List of people from Hammond, Indiana

Last updated May 07, 2024

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

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References

↑ "Darrel Chaney". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Jack Chevigny". Pro-Football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Denny Clanton". MLS soccer.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Irv Cross". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Hal Faverty". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "George Groves". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Khari Jones". totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Roy McPipe". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1987-1988,' Biographical Sketch of Sam Panayotovich, pg. 81
↑ "Jordan Schafer". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ "Scott Sheldon". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

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[1] "Darrel Chaney". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[2] "Jack Chevigny". Pro-Football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[3] "Denny Clanton". MLS soccer.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[4] "Irv Cross". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[5] "Hal Faverty". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[6] "George Groves". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[7] "Khari Jones". totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[8] "Roy McPipe". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[9] 'Illinois Blue Book 1987-1988,' Biographical Sketch of Sam Panayotovich, pg. 81

[10] "Jordan Schafer". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[11] "Scott Sheldon". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

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