The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of South Bend, Indiana.
Tom Abernethy - basketball player
Michael Alig - convicted felon
Stephen Anthony Bailey - actor
Jeremy Michael Boorda - Navy admiral
Billy Brandt - porn actor
John Bromfield - actor
Howard G. Bunker - Air Force general
Charles Butterworth - actor
Edward Hale Campbell - Navy admiral
Beatrice Carmichael - opera singer and director
John Clarke - actor
Craig Counsell - baseball player
Bill Doba - football coach
Anne Doyle - sportscaster
Chad Everett - actor
Robert Fassnacht - researcher killed in bombing
Vivica A. Fox - actress
Kent Gaydos - football player
Jon Gruden - football coach
Nathan Gunn - opera singer and professor
Lloyd Haynes - actor
Catherine Hicks - actress; attended Saint Mary's College
E. Michael Jones - magazine publisher
Larry Karaszewski - screenwriter
Joe Kernan - politician
Mike LaRocco - motocross racer
John Laskowski - basketball player
Ted Leo - musician
Jeremy Leven - writer, director
Clarence Long - U.S. Congressman of Maryland
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. - mammalogist, pathologist
Keith Alan Morris - filmmaker
Lee Nailon - basketball player
Ryan Newman - auto racer
Dean Norris - actor
Sydney Pollack - film director and actor
Andy Replogle - baseball pitcher
Dan Resin - actor
Kenneth Rexroth - writer
George Seaton - film director
David Stremme - NASCAR driver
Steve True - sportscaster
Michael Warren - actor
John Wooden - basketball coach
Chuck Zink - TV personality
Traci Paige Johnson - co-creator, Blues Clues TV show