Lafayette, IN
Entertainment
William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis - Professional wrestler
Karen Black - Actress
Jeremy Camp - Christian recording artist
Embeth Davidtz - Actress
Louise Fazenda - silent film comic actress, character actress in the "talkies"
Kevin Galbraith - Professional Dancer on MTV's "The Grind" and "Prince" (Kevin was also in the original "Squirtgun" band called "Rattail Grenider" with Mass Giorgini)
Mass Giorgini - Record producer and bassist of Screeching Weasel, and bassist and vocalist of Squirtgun
Charlton Heston - Actor
Shannon Hoon - Lead band member of Blind Melon
Micheal Kelsey - Solo guitarist
John Korty - Director, screenwriter, best known for Oliver's story
Tammy Lynn Michaels - Actress; married to musician Melissa Etheridge
Sydney Pollack - Actor, director, and producer
Axl Rose - Guns N' Roses singer
Peter Sattler - graphic designer for the feature film Walk the Line[4]
Izzy Stradlin - Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist
Adam Vanderwielen - Actor [5]
The Mixelpricks - Band [6]
Sports
Ray Ewry - Ten-time Olympic champion
Chuckie Nwokorie - NFL defensive player and Lafayette Jefferson High School graduate
Business, law, politics
Roger D. Branigin - Indiana Govenor 1965-1969
Steve Carter - Indiana Attorney General
Brian Lamb - C-SPAN founder
Alvah C. Roebuck - founded Sears, Roebuck and Company
Bob Rohrman - Car dealer and local celebrity
Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849-1934) - first woman lawyer on the Pacific coast.
Matthew Steven Buckles (1987-Present) - Founded First Chapter of Nationwide Fraternity Upsilon Zeta
Academic, science, technology
Daniel X Freedman - pioneer in biological psychiatry, discovered link of hallucinogens to brain transmitters.
Donald E. Williams - astronaut