Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, lived in Indianapolis. His restored home is open to the public.

Jane Pauley and David Letterman began their television careers in Indianapolis.

Hoagy Carmichael put the finishing touches on "Stardust" at his parents' home in 1929.

Madame C.J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S. made her home in Indianapolis. Her fortune was made by manufacturing hair care products.

John Gruelle, political cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star, created the Raggedy Ann and Andy characters in his children's books, thus giving birth to two of America's favorite dolls.

Basketball legend Oscar Robertson.

R & B music recording superstar and producer, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Authors James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarkington and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., hail from Indianapolis.