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People

Famous, infamous, and otherwise notable people who left their mark on Circle City.

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Oscar McKinley Charleston
Oscar McKinley Charleston

Born on October 14, 1896, in Indianapolis, Oscar McKinley Charleston was the seventh of eleven children. His father, Tom Charleston,… Read More »Oscar McKinley Charleston

Joseph Chartrand
Joseph Chartrand

Born on May 11, 1870, in St. Louis, Missouri, of French and Irish ancestry, Chartrand enrolled at St. Louis University,… Read More »Joseph Chartrand

William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase

Born on November 1, 1849, in Williamsburg (later renamed Nineveh), Indiana, Chase was the oldest of six children. He moved… Read More »William Merritt Chase

Francis Silas Marean Chatard
Francis Silas Marean Chatard

The son of Ferdinand and Eliza Chatard, Silas Francis Chatard was born on December 12, 1834, and educated in Baltimore,… Read More »Francis Silas Marean Chatard

Ko Kuei Chen
Ko Kuei Chen

Ko Kuei Chen was born on February 26, 1898 in Shanghai, China. He came to the United States after graduating… Read More »Ko Kuei Chen

Grant Wright Christian
Grant Wright Christian

Born on July 17, 1911, near Edinburgh, Indiana, Grant Wright Christian graduated from the in Indianapolis in 1933. His instructors… Read More »Grant Wright Christian

Alex M. Clark
Alex M. Clark

(Mar. 22, 1916-Feb. 14, 1991). The son of Scottish immigrants and a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Alex M. Clark graduated… Read More »Alex M. Clark

Grace Giddings Julian Clarke
Grace Giddings Julian Clarke

(Sept. 11, 1865-June 18, 1938). Grace Julian was born in Centerville, Indiana, the daughter of , abolitionist congressman from Indiana,… Read More »Grace Giddings Julian Clarke

Allen Whitehill Clowes
Allen Whitehill Clowes

(Feb. 18, 1917 – Nov. 3, 2000). Allen Clowes was the son of Indianapolis leader in education, arts, and society,… Read More »Allen Whitehill Clowes

Edith Whitehill Hinkel Clowes
Edith Whitehill Hinkel Clowes

(Sept. 21, 1885-May 22, 1968). Philanthropist and patron of the arts, Edith Whitehill Hinkel was born in Buffalo, New York,… Read More »Edith Whitehill Hinkel Clowes

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