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Famous Residents
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This page lists people, real and fictional, who have lived in Bloomington at some point in their lives. Some are born here, some only attended Indiana University others may have just been passing through and left a mark.
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Real
- Kenny Aronoff - Drummer for John Mellencamp, alumus of the Jacobs School of Music
- Michael Badnarik - 2004 Presidential Election nominee
- Evan Bayh - Indiana Governor and US Senator, alumnus Kelley School of Business
- Joshua Bell, violinist, alumus of the Jacobs School of Music
- Meg Cabot, author of the book The Princess Diaries that was made into a film in 2001.
- Hoagy Carmichael, American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader
- Ward Cunningham, Creator of the first wiki.
- Jared Fogle, spokesman for Subway restaurants
- Mick Foley, famed hardcore pro-wrestling superstar currently wrestling for WWE on the RAW promotion
- Jared Jeffries, basketball player for the Washington Wizards and now the New York Knicks
- Jim Jones, Peoples Temple founder and cult leader
- Alfred Kinsey, founder of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction
- Kevin Kline, film and stage actor, alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences
- Bobby Knight, hall of fame basketball coach
- John Mellencamp, singer, songwriter
- Jane Pauley, national journalist, alumna of the School of Journalism
- Ernie Pyle, combat journalist during WW II, Ernie Pyle Hall is the home of IU's School of Journalism
- David Lee Roth, American musician, one time lead singler for Van Halen.
- Mark Spitz, olympic gold medal swimmer and world record holder
- John T. Thompson, inventor of the "Tommy Gun".
- Jeri Taylor, television scriptwriter and producer
- Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia founder
- James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA structure, author of The Double Helix, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- David Wolf - astronaut, Space Shuttle, Mir, and ISS crewmember
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Fictional
- Kathryn Janeway, Captain in TV series Star Trek: Voyager, born and raised in the 24th Century
- Jeff Foxworthy, even though Jeff Foxworthy is a real person, in his TV show, he lived in Bloomington.
