Notorious and Infamous Hoosiers
- Michael Alig, founding member of Club Kids, murderer (South Bend)
- Lowell Amos, murderer, (Anderson)
- Sam Bass, train robber (Mitchell)
- Herb Baumeister, serial killer (Westfield)
- John Dillinger, bank robber (Indianapolis)
- Belle Gunness, serial killer (La Porte)
- Jimmy Hoffa, labor-union leader (Brazil)
- Jim Jones, cult founder/leader (Richmond)
- Tony Kiritsis, hostage-taker (Indianapolis)
- Sylvia Likens, murder victim (Indianapolis)
- Madge Oberholtzer, murder victim (Clay City)
- Harry Pierpont, Prohibition era gangster (Muncie)
- Reno Brothers, murderers, committed the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history (Rockford)
- Shanda Sharer, murder victim (New Albany)
- D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, convicted murderer and rapist (Evansville)
- Homer Van Meter, criminal and bank robber (Fort Wayne)
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Famous quotes containing the words notorious and/or infamous:
“I’m notorious for giving a bad interview. I’m an actor and I can’t help but feel I’m boring when I’m on as myself.”
—Rock Hudson (1925–1985)
“The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120)