The following is a list of notable people who were born, grew up, and/or spent a portion of life and or career in Hammond, Indiana.Kathleen BurkeRobert K. Abbett – artist, illustrator R.J.Q. Adams – historian Bob Anderson – born in East Chicago, raised in Hammond, baseball player Norman C. Anderson – speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Michael Badnarik – Libertarian Party 2004 presidential candidate Gerald R. Beaman – U.S. Navy admiral Dodie Bellamy – author Stephan Bonnar – UFC fighter Kathleen Burke – actress Darrel Chaney – baseball player Bob Chapek – former CEO of The Walt Disney Company Jack Chevigny – football player, coach, lawyer, and United States Marine Corps officer Denny Clanton – soccer player Bartlett Cormack – playwright and screenwriter Irv Cross, NFL player and commentator Alberta Darling – Wisconsin politician Jon Deak – contrabassist John H. Eastwood – US Army Air Corps chaplain, World War II Hal Faverty – NFL player Maxx Frank – gospel singer DJ Rashad – notable footwork DJ/producer Dory Funk – professional wrestler fighting under both his real name and as "The Outlaw" Dory Funk Jr. – professional wrestler and wrestling trainer Terry Funk – professional wrestler and actor Neil Goodman – sculptor and educator George Groves – professional football player Bob Haak – football player Wally Hess – football player Jack Hyles - Independent Baptist pastor, one-time pastor of First Baptist Church of Hammond Mitchell F. Jayne, musician and author Khari Jones – player in Canadian Football League, television commentator Jeremy Jordan – actor, singer Bruce Konopka – baseball player Ken Kremer – football player Jim Lewis – Disney and Wal-Mart executive Bob Livingstone – football player Thomas McDermott, Jr. – mayor Monica Maxwell – basketball player, played in Women's National Basketball Association Roy McPipe – basketball player, drafted by NBA in '73 and '74, played with ABA's Utah Stars in 1975 Carl Frederick Mengeling – bishop of Lansing 1996–2008 Joseph F. Meyer – horticulturist, herbalist, founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens Phil Montgomery – Wisconsin politician Frank J. Mrvan – U.S. representative from Indiana's 1st Congressional District, elected in 2020 Billy Muffett – baseball player Art Murakowski – football player Larry E. Overman – organic chemist Samuel Panayotovich – Illinois politician Merle Pertile – model, Playboy Playmate, January 1962 Charles B. Pierce – filmmaker Fritz Pollard – first black NFL head coach for now-defunct Hammond Pros, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Alvah Curtis Roebuck – founded Sears, Roebuck and Company Mike D. Rogers – Alabama politician Aaron Rosand – violin soloist Jordan Schafer – baseball player Ryan Schau – football player Mike Sember – baseball player Scott Sheldon – baseball player Jean Shepherd – born in Chicago, raised in Hammond, TV and radio personality, best known as writer and narrator of film A Christmas Story (1983) Bobby Skafish – Chicago radio personality Chips Sobek – basketball player, coach and official Glenn Michael Souther – US Navy defector to Soviet Union Miguel Torres – UFC fighter Jimmy Valiant – professional wrestler Lois V. Vierk – music composer of post-minimalist and totalist schools David Wilkerson – minister, evangelist and writer Joe Winkler – football player Doc Young – Hammond physician, one of the founders of the National Football League Harry Yourell – Illinois state representative and businessman