Northern Indiana is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern third of the U.S. state of

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

and borders the states of

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to the west,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

to the north, and

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

to the east. Spanning the state's northernmost 26 counties, its main population centers include

Northwest Indiana Northwest Indiana, nicknamed "The Region" after the Calumet Region, is an unofficial region of Northern Indiana, northern Indiana, United States that is located at the northwestern corner of the state. Though there is no official definition of th ...

(anchored by the cities of Hammond and Gary and part of the larger

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), Michiana (anchored by the cities of

South Bend South Bend is a city in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. It lies along the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. It is the List of cities in ...

, Mishawaka, and Elkhart), and the Fort Wayne metropolitan area (anchored by the city of

Fort Wayne Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 at the 2020 United S ...

). Northern Indiana's physical geography was significantly shaped during

Wisconsin glaciation The Wisconsin glaciation, also called the Wisconsin glacial episode, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex, peaking more than 20,000 years ago. This advance included the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which nucleated ...

, resulting in a till plain ranging from flat to gently rolling terrain, especially in the Wabash Valley. The region experiences a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

, supporting temperate deciduous forest,

tallgrass prairie The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America. Historically, natural and Historical ecology#Anthropogenic fire, anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals (primarily bison) provided periodic disturbances to th ...

, and wetland ecosystems. In addition to

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...

, more than 300 kettle lakes are located in the region, including the state's largest natural lake ( Wawasee) and deepest natural lake ( Tippecanoe). Following the Valparaiso Moraine, the Laurentian Divide meanders through the region, separating the watersheds of the Great Lakes Basin to the north from those of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

to the south. Northern Indiana is situated within the larger

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and Corn Belt regions, influencing the area's geographic, economic, cultural, and political landscape. Home to about 2.3 million people, the region is defined by both its industrial cities and agricultural towns. Manufacturing remains a vital part of the region's economy, particularly in the production of recreational vehicles, medical devices, and

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. Protected areas include Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana's most visited state park of the same name. Northern Indiana is home to about 25 public and private higher education institutions, including more than a dozen religiously affiliated colleges and universities. The region is split between the Eastern and Central

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Geography

Major waterways include the Grand Calumet River, the Kankakee River, the

Maumee River The Maumee River (pronounced ) (; ) is a river running in the Midwestern United States from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie. It is formed at the confluence of the St. Joseph River (Maumee River), St. Joseph and St. Mar ...

( St. Marys and St. Joseph rivers), the St. Joseph River ( Elkhart River), and the

Wabash River The Wabash River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United ...

( Eel, Little, and Tippecanoe rivers). Besides

, other notable lakes and reservoirs include Lake Freeman, Lake George, Lake James, Lake Manitou, Lake Maxinkuckee, Lake Shafer, Lake Tippecanoe, Lake Wawasee, Webster Lake, and Wolf Lake.

Sub-regions

Michiana

Michiana, a

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of "

" and "

", is a loosely defined sub-region that spans southwestern Michigan and Northern Indiana's north-central counties. It is centered on the South Bend–Elkhart–Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area and generally corresponds with Area code 574. Counties typically considered part of the Michiana sub-region include: * Elkhart * Fulton * Kosciusko * Marshall * St. Joseph

Northeast Indiana

Northeast Indiana comprises the northeastern portion of Northern Indiana, centered on the Fort Wayne–Huntington–Auburn Combined Statistical Area and generally corresponding with Area code 260. Counties typically considered part of the Northeast Indiana sub-region include: * Adams * Allen * DeKalb * Huntington *

LaGrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaNoble * Steuben * Wabash * Wells * Whitley

Northwest Indiana

Northwest Indiana,

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known as "The Region", comprises the northwestern portion of Northern Indiana, centered on the southeastern extent of the

and generally corresponding with

Area code 219 Area code 219 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for Northwest Indiana, including the state's portion of the Chicago metropolitan area. The numbering plan area includes the cities of Schererville, Chesterton, Lake Sta ...

. Counties typically considered part of the Northwest Indiana sub-region include: *

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* LaPorte * Newton * Porter * Pulaski * Starke

Other counties

Benton and

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counties have economic ties to the Lafayette–West Lafayette metropolitan area, typically considered part of Central Indiana.

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and

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counties have economic ties to the Kokomo metropolitan area, also typically considered part of Central Indiana. Portions of these counties fall within

Area code 765 Area code 765 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. The numbering plan area comprises a horseshoe-shaped region of twenty counties in Central Indiana except for th ...

Time zones

Most of Northern Indiana (20 counties) observes

Eastern Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behi ...

. Six counties in the Northwest Indiana sub-region (

, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, and Starke counties) observe Central Time.

Largest municipalities

The major cities of Northern Indiana are

(in the northeast),

(in the north-central region), and Hammond and Gary (in the extreme northwest along

Demographics

Northern Indiana has experienced steady population growth over the past century (except at the 1990 U.S. census). Between 1980 and 1990, Lake County (which includes the city of Gary) saw a population decline of 47,371 residents, and it was this drop in population that hid the population rise which continued to occur in the majority of the region's other counties. The 2015 Census Estimate has shown that the rural counties (i.e., Wabash and Wells) are seeing a gradual population decline when compared to the gradual increase (or steady) population trend in the more urban counties (i.e., St. Joseph). The trend of rural counties losing population has been observed in various counties in other regions, most notably the Great Plains. Roughly 10.7% of both Huntington and Wells County live in poverty, as compared to only 15.5% in Pulaski County. At the same time, Northern Indiana, as is the case for much of the Midwest, is predominately made up of people of European heritage. According to the 2010 Census, almost 98% of Whitley County is white, as compared to Lake County (Gary), which is only 64.4% white and 25.9% African American. Lastly, the average family size per household is relatively constant around 3.00 persons per household. In 2010, the average family size per household was 3.66 in LaGrange County, 3.23 in Elkhart County, 3.19 in Lake County, 3.16 in Noble County, 3.15 in Marshall County, and 3.12 in Allen County. Northern Indiana is known for having the third-highest

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population in the U.S., especially in Allen, Adams, Elkhart, and LaGrange counties.

Dialect

The Inland North dialect of

American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lang ...

is mostly found in the Calumet region of Northern Indiana. The

Northern cities vowel shift Inland Northern (American) English, also known in American linguistics as the Inland North or Great Lakes dialect, is an American English dialect spoken primarily by White Americans throughout much of the U.S. Great Lakes region. The most di ...

is recognizable in Northwest Indiana and the Michiana area. However, the rest of Northern Indiana tends to exhibit North Midland dialect, with little recognizable influences. Because of the city's transitional location between the Inland North, North Midland, and Central Midland dialects,

has been difficult for linguists to define, with some labeling speech here "virtually accent neutral," attributed to historical settlement patterns.

Economy

Northern Indiana's economy is primarily based on manufacturing and distribution and transportation. Outside the metropolitan areas, the region's agricultural sector is abundant provided its location within the fertile Corn Belt. Northwest Indiana is also a vital trade and shipping center for the state. The Port of Indiana–Burns Harbor handles more ocean-going cargo than any other

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port in the U.S. Northern Indiana is also situated in the heart of the

, an area of the U.S. that has suffered

deindustrialization Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially of heavy industry or manufacturing industry. There are different interpr ...

and some economic stagnation since the late 20th century.

Manufacturing

The Calumet region of Northwest Indiana is home to much

heavy industry Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); o ...

, notably

steel mill A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. It may be an integrated steel works carrying out all steps of steelmaking from smelting iron ore to rolled product, but may also be a plant where steel semi-fini ...

s. The Calumet region is the nation's second-largest steel-producing area. U.S. Steel's

Gary Works The Gary Works is a major steel mill in Gary, Indiana, on the shore of Lake Michigan. For many years, the Gary Works was the world's largest steel mill, and it remains the largest integrated mill in North America. It is operated by U.S. Steel. ...

(in Gary) was once the largest steel mill in the world and employed 30,000. Gary Works remains North America's largest integrated steel mill. The north central area of Northern Indiana, centered on

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, is home to several companies specializing in the development and production of orthopedic medical devices. In 2013, nearly one-third of the US$38 billion global orthopedic industry was concentrated in north central Indiana. Elkhart and surrounding municipalities in the Michiana region are home to the largest concentration of recreational vehicle and mobile home manufacturers in the U.S., including Forest River, Heartland Recreational Vehicles, Jayco, and Monaco Coach, among several others. In 2013, some 83% of American RVs were produced in Elkhart County. The

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is another significant driver of the region's economy.

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' Fort Wayne Assembly near Roanoke produces the

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and GMC Sierra. South Bend-based

AM General AM General is an American heavy vehicle and contract manufacturer, contract automotive manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. It is best known for the civilian Hummer H1, Hummer and the military Humvee that are assembled in Mishawaka, Indiana. ...

manufactures the civilian Hummer H1 and military

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at its Mishawaka assembly plant.

Gambling

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is an important sector of the region's economy. Northern Indiana is home to three riverboat casinos ( Ameristar in East Chicago, Blue Chip in Michigan City, and

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in Hammond), one land-based casino (

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in Gary), and one tribal casino ( Four Winds in South Bend), owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.

Energy

Natural gas is primarily supplied by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of Merrillville-based

NiSource NiSource Inc. is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across six states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands ...

. Electric utilities serving the region include NIPSCO, Indiana Michigan Power (a subsidiary of American Electric Power), and Duke Energy Indiana (a subsidiary of Duke Energy). Four of Indiana's five hydroelectric power plants are located in Northern Indiana. Two are owned by Indiana Michigan Power (the Elkhart and Twin Branch dams on the St. Joseph River) and two are owned by NIPSCO (the Norway and Oakdale dams on the Tippecanoe River). The company also operates two coal-fired power stations in the region: Michigan City Generating Station and R. M. Schahfer in Wheatfield. Northern Indiana's share of renewable energy generation, particularly solar and wind sources, has increased since the late 2000s. Wind farms are common in rural Benton and

counties, including Fowler Ridge, the largest wind farm in the

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. Upon its completion, the Mammoth Solar project will be the largest in the U.S., covering 13,000 acres across rural Starke and Pulaski counties. BP's Whiting Refinery in Whiting is the largest inland

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in the U.S., processing of crude oil daily. Two regional transmission organizations serving the nation's

electrical grid An electrical grid (or electricity network) is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers. Electrical grids consist of power stations, electrical substations to step voltage up or down, electric power tran ...

provide coverage to portions of Northern Indiana: Midcontinent Independent System Operator and PJM Interconnection.

Companies

Notable companies headquartered in Northern Indiana include: * 1st Source * Albanese Candy * American Licorice Company * Better World Books * Brotherhood Mutual * DirectBuy *

Do it Best Do it Best Corp., formerly known as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI), is a member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials cooperative based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Do it Best Corp. is the second-largest co-op in the industry with over $6 ...

* Ford Meter Box Company * Franciscan Health * Franklin Electric * KMC Controls *

* OrthoPediatrics * Parkview Health * Press Ganey * Rea Magnet Wire Company * Schurz Communications * South Bend Chocolate Company * Steel Dynamics * Sweetwater Sound * Thor Industries * Three Floyds Brewing * Urschel Laboratories * Utilimaster * Vera Bradley * Weaver Popcorn Company * White Lodging *

Zimmer Biomet Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. is a publicly traded American medical device company. It was founded in 1927 to produce aluminum splints. The firm is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, where it is part of the medical devices business cluster. In 200 ...

Protected areas

National

* Indiana Dunes National Park

State

* Chain O'Lakes State Park * Conrad Savanna Nature Preserve * Frances Slocum State Forest * Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve * Indiana Dunes State Park * Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area *

J.E. Roush Fish and Wildlife Area J.E. Roush Fish and Wildlife Area is an area dedicated to providing hunting and fishing opportunities while maintaining , of which are water of J. Edward Roush Lake, J.E. Roush Lake. It is located along U.S. Route 224 east of Huntington, Indiana ...

* Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area * Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area * LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area * Ouabache State Park * Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area * Pokagon State Park * Potato Creek State Park * Salamonie River State Forest * Tippecanoe River State Park * Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area * Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area * Winamac Fish and Wildlife Area

Educational institutions

About 25 accredited institutions of higher education are located throughout Northern Indiana, including more than a dozen private, liberal arts colleges and Christian seminaries, and multiple regional campuses of the public

, Purdue, and Ivy Tech Community College systems. The "‡" symbol indicates universities with main campuses outside Northern Indiana.

Public

*Three

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‡ campuses: ** IU Fort Wayne ** IU Northwest ** IU South Bend *Three

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

‡ campuses and one Purdue Polytechnic Institute‡ campus: ** Purdue Fort Wayne ** Purdue Northwest (Hammond and Westville) ** Purdue Polytechnic Institute (South Bend) * Ivy Tech Community College (12 sites)

Private

* Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary * Bethel University * Calumet College of Saint Joseph * Concordia Theological Seminary *

Goshen College Goshen College is a Private college, private Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Goshen, Indiana. It was founded in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts, a ...

* Grace College & Seminary * Holy Cross College * Huntington University * Indiana Tech * Indiana Wesleyan University‡ (Fort Wayne and Merrillville) *

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* Marian University's Ancilla College‡ * Mid-America Reformed Seminary * Saint Mary's College * Trine University *

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...

* University of Saint Francis * Valparaiso University

Transportation

Two of Indiana's six state-designated scenic byways—the Historic Michigan Road Byway and the Lincoln Highway Scenic Byway—traverse portions of Northern Indiana.

Roads

Interstate Highways * * * * ( Indiana Toll Road) * * US Highways * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * State Roads * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Mass transit

Airports

Most of Northern Indiana's 26 public aviation facilities are categorized as

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ...

airports; however, the region is also home to two primary airports and one relief airport. In addition, two

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installations are based in the region. Primary * Fort Wayne International * South Bend International Relief * Griffith-Merrillville General aviation * Arens Field *

DeKalb County DeKalb County may refer to one of several counties in the United States, all of which were named for Baron Johann de Kalb: * DeKalb County, Alabama DeKalb County is a County (United States), county in the Northeast Alabama, northeastern part ...

* Elkhart Municipal * Fulton County * Gary/Chicago International * Goshen Municipal * Grissom Aeroplex * Huntington Municipal * Jasper County * Kendallville Municipal * Kentland Municipal * La Porte Municipal * Logansport/Cass County * Michigan City Municipal * Peru Municipal * Plymouth Municipal * Porter County Regional * Smith Field * Starke County * Tri-State Steuben County * Wabash Municipal * Warsaw Municipal * White County Military * Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base * Grissom Air Reserve Base

Maritime

* Northern Indiana Maritime District ** Buffington Harbor ** Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal ** Port of Indiana—Burns Harbor

Notable people

* George Ade *

Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed (born John Chapman; September 26, 1774March 18, 1845) was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds (as opposed to trees grown with grafting) to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, I ...

* Julia Barr * Anne Baxter *

DaMarcus Beasley DaMarcus Lamont Beasley (; born May 24, 1982) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player. A left-footed player, Beasley played both as a left winger and Defender (association football), left-wing back throughout his ...

* Beulah Bondi *

Frank Borman Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel (United States), colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo ...

* Otis Bowen * Sylvanus Bowser * Pete Buttigieg * Earl Butz * James Clapper *

Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Jr. ( ; March 23, 1823January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the United Sta ...

* Dean Corll *

Ward Cunningham Howard G. Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer who developed the first wiki Excerpt from 2014 book '' The Innovators''. and was a co-author of the '' Manifesto for Agile Software Development''. Called a pioneer, and ...

* Adam Driver * Mike Emrick *

Philo Farnsworth Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971), "The father of television", was the American inventor and pioneer who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States Government. Burns, R. W. (1998), ''Televisi ...

Ford Frick Ford Christopher Frick (December 19, 1894 – April 8, 1978) was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the ''New York Journal-American, New York American'', he served as public rela ...

* Janie Fricke * Terry Funk * Jim Gaffigan * Crystal Gayle * Belle Gunness * Tom Harmon * Richard G. Hatcher * Heather Headley * Tony Hinkle * Jackson family * Alex Karras * Greg Kinnear * Little Turtle * Carole Lombard * Shelley Long * Karl Malden * Thomas R. Marshall * Kym Mazelle * Hugh McCulloch * Bob McDonald * Sydney Pollack *

Gregg Popovich Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball executive and former coach who is the president for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the List of current NBA head co ...

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

Dan Quayle James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...

* Sam Rice * Jean Baptiste Richardville * Ruth Riley *

John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has been described as having a Moderate conservatism, moderate conservative judicial philosophy, thoug ...

* Knute Rockne *

Paul Samuelson Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he "h ...

* Chris Schenkel * Germany Schulz *

George Seaton George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director. Seaton led several industry organizations, serving as a three-time president of the Motion Picture Aca ...

* Connie Smith * Hank Stram * Gene Stratton-Porter * George Taliaferro * Steve Tesich * Harold Urey * Deniece Williams * Rod Woodson

References

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