The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of South Bend, Indiana.
Government and politics
John Brademas, former House Majority Whip
Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020) and candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. First openly gay man to win delegates in a presidential primary and the first openly gay Cabinet member in history. Current Secretary of Transportation. Schuyler Colfax, 17th Vice President of the United States Alexis Coquillard, founder of South Bend Noma Gurich, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma Timothy Howard, 43rd Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, Indiana State Senator Larry J. McKinney, United States District Court judge James Mueller, mayor of South Bend since 2020 Tim Roemer, former U.S. Ambassador to India and U.S. congressman Joe Kernan, politician and Governor of Indiana (2003-2005) Clarence Long, U.S. Congressman of Maryland Jake Teshka, member of the Indiana House of Representatives
Film and television
John Bromfield, actor
Charles Butterworth, actor
John Clarke, actor
Dick Durock, stuntman and actor
Chad Everett, actor
Vivica A. Fox, actress
Lloyd Haynes, actor
Catherine Hicks, actress; attended Saint Mary's College
Larry Karaszewski, film and TV screenwriter / producer
Katie Madonna Lee, screenwriter and filmmaker
Jeremy Leven, writer, director
Keith Alan Morris, filmmaker
Dean Norris, actor
Sydney Pollack, film director and actor
Nancy Priddy, actress and singer
Dan Resin, actor
George Seaton, film director
Ansel Wallace, newsreel cameraman and photographer in World War I
Michael Warren, actor
Daniel Waters, film director and screenwriter
Mark Waters, film director and producer
Chuck Zink TV personality
Sports
American Football
Anthony Barr, NFL linebacker playing for the Dallas Cowboys
Frank Bykowski, NFL player
Bill Doba, football coach
Kent Gaydos, football player
Jon Gruden, former ESPN broadcaster and NFL coach
MyCole Pruitt, NFL tight end for the Atlanta Falcons
Ernie Zalejski, American football player
Anthony Johnson (running back), NFL running back
Baseball
Ollie Bejma, baseball player
Nancy DeShone, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player for the South Bend Blue Sox Dorothea Downs, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox Mary Lou Graham, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox Frances Janssen, AAGPBL player and Northern Indiana Historical Society researcher Glenna Sue Kidd, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox Marie Kruckel, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox and a 38-year teacher at Clay High School Betty Wagoner, AAGPBL player, South Bend Blue Sox Janet Wiley, AAGPBL player for the South Bend Blue Sox Craig Counsell, baseball player Andy Replogle, baseball pitcher