nicknames
This WWE fighter and actor is also known as "The Rock".
Dwayne Johnson
His rivalry with "Magic" Johnson of the Lakers began when they faced each other as players for Indiana State and Michigan State in the NCAA.
Larry Bird
This superhero and sidekick have been fighting crime in Gotham city since the 1940s.
Batman & Robin
diarist and Holocaust victim
Anne Frank
This track-and-field athlete’s 100 meter record of 9.58 seconds has remained unbroken since August 2009.
Usain Bolt
Her influence on popular music has earned this best-selling female artist the nickname "Queen of Pop".
Madonna
"2300 Jackson Street" was recorded by this group about their childhood home in Gary, Indiana.
Janet Jackson
This Montague and Capulet of Verona spawned the term "star-crossed lovers".
Romeo & Juliet
physicist
Albert Einstein
United States president and businessman known for an emphasis on "winning".
Donald Trump
Following her "Britain Awake" speech in 1976, this conservative prime minister was given the nickname "Iron Lady" by the Soviet press.
Margaret Thatcher
She is known for her hair care and beauty products entrepreneurship, and her manufacturing company's headquarters still stands on Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis as a National Historic Landmark.
Madam CJ Walker
Their expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase brought them from Illinois to the Pacific Ocean and back.
Lewis & Clark
TV talk-show host
Oprah Winfrey
He wrote for National Geographic under the pseudonym H. A. Largelamb, cofounded AT&T, and is most known for patenting the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
In 2015, an ESPN article used the nickname "Unkillable Demon King" for this person, who has also been called the Michael Jordan of his career.
Faker (Lee Sang-Hyeok)
This artist is most known for his pop art LOVE image, a steel sculptural version of which is on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Robert Indiana
This bear and bird with instrumental names were created by the British video game company Rare decades before becoming playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
leader of Iran’s revolution
The first person to become a World Series of Poker champion after qualifying at an online poker site, and whose total live tournament winnings have surpassed $8 million.
Chris Moneymaker
This Brazilian footballer named after Thomas Edison is best known by his nickname “Pelé”, which itself has uncertain origins.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
A parking garage in Carmel, Indiana and a residence hall at Purdue University are both named for this Pulitzer prize-winning novelist and dramatist.
Booth Tarkington
A golden recording of their comedy routine "Who’s on First?" hangs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Abbott & Costello
criminal mastermind
Lucky Luciano
As the actor who portrayed Count Orlok in Nosferatu, his last name fittingly means "fright" or "terror" in German.
Max Schreck