jake Cinninger , guitarists,
Umphrey's McGee (a progressive rock and jam band from South Bend)
Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue , pioneering rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter
[1]
Marcie Free , singer,
King Kobra ,
Unruly Child , Signal
Josh Garrels , musician
Sneaky Pete Kleinow , musician
The Rivieras , 1960s garage rock and surf rock band
Jules C. Stein , music industry executive
Student Rick , early 2000s pop punk and emo band
Alexander Toradze , pianist
Junior Walker , 1960s soul singer and saxophonist signed to Motown (with the All Stars)
Beatrice Carmichael , opera singer and director
Ted Leo , musician
Nathan Gunn , opera singer and professor
Traci Paige Johnson , co-creator, Blue's Clues TV show
Merchant Ships , late aughts emo band
Kennedy's Kitchen , traditional Irish band
Literature
Elijah Anderson , sociologist and author of Code of the Street
[2]
Tess Gunty , author, winner of the National Book Award
Phillip Hoose , author
Kenn Kaufman , naturalist and author
Bernard Kilgore , journalist,
Wall Street Journal
Dylan Krieger , poet
Kenneth Rexroth , poet, translator of the classical Chinese poets, essayist, intellectual, anarchist.
Business
Heavy Industries
Miscellaneous
Military
Science
Maclyn McCarty
Art
Education
Others
Michael Alig , co-founder of the
Club Kids and convicted murderer
Paul Smith , first African American minister at historic First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York; multicultural consultant, civil rights activist, university administrator, teacher, author
Emerson Spartz , media mogul
William Albert Wack , CSC, Bishop of
Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee
Owen Klein
Wheezyblonde , YouTuber and Twitch Streamer
References