Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, the lasagna-loving comic strip cat; (Davis's studio, Paws, Inc., is located near Muncie, Indiana) James Dean, iconic actor, born in Marion Willis Van Devanter, former Supreme Court Justice Mildred Dilling, harpist Jim Gallagher, Jr., professional golfer, golf analyst for USA Network Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978), painter, assemblage artist Jeff King, former professional baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first Commissioner of Baseball, practiced law in Marion Mike Melvill, the first commercial astronaut Keith O'Conner Murphy, Sweetser, IN, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, singer-songwriter, Stacy and King Records (USA) Polydor Records, England Stretch Murphy, Hall of Fame basketball player William N. Oatis, Associated Press correspondent detained 1951–1953 by Communist government of Czechoslovakia Joseph Price, professional basketball player, NBA Washington Bullets. Former NCAA head basketball coach at Grambling State University Zach Randolph, former professional basketball player, Memphis Grizzlies Amber Richards, transgender female impersonator, television personality, and winner of the Miss Continental pageant. Wayne Seybold, former Marion mayor and pairs skater at 1988 Winter Olympics Caleb Blood Smith, Secretary of the Interior under President Abraham Lincoln and served as a prosecuting attorney in Marion George Washington Steele, Indiana Congressman and first governor of the Oklahoma Territory Monte Towe, North Carolina State Wolfpack National Champions 1974, Chicago Bulls, NCAA coach Bertha L. Turner, caterer, cookbook author, and community leader in Pasadena; raised in Marion Jan Wiley, actress See also National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch References External links Cities in Indiana Cities in Grant County, Indiana Micropolitan areas of Indiana County seats in Indiana